I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7313 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a pilot program for 
intermodal transportation infrastructure grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2020 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a pilot 
program for intermodal transportation infrastructure 
grants, 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 ‘‘21st Century Aero-
space Infrastructure Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
IMPROVEMENT PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47115 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(l) INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUC-
TURE IMPROVEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a pilot program to issue transportation infra-
structure grants to operators of launch sites for the 
construction, repair, or maintenance of infrastruc-
ture and facilities at such sites. 
‘‘(2) 
PILOT
PROGRAM
APPLICATION
RE-
QUIRED.—In order to participate in the pilot pro-
gram established under paragraph (1), an operator 
shall submit an application to the Secretary in such 
form, at such time, and containing such information 
as prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) PILOT
PROGRAM
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
Secretary may only accept an operator into the pilot 
program established under paragraph (1) and issue 
a grant under this subsection to such operator if the 
operator— 
‘‘(A) has submitted a complete and timely 
application under paragraph (2); 
‘‘(B) certifies to the Secretary that the 
grant will be used for an eligible purpose under 
paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(C) agrees to maintain such records relat-
ing to the grant as the Secretary may require 
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and to make such records available to the Sec-
retary or the Comptroller General of the United 
States upon request. 
‘‘(4) PERMITTED
USE
OF
PILOT
PROGRAM 
GRANTS.—An operator may use a grant provided 
under this subsection for the construction, repair, or 
improvement of infrastructure and facilities that— 
‘‘(A) are located at, or adjacent to, a 
launch site; and 
‘‘(B) directly enable or support transpor-
tation safety or covered transportation activi-
ties. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY
TO
ENTER
INTO
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may enter into agreements 
to provide grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) PILOT PROGRAM GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) GRANT FORMULA.—At the beginning 
of each fiscal year after fiscal year 2020, the 
Secretary shall issue a grant to any operator in 
the pilot program established under paragraph 
(1) an amount equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(i) $250,000 for each licensed launch 
operation conducted from the applicable 
launch site or at any adjacent Federal 
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launch range in the previous fiscal year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) $100,000 for each permitted 
launch operation conducted from the appli-
cable launch site or at any adjacent Fed-
eral launch range in the previous fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
GRANT.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (7)(D), a grant issued to an 
operator under this subsection shall not exceed 
$2,500,000 for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) ADJACENCY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In issuing a grant 
to an operator under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall determine whether a 
launch site is adjacent to a Federal launch 
site. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—Only 1 operator 
may receive an amount under subpara-
graph (A) for each licensed or permitted 
launch operation described in such sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) MULTIPLE LAUNCH SITES OPER-
ATED
BY
OPERATOR.—If an operator 
holds a license to operate more than 1 
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the operator that is equal to 50 percent of such 
grant in the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) 
SUPPLEMENTAL
GRANT
LIMITA-
TIONS.—The following limitations shall apply to 
supplemental grants issued to an operator pur-
suant to this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) MATCH TIMING.—The Secretary 
may issue a supplemental grant under sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) only if an amount 
provided by a qualified entity is provided 
to the operator in the same fiscal year as 
the grant issued under paragraph (6). 
‘‘(ii) NON-DUPLICATION OF MATCHING 
GRANTS.—If the Secretary issues a supple-
mental grant to the operator of a launch 
site under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
may not issue a supplemental grant under 
subparagraph (A) to the same operator in 
the same fiscal year. 
‘‘(D) NON-APPLICATION OF GRANT CEIL-
ING.—The limitation on a grant amount under 
paragraph (6)(B) shall not apply to supple-
mental grants issued under this paragraph. 
‘‘(8) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.— 
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‘‘(A) 
AWARD
TIMING.—Amounts 
des-
ignated to carry out this section that are not 
obligated for grants under paragraphs (6) or 
(7) by July 1 of the fiscal year in which the 
amounts were made available shall be made 
available for projects in accordance with sub-
section (j). 
‘‘(B) 
GRANT
ASSURANCE
APPLICA-
BILITY.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), a grant issued under this subsection shall 
not be subject to the conditions of sections 
47106 or 47107, including any regulations pre-
scribed thereunder, or any other conditions as-
sociated with grants made under this sub-
chapter pursuant to the Secretary’s authority 
under chapters 471 or 475. 
‘‘(C) COMBINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—If an operator combines amounts re-
ceived under this subsection with Federal funds 
from any other source (including funds received 
under chapter 471 and 475), the applicable 
statutory or regulatory requirements associated 
with such funds shall apply to the total project 
being funded and to the funds provided under 
this subsection. 
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‘‘(9) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) PILOT
PROGRAM
GRANT
FUNDS.— 
The grants issued under this subsection shall be 
issued from funds made available under sub-
section (j)(4). 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM ANNUAL LIMIT ON PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The total amount 
of all grants issued under this subsection 
shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(ii) GRANT
REDUCTION.—In car-
rying out clause (i), the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) may proportionally reduce 
the amount of, or decline to issue, a 
supplemental grant under paragraph 
(7); and 
‘‘(II) if the reduction under sub-
clause (I) is insufficient, shall propor-
tionally reduce grants issued under 
paragraph (6). 
‘‘(10) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
following definitions apply: 
‘‘(A) COVERED
TRANSPORTATION
ACTIV-
ITY.—The term ‘covered transportation activity’ 
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means the movement of people or property to, 
from, or within a launch site to any other loca-
tion and the necessary or incidental activities 
associated with such movement, including 
through use of— 
‘‘(i) a vehicle; 
‘‘(ii) a vessel; 
‘‘(iii) an aircraft (as defined in section 
40102); 
‘‘(iv) a railroad (as defined in section 
20102); 
‘‘(v) a pipeline facility (as defined in 
section 60101); or 
‘‘(vi) a launch vehicle. 
‘‘(B) LAUNCH; LAUNCH SITE; LAUNCH VE-
HICLE.—The terms ‘launch’, ‘launch site’, and 
‘launch vehicle’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 50902 of title 51. 
‘‘(C) OPERATOR.—The term ‘operator’ 
means a person licensed by the Secretary to op-
erate a launch site. 
‘‘(D) 
QUALIFIED
ENTITY.—The 
term 
‘qualified entity’ means a State, local, or tribal 
government or private sector entity, or any 
combination thereof. 
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‘‘(11) PILOT
PROGRAM
SUNSET.—This sub-
section shall cease to be effective on October 1, 
2023.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
47115(j)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘and subsection (l)’’ after ‘‘this subsection’’. 
Æ 
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