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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3187 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 25, 2010 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice, 

considered, read the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad5 ministration Extension Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIR2 WAY TRUST FUND. 

3 (a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

4 4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 

7 (b) TICKET TAXES.— 

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

9 4261(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and in11 serting ‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 

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

13 4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 

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

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

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

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

18 EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

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

20 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

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

22 ‘‘May 1, 2010’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration Extension Act of 2010’’ before the 

25 semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 


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

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

3 ‘‘April 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2010’’. 

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

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

6 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

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

10 ‘‘(7) $2,333,333,333 for the 7-month period be11 ginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

12 (2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Sums made 

13 available pursuant to the amendment made by para14 graph (1) may be obligated at any time through 

15 September 30, 2010, and shall remain available until 

16 expended. 

17 (3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur18 poses of calculating funding apportionments and 

19 meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 

20 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 

21 Code, for the 7-month period beginning on October 

22 1, 2009, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

23 Administration shall— 

24 (A) first calculate funding apportionments 

25 on an annualized basis as if the total amount 


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1 available under section 48103 of such title for 

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

3 (B) then reduce by 42 percent— 

4 (i) all funding apportionments cal5 culated under subparagraph (A); and 

6 (ii) amounts available pursuant to sec7 tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such 

8 title. 

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

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

11 and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010,’’. 

12 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010.’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘May 1, 2010.’’. 

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

17 (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘April 30, 2010,’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘July 31, 2010,’’. 

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

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

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

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


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1 (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik2 ing ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2010,’’. 

3 (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik4 ing ‘‘March 31, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010.’’. 

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

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

7 (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia8 tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 

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

10 1, 2010,’’. 

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

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

13 1, 2010,’’. 

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

15 effect on April 1, 2010. 

16 SEC. 6. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER17 ATIONS. 

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

19 is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(F) $5,454,183,000 for the 7-month pe21 riod beginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

22 SEC. 7. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 

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

24 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(6) $1,712,785,083 for the 7-month period be2 ginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

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

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

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(14) $111,125,000 for the 7-month period be7 ginning on October 1, 2009.’’. 

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