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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7729 
To release the City of Banning, California, from all restrictions, conditions, 
and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of 
the Banning Municipal Airport. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2020 
Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To release the City of Banning, California, from all restric-
tions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encum-
brance, conveyance, and closure of the Banning Munic-
ipal Airport. 
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 ‘‘Banning Airport Rede-
velopment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND 
LIMITATIONS ON THE USE, ENCUMBRANCE, 
CONVEYANCE, AND CLOSURE OF THE BAN-
NING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The United States, acting 
through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, shall release the City of Banning, California, 
from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the 
use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the Banning 
Municipal Airport, as described in the most recent airport 
layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, to the extent such restrictions, conditions, and limita-
tions are enforceable by the Administrator. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The release under subsection (a) 
shall not be executed before the City of Banning, Cali-
fornia, or its designee, transfers to the Department of 
Transportation of the State of California— 
(1) the amounts described in subsection (c), to 
be used for FAA-approved capital improvements 
within the meaning of airport development (as de-
fined in section 47102(3) of title 49, United States 
Code) at other public use, general aviation airports 
serving the region; and 
(2) for no consideration, all airport and avia-
tion-related equipment of the Banning Municipal 
Airport owned by the City of Banning and deter-
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mined by the FAA or Department of Transportation 
of the State of California to be salvageable for use 
at other airports. 
(c) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts described 
in this subsection are the following: 
(1) An amount equal to the fair market value 
for the highest and best use of the Banning Munic-
ipal Airport property determined in good faith by 2 
independent and qualified real estate appraisers and 
an independent review appraiser on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) An amount equal to the unamortized por-
tion of any Federal development grants other than 
land paid to the City of Banning for use at the Ban-
ning Municipal Airport, which may be paid with, and 
shall be an allowable use of, airport revenue notwith-
standing section 47107 or 47133 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
(3) An amount equal to the airport revenues, 
along with accrued interest, remaining in the airport 
account for the Banning Municipal Airport as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act and otherwise due 
to or received by the City of Banning after such date 
of enactment pursuant to sections 47107(b) and 
47133 of title 49, United States Code. 
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(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit the applicability of— 
(1) the requirements and processes under sec-
tion 46319 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) the requirements under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.); 
(3) the requirements and processes under part 
157 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
(4) the public notice requirements under section 
47107(h)(2) of title 49, United States Code. 
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