H. R. 4721 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 

An Act 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 

improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 

the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airport and 

Airway Extension Act of 2016’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS 

Sec. 101. Extension of airport improvement program. 

Sec. 102. Extension of expiring authorities. 

Sec. 103. Federal Aviation Administration operations. 

Sec. 104. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 

Sec. 105. Research, engineering, and development. 

Sec. 106. Compliance with aviation funding requirement. 

Sec. 107. Essential air service. 

TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 

Sec. 202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 

TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 

PROGRAMS 

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$1,675,000,000 for the period 

beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$2,652,083,333 for the period beginning on 

October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 

(2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available 

pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1) may be 

obligated at any time through September 30, 2016, and shall 

remain available until expended. 

(3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements 
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under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, 

United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 

2015, and ending on July 15, 2016, the Administrator of the 

Federal Aviation Administration shall— 

(A) first calculate such funding apportionments on an 

annualized basis as if the total amount available under 

section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2016 were 

$3,350,000,000; and 

(B) then reduce by 20.83 percent— 

(i) all funding apportionments calculated under 

subparagraph (A); and 

(ii) amounts available pursuant to sections 

47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such title. 

(b) PROJECT GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of title 49, 

United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 

(1), by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016,’’. 

SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

(a) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 16, 2016’’. 

(b) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

(c) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended by striking ‘‘$5,175,000 for the period beginning on 

October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,’’ and inserting 

‘‘$8,193,750 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending 

on July 15, 2016,’’. 

(d) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

(e) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation 

Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by striking ‘‘March 

31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

(f) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation 

Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

(g) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 

of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is amended by striking ‘‘March 

31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

(h) Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 

of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking ‘‘March 

31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS. 

Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (E) to 

read as follows: 

‘‘(E) $7,711,387,500 for the period beginning on October 

1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and 

inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

SEC. 104. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 

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

to read as follows: 

‘‘(5) $2,058,333,333 for the period beginning on October 

1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 
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SEC. 105. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT. 

Section 48102(a)(9) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘(9) $124,093,750 for the period beginning on October 1, 

2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 

SEC. 106. COMPLIANCE WITH AVIATION FUNDING REQUIREMENT. 

The budget authority authorized in this Act, including the 

amendments made by this Act, shall be deemed to satisfy the 

requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of section 48114 

of title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 

1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016. 

SEC. 107. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE. 

Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘$77,500,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 

2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘$122,708,333 

for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 

15, 2016,’’. 

TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 

TRUST FUND. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 

‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 16, 2016’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon at the 

end and inserting ‘‘or the Airport and Airway Extension Act 

of 2016;’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code 

is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 16, 

2016’’. 

SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 

TRUST FUND. 

(a) FUEL TAXES.—Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 

‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

(b) TICKET TAXES.— 

(1) PERSONS.—Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 

amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

15, 2016’’. 

(2) PROPERTY.—Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 

amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

15, 2016’’. 

(c) FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.— 

(1) TREATMENT AS NON-COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—Section 

4083(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ 

and inserting ‘‘July 16, 2016’’. 
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(2) EXEMPTION FROM TICKET TAXES.—Section 4261(j) of such 

Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 

‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.