117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3662 

AN ACT 

To temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous 

film forming foam input-based testing equipment, 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 ‘‘Preventing PFAS 

3 Runoff at Airports Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY INCREASED COST SHARE AUTHORITY 

5 FOR AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM INPUT6 BASED TESTING EQUIPMENT. 

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

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subsection: 

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

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

12 allowable project costs for covered equipment and its 

13 installation shall be 100 percent. 

14 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF COVERED EQUIPMENT.— 

15 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘covered 

16 equipment’ means aqueous film forming foam input17 based testing equipment that is eligible for Airport 

18 Improvement Program funding based on Federal 

19 Aviation Administration PGL 21–01, titled ‘Exten20 sion of Eligibility for stand-alone acquisition of 

21 input-based testing equipment and truck modifica22 tion’, dated October 5, 2021 (or any other successor 

23 program guidance letter). 

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

25 established in this subsection shall terminate on the 

26 earlier of— 
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1 ‘‘(A) 180 days after the date on which the 

2 eligibility of covered equipment for Airport Im3 provement Program funding under the author4 ity described in paragraph (2) terminates or is 

5 discontinued by the Administrator; or 

6 ‘‘(B) 5 years after the date of enactment 

7 of this subsection.’’. 

8 (b) OUTREACH EFFORTS.—Not later than 90 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

10 of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct an 

11 outreach effort to make airports aware of the higher cost 

12 share authority established in section 47109(g) of title 49, 

13 United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

14 (c) FORWARD-LOOKING AIRPORT REIMBURSE15 MENTS.—Not later than 18 months after the date of en16 actment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration shall provide a briefing to the 

18 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

19 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In20 frastructure of the House of Representatives that re21 views— 

22 (1) potential options for Congress to reimburse 

23 airports that— 

24 (A) are certificated under part 139 of title 

25 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
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1 (B) acquired covered equipment (as de2 fined in section 47109(g) of title 49, United 

3 States Code) as added by subsection (a)— 

4 (i) with Federal funding but with a 

5 Government’s share less than 100 percent; 

6 or 

7 (ii) without Federal funding; 

8 (2) information relevant to estimating the po9 tential cost of providing such reimbursement; 

10 (3) the status of the Federal Aviation Adminis11 tration’s outreach efforts as required under sub12 section (b); and 

13 (4) any additional information the Adminis14 trator of the Federal Aviation Administration con15 siders appropriate. 

Passed the Senate September 6, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3662 

AN ACT 

To temporarily increase the cost share authority for 

equipment, and for other purposes. aqueous film forming foam input-based testing