H. R. 6473 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airport and Airway Extension 

Act of 2010, Part IV’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST 

FUND. 

(a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(d)(2) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2011’’. 

(b) TICKET TAXES.— (1) PERSONS.—Clause (ii) of section 4261(j)(1)(A) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2011’’. 

(2) PROPERTY.—Clause (ii) of section 4271(d)(1)(A) of such 

Code is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting 

‘‘March 31, 2011’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect on January 1, 2011. 

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 

2011’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Airport and Airway Extension Act 

of 2010, Part IV’’ before the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of section 9502(e) 

of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘April 1, 2011’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect on January 1, 2011. 

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103 of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (6); 
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(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 

(7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 

‘‘(8) $1,850,000,000 for the 6-month period beginning on 

October 1, 2010.’’. 

(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, 2011, and shall 

remain available until expended. 

(3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements 

under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, 

United States Code, for the 6-month period beginning on 

October 1, 2010, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration shall— 

(A) first calculate funding apportionments on an 

annualized basis as if the total amount available under 

section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2011 were 

$3,700,000,000; and 

(B) then reduce by 50 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 such title 

is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

31, 2011,’’. 

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 

2011.’’. 

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

(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

31, 2011,’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 

2011,’’. 

(c) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘March 

31, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011,’’. 

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

‘‘January 1, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011.’’. 

(e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2011,’’ inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’. 

(f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2011.’’. 

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

31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’. 

(h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation 

Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’. 

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

by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011,’’ inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’. 
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(j) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 

on January 1, 2011. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.