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S. 3661: Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006

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S. 3661: Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-352.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 515 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, S3661 (2006-09-29), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 109-352. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 29, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979, with respect to provisions concerning air transportation to or from Love Field, Texas (the Wright Amendment), to authorize domestic air carriers and foreign air carriers (with respect to foreign air transportation) to offer for sale and provide through service and ticketing air transportation to or from Love Field, Texas, and any U.S. or foreign destination through any point within Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama (effectively expanding domestic and foreign air service to and from Love Field, Texas). Terminates the Wright Amendment eight years after enactment of this Act. Prohibits: (1) a person from providing nonstop air passenger service between Love Field, Texas, and any point or points outside the 50 states or the District of Columbia; and (2) a federal official or employee from designating Love Field, Texas, as an initial point of entry into the United States or a last point of departure from the United States. Limits charter flights at Love Field, Texas, to: (1) destinations within the 50 states and the District of Columbia; and (2) no more than 10 per month per air carrier for charter flights beyond the states of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama. Requires air carriers, with specified exceptions, who lease gate space for flights to and from Love Field, Texas, to depart from and arrive at such gates. Authorizes operators of charter flights from Love Field, Texas, who do not lease gate space to depart from nonterminal facilities or one of the terminal gates at Love Field, Texas. Requires the city of Dallas, Texas, to reduce the number of gates available for air service at Love Field, Texas, to no more than 20 gates (with a limit thereafter not to exceed a maximum of 20 gates). Prohibits federal funds or passenger facility charges from being used to remove gates at the Lemmon Avenue facility, Love Field, in order to reduce the number of gates, but permits the use of such amounts for other airport facilities. Prohibits anything in this Act from affecting general aviation service at Love Field, Texas.

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Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006

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Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3661, A bill to amend section 29 of the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 relating to air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas (2006-07-21); CBO cost estimate: S. 3661, A bill to amend section 29 of the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 relating to air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas (2006-07-21)

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John Cornyn (R-TX)

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Record fed-us-cong109-s3661 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109