In the Senate of the United States, 
March 17, 2016. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4721) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improve-
ment program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.’’, do 
pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Air-
port and Airway Extension Act of 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Extension of airport improvement program. 
Sec. 102. Extension of expiring authorities. 
Sec. 103. Federal Aviation Administration operations.
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Sec. 104. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 105. Research, engineering, and development. 
Sec. 106. Compliance with aviation funding requirement. 
Sec. 107. Essential air service. 
TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, 
United 
States 
Code, 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,675,000,000 for the period beginning on October 
1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$2,652,083,333 for the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 
(2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to limi-
tations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, 
sums made available pursuant to the amendment 
made by paragraph (1) may be obligated at any time 
through September 30, 2016, and shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
(3) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—For purposes 
of calculating funding apportionments and meeting 
other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 
47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for
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the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending 
on July 15, 2016, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall— 
(A) first calculate such funding apportion-
ments on an annualized basis as if the total 
amount available under section 48103 of such 
title for fiscal year 2016 were $3,350,000,000; 
and 
(B) then reduce by 20.83 percent— 
(i) all funding apportionments cal-
culated under subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) amounts available pursuant to sec-
tions 47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such title. 
(b) PROJECT GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016,’’. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
16, 2016’’. 
(b) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 15, 2016’’.
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(c) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$5,175,000 for the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 
2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,193,750 for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,’’. 
(d) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
(e) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by 
striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
(f) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 
2016’’. 
(g) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Re-
form Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 
2016’’. 
(h) Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Re-
form Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’.
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SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (E) to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) $7,711,387,500 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 
2016.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘March 31, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
SEC. 104. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 48101(a)(5) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) $2,058,333,333 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 
SEC. 105. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 48102(a)(9) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) $124,093,750 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 
SEC. 106. COMPLIANCE WITH AVIATION FUNDING REQUIRE-
MENT. 
The budget authority authorized in this Act, including 
the amendments made by this Act, shall be deemed to satisfy 
the requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of sec-
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tion 48114 of title 49, United States Code, for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016. 
SEC. 107. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE. 
Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$77,500,000 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$122,708,333 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,’’. 
TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘July 16, 
2016’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘or the Airport and 
Airway Extension Act of 2016;’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9502(e)(2) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and in-
serting ‘‘July 16, 2016’’.