Competing bills to influence US airport privatisation prospects

Two US senators from Illinois have introduced competing bills dealing with infrastructure privatisation. One of them, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, introduced a measure that would require repayment of any previous federal grant monies the airport (or other infrastructure provider) had received, in the event of it being privatised. In contrast, Republican Senator Mark Kirk aims instead to encourage such privatisation. His bill would remove the limit on the number of airports that can be privatised and ease other restrictions.