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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5270 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2008 

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, 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 2008’’. 

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 ‘‘February 29, 2008’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘June 30, 2008’’. 

10 (b) TICKET TAXES.— 

11 (1) PERSONS.—Clause (ii) of section 

12 4261(j)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘February 29, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 

14 2008’’. 

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

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

17 ‘‘February 29, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 

18 2008’’. 

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

20 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2008. 

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 ‘‘March 1, 2008’’ and inserting 

26 ‘‘July 1, 2008’’, and 


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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the Airport and Airway Ex2 tension Act of 2008’’ before the semicolon at the end 

3 of subparagraph (A). 

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

5 section 9502(f) of such Code is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘March 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2008’’. 

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

8 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2008. 

9 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 

10 AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

13 United States Code, is amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (3); 

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

17 paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(5) $2,756,250,000 for the 9-month period be21 ginning October 1, 2007.’’. 

22 (2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Sums made 

23 available pursuant to the amendment made by para24 graph (1) may be obligated at any time through 


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1 September 30, 2008, and shall remain available until 

2 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 9-month period beginning October 1, 

8 2007, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad9 ministration shall— 

10 (A) first calculate such funding apportion11 ments on an annualized basis as if the total 

12 amount available under section 48103 of such 

13 title for fiscal year 2008 were $3,675,000,000; 

14 and 

15 (B) then reduce by 25 percent— 

16 (i) all funding apportionments cal17 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

18 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec19 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

20 title. 

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

22 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

23 2007,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2008,’’. 

24 (c) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF CERTAIN AIP COSTS.— 

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1 thorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is amended by 

2 striking ‘‘in each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2008 before July 1, 2008,’’. 

4 (d) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 409(d) of such Act 

6 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘2007.’’ and inserting ‘‘2008.’’. 

8 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

9 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on September 29, 

10 2007, and shall apply with respect to any final order 

11 issued under section 409(c) of such Act that was in 

12 effect on such date. 

13 (e) AIRPORT ELIGIBILITY.—The first sentence of sec14 tion 186(d) of such Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by 

15 inserting ‘‘and for the portion of fiscal year 2008 ending 

16 before July 1, 2008,’’ after ‘‘2007,’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 12, 

2008. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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