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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1512 

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 authorizations for the airport 

improvement program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2009 

Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. CAMP, Mr. MICA, Mr. 

COSTELLO, and Mr. PETRI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

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 authorizations for 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad5 ministration Extension Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIR2 WAY TRUST FUND. 

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

4 4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

7 (b) TICKET TAXES.— 

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

9 4261(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and in11 serting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

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

13 4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

15 2009’’. 

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

17 this section shall take effect on April 1, 2009. 

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

19 EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

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

21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2009’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘October 1, 2009’’, and 

24 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Aviation Ad25 ministration Extension Act of 2009’’ before the 

26 semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 


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

2 section 9502(e) of such Code is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘April 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 

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

5 this section shall take effect on April 1, 2009. 

6 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 48103(6) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘$1,950,000,000 for the 6-month period begin10 ning on October 1, 2008.’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,900,000,000 

11 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

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

13 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009,’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009,’’. 

15 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

17 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2009.’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘October 1, 2009.’’. 

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

20 (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009,’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘September 30, 2009,’’; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘May 31, 2009,’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘December 31, 2009,’’. 


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

2 striking ‘‘May 31, 2009,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

3 2009,’’. 

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

5 striking ‘‘April 1, 2009.’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

6 2009.’’. 

7 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘2008, and for the portion of fiscal year 2009 ending 

9 before April 1, 2009,’’ and inserting ‘‘2009,’’. 

10 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘March 31, 2009.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

12 2009.’’. 

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

14 ‘‘March 31, 2009,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009,’’. 

15 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia16 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘made in’’ and all that follows 

18 through ‘‘under chapter 471’’ and inserting ‘‘made in fis19 cal year 2009 under chapter 471’’. 

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

21 amended by striking ‘‘2008, and for the portion of fiscal 

22 year 2009 ending before April 1, 2009,’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘2009,’’. 

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

25 effect on April 1, 2009. 


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1 SEC. 6. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER2 ATIONS. 

3 Section 106(k)(1)(E) of title 49, United States Code, 

4 is amended by striking ‘‘$4,516,364,500 for the 6-month 

5 period beginning on October 1, 2008.’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$9,042,467,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 

8 Section 48101(a)(5) of title 49, United States Code, 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,360,188,750 for the 6-month 

10 period beginning on October 1, 2008.’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$2,742,095,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

12 SEC. 8. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT. 

13 Section 48102(a)(13) of title 49, United States Code, 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘$85,507,500 for the 6-month pe15 riod beginning on October 1, 2008.’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$171,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

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