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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4721 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2016 

Received 

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. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016’’. 

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

5 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. Funding for aviation programs. 

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. 

6 TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 

7 PROGRAMS 

8 SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PRO9 GRAM. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, 

12 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 

13 $1,675,000,000 for the period beginning on October 

14 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘and $2,645,218,579 for the period beginning 

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

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


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1 sums made available pursuant to the amendment 

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

3 through September 30, 2016, and shall remain avail4 able until expended. 

5 (3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur6 poses of calculating funding apportionments and 

7 meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 

8 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 

9 Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 

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

11 the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 

12 (A) first calculate such funding apportion13 ments on an annualized basis as if the total 

14 amount available under section 48103 of such 

15 title for fiscal year 2016 were $3,350,000,000; 

16 and 

17 (B) then reduce by 21 percent— 

18 (i) all funding apportionments cal19 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

20 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec21 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

22 title. 

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

24 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter 


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1 preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016,’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016,’’. 

3 SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

4 (a) Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States 

5 Code, is amended in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘and 

6 $3,948,087 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 

7 and ending on July 15, 2016,’’ before ‘‘to carry out this 

8 section’’. 

9 (b) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States 

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘July 16, 2016’’. 

12 (c) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, 

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

14 ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

15 (d) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States 

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and not more than 

17 $5,175,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 

18 and ending on March 31, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘and not 

19 more than $8,172,541 for the period beginning on October 

20 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,’’. 

21 (e) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, 

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

23 ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

24 (f) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of 

25 Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended 


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

2 2016,’’. 

3 (g) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of 

4 Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is 

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

6 ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

7 (h) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and 

8 Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is 

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

10 ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 

11 (i) Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Re12 form Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by 

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

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

15 effect on March 31, 2016. 

16 SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER17 ATIONS. 

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

19 amended— 

20 (1) by striking paragraph (1)(E) and inserting 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(E) $7,824,891,355 for the period begin23 ning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 

24 15, 2016.’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘March 31, 

2 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016,’’. 

3 SEC. 104. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 

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

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(5) $2,254,357,923 for the period beginning 

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

8 SEC. 105. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT. 

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

10 is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(9) $131,076,503 for the period beginning on 

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

13 SEC. 106. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS. 

14 The budget authority authorized in this Act, includ15 ing the amendments made by this Act, shall be deemed 

16 to satisfy the requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) and 

17 (a)(2) of section 48114 of title 49, United States Code, 

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

19 on July 15, 2016. 

20 SEC. 107. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE. 

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

22 is amended by striking ‘‘and $77,500,000 for the period 

23 beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 

24 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘and $138,183,060 for the period 


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1 beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 

2 2016,’’. 

3 TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

4 SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND 

5 AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 

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

7 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ in the 

10 matter preceding subparagraph (A) and insert11 ing ‘‘April 1, 2017’’; and 

12 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 

13 subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘or the Airport 

14 and Airway Extension Act of 2016 or any speci15 fied extension;’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(7) SPECIFIED EXTENSION.—For purposes of 

18 paragraph (1), the term ‘specified extension’ means 

19 any provision of law enacted after the date of the 

20 enactment of this paragraph and before April 1, 

21 2017, but only to the extent that such provision of 

22 law provides for the extension (including authoriza23 tion of additional amounts) of an existing authority 

24 (determined as of the date of the enactment of this 


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1 paragraph) for a period ending not later than March 

2 31, 2017, under one or more of the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Section 106, 41742, 41743, 47104, 

4 47107, 47114, 47115, 47116, 47117, 47124, 

5 47141, 48101, 48102, 48103, or 48114 of title 

6 49, United States Code. 

7 ‘‘(B) Section 186(d) or 409(d) of the Vi8 sion 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization 

9 Act. 

10 ‘‘(C) Section 140(c)(1), 411(h), or 822(k) 

11 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 

12 2012.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9502(e)(2) 

14 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘April 1, 2017’’. 

16 SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND 

17 AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 

18 (a) FUEL TAXES.—Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the In19 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2017’’. 

21 (b) TICKET TAXES.— 

22 (1) PERSONS.—Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of 

23 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2017’’. 


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

2 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2017’’. 

4 (c) FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.— 

5 (1) TREATMENT AS NON-COMMERCIAL AVIA6 TION.—Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 

8 2017’’. 

9 (2) EXEMPTION FROM TICKET TAXES.—Section 

10 4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 

11 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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