Power of Congress to Authorize a Municipality to Build an Airport Runway in Derogation of State Law.

Considers whether Congress can authorize a municipality to build an airport runway in contravention of State law. Examines whether H.R. 3479 and S. 2039, both the National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2001, to authorize Chicago to make certain modifications to Chicago O'Hare airport witho...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Airports. Constitutional law. Chicago (Ill.) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Considers whether Congress can authorize a municipality to build an airport runway in contravention of State law. Examines whether H.R. 3479 and S. 2039, both the National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2001, to authorize Chicago to make certain modifications to Chicago O'Hare airport without requisite State permits, would violate State rights provisions of the Tenth Amendment.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.