S.Amdt. 986

SA 986. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Blumenthal)
submitted an amendment intended to

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be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R.
3055, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert
the following:

SEC. __. FAIR TREATMENT UNDER THE ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE
PROGRAM.

The Secretary of Transportation shall reinstitute Essential
Air Service for fiscal year 2020 at any airport that received
a subsidy under the Essential Air Service program in fiscal
year 2019 and that has supplied data to the Secretary that
demonstrate an average enplanements per day and a subsidy
amount per passenger for fiscal year 2019 that meet the
requirements of the Essential Air Service program (taking
into account subsection (d) of section 426 of the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, as added by section 458
of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49. U.S.C. 41731
note)).
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