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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2279 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2011 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 

the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport 

and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United 

States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, 

and for other purposes. 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airport and Airway 

3 Extension Act of 2011, Part III’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIR5 WAY TRUST FUND. 

6 (a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

7 4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

9 22, 2011’’. 

10 (b) TICKET TAXES.— 

11 (1) PERSONS.—Clause (ii) of section 

12 4261(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2011’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘July 22, 2011’’. 

15 (2) PROPERTY.—Clause (ii) of section 

16 4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘June 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘July 22, 2011’’. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

19 this section shall take effect on July 1, 2011. 

20 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND 

21 EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) 

23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2011’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘July 23, 2011’’; and 

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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the Airport and Airway Ex2 tension Act of 2011, Part III’’ before the semicolon 

3 at the end of subparagraph (A). 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of 

5 section 9502(e) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘July 

6 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘July 23, 2011’’. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall take effect on July 1, 2011. 

9 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103 of title 49, 

12 United States Code, is amended by striking para13 graph (8) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(8) $2,840,890,411 for the period beginning 

15 on October 1, 2010, and ending on July 22, 2011.’’. 

16 (2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to lim17 itations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, 

18 sums made available pursuant to the amendment 

19 made by paragraph (1) may be obligated at any time 

20 through September 30, 2011, and shall remain avail21 able until expended. 

22 (3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur23 poses of calculating funding apportionments and 

24 meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 

25 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 

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1 Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2010, 

2 and ending on July 22, 2011, the Administrator of 

3 the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 

4 (A) first calculate funding apportionments 

5 on an annualized basis as if the total amount 

6 available under section 48103 of such title for 

7 fiscal year 2011 were $3,515,000,000; and 

8 (B) then reduce by 7 percent— 

9 (i) all funding apportionments cal10 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

11 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec12 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

13 title. 

14 (b) PROJECT GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) 

15 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2011,’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘July 22, 2011,’’. 

17 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

18 (a) Section 40117(l)(7) of title 49, United States 

19 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2011.’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘July 23, 2011.’’. 

21 (b) Section 44302(f)(1) of such title is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2011,’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘July 22, 2011,’’; and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2011,’’ and in25 serting ‘‘October 31, 2011,’’. 

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1 (c) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 

2 striking ‘‘September 30, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘October 

3 31, 2011,’’. 

4 (d) Section 47107(s)(3) of such title is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘July 1, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 23, 2011.’’. 

6 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘July 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 23, 2011,’’. 

8 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘June 30, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 22, 2011.’’. 

10 (g) Section 49108 of such title is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘June 30, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 22, 2011,’’. 

12 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia13 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

15 23, 2011,’’. 

16 (i) Section 186(d) of such Act (117 Stat. 2518) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

18 23, 2011,’’. 

19 (j) The amendments made by this section shall take 

20 effect on July 1, 2011. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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