S 421 · 94th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
Low-Cost Air Transportation Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.(1975-01-27)
Plain Language Summary
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Low-Cost Air Transportation Act - Declares the sense of Congress, including that: (1) scheduled air carrier services are becoming increasingly costly and financially prohibitive for millions of Americans who want to travel by air; (2) the promotion, development, and removal of impediments to charter or nonscheduled air carrier services is in the public interest; (3) the Civil Aeronautics Board has failed consistently to provide for responsible regulation of such services consistent with the need to encourage and develop such services; and (4) senior citizens who have retired, young people who have not yet entered the job market, and the handicapped should not be denied access to air transportation, but such a denial occurs unless a reduction in fare is authorized for such persons consistent with their lower-than-average incomes. Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board to issue regulations, defining the full scope of the activities in air commerce which are permitted to be engaged in by persons who have not been authorized to engage in air transportation within the meaning of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 but who are: (1) air travel clubs which operate aircraft and which are engaged…
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Cosponsors (4)
3 Democrats1 Republican