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(4) RELOCATION OF AIRCRAFT.—Before closure 
of the airport, the town of Pollock shall provide ade-
quate time for any airport-based aircraft to relocate. 
SEC. 812. HUMAN INTERVENTION AND MOTIVATION STUDY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall develop a human inter-
vention and motivation study program for flight crew-
members involved in air carrier operations in the United 
States under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 
through 2012. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 813. WASHINGTON, DC, AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION 
ZONE. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in 
consultation with Secretary of Homeland Security and Sec-
retary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure and Committee on Homeland 
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Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
a plan for the Washington, DC, Air Defense Identification 
Zone. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall outline spe-
cific changes to the Washington, DC, Air Defense Identifica-
tion Zone that will decrease operational impacts and im-
prove general aviation access to airports in the National 
Capital Region that are currently impacted by the zone. 
SEC. 814. MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including the Federal Airport Act (as in effect 
on August 8, 1958), the United States releases, without 
monetary consideration, all restrictions, conditions, and 
limitations on the use, encumbrance, or conveyance of cer-
tain land located in the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, 
more particularly described as Tracts 22 and 24 of the 
Fourth Addition to the Town Site of Anchorage, Alaska, 
as shown on the plat of U.S. Survey No. 1456, accepted 
June 13, 1923, on file in the Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of Interior. 
(b) GRANTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the municipality of Anchorage shall be released from 
the repayment of any outstanding grant obligations owed 
by the municipality to the Federal Aviation Administration 
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with respect to any land described in subsection (a) that 
is subsequently conveyed to or used by the Department of 
Transportation and Public Facilities of the State of Alaska 
for the construction or reconstruction of a federally sub-
sidized highway project. 
SEC. 815. 1940 AIR TERMINAL MUSEUM AT WILLIAM P. 
HOBBY AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Nation— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of the 1940 Air 
Terminal Museum located at William P. Hobby Air-
port in the city of Houston, Texas; 
(2) congratulates the city of Houston and the 
1940 Air Terminal Museum on the 80-year history of 
William P. Hobby Airport and the vital role of the 
airport in Houston’s and the Nation’s transportation 
infrastructure; and 
(3) recognizes the 1940 Air Terminal Museum 
for its importance to the Nation in the preservation 
and presentation of civil aviation heritage and recog-
nizes the importance of civil aviation to the Nation’s 
history and economy. 
SEC. 816. DUTY PERIODS AND FLIGHT TIME LIMITATIONS 
APPLICABLE TO FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
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ministration shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding for the 
following purposes: 
(1) To require a flight crewmember who is em-
ployed by an air carrier conducting operations under 
part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
who accepts an additional assignment for flying 
under part 91 of such title from the air carrier or 
from any other air carrier conducting operations 
under part 121 or 135 of such title, to apply the pe-
riod of the additional assignment (regardless of 
whether the assignment is performed by the flight 
crewmember before or after an assignment to fly 
under part 121 of such title) toward any limitation 
applicable to the flight crewmember relating to duty 
periods or flight times under part 121 of such title. 
(2) To require a flight crewmember who is em-
ployed by an air carrier conducting operations under 
part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
who accepts an additional assignment for flying 
under part 91 of such title from the air carrier or 
any other air carrier conducting operations under 
part 121 or 135 of such title, to apply the period of 
the additional assignment (regardless of whether the 
assignment is performed by the flight crewmember be-
fore or after an assignment to fly under part 135 of 
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such title) toward any limitation applicable to the 
flight crewmember relating to duty periods or flight 
times under part 135 of such title. 
SEC. 817. PILOT PROGRAM FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF AIR-
PORT PROPERTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall establish a pilot pro-
gram at up to 4 public-use airports (as defined in section 
47102 of title 49, United States Code) that have a noise 
compatibility program approved by the Administrator 
under section 47504 of such title. 
(b) GRANTS.—Under the pilot program, the Adminis-
trator may make a grant in a fiscal year, from funds made 
available under section 47117(e)(1)(A) of such title, to the 
operator of an airport participating in the pilot program— 
(1) to support joint planning (including plan-
ning described in section 47504(a)(2)(F) of such 
title), engineering design, and environmental permit-
ting for the assembly and redevelopment of real prop-
erty purchased with noise mitigation funds made 
available under section 48103 or passenger facility 
revenues collected for the airport under section 40117 
of such title; and 
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(2) to encourage compatible land uses with the 
airport and generate economic benefits to the airport 
operator and an affected local jurisdiction. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator may 
not make a grant under this section unless the grant is 
made— 
(1) to enable the airport operator and an affected 
local jurisdiction to expedite their noise mitigation 
redevelopment efforts with respect to real property de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) subject to a requirement that the affected 
local jurisdiction has adopted zoning regulations that 
permit compatible redevelopment of real property de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1); and 
(3) subject to a requirement that funds made 
available under section 47117(e)(1)(A) with respect to 
real property assembled and redeveloped under sub-
section (b)(1) plus the amount of any grants made for 
acquisition of such property under section 47504 of 
such title are repaid to the Administrator upon the 
sale of such property. 
(d) COOPERATION WITH LOCAL AFFECTED JURISDIC-
TION.—An airport operator may use funds granted under 
this section for a purpose described in subsection (b) only 
in cooperation with an affected local jurisdiction. 
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(e) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Govern-
ment share of the allowable costs of a project carried 
out under the pilot program shall be 80 percent. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—In determining the allow-
able project costs of a project carried out under the 
pilot program for purposes of this subsection, the Ad-
ministrator shall deduct from the total costs of the 
project that portion of the total costs of the project 
that are incurred with respect to real property that 
is not owned or to be acquired by the airport operator 
pursuant to the noise compatibility program for the 
airport or that is not owned by an affected local ju-
risdiction or other public entity. 
(3) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—Not 
more 
than 
$5,000,000 in funds made available under section 
47117(e) of title 49, United States Code, may be ex-
pended under this pilot program at any single public- 
use airport. 
(f) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
REPAID
FUNDS.—The 
amounts repaid to the Administrator with respect to an air-
port under subsection (c)(3)— 
(1) shall be available to the Administrator for 
the following actions giving preference to such actions 
in descending order: 
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(A) reinvestment in an approved noise com-
patibility project at the airport; 
(B) reinvestment in another project at the 
airport that is available for funding under sec-
tion 47117(e) of title 49, United States Code; 
(C) reinvestment in an approved airport 
development project at the airport that is eligible 
for funding under section 47114, 47115, or 
47117 of such title; 
(D) reinvestment in approved noise compat-
ibility project at any other public airport; and 
(E) deposit in the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502); 
(2) shall be in addition to amounts authorized 
under section 48103 of title 49, United States Code; 
and 
(3) shall remain available until expended. 
(g) USE OF PASSENGER FACILITY REVENUE.—An op-
erator of an airport participating in the pilot program may 
use passenger facility revenue collected for the airport under 
section 40117 of title 49, United States Code, to pay the 
portion of the total cost of a project carried out by the oper-
ator under the pilot program that are not allowable under 
subsection (e)(2). 
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(h) SUNSET.—The Administrator may not make a 
grant under the pilot program after September 30, 2012. 
(i) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the last 
day of the 30th month following the date on which the first 
grant is made under this section, the Administrator shall 
report to Congress on the effectiveness of the pilot program 
on returning real property purchased with noise mitigation 
funds made available under section 47117(e)(1)(A) or 
47505 or passenger facility revenues to productive use. 
(j) 
NOISE
COMPATIBILITY
MEASURES.—Section 
47504(a)(2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) joint comprehensive land use planning, 
including master plans, traffic studies, environ-
mental evaluation and economic and feasibility 
studies, with neighboring local jurisdictions un-
dertaking community redevelopment in the area 
where any land or other property interest ac-
quired by the airport operator under this sub-
section is located, to encourage and enhance rede-
velopment opportunities that reflect zoning and 
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uses that will prevent the introduction of addi-
tional incompatible uses and enhance redevelop-
ment potential.’’. 
SEC. 818. HELICOPTER OPERATIONS OVER LONG ISLAND 
AND STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall conduct a study on helicopter op-
erations over Long Island and Staten Island, New York. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the Admin-
istrator shall examine, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The effect of helicopter operations on residen-
tial areas, including— 
(A) safety issues relating to helicopter oper-
ations; 
(B) noise levels relating to helicopter oper-
ations and ways to abate the noise levels; and 
(C) any other issue relating to helicopter 
operations on residential areas. 
(2) The feasibility of diverting helicopters from 
residential areas. 
(3) The feasibility of creating specific air lanes 
for helicopter operations. 
(4) The feasibility of establishing altitude limits 
for helicopter operations. 
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(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Any determination under this sec-
tion on the feasibility of establishing limitations or restric-
tions for helicopter operations over Long Island and Staten 
Island, New York, shall not apply to helicopters performing 
operations for news organizations, the military, law en-
forcement, or providers of emergency services. 
(d) LIMITATION
ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with 
the Federal Aviation Administration’s authority to ensure 
the safe and efficient use of the national airspace system. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report on the results of the study, including 
information and recommendations concerning the issues ex-
amined under subsection (b). 
SEC. 819. CABIN TEMPERATURE STANDARDS STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall conduct a study to determine 
whether onboard temperature standards are necessary to 
protect cabin and cockpit crew members and passengers on 
an aircraft of an air carrier used to provide air transpor-
tation from excessive heat onboard such aircraft during 
standard operations or during an excessive flight delay. 
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