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Direct Capital Access Act of 2023

H.R. 3185 Rep. Henry Johnson (D-GA-4) In committee
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  1. Introduced May 10
  2. Committee May 10
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, May 10, 2023Next: House vote
1266d ago May 11, 2023: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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Summary

Direct Capital Access Act of 2023 or the DCA Act of 2023

Full summary4 paragraphs

This bill increases the number of daily round-trip flights allowed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

Specifically, this bill adds 56 new slots at DCA to allow for 28 additional daily round-trip flights. (Airlines flying to and from DCA are subject to slot and perimeter rules set by federal law and regulation. The slot rules determine the total number of flight slots that can be handled in a given time period. In addition, a statutory perimeter rule limits nonstop flights to a 1,250-mile radius unless they are granted an exemption in law.)

Current law limits DCA to a maximum of 67 hourly slots for flights both within- and beyond-perimeter; a round-trip flight serving DCA requires two slots (or a slot pair). Of those slots, 40 daily slots are exempt from the perimeter rule.

Under the bill's slot increase, operations at DCA may not increase by more than eight flights per hour.

Library of Congress summary, May 10, 2023

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  • Introduced in HouseMay 10, 2023

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.