IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4915 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 24, 2010 
Received 
MARCH 26 (legislative day, MARCH 25), 2010 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 
improvement program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Extension Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIR-
WAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 3, 2010’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) 
PERSONS.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4261(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘July 3, 2010’’. 
(2) 
PROPERTY.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on April 1, 2010. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND 
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 4, 2010’’; and 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Extension Act of 2010’’ before the 
semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 9502(e) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘April 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 4, 2010’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on April 1, 2010. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48103(7) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) $3,024,657,534 for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2009, and ending on July 3, 2010.’’. 
(2) OBLIGATION
OF
AMOUNTS.—Sums made 
available pursuant to the amendment made by para-
graph (1) may be obligated at any time through 
September 30, 2010, and shall remain available until 
expended. 
(3) PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION.—For pur-
poses of calculating funding apportionments and 
meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 
47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States 
Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2009, 
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and ending on July 3, 2010, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 
(A) first calculate funding apportionments 
on an annualized basis as if the total amount 
available under section 48103 of such title for 
fiscal year 2010 were $4,000,000,000; and 
(B) then reduce by 11 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 such title is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010,’’. 
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) Section 40117(l)(7) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 4, 2010.’’. 
(b) Section 44302(f)(1) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 3, 2010,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2010,’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2010,’’. 
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(c) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘June 30, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2010,’’. 
(d) Section 47107(s)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘April 1, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 4, 2010.’’. 
(e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 4, 2010,’’. 
(f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘March 31, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010.’’. 
(g) Section 49108 of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘March 31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 3, 2010,’’. 
(h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
4, 2010,’’. 
(i) Section 186(d) of such Act (117 Stat. 2518) is 
amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
4, 2010,’’. 
(j) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on April 1, 2010. 
SEC. 
6. 
FEDERAL 
AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 106(k)(1)(F) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(F) $7,070,158,159 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2009, and ending on July 
3, 2010.’’. 
SEC. 7. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 48101(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) $2,220,252,132 for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2009, and ending on July 3, 2010.’’. 
SEC. 8. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 48102(a)(14) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(14) $144,049,315 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2009, and ending on July 3, 2010.’’. 
SEC. 9. EXTENSION AND FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ALLO-
CATED 
SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Modification Act of 
2010’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF ALLOCATION RULES.—Section 
411(d) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 
2010 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
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