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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4203
To provide for the continued improvement and expansion of the Nation’s
airports and airways, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1994
Mr. MINETA (by request) (for himself and Mr. OBERSTAR) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Public Works
and Transportation and Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the continued improvement and expansion
of the Nation’s airports and airways, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—AVIATION INVESTMENT ACT OF
1994
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Aviation Investment
Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 102. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY.
Section 502(a) of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 2201(a)),
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is amended by striking the word ‘‘and’’ following para-
graph (13), by substituting ‘‘; and’’ for the period at the
end of paragraph (14), and by adding a new paragraph
(15) to read as follows:
‘‘(15) It is in the national interest to encourage
projects that employ innovative technology, concepts,
and approaches that will promote safety, capacity,
and efficiency improvements in the air transpor-
tation system, and it is therefore an objective of this
Act that the Secretary encourage and solicit innova-
tive technology proposals and activities in the ex-
penditure of funding pursuant to this Act.’’
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.
Section 503(a) of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 2202(a)),
is amended—
(1) by inserting in clause (2)(B)(ii) the phrase
‘‘(including explosives detection devices and univer-
sal access systems)’’ after the phrase ‘‘or security
equipment’’; and
(2) by deleting the phrase ‘‘and if funded by a
grant under this title,’’ in subparagraph (F).
SEC. 104. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Section 505(a) of the Airport and Airway Im-
provement Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.
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2204(a)), is amended by striking the word ‘‘and’’ which
appears immediately before ‘‘$15,966,700,000’’ and in-
serting the following immediately after the phrase ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 1993’’: ‘‘, $17,656,700,000 for fiscal years ending
before October 1, 1994, $19,346,700,000 for fiscal years
ending before October 1, 1995, $21,136,700,000 for fiscal
years 
ending 
before 
October 
1, 
1996, 
and
$23,026,700,000 for fiscal years ending before October 1,
1997’’.
(b) Section 505(b)(1) of the Airport and Airway Im-
provement Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.
2204(b)(1)), is amended by striking ‘‘1993’’ and by insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘1997’’.
SEC. 105. AIRWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 506(a) of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 2205(a)),
is amended by striking the word ‘‘and’’ immediately before
‘‘$14,000,000,000’’ in paragraph (1), and inserting imme-
diately after ‘‘October 1, 1995’’ the following: ‘‘,
$16,500,000,000 for fiscal years ending before October 1,
1996, and $19,000,000,000 for fiscal years ending before
October 1, 1997’’.
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SEC. 106. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT,
AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
Section 506(b) of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 2205(b)), is
amended—
(1) by striking everything following the phrase
‘‘Trust Fund’’ through and including the letter
‘‘(B)’’ and by inserting the following immediately
after ‘‘$297,000,000’’: ‘‘, for fiscal year 1995
$267,000,000; for fiscal year 1996 $296,000,000;
and for fiscal year 1997 $316,000,000’’; and
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re-
numbering paragraph (5) as paragraph (3).
SEC. 107. OTHER EXPENSES.
Section 506 of the Airport and Airway Improvement
Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 2205), is
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting in lieu
thereof a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
‘‘(c) OTHER EXPENSES.—The balance of the moneys
available in the Trust Fund may be appropriated for costs
incurred by the Federal Aviation Administration in oper-
ating and maintaining the aviation system in a safe and
efficient manner. The total of amounts made available and
appropriated from the Trust Fund for purposes specified
in sections 505 and 506 of this Act in each fiscal year
shall equal 75 percent of the total amount made available