HR 4556
General Aviation Airport Access Act
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```json { "summary": "This bill, the General Aviation Airport Access Act, aims to improve access to general aviation airports for smaller aircraft. It requires public use airports that have received certain federal grants or property conveyances to provide designated parking areas, called transient aprons, for transient general aviation aircraft – aircraft not owned by airlines – when they don't need fuel or other services at the airport. Airports can charge fees for this parking, but these fees must be fair, transparent, and publicly available, and cannot include hidden costs. The bill also prohibits fees for pilots and passengers to move between their aircraft and areas outside the airport’s perimeter.", "keyProvisions": [ "Public use airports receiving specific federal grants or
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