S.Amdt. 6200

SA 6200. Mr. SHEEHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. CONTINUED OPERATION OF CERTAIN AIRPORTS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including any agreement, release, settlement, or consent
decree, any real property or any interest in real property,
including a leasehold or easement, conveyed by the United
States pursuant to the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (Public
Law 78-457; 58 Stat. 765) or pursuant to any successor
statute, for use as an airport, shall be deemed a defense
asset and, to the extent that the airport that was the
subject of the conveyance, irrespective of the current status
of the conveyance continues to be in use a public airport as
of the date of enactment of this section, such airport shall
remain in operation as a public airport, and may not be
permanently closed, disposed of, or in any other manner
converted to a non-airport use by any means except as
specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.
(b) Compliance Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation
and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall ensure compliance with this section.
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