To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 18, 2008

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from taking actions to regulate the scheduling of airline operations at a U.S. commercial airport if such an action includes: (1) auctioning rights or permission to conduct airline operations at that airport; (2) implementing peak-period or congestion pricing at the airport; (3) withdrawing an airline's right to operate at that airport; (4) charging a fee for use of navigable airspace at the airport; or (5) requiring, or providing incentives or disincentives to, airport owners to take any such actions.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] · D–NY

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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

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Jun 19, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jun 18, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 18, 2008
Introduced in House
Jun 18, 2008
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.6299, 110th Congress: To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6299

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/hr6299/BILLS-110hr6299ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.6299, 110th Congress: To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6299

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2008-06-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/hr6299/BILLS-110hr6299ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-17T21:07:10Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.6299, 110th Congress: To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6299

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2008-06-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/hr6299/BILLS-110hr6299ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-17T21:07:10Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.6299, 110th Congress: To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6299

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2008-06-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/hr6299/BILLS-110hr6299ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-17T21:07:10Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine H.R.6299 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.