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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4957 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 26 (legislative day, MARCH 25), 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 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 ‘‘April 30, 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 ‘‘April 30, 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 ‘‘April 30, 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 ‘‘May 1, 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 ‘‘May 1, 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) $2,333,333,333 for the 7-month period be14 ginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

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 7-month period beginning on October 


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1 1, 2009, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

2 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 42 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 ‘‘April 30, 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 ‘‘May 1, 2010.’’. 

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

21 (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘April 30, 2010,’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘July 31, 2010,’’. 


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

2 striking ‘‘June 30, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2010,’’. 

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

4 striking ‘‘April 1, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2010.’’. 

5 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2010,’’. 

7 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘March 31, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010.’’. 

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

10 ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010,’’. 

11 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia12 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

14 1, 2010,’’. 

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

16 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

17 1, 2010,’’. 

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

19 effect on April 1, 2010. 

20 SEC. 6. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER21 ATIONS. 

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

23 is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(F) $5,454,183,000 for the 7-month pe25 riod beginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 

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

3 is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(6) $1,712,785,083 for the 7-month period be5 ginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

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

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

8 is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(14) $111,125,000 for the 7-month period be10 ginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 25, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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