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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1265 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifications to the passenger facility charge program administered by the Federal Aviation 

Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2017 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. MASSIE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifications to the passenger facility charge program administered by the Federal Aviation Administration, 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 ‘‘Investing in America: 

5 Rebuilding America’s Airport Infrastructure Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES. 

7 Section 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘of $1, $2, or 

2 $3’’ and inserting ‘‘in any amount’’; 

3 (2) by striking paragraph (4); 

4 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and 

5 (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 

6 (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘specified in paragraphs 

8 (1) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in para9 graph (1)’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘imposed under paragraph 

11 (1) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed under para12 graph (1)’’; and 

13 (5) in paragraph (6)(A) (as so redesignated)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘specified in paragraphs 

15 (1), (4), and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in 

16 paragraphs (1) and (5)’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘imposed under paragraph 

18 (1) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed under para19 graph (1)’’. 

20 SEC. 3. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

21 (a) FUNDING.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, United 

22 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$3,350,000,000’’ 

23 and all that follows before the period at the end and in24 serting ‘‘$2,950,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

25 through 2021’’. 


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1 (b) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 47114 of title 49, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘$3,200,000,000’’ each place it 

4 appears and inserting ‘‘$2,950,000,000’’; and 

5 (2) in subsection (f)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘para7 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

9 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

10 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN LARGE HUB

13 AIRPORTS.—Subject to paragraph (4), and in lieu of 

14 the reduction under paragraph (1), an amount that 

15 would be apportioned under this section (other than 

16 amounts apportioned under subsection (c)(2)) in a 

17 fiscal year to the sponsor of an airport having at 

18 least 1.0 percent of the total number of boardings 

19 each year in the United States and for which a 

20 charge of more than $4.50 is imposed in the fiscal 

21 year under section 40117 shall be reduced by an 

22 amount equal to— 

23 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 

24 (B), 100 percent of the projected revenues from 

25 the charge in the fiscal year but not by more 


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1 than 100 percent of the amount that otherwise 

2 would be apportioned under this section; or 

3 ‘‘(B) with respect to an airport in Hawaii, 

4 100 percent of the projected revenues from the 

5 charge in the fiscal year but not by more than 

6 100 percent of the excess of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the amount that otherwise would 

8 be apportioned under this section; over 

9 ‘‘(ii) the amount equal to the amount 

10 specified in clause (i) multiplied by the 

11 percentage of the total passenger 

12 boardings at the applicable airport that are 

13 comprised of interisland passengers.’’; 

14 (D) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 

15 by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘paragraph (1) or (2)’’; and 

17 (E) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig18 nated)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘.25 percent’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘1.0 percent’’; and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

2 ‘‘fiscal year 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

3 year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 

4 (c) USE OF APPORTIONED AMOUNTS.—Section 

5 47117(e)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amend6 ed by striking ‘‘$3,200,000,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$2,950,000,000’’. 

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