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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam 

input-based testing equipment, 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 ‘‘Preventing PFAS Runoff at 

Airports Act’’. 

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY INCREASED COST SHARE AUTHORITY FOR 

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM INPUT-BASED TESTING 

EQUIPMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47109 of title 49, United States Code, 

is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE FOR COVERED EQUIPMENT.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Government’s share of allowable 

project costs for covered equipment and its installation shall 

be 100 percent. 

‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF COVERED EQUIPMENT.—For purposes of 

this subsection, the term ‘covered equipment’ means aqueous 

film forming foam input-based testing equipment that is eligible 

for Airport Improvement Program funding based on Federal 

Aviation Administration PGL 21–01, titled ‘Extension of Eligibility for stand-alone acquisition of input-based testing equipment and truck modification’, dated October 5, 2021 (or any 

other successor program guidance letter). 

‘‘(3) SUNSET.—The higher cost share authority established 

in this subsection shall terminate on the earlier of— 

‘‘(A) 180 days after the date on which the eligibility 

of covered equipment for Airport Improvement Program 

funding under the authority described in paragraph (2) 

terminates or is discontinued by the Administrator; or 

‘‘(B) 5 years after the date of enactment of this subsection.’’. 

(b) OUTREACH EFFORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration shall conduct an outreach effort to make airports 

aware of the higher cost share authority established in section 

47109(g) of title 49, United States Code, as added by subsection 

(a). 

(c) FORWARD-LOOKING AIRPORT REIMBURSEMENTS.—Not later 

than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide a 
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briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that reviews— 

(1) potential options for Congress to reimburse airports 

that— 

(A) are certificated under part 139 of title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations; and 

(B) acquired covered equipment (as defined in section 

47109(g) of title 49, United States Code) as added by subsection (a)— 

(i) with Federal funding but with a Government’s 

share less than 100 percent; or 

(ii) without Federal funding; 

(2) information relevant to estimating the potential cost 

of providing such reimbursement; 

(3) the status of the Federal Aviation Administration’s 

outreach efforts as required under subsection (b); and 

(4) any additional information the Administrator of the 

Federal Aviation Administration considers appropriate. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The amendments 

made by this Act shall apply to amounts that first become available 

in fiscal year 2023 or thereafter. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.