IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4915 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 24, 2010 

Received 

MARCH 26 (legislative day, MARCH 25), 2010 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

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 authorizations for 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 ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad3 ministration Extension Act of 2010’’. 

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 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘July 3, 2010’’. 

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 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and in14 serting ‘‘July 3, 2010’’. 

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

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

17 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010’’. 

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

19 this section shall take effect on April 1, 2010. 

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

21 EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

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

23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘July 4, 2010’’; and 


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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Aviation Ad2 ministration Extension Act of 2010’’ before the 

3 semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 

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

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

6 ‘‘April 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 4, 2010’’. 

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

8 this section shall take effect on April 1, 2010. 

9 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103(7) of title 49, 

12 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(7) $3,024,657,534 for the period beginning 

14 on October 1, 2009, and ending on July 3, 2010.’’. 

15 (2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Sums made 

16 available pursuant to the amendment made by para17 graph (1) may be obligated at any time through 

18 September 30, 2010, and shall remain available until 

19 expended. 

20 (3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur21 poses of calculating funding apportionments and 

22 meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 

23 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 

24 Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2009, 


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1 and ending on July 3, 2010, the Administrator of 

2 the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 

3 (A) first calculate funding apportionments 

4 on an annualized basis as if the total amount 

5 available under section 48103 of such title for 

6 fiscal year 2010 were $4,000,000,000; and 

7 (B) then reduce by 11 percent— 

8 (i) all funding apportionments cal9 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

10 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec11 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

12 title. 

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

14 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010,’’. 

16 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

18 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010.’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘July 4, 2010.’’. 

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

21 (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘July 3, 2010,’’; and 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2010,’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘September 30, 2010,’’. 


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

2 striking ‘‘June 30, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

3 2010,’’. 

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

5 striking ‘‘April 1, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 4, 2010.’’. 

6 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 4, 2010,’’. 

8 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘March 31, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010.’’. 

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

11 ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010,’’. 

12 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia13 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

15 4, 2010,’’. 

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

17 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 

18 4, 2010,’’. 

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

20 effect on April 1, 2010. 

21 SEC. 6. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER22 ATIONS. 

23 Section 106(k)(1)(F) of title 49, United States Code, 

24 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(F) $7,070,158,159 for the period begin2 ning on October 1, 2009, and ending on July 

3 3, 2010.’’. 

4 SEC. 7. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 

5 Section 48101(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code, 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(6) $2,220,252,132 for the period beginning 

8 on October 1, 2009, and ending on July 3, 2010.’’. 

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

10 Section 48102(a)(14) of title 49, United States Code, 

11 is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(14) $144,049,315 for the period beginning on 

13 October 1, 2009, and ending on July 3, 2010.’’. 

14 SEC. 9. EXTENSION AND FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ALLO15 CATED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PRO16 GRAMS. 

17 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

18 ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Modification Act of 

19 2010’’. 

20 (b) MODIFICATION OF ALLOCATION RULES.—Section 

21 411(d) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 

22 2010 is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

25 (A)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘1301, 1302,’’; and 

2 (ii) by striking ‘‘1198, 1204,’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i) 

5 by striking ‘‘apportioned under sections 

6 104(b) and 144 of title 23, United States 

7 Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in section 

8 105(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code 

9 (except the high priority projects pro10 gram),’’; and 

11 (ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘appor12 tioned under such sections of such Code’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘specified in such section 

14 105(a)(2) (except the high priority projects 

15 program)’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

18 (A)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘1301, 1302,’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘1198, 1204,’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i) 

23 by striking ‘‘apportioned under sections 

24 104(b) and 144 of title 23, United States 

25 Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in section 


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1 105(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code 

2 (except the high priority projects pro3 gram),’’; and 

4 (ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘appor5 tioned under such sections of such Code’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘specified in such section 

7 105(a)(2) (except the high priority projects 

8 program)’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL

11 SIGNIFICANCE AND NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRA12 STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) REDISTRIBUTION AMONG STATES.— 

14 Notwithstanding sections 1301(m) and 1302(e) 

15 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1202 and 1205), 

16 the Secretary shall apportion funds authorized 

17 to be appropriated under subsection (b) for the 

18 projects of national and regional significance 

19 program and the national corridor infrastruc20 ture improvement program among all States 

21 such that each State’s share of the funds so ap22 portioned is equal to the State’s share for fiscal 

23 year 2009 of funds apportioned or allocated for 

24 the programs specified in section 105(a)(2) of 

25 title 23, United States Code. 


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1 ‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION AMONG PROGRAMS.— 

2 Funds apportioned to a State pursuant to sub3 paragraph (A) shall be— 

4 ‘‘(i) made available to the State for 

5 the programs specified in section 105(a)(2) 

6 of title 23, United States Code (except the 

7 high priority projects program), and in the 

8 same proportion for each such program 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(I) the amount apportioned to 

11 the State for that program for fiscal 

12 year 2009; bears to 

13 ‘‘(II) the amount apportioned to 

14 the State for fiscal year 2009 for all 

15 such programs; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) administered in the same manner 

17 and with the same period of availability as 

18 funding is administered under programs 

19 identified in clause (i).’’. 

20 (c) EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM HIGHWAY

21 TRUST FUND.—Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the 

22 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the Sur23 face Transportation Extension Act of 2010, is amended 

24 by striking ‘‘in effect on the date of the enactment of such 

25 Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘in effect on the later of the date of 


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1 the enactment of such Act or the date of the enactment 

2 of the Surface Transportation Extension Modification Act 

3 of 2010)’’. 

4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

5 this section shall take effect upon the enactment of the 

6 Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 and shall 

7 be treated as being included in that Act at the time of 

8 the enactment of that Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 24, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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