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DCA Act

S. 1933 Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) In committee
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  1. Introduced Jun 13
  2. Committee Jun 13
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
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Where it stands
In committee, Jun 13, 2023Next: Senate vote
1233d ago Jun 13, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Summary

Direct Capital Access Act or the DCA Act

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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, Jun 13, 2023

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  • Introduced in SenateJun 13, 2023

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