A bill to reduce certain taxes on aviation fuel and air transportation, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the excise tax on: (1) liquid aviation fuel from 7 cents to 4 cents a gallon on any such fuel sold or used for noncommercial aviation; (2) air transportation from 8 percent to 4 percent of the amount paid for such transportation; (3) seating or sleeping accommodations in connection with taxable air transportation from 8 percent to 4 percent of the amount paid for such accommodations; and (4) air freight from 5 percent to 2 percent of the amount paid for air transportation of property. Amends the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970 to prohibit the expenditure of any amounts in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for any purpose except as authorized by such Act and as provided by appropriation Acts. Requires, as an additional condition precedent to approval of an airport development project, written assurances to the Secretary of Transportation that there shall be no exclusive right for the use of the airport by any person providing, or intending to provide, aeronautical services to the public. States that the meeting of the aeronautical needs of the public by a single provider of such services shall not be construed as an exclusive right if it is, or would be, reasonably costly, burdensome, or impractical for more than one such provider to provide such services. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to place the same proviso on the construction of exclusive right for the use of any landing area or air navigation facility, which is prohibited for any such area or facility upon which Federal funds have been expended.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 26, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 26, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
DAWSON MATHIS (D-GA) introduced it on October 26, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 26, 1979, 17121 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17121 days ago, on October 26, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers