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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 996 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.996

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

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

                                 An Act

 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand passenger facility fee 
          eligibility for certain noise compatibility projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANDED PASSENGER FACILITY FEE ELIGIBILITY FOR NOISE 
COMPATIBILITY PROJECTS.
    Section 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
        ``(7) Noise mitigation for certain schools.--
            ``(A) In general.--In addition to the uses specified in 
        paragraphs (1), (4), and (6), the Secretary may authorize a 
        passenger facility fee imposed under paragraph (1) or (4) at a 
        large hub airport that is the subject of an amended judgment 
        and final order in condemnation filed on January 7, 1980, by 
        the Superior Court of the State of California for the county of 
        Los Angeles, to be used for a project to carry out noise 
        mitigation for a building, or for the replacement of a 
        relocatable building with a permanent building, in the noise 
        impacted area surrounding the airport at which such building is 
        used primarily for educational purposes, notwithstanding the 
        air easement granted or any terms to the contrary in such 
        judgment and final order, if--
                ``(i) the Secretary determines that the building is 
            adversely affected by airport noise;
                ``(ii) the building is owned or chartered by the school 
            district that was the plaintiff in case number 986,442 or 
            986,446, which was resolved by such judgment and final 
            order;
                ``(iii) the project is for a school identified in 1 of 
            the settlement agreements effective February 16, 2005, 
            between the airport and each of the school districts;
                ``(iv) in the case of a project to replace a 
            relocatable building with a permanent building, the 
            eligible project costs are limited to the actual structural 
            construction costs necessary to mitigate aircraft noise in 
            instructional classrooms to an interior noise level meeting 
            current standards of the Federal Aviation Administration; 
            and
                ``(v) the project otherwise meets the requirements of 
            this section for authorization of a passenger facility fee.
            ``(B) Eligible project costs.--In subparagraph (A)(iv), the 
        term `eligible project costs' means the difference between the 
        cost of standard school construction and the cost of 
        construction necessary to mitigate classroom noise to the 
        standards of the Federal Aviation Administration.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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