IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4369 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 7, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To authorize the use of passenger facility charges at an 

airport previously associated with the airport at which 

the charges are collected. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. USE OF PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES FROM 

2 ONE AIRPORT AT A PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED 

3 AIRPORT. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find5 ings: 

6 (1) On December 22, 2015, the Los Angeles 

7 City Council, the Los Angeles Board of Airport 

8 Commissioners, the Los Angeles World Airports, the 

9 Ontario City Council, and the Ontario International 

10 Airport Authority agreed to transfer ownership and 

11 control of Ontario International Airport from the 

12 city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports 

13 to the Ontario International Airport Authority, a 

14 local joint powers authority established by and be15 tween the county of San Bernardino and the city of 

16 Ontario. 

17 (2) Pursuant to the agreement, the Ontario 

18 International Airport Authority intends to use be19 tween $70,000,000 and $120,000,000 in passenger 

20 facility charges collected at Ontario International 

21 Airport to finance eligible projects at Los Angeles 

22 International Airport, as compensation for passenger 

23 facility charges collected, consistent with section 

24 40117(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, at Los 

25 Angeles International Airport for use at Ontario 

26 International Airport in the 1990s, when both airVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 08, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4369.RFS H4369

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1 ports were controlled by Los Angeles World Air2 ports. 

3 (3) The amendment made by subsection (b) ap4 plies exclusively to Ontario International Airport, al5 lowing passenger facility charges to be used for eligi6 ble projects at Los Angeles International Airport 

7 while making no other changes to passenger facility 

8 charges eligibility requirements. 

9 (4) No additional appropriations are required to 

10 implement the agreement described in paragraph (1) 

11 or the amendment made by subsection (b). 

12 (b) PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES.—Section 

13 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) USE OF PFC REVENUES AT PREVIOUSLY

16 ASSOCIATED AIRPORT.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 

18 requirements of paragraph (1) and subject to 

19 subparagraph (B), the Secretary may authorize 

20 use of a passenger facility charge to finance an 

21 eligible airport-related project if— 

22 ‘‘(i) the eligible agency seeking to im23 pose the new charge controls an airport 

24 where a $2 passenger facility charge be25 came effective on January 1, 2013; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the airport described in clause (i) 

2 and the airport at which the project will be 

3 carried out were under the control of the 

4 same eligible agency on October 1, 2015. 

5 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 

6 $120,000,000 in passenger facility charges col7 lected under subparagraph (A) may be used to 

8 carry out an eligible airport-related project de9 scribed in that subparagraph.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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