,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aa1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,trone 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4    
,reed7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,transportation to reinstitute subsidies
 under the ,essential ,air ,service     
program for certain airports1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,restoring     
,essential ,service to ,small ,airports 
,act4  #b4 ,,covid-#ai essential air    
service program reinstatement  7a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,transportation shall reinstitute a     
subsidy under the ,essential ,air       
,service program for all airports that  
were removed from such program after    
fiscal year #bjae4  7b7 ,timing ,for    
purposes of this section1 an airport    

described in subsection 7a7 shall be    
reinstituted for the longer of a period 
of #a year beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act or the period in 
which such airport meets the qualifying 
criteria for an airport under the       
,essential ,air ,service ,program4