113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1765 
AN ACT 
To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexi-
bility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced oper-
ations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Flight 
Delays Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS TO 
PREVENT 
REDUCED 
OPERATIONS 
AND 
STAFFING OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding division G of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2013 (Public Law 113–6), any other provision of law, or 
a sequestration order issued or to be issued by the Presi-
dent pursuant to section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 901a(7)(A)), the Secretary of Transportation may 
transfer during fiscal year 2013 an amount equal to the 
amount specified in subsection (c) to the appropriations 
accounts providing for the operations of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration, for any activity or activities funded 
by that account, from— 
(1) the amount made available for obligation in 
that fiscal year as discretionary grants-in-aid for air-
ports pursuant to section 47117(f) of title 49, 
United States Code; or 
(2) any other program or account of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration.
(b) AVAILABILITY
AND OBLIGATION
OF TRANS-
FERRED AMOUNTS.—An amount transferred under sub-
section (a)(1) shall— 
(1) be available immediately for obligation and 
expenditure as directly appropriated budget author-
ity; and 
(2) be deemed as obligated for grants-in-aid for 
airports under part B of subtitle VII of title 49, 
United States Code, for purposes of complying with 
the limitation on incurring obligations during that 
fiscal year under the heading ‘‘GRANTS-IN-AID FOR 
AIRPORTS’’ under title I of the Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 
Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 647), and made ap-
plicable to fiscal year 2013 by division F of the Con-
solidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6). 
(c) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount specified in 
this subsection is the amount, not to exceed $253,000,000, 
that the Secretary of Transportation determines to be nec-
essary to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the 
Federal Aviation Administration during fiscal year 2013 
to ensure a safe and efficient air transportation system; 
and provided that none of the funds transferred under this
subsection may be obligated unless the Secretary notifies 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of 
such transfer. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1765 
AN ACT 
To provide the Secretary of Transportation with 
the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent 
reduced operations and staffing of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.