Allow airports to collect more passenger facility charges so airport infrastructure can be improved without increasing taxes.

If we allow airports to collect more of their own fees (passenger facility charges), instead of making them rely on federal grants, airport infrastructure can be improved without increasing taxes.

Massie argued for allowing airports to collect more passenger facility charges as a way to improve airport infrastructure without raising taxes.

Representative Thomas Massie
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

FAA states the PFC Program allows charges up to $4.50 for each eligible passenger, capped at $4.50 per flight segment and $18 round trip; funds must support FAA-approved airport projects.

As of April 30, 2026, the federal PFC cap remained $4.50 per segment, so airports had not been allowed to collect more PFCs in the way the promise contemplated.

never later_term

Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Program | Federal Aviation Administration
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Congress.gov records H.R.3935 became Public Law 118-63 on May 16, 2024. Its PFC subtitle added permitted uses and streamlined procedures, but the summary does not show an increase in the PFC cap.

The major enacted FAA reauthorization during Massie's later federal service changed some PFC administration and uses, but did not deliver the promised authority to collect higher PFCs.

partial later_term

H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 | Congress.gov
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The article reports that Peter DeFazio and Thomas Massie introduced the Investing in America: Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act in early 2017 to let airports increase PFCs by eliminating the $4.50 cap.

Massie appears to have taken concrete legislative action toward the promise, but the effort did not result in the cap being lifted by the 2026 assessment date.

never later_term A for effort

Passenger facility charge
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Congress.gov identifies Thomas Massie as Representative for Kentucky's 4th District in Congress from 2012 to present.

This establishes that the promise can be evaluated over Massie's subsequent House service through the as-of date, including later-term FAA and PFC legislation.

unresolved unknown

Thomas Massie | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%