United States · Bill · S
S. 2983 (115th)
Defending Essential Flights and Ensuring National Security Efforts (DEFENSE) Act of 2018
Introduced
24 May 2018
Last action
24 May 2018 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden, Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Subjects
Defence, Transport
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Defending Essential Flights and Ensuring National Security Efforts (DEFENSE) Act of 2018 This bill allows an exemption from certain eligibility requirements under the essential air service program for certain locations for which not less than 10% of airport operations in 2017 were by aircraft of the Armed Forces.
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Timeline
24 May 2018
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 May 2018 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 May 2018
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 May 2018
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 May 2018
Sponsors
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
- · sscm00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← DEFENSE Act of 2018
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2983
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2983
- us · 115-s-2983 · source updated 11 August 2025