H. R. 2553 

One Hundred Twelfth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven 

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 the airport improvement program, 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 ‘‘Airport and Airway Extension 

Act of 2011, Part IV’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST 

FUND. 

(a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(d)(2) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘July 

22, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 16, 2011’’. 

(b) TICKET TAXES.— (1) PERSONS.—Clause (ii) of section 4261(j)(1)(A) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘July 

22, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 16, 2011’’. 

(2) PROPERTY.—Clause (ii) of section 4271(d)(1)(A) of such 

Code is amended by striking ‘‘July 22, 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘September 16, 2011’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect on July 23, 2011. 

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 

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

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘July 23, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

17, 2011’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Airport and Airway Extension Act 

of 2011, Part IV’’ before the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of section 9502(e) 

of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘July 23, 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘September 17, 2011’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect on July 23, 2011. 

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103 of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

following: 
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‘‘(8) $3,380,178,082 for the period beginning on October 

1, 2010, and ending on September 16, 2011.’’. 

(2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available 

pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1) may be 

obligated at any time through September 30, 2011, and shall 

remain available until expended. 

(b) PROJECT GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of such title 

is amended by striking ‘‘July 22, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

16, 2011,’’. 

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 

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

amended by striking ‘‘July 23, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

17, 2011.’’. 

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

(1) by striking ‘‘July 22, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

16, 2011,’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘October 31, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 

31, 2011,’’. 

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

‘‘October 31, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2011,’’. 

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

‘‘July 23, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 17, 2011.’’. 

(e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘July 

23, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 17, 2011,’’. 

(f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘July 

22, 2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 16, 2011.’’. 

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

22, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 16, 2011,’’. 

(h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation 

Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘July 23, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 17, 2011,’’. 

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

by striking ‘‘July 23, 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 17, 2011,’’. 

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

on July 23, 2011. 

SEC. 6. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE REFORM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through 

(iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively; 

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 

(i) and (ii), respectively; 

(3) in clause (i)(I) (as so redesignated) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ 

before ‘‘(i)(I)’’; 

(4) in subparagraph (A)(ii) (as so redesignated)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘determined’’ and inserting ‘‘was determined’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 

of Transportation’’; and 

(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting 

a semicolon; and 

(5) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) is located not less than 90 miles from the nearest 

medium or large hub airport; and 
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‘‘(C) had an average subsidy per passenger of less 

than $1,000 during the most recent fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 

(b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO DECIDE A PLACE NOT AN

ELIGIBLE PLACE.—Section 41731(b) of such title is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ and inserting 

‘‘Secretary’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘on the basis of a passenger subsidy at 

that place or on another basis’’ and inserting ‘‘on any basis’’. 

(c) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Section 41731 of such title is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS FOR LOCATIONS IN ALASKA.—Subsections 

(a)(1)(B) and (a)(1)(C) shall not apply with respect to a location 

in the State of Alaska. 

‘‘(d) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive subsection (a)(1)(B) 

with respect to a location if the Secretary determines that the 

geographic characteristics of the location result in undue difficulty 

in accessing the nearest medium or large hub airport.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.