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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1079 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 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’’. 

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 ‘‘March 31, 2011’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘May 31, 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 ‘‘March 31, 2011’’ and in14 serting ‘‘May 31, 2011’’. 

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

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

17 ‘‘March 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2011’’. 

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

19 this section shall take effect on April 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 ‘‘April 1, 2011’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘June 1, 2011’’; and 


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

3 of subparagraph (A). 

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

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

6 ‘‘April 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2011’’. 

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

8 this section shall take effect on April 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 the 2 

13 paragraphs designated as paragraph (8) and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) $2,466,666,667 for the 8-month period be16 ginning on October 1, 2010.’’. 

17 (2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to lim18 itations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, 

19 sums made available pursuant to the amendment 

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

21 through September 30, 2011, and shall remain avail22 able until expended. 

23 (3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur24 poses of calculating funding apportionments and 

25 meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 


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1 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 

2 Code, for the 8-month period beginning on October 

3 1, 2010, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

4 Administration shall— 

5 (A) first calculate funding apportionments 

6 on an annualized basis as if the total amount 

7 available under section 48103 of such title for 

8 fiscal year 2011 were $3,700,000,000; and 

9 (B) then reduce by 20 percent— 

10 (i) all funding apportionments cal11 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

12 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec13 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

14 title. 

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

16 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2011,’’. 

18 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

20 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2011.’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘June 1, 2011.’’. 

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

23 (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘May 31, 2011,’’; and 


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

2 ‘‘August 31, 2011,’’. 

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

4 striking ‘‘June 30, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘August 31, 

5 2011,’’. 

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

7 striking ‘‘April 1, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2011.’’. 

8 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2011,’’. 

10 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘March 31, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2011.’’. 

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

13 ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2011,’’. 

14 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia15 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 

17 1, 2011,’’. 

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

19 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 

20 1, 2011,’’. 


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

2 effect on April 1, 2011. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 29, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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