To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify airport revenue use of local general sales taxes, and for other purposes.
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- Latest action
- Feb 2, 2026
What it does
The bill amends Title 49 of the United States Code to clarify that local general sales taxes are not subject to certain airport revenue use restrictions under federal aviation law. Specifically, it exempts revenues from generally applicable local sales taxes—imposed before December 9, 2014, not excluding aviation fuel, and levied by non-airport-sponsor local governments where a large hub airport (over 35 million enplanements in 2021) is located—from the requirement that airport revenues be used solely for airport-related purposes. This change affects local governments with qualifying sales taxes and large hub airports, allowing those tax revenues to be used for broader governmental purposes…
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