HR6673

HR6673, introduced by Rep. David Scott (D-GA) on December 11, 2025, and referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation on February 2, 2026, is an early-stage, procedural bill. It amends title 49 of the United States Code to clarify that certain local general sales taxes are not subject to federal restrictions on airport revenue use. The bill applies to a very narrow set of circumstances: a local government that had a generally applicable sales tax before December 9, 2014, that did not exclude aviation fuel; is not a sponsor of a public airport; and has within its jurisdiction a large hub airport with over 35 million enplanements in 2021. This effectively targets at most one specific airport situation. The bill does not authorize or appropriate any federal funding. It is purely a clarification of existing law regarding revenue categorization. No money flows from the federal government to any entity as a result of this bill. The legislative mechanism is a statutory carve-out from existing restrictions on airport revenue use. No public company is directly or materially affected by this legislation. The affected entity would be a local government and a single large hub airport. No airline, airport operator, or infrastructure company listed on U.S. exchanges is referenced or impacted by the bill's text. The causal chain requirement cannot be met for any ticker because the bill does not impose costs, create benefits, or change regulatory obligations for any publicly traded company. The bill is in its earliest legislative stage—referred to subcommittee with no further action. With a single sponsor who is a senior but not committee chair member, and no companion bill in the Senate, the probability of passage is low, and even if passed, the economic impact would be irrelevant to public markets.