Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015

Summary: . The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes for the period October 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016, the airport improvement program.  (Sec. 102) The following expiring authorities are extended through the same period, including:  the competition disclosure requirement under a development project grant for a large hub airport or a medium hub airport; the eligibility for small airport grants of sponsors of airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau; the air traffic control contract program; state and local government compatible land use planning and projects; Department of Transportation authority to appropriate funds to acquire, establish, and improve air navigation facilities; civil aviation research and development; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations; essential air service; and  the starting date of authority to propose regulations restricting or prohibiting design features or operating practices for the commercial space flight industry.  The Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act is amended to extend through the same period:  the authorization for airport development at Midway Island Airport, and  the authority of any final order with respect to the eligibility for essential air service compensation.  The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 is amended to extend through:  FY2016 the requirement for an Inspector General report on participation in FAA programs by disadvantaged small business concerns, March 31, 2016, the pilot program under which operators of up to four public-use airports may receive grants for activities related to the redevelopment of airport properties, and  the same date the advisory committee for aviation consumer protection.  TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS (Sec. 201) The Internal Revenue Code is amended to extend through the same period expenditure authority from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, fuel and ticket taxes, as well as the exemption from ticket taxes for aircraft in fractional ownership aircraft programs. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Airport and Airway 
Extension Act of 2015''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                  TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS

Sec. 101. Extension of airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Extension of expiring authorities.
Sec. 103. Federal Aviation Administration operations.
Sec. 104. Air navigation facilities and equipment.
Sec. 105. Research, engineering, and development.
Sec. 106. Funding for aviation programs.
Sec. 107. Essential air service.

                      TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Sec. 202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

                  TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS

    SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
        (1) In general.--Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States 
    Code, is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
    ``and $1,675,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
    and ending on March 31, 2016.''.
        (2) Obligation of amounts.--Subject to limitations specified in 
    advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available pursuant to the 
    amendment made by paragraph (1) may be obligated at any time 
    through September 30, 2016, and shall remain available until 
    expended.
        (3) Program implementation.--For purposes of calculating 
    funding apportionments and meeting other requirements under 
    sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 
    Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on 
    March 31, 2016, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
    Administration shall--
            (A) first calculate such funding apportionments on an 
        annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 
        48103 of such title for fiscal year 2016 were $3,350,000,000; 
        and
            (B) then reduce by 50 percent--
                (i) all funding apportionments calculated under 
            subparagraph (A); and
                (ii) amounts available pursuant to sections 47117(b) 
            and 47117(f)(2) of such title.
    (b) Project Grant Authority.--Section 47104(c) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ``September 30, 2015,'' and inserting ``March 31, 2016,''.
    SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES.
    (a) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``October 1, 2015'' and inserting ``April 1, 2016''.
    (b) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``and for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending 
on March 31, 2016'' after ``fiscal years 2012 through 2015''.
    (c) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``and not more than $5,175,000 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,'' after 
``fiscal years 2012 through 2015''.
    (d) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``March 31, 2016''.
    (e) Section 50905(c)(3) of title 51, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``October 1, 2015,'' and inserting ``April 1, 2016,''.
    (f) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by inserting ``and for 
the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 
2016,'' after ``fiscal years 2012 through 2015''.
    (g) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``March 31, 2016''.
    (h) Section 140(c)(1) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 
2012 (49 U.S.C. 47113 note) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2013 
through 2015,'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2013 through 2016,''.
    (i) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
(49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
2015'' and inserting ``March 31, 2016''.
    (j) Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
(49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' 
and inserting ``March 31, 2016''.
    SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS.
    Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
            ``(E) $4,870,350,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 
        2015, and ending on March 31, 2016.''; and
        (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``and for the period 
    beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016'' after 
    ``fiscal years 2012 through 2015''.
    SEC. 104. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
    Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) $1,300,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 
    2015, and ending on March 31, 2016.''.
    SEC. 105. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT.
    Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (7) by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting ``; and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(9) $78,375,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
    and ending on March 31, 2016.''.
    SEC. 106. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS.
    (a) In General.--Section 48114 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ``2015'' and inserting 
    ``2016''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ``2015'' and inserting 
    ``2016''.
    (b) Compliance With Funding Requirements.--The budget authority 
authorized in this Act, including the amendments made by this Act, 
shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) 
and (a)(2) of section 48114 of title 49, United States Code, for the 
period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016.
    SEC. 107. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE.
    Section 41742(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``and $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2015'' and inserting 
``$93,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, and $77,500,000 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,''.

                      TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS

    SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.
    (a) In General.--Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 1, 2015'' in the matter preceding 
    subparagraph (A) and inserting ``April 1, 2016'', and
        (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A) 
    and inserting ``or the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``October 1, 2015'' and inserting ``April 1, 
2016''.
    SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.
    (a) Fuel Taxes.--Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting 
``March 31, 2016''.
    (b) Ticket Taxes.--
        (1) Persons.--Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended 
    by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``March 31, 
    2016''.
        (2) Property.--Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 
    amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``March 
    31, 2016''.
    (c) Fractional Ownership Programs.--
        (1) Treatment as non-commercial aviation.--Section 4083(b) of 
    such Code is amended by striking ``October 1, 2015'' and inserting 
    ``April 1, 2016''.
        (2) Exemption from ticket taxes.--Section 4261(j) of such Code 
    is amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``March 
    31, 2016''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.