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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1033 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure certain projects related 

to natural hazards and emergency management are eligible for funding 

under the Federal Aviation Administration’s airport improvement program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2023 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. BUDD) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure certain 

projects related to natural hazards and emergency management are eligible for funding under the Federal Aviation Administration’s 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 ‘‘Natural Hazard Resil5 ience for Airports Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT CERTAIN PROJECTS RELATED TO 

2 NATURAL HAZARDS AND EMERGENCY MAN3 AGEMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING 

4 UNDER THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINIS5 TRATION’S AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PRO6 GRAM. 

7 (a) INTERMODAL PLANNING.—Section 47101(g) of 

8 title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by 

10 inserting ‘‘(including long-term resilience from the 

11 impact of natural hazards and severe weather 

12 events)’’ after ‘‘environmental’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

17 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

19 subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(E) consider the impact of hazardous 

21 weather events on long-term operational resil22 ience.’’. 

23 (b) DEFINITION OF AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.—Sec24 tion 47102(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

25 by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(S) improvements, supported by planning 

2 or resiliency studies, or planning for improve3 ments, of primary runways, taxiways, and 

4 aprons necessary at an airport to increase oper5 ational resilience to prepare the airport for re6 suming or maintaining flight operations in the 

7 event of an earthquake, flooding, high water, 

8 sea level rise, a hurricane, a tropical storm, a 

9 cyclone, storm surge, a tidal wave, a tornado, a 

10 tsunami, wind driven water, wildfire, land insta11 bility, or a winter storm. 

12 ‘‘(T)(i) in the case of an airport that meets 

13 each of the requirements described in clause 

14 (ii)— 

15 ‘‘(I) planning for disaster prepared16 ness associated with maintaining airport 

17 operations during a natural disaster; 

18 ‘‘(II) acquiring airport communication 

19 equipment and fixed emergency generators 

20 that are not eligible for funding under pro21 grams funded under the Department of 

22 Homeland Security; and 

23 ‘‘(III) constructing, expanding, or im24 proving airfield infrastructure to include 

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1 retary of Transportation determines will 

2 facilitate disaster response at the airport. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The requirements described in this 

4 clause are the following: 

5 ‘‘(I) The airport and the facilities and 

6 fixed-based operators on, or connected 

7 with, the airport are operated and main8 tained in a manner the Secretary of Trans9 portation considers suitable for disaster re10 lief. An airport shall not be considered as 

11 failing to meet the requirement under the 

12 preceding sentence if a runway is unusable 

13 because the runway is under scheduled 

14 maintenance or is in need of necessary re15 pairs. 

16 ‘‘(II) The airport has developed an 

17 emergency natural disaster management 

18 plan in coordination with State and local 

19 officials.’’. 

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