Expanding Regional Airports Act

Subjects: Transportation and Public Works


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2916 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2916

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program to 
  provide assistance to underserved airports to improve passenger and 
                flight capacity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2023

 Mr. Vasquez (for himself and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program to 
  provide assistance to underserved airports to improve passenger and 
                flight capacity, 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 ``Expanding Regional Airports Act''.

SEC. 2. REGIONAL AIRPORT EXPANSION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

          ``SUBCHAPTER IV--REGIONAL AIRPORT EXPANSION PROGRAM

``Sec. 41781. Grants for growing regional airports
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall establish 
a program to provide grants to eligible airports to improve passenger 
and flight capacity.
    ``(b) Eligible Uses.--An eligible airport may use a grant provided 
under this section for--
            ``(1) activities that improve passenger and flight capacity 
        at such airport, including--
                    ``(A) the expansion of passenger and property 
                screening facilities;
                    ``(B) runway lengthening;
                    ``(C) hangar construction; and
                    ``(D) improving passenger facilities; and
            ``(2) costs incurred to comply with operational and 
        security requirements under part 139 or part 154 of title 14, 
        Code of Federal Regulations.
    ``(c) Grant Requirements.--In carrying out the program established 
under this section, the Secretary shall provide not less than 3 and not 
more than 10 grants to eligible airports in each fiscal year.
    ``(d) Eligible Airport Defined.--In this section, the term 
`eligible airport' means an airport that--
            ``(1) is a general aviation airport or a nonprimary 
        commercial service airport (as determined by the Administrator 
        of the Federal Aviation Administration); and
            ``(2) serves a community with a population of at least 
        75,000.
``Sec. 41782. Authorization of appropriations
    ``There is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year 
$50,000,000 to carry out section 41781.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 41767 the following:

          ``Subchapter IV--Regional Airport Expansion Program

``41781. Grants for growing regional airports.
``41782. Authorization of appropriations.''.
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