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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6473 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 2, 2010 

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 2010, Part IV’’. 

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 ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘March 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 ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘March 31, 2011’’. 

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

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

17 ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 

18 2011’’. 

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

20 this section shall take effect on January 1, 2011. 

21 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND 

22 EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

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

24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

25 (1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ and insert26 ing ‘‘April 1, 2011’’; and 


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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the Airport and Airway Ex2 tension Act of 2010, Part IV’’ before the semicolon 

3 at the end of subparagraph (A). 

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

5 section 9502(e) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘Jan6 uary 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011’’. 

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

8 this section shall take effect on January 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— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para14 graph (6); 

15 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

16 paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(8) $1,850,000,000 for the 6-month period be20 ginning on October 1, 2010.’’. 

21 (2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to lim22 itations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, 

23 sums made available pursuant to the amendment 

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


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1 through September 30, 2011, and shall remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 (3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur4 poses of calculating funding apportionments and 

5 meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 

6 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 

7 Code, for the 6-month period beginning on October 

8 1, 2010, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration shall— 

10 (A) first calculate funding apportionments 

11 on an annualized basis as if the total amount 

12 available under section 48103 of such title for 

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

14 (B) then reduce by 50 percent— 

15 (i) all funding apportionments cal16 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

17 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec18 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

19 title. 

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

21 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’ 

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


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1 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

3 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011.’’ and in4 serting ‘‘April 1, 2011.’’. 

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

6 (1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’ and in7 serting ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’; and 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘June 30, 2011,’’. 

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

11 striking ‘‘March 31, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 

12 2011,’’. 

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

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

15 2011.’’. 

16 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘January 1, 2011,’’ inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’. 

18 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘December 31, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 

20 2011.’’. 

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

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

23 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia24 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011,’’ and inserting 

26 ‘‘April 1, 2011,’’. 


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

2 amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011,’’ inserting ‘‘April 

3 1, 2011,’’. 

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

5 effect on January 1, 2011. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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