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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1765 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1765

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen

                                 An Act

 
   To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to 
transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the 
        Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Flight Delays Act of 
2013''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS TO PREVENT REDUCED 
OPERATIONS AND STAFFING OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.
    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding division G of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6), any 
other provision of law, or a sequestration order issued or to be issued 
by the President pursuant to section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(7)(A)), the 
Secretary of Transportation may transfer during fiscal year 2013 an 
amount equal to the amount specified in subsection (c) to the 
appropriations accounts providing for the operations of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, for any activity or activities funded by that 
account, from--
        (1) the amount made available for obligation in that fiscal 
    year as discretionary grants-in-aid for airports pursuant to 
    section 47117(f) of title 49, United States Code; or
        (2) any other program or account of the Federal Aviation 
    Administration.
    (b) Availability and Obligation of Transferred Amounts.--An amount 
transferred under subsection (a)(1) shall--
        (1) be available immediately for obligation and expenditure as 
    directly appropriated budget authority; and
        (2) be deemed as obligated for grants-in-aid for airports under 
    part B of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, for 
    purposes of complying with the limitation on incurring obligations 
    during that fiscal year under the heading ``Grants-in-Aid for 
    Airports'' under title I of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
    Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 
    (division C of Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 647), and made 
    applicable to fiscal year 2013 by division F of the Consolidated 
    and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6).
    (c) Amount Specified.--The amount specified in this subsection is 
the amount, not to exceed $253,000,000, that the Secretary of 
Transportation determines to be necessary to prevent reduced operations 
and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration during fiscal year 
2013 to ensure a safe and efficient air transportation system; and 
provided that none of the funds transferred under this subsection may 
be obligated unless the Secretary notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 
5 days in advance of such transfer.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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