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Union Calendar No. 206 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2881 
[Report No. 110–331] 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for 
the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, 
to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for 
the national aviation system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2007 
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. MICA, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. PETRI, Mr. RA-
HALL, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. FILNER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. 
CARSON, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. 
SALAZAR, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SPACE, 
Ms. HIRONO, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. HALL of New York, 
Mr. KAGEN, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BACA, Mr. 
HARE, and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 27, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appro-
priations for the Federal Aviation Administration for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safe-
ty and capacity, to provide stable funding for the na-
tional aviation system, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code. 
Sec. 3. Effective date. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA Programs 
Sec. 101. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning 
and programs. 
Sec. 102. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 103. FAA operations. 
Sec. 104. Funding for aviation programs. 
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility Charges 
Sec. 111. PFC authority. 
Sec. 112. PFC eligibility for bicycle storage. 
Sec. 113. Noise compatibility projects. 
Sec. 114. Intermodal ground access project pilot program. 
Sec. 115. Impacts on airports of accommodating connecting passengers. 
Subtitle C—Fees for FAA Services 
Sec. 121. Update on overflights. 
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Sec. 122. Registration fees. 
Subtitle D—AIP Modifications 
Sec. 131. Amendments to AIP definitions. 
Sec. 132. Amendments to grant assurances. 
Sec. 133. Government share of project costs. 
Sec. 134. Amendments to allowable costs. 
Sec. 135. Uniform certification training for airport concessions under disadvan-
taged business enterprise program. 
Sec. 136. Preference for small business concerns owned and controlled by disabled 
veterans. 
Sec. 137. Calculation of State apportionment fund. 
Sec. 138. Reducing apportionments. 
Sec. 139. Minimum amount for discretionary fund. 
Sec. 140. Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau. 
Sec. 141. Use of apportioned amounts. 
Sec. 142. Sale of private airport to public sponsor. 
Sec. 143. Airport privatization pilot program. 
Sec. 144. Airport security program. 
Sec. 145. Sunset of pilot program for purchase of airport development rights. 
Sec. 146. Extension of grant authority for compatible land use planning and 
projects by State and local governments. 
Sec. 147. Repeal of limitations on Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 
Sec. 148. Midway Island Airport. 
Sec. 149. Miscellaneous amendments. 
TITLE II—AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MODERNIZATION 
Subtitle A—Next Generation Air Transportation System 
Sec. 201. Mission statement; sense of Congress. 
Sec. 202. Next generation air transportation system joint planning and develop-
ment office. 
Sec. 203. Next Generation Air Transportation Senior Policy Committee. 
Sec. 204. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast services. 
Sec. 205. Inclusion of stakeholders in air traffic control modernization projects. 
Sec. 206. GAO review of challenges associated with transforming to the Next Gen-
eration Air Transportation System. 
Sec. 207. GAO review of Next Generation Air Transportation System acquisition 
and procedures development. 
Sec. 208. DOT inspector general review of operational and approach procedures 
by a third party. 
Sec. 209. Expert review of enterprise architecture for Next Generation Air Trans-
portation System. 
Sec. 210. NEXTGEN technology testbed. 
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 211. Clarification of authority to enter into reimbursable agreements. 
Sec. 212. Definition of air navigation facility. 
Sec. 213. Improved management of property inventory. 
Sec. 214. Clarification to acquisition reform authority. 
Sec. 215. Assistance to foreign aviation authorities. 
Sec. 216. Front line manager staffing. 
Sec. 217. Flight service stations. 
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TITLE III—SAFETY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 301. Age standards for pilots. 
Sec. 302. Judicial review of denial of airman certificates. 
Sec. 303. Release of data relating to abandoned type certificates and supple-
mental type certificates. 
Sec. 304. Inspection of foreign repair stations. 
Sec. 305. Runway incursion reduction. 
Sec. 306. Improved pilot licenses. 
Sec. 307. Aircraft fuel tank safety improvement. 
Sec. 308. Flight crew fatigue. 
Sec. 309. OSHA standards. 
Sec. 310. Aircraft surveillance in mountainous areas. 
Sec. 311. Off-airport, low-altitude aircraft weather observation technology. 
Subtitle B—Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
Sec. 321. Commercial unmanned aircraft systems integration plan. 
Sec. 322. Special rules for certain unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 323. Public unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 324. Definitions. 
TITLE IV—AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS 
Sec. 401. Monthly air carrier reports. 
Sec. 402. Flight operations at Reagan National Airport. 
Sec. 403. EAS contract guidelines. 
Sec. 404. Essential air service reform. 
Sec. 405. Small community air service. 
Sec. 406. Air passenger service improvements. 
Sec. 407. Contents of competition plans. 
Sec. 408. Extension of competitive access reports. 
Sec. 409. Contract tower program. 
Sec. 410. Airfares for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 411. Medical oxygen and portable respiratory assistive devices. 
TITLE V—ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND STREAMLINING 
Sec. 501. Amendments to air tour management program. 
Sec. 502. State block grant program. 
Sec. 503. Airport funding of special studies or reviews. 
Sec. 504. Grant eligibility for assessment of flight procedures. 
Sec. 505. CLEEN engine and airframe technology partnership. 
Sec. 506. Prohibition on operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or 
less not complying with stage 3 noise levels. 
Sec. 507. Environmental mitigation pilot program. 
Sec. 508. Aircraft departure queue management pilot program. 
Sec. 509. High performance and sustainable air traffic control facilities. 
Sec. 510. Regulatory responsibility for aircraft engine noise and emissions stand-
ards. 
Sec. 511. Production of alternative jet fuel technology for civil aircraft. 
TITLE VI—FAA EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATION 
Sec. 601. Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system. 
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Sec. 602. MSPB remedial authority for FAA employees. 
Sec. 603. FAA technical training and staffing. 
Sec. 604. Designee program. 
Sec. 605. Staffing model for aviation safety inspectors. 
Sec. 606. Safety critical staffing. 
Sec. 607. Center for excellence in aviation employment. 
Sec. 608. FAA air traffic controller staffing. 
Sec. 609. Assessment of training programs for air traffic controllers. 
Sec. 610. Collegiate training initiative study. 
TITLE VII—AVIATION INSURANCE 
Sec. 701. General authority. 
Sec. 702. Extension of authority to limit third party liability of air carriers aris-
ing out of acts of terrorism. 
Sec. 703. Clarification of reinsurance authority. 
Sec. 704. Use of independent claims adjusters. 
Sec. 705. Extension of program authority. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 801. Air carrier citizenship. 
Sec. 802. Disclosure of data to Federal agencies in interest of national security. 
Sec. 803. FAA access to criminal history records and database systems. 
Sec. 804. Clarification of air carrier fee disputes. 
Sec. 805. Study on national plan of integrated airport systems. 
Sec. 806. Express carrier employee protection. 
Sec. 807. Consolidation and realignment of FAA facilities. 
Sec. 808. Transportation Security Administration centralized training facility 
feasibility study. 
Sec. 809. GAO study on cooperation of airline industry in international child ab-
duction cases. 
Sec. 810. Lost Nation Airport, Ohio. 
Sec. 811. Pollock Municipal Airport, Louisiana. 
Sec. 812. Human intervention and motivation study program. 
Sec. 813. Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone. 
Sec. 814. Merrill Field Airport, Anchorage, Alaska. 
Sec. 815. William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section 
or other provision of title 49, United States Code. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act shall apply only to fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2007. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA 
Programs 
SEC. 101. AIRPORT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND 
NOISE COMPATIBILITY PLANNING AND PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 48103 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2003’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2007’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $3,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(2) $3,900,000,000 fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(3) $4,000,000,000 fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(4) $4,100,000,000 fiscal year 2011.’’. 
(b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2011’’. 
SEC. 102. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
48101(a) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(4) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(1) $3,120,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
‘‘(2) $3,246,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(3) $3,259,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
‘‘(4) $3,353,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 48101 is amended by 
striking subsections (c) through (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) WAKE VORTEX MITIGATION.—Of amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a), such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 may be 
used for the development and analysis of wake vortex miti-
gation, including advisory systems. 
‘‘(d) WEATHER HAZARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of amounts appropriated 
under subsection (a), such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 may be 
used for the development of in-flight and ground-based 
weather threat mitigation systems, including ground 
de-icing and anti-icing systems and other systems for 
predicting, detecting, and mitigating the effects of cer-
tain weather conditions on both airframes and en-
gines. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
HAZARDS.—Weather conditions 
referred to in paragraph (1) include— 
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‘‘(A) ground-based icing threats such as ice 
pellets and freezing drizzle; 
‘‘(B) oceanic weather, including convective 
weather, and other hazards associated with oce-
anic operations (where commercial traffic is high 
and only rudimentary satellite sensing is avail-
able) to reduce the hazards presented to commer-
cial aviation, including convective weather ice 
crystal ingestion threats; and 
‘‘(C) en route turbulence prediction. 
‘‘(e) SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—Of amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a) and section 106(k)(1), 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2011 may be used to advance the development and 
implementation of safety management systems. 
‘‘(f) RUNWAY INCURSION REDUCTION PROGRAMS.—Of 
amounts appropriated under subsection (a), $8,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, 
$12,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $12,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2011 may be used for the development and implemen-
tation of runway incursion reduction programs. 
‘‘(g) RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS.—Of amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a), $15,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008, $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $12,000,000 for fis-
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cal year 2010, and $20,000,000 for 2011 may be used for 
the acquisition and installation of runway status lights.’’. 
SEC. 103. FAA OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(k)(1) is amended by 
striking subparagraphs (A) through (D) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) $8,726,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $8,978,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(C) $9,305,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
and 
‘‘(D) $9,590,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—Section 106(k)(2) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), 
and (F); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (G) 
as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 
(3) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking ‘‘2004 through 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008 through 2011’’. 
(c) AIRLINE DATA AND ANALYSIS.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation 
out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established by 
section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 9502) to fund airline data collection and analysis 
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by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration of the Depart-
ment of Transportation— 
(1) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(2) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009, 
2010, and 2011. 
SEC. 104. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) AIRPORT
AND
AIRWAY
TRUST
FUND
GUAR-
ANTEE.—Section 48114(a)(1)(A) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The total budget re-
sources made available from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund each fiscal year through fis-
cal year 2011 pursuant to sections 48101, 48102, 
48103, and 106(k) shall— 
‘‘(i) in each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009, be equal to 95 percent of the estimated 
level of receipts plus interest credited to the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund for that 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) in each of fiscal years 2010 and 
2011, be equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(I) 95 percent of the estimated 
level of receipts plus interest credited to 
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the Airport and Airway Trust Fund 
for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) the actual level of receipts 
plus interest credited to the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund for the second 
preceding fiscal year minus the total 
amount made available for obligation 
from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund for the second preceding fiscal 
year. 
Such amounts may be used only for aviation in-
vestment programs listed in subsection (b).’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.—Section 48114(a)(2) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
(c) ESTIMATED LEVEL OF RECEIPTS PLUS INTEREST 
DEFINED.—Section 48114(b)(2) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading by striking 
‘‘LEVEL’’ and inserting ‘‘ESTIMATED LEVEL’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘level of receipts plus interest’’ 
and inserting ‘‘estimated level of receipts plus inter-
est’’. 
(d) 
ENFORCEMENT
OF
GUARANTEES.—Section 
48114(c)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2011’’. 
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Subtitle B—Passenger Facility 
Charges 
SEC. 111. PFC AUTHORITY. 
(a) PFC DEFINED.—Section 40117(a)(5) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE.—The term 
‘passenger facility charge’ means a charge or fee im-
posed under this section.’’. 
(b) INCREASE
IN PFC MAXIMUM LEVEL.—Section 
40117(b)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘$4.00 or $4.50’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$4.00, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, or $7.00’’. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM
FOR PFC AT NONHUB AIR-
PORTS.—Section 40117(l) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (7); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (7). 
(d) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES.— 
(1) SECTION
40117.—Section 40117 is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the section heading by striking 
‘‘fees’’ and inserting ‘‘charges’’; 
(B) in the heading for subsection (e) by 
striking ‘‘FEES’’ and inserting ‘‘CHARGES’’; 
(C) in the heading for subsection (l) by 
striking ‘‘FEE’’ and inserting ‘‘CHARGE’’; 
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(D) in the heading for paragraph (5) of 
subsection (l) by striking ‘‘FEE’’ and inserting 
‘‘CHARGE’’; 
(E) in the heading for subsection (m) by 
striking ‘‘FEES’’ and inserting ‘‘CHARGES’’; 
(F) in the heading for paragraph (1) of sub-
section (m) by striking ‘‘FEES’’ and inserting 
‘‘CHARGES’’; 
(G) by striking ‘‘fee’’ each place it appears 
(other than the second sentence of subsection 
(g)(4)) and inserting ‘‘charge’’; and 
(H) by striking ‘‘fees’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘charges’’. 
(2) 
OTHER
REFERENCES.—Subtitle 
VII 
is 
amended by striking ‘‘fee’’ and inserting ‘‘charge’’ 
each place it appears in each of the following sections: 
(A) Section 47106(f)(1). 
(B) Section 47110(e)(5). 
(C) Section 47114(f). 
(D) Section 47134(g)(1). 
(E) Section 47139(b). 
(F) Section 47524(e). 
(G) Section 47526(2). 
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SEC. 112. PFC ELIGIBILITY FOR BICYCLE STORAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40117(a)(3) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) A project to construct secure bicycle 
storage facilities that are to be used by pas-
sengers at the airport and that are in compli-
ance with applicable security standards.’’. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to 
Congress a report on the progress being made by airports 
to install bicycle parking for airport customers and airport 
employees. 
SEC. 113. NOISE COMPATIBILITY PROJECTS. 
Section 40117(b) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(7) 
NOISE
MITIGATION
FOR
CERTAIN 
SCHOOLS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the uses 
specified in paragraphs (1), (4), and (6), the 
Secretary may authorize a passenger facility 
charge imposed under paragraph (1) or (4) at a 
large hub airport that is the subject of an 
amended judgment and final order in condemna-
tion filed on January 7, 1980, by the Superior 
Court of the State of California for the county of 
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Los Angeles, to be used for a project to carry out 
noise mitigation for a building, or for the re-
placement of a relocatable building with a per-
manent building, in the noise impacted area sur-
rounding the airport at which such building is 
used primarily for educational purposes, not-
withstanding the air easement granted or any 
terms to the contrary in such judgment and final 
order, if— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary determines that the 
building is adversely affected by airport 
noise; 
‘‘(ii) the building is owned or char-
tered by the school district that was the 
plaintiff 
in 
case 
number 
986,442 
or 
986,446, which was resolved by such judg-
ment and final order; 
‘‘(iii) the project is for a school identi-
fied in one of the settlement agreements ef-
fective February 16, 2005, between the air-
port and each of the school districts; 
‘‘(iv) in the case of a project to replace 
a relocatable building with a permanent 
building, the eligible project costs are lim-
ited to the actual structural construction 
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costs necessary to mitigate aircraft noise in 
instructional classrooms to an interior noise 
level meeting current standards of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration; and 
‘‘(v) the project otherwise meets the re-
quirements of this section for authorization 
of a passenger facility charge. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.—In sub-
paragraph (A)(iv), the term ‘eligible project 
costs’ means the difference between the cost of 
standard school construction and the cost of con-
struction necessary to mitigate classroom noise 
to the standards of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration.’’. 
SEC. 114. INTERMODAL GROUND ACCESS PROJECT PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 40117 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(n) PILOT PROGRAM
FOR PFC ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
INTERMODAL GROUND ACCESS PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) PFC ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish 
a pilot program under which the Secretary may au-
thorize, at no more than 5 airports, a passenger facil-
ity charge imposed under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(4) 
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to be used to finance the eligible cost of an intermodal 
ground access project. 
‘‘(2) INTERMODAL GROUND ACCESS PROJECT DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘intermodal ground 
access project’ means a project for constructing a local 
facility owned or operated by an eligible agency that 
is directly and substantially related to the movement 
of passengers or property traveling in air transpor-
tation. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the eligible cost of an intermodal 
ground access project shall be the total cost of the 
project multiplied by the ratio that— 
‘‘(i) the number of individuals pro-
jected to use the project to gain access to or 
depart from the airport; bears to 
‘‘(ii) the total number of the individ-
uals projected to use the facility. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS
REGARDING
PRO-
JECTED PROJECT USE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
by clause (ii), the Secretary shall determine 
the projected use of a project for purposes of 
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subparagraph (A) at the time the project is 
approved under this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION 
PROJECTS.—In the case of a project ap-
proved under this section to be financed in 
part using funds administered by the Fed-
eral Transit Administration, the Secretary 
shall use the travel forecasting model for the 
project at the time such project is approved 
by the Federal Transit Administration to 
enter preliminary engineering to determine 
the projected use of the project for purposes 
of subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 115. IMPACTS ON AIRPORTS OF ACCOMMODATING 
CONNECTING PASSENGERS. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
initiate a study to evaluate— 
(1) the impacts on airports of accommodating 
connecting passengers; and 
(2) the treatment of airports at which the major-
ity of passengers are connecting passengers under the 
passenger facility charge program authorized by sec-
tion 40117 of title 49, United States Code. 
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(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—In conducting the study, 
the Secretary shall review, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) the differences in facility needs, and the costs 
for constructing, maintaining, and operating those fa-
cilities, for airports at which the majority of pas-
sengers are connecting passengers as compared to air-
ports at which the majority of passengers are origi-
nating and destination passengers; 
(2) whether the costs to an airport of accommo-
dating additional connecting passengers differs from 
the cost of accommodating additional originating and 
destination passengers; 
(3) for each airport charging a passenger facility 
charge, the percentage of passenger facility charge rev-
enue attributable to connecting passengers and the 
percentage of such revenue attributable to originating 
and destination passengers; 
(4) the potential effects on airport revenues of re-
quiring airports to charge different levels of passenger 
facility charges on connecting passengers and origi-
nating and destination passengers; and 
(5) the added costs to air carriers of collecting 
passenger facility charges under a system in which 
different levels of passenger facility charges are im-
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posed on connecting passengers and originating and 
destination passengers. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of initiation of the study, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the 
study. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
(A) the findings of the Secretary on each of 
the subjects listed in subsection (b); and 
(B) recommendations, if any, of the Sec-
retary based on the results of the study for any 
changes to the passenger facility charge program, 
including recommendations as to whether dif-
ferent levels of passenger facility charges should 
be imposed on connecting passengers and origi-
nating and destination passengers. 
Subtitle C—Fees for FAA Services 
SEC. 121. UPDATE ON OVERFLIGHTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.— 
Section 45301(b) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing and adjust-
ing fees under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 
ensure that the fees are reasonably related to the Ad-
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ministration’s costs, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, of providing the services rendered. Services for 
which costs may be recovered include the costs of air 
traffic control, navigation, weather services, training, 
and emergency services which are available to facili-
tate safe transportation over the United States and 
the costs of other services provided by the Adminis-
trator, or by programs financed by the Administrator, 
to flights that neither take off nor land in the United 
States. The determination of such costs by the Admin-
istrator, and the allocation of such costs by the Ad-
ministrator to services provided, are not subject to ju-
dicial review. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—The Administrator 
shall adjust the overflight fees established by sub-
section (a)(1) by expedited rulemaking and begin col-
lections under the adjusted fees by October 1, 2008. In 
developing the adjusted overflight fees, the Adminis-
trator may seek and consider the recommendations of-
fered by an aviation rulemaking committee for over-
flight fees that are provided to the Administrator by 
June 1, 2008, and are intended to ensure that over-
flight fees are reasonably related to the Administra-
tor’s costs of providing air traffic control and related 
services to overflights. 
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‘‘(3) AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall require the Administrator to take into ac-
count aircraft altitude in establishing any fee for air-
craft operations in en route or oceanic airspace. 
‘‘(4) COSTS DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘costs’ includes those costs associated with the 
operation, maintenance, leasing costs, and overhead 
expenses of the services provided and the facilities and 
equipment used in such services, including the pro-
jected costs for the period during which the services 
will be provided. 
‘‘(5) PUBLICATION; COMMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall publish in the Federal Register any fee 
schedule under this section, including any adjusted 
overflight fee schedule, and the associated collection 
process as an interim final rule, pursuant to which 
public comment will be sought and a final rule 
issued.’’. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 45301 is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ADJUSTMENTS.—In addition to adjustments 
under subsection (b), the Administrator may periodically 
adjust the fees established under this section.’’. 
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SEC. 122. REGISTRATION FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 453 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 45305. Registration, certification, and related fees 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY AND FEES.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall estab-
lish the following fees for services and activities of the Ad-
ministration: 
‘‘(1) $130 for registering an aircraft. 
‘‘(2) $45 for replacing an aircraft registration. 
‘‘(3) $130 for issuing an original dealer’s air-
craft certificate. 
‘‘(4) $105 for issuing an aircraft certificate 
(other than an original dealer’s aircraft certificate). 
‘‘(5) $80 for issuing a special registration num-
ber. 
‘‘(6) $50 for issuing a renewal of a special reg-
istration number. 
‘‘(7) $130 for recording a security interest in an 
aircraft or aircraft part. 
‘‘(8) $50 for issuing an airman certificate. 
‘‘(9) $25 for issuing a replacement airman cer-
tificate. 
‘‘(10) $42 for issuing an airman medical certifi-
cate. 
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‘‘(11) $100 for providing a legal opinion per-
taining to aircraft registration or recordation. 
‘‘(b) FEES
CREDITED
AS
OFFSETTING
COLLEC-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, any fee authorized to be collected 
under this section shall, subject to appropriation 
made in advance— 
‘‘(A) be credited as offsetting collections to 
the account that finances the activities and serv-
ices for which the fee is imposed; 
‘‘(B) be available for expenditure only to 
pay the costs of activities and services for which 
the fee is imposed; and 
‘‘(C) remain available until expended. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUING
APPROPRIATIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator may continue to assess, collect, and spend 
fees established under this section during any period 
in which the funding for the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration is provided under an Act providing con-
tinuing appropriations in lieu of the Administra-
tion’s regular appropriations. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Administrator shall 
periodically adjust the fees established by subsection 
(a) when cost data from the cost accounting system 
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developed pursuant to section 45303(e) reveal that the 
cost of providing the service is higher or lower than 
the cost data that were used to establish the fee then 
in effect.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
453 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘45305. Registration, certification, and related fees.’’. 
(c) FEES INVOLVING AIRCRAFT NOT PROVIDING AIR 
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 45302(e) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A fee’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A fee’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF IMPOSITION OF OTHER FEES.— 
A fee may not be imposed for a service or activity 
under this section during any period in which a fee 
for the same service or activity is imposed under sec-
tion 45305.’’. 
Subtitle D—AIP Modifications 
SEC. 131. AMENDMENTS TO AIP DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.—Section 47102(3) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking ‘‘20’’ 
and inserting ‘‘9’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(M) construction of mobile refueler parking 
within a fuel farm at a nonprimary airport 
meeting the requirements of section 112.8 of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(N) terminal development under section 
47119(a). 
‘‘(O) acquiring and installing facilities and 
equipment to provide air conditioning, heating, 
or electric power from terminal-based, non-exclu-
sive use facilities to aircraft parked at a public 
use airport for the purpose of reducing energy 
use or harmful emissions as compared to the pro-
vision of such air conditioning, heating, or elec-
tric power from aircraft-based systems.’’. 
(b) AIRPORT PLANNING.—Section 47102(5) is amend-
ed by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘and developing an environmental management system’’. 
(c) GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT.—Section 47102 is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) through 
(25) as paragraphs (25) through (27), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (22) 
as paragraphs (9) through (23), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(8) ‘general aviation airport’ means a public 
airport that is located in a State and that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) does not have scheduled service; or 
‘‘(B) has scheduled service with less that 
2,500 passenger boardings each year.’’. 
(d) REVENUE PRODUCING AERONAUTICAL SUPPORT 
FACILITIES.—Section 47102 is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (23) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this 
section) the following: 
‘‘(24) ‘revenue producing aeronautical support 
facilities’ means fuel farms, hangar buildings, self- 
service credit card aeronautical fueling systems, air-
plane wash racks, major rehabilitation of a hangar 
owned by a sponsor, or other aeronautical support fa-
cilities that the Secretary determines will increase the 
revenue producing ability of the airport.’’. 
(e) TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT.—Section 47102 is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(28) ‘terminal development’ means— 
‘‘(A) development of— 
‘‘(i) an airport passenger terminal 
building, including terminal gates; 
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‘‘(ii) access roads servicing exclusively 
airport traffic that leads directly to or from 
an airport passenger terminal building; and 
‘‘(iii) walkways that lead directly to or 
from an airport passenger terminal build-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) the cost of a vehicle described in sec-
tion 47119(a)(1)(B).’’. 
SEC. 132. AMENDMENTS TO GRANT ASSURANCES. 
(a) 
GENERAL
WRITTEN
ASSURANCES.—Section 
47107(a)(16)(D)(ii) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, except in the case of 
a relocation or replacement of an existing airport facility 
that meets the conditions of section 47110(d)’’. 
(b) WRITTEN ASSURANCES ON ACQUIRING LAND.— 
(1) 
USE
OF
PROCEEDS.—Section 
47107(c)(2)(A)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘paid to 
the Secretary’’ and all that follows before the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘reinvested in another project at 
the airport or transferred to another airport as the 
Secretary prescribes under paragraph (4)’’. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS.—Section 47107(c) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PRIORITIES FOR REINVESTMENT.—In ap-
proving the reinvestment or transfer of proceeds under 
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subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence, in descending order, to the following actions: 
‘‘(A) Reinvestment in an approved noise 
compatibility project. 
‘‘(B) Reinvestment in an approved project 
that is eligible for funding under section 
47117(e). 
‘‘(C) Reinvestment in an approved airport 
development project that is eligible for funding 
under sections 47114, 47115, or 47117. 
‘‘(D) Transfer to a sponsor of another pub-
lic airport to be reinvested in an approved noise 
compatibility project at such airport. 
‘‘(E) Payment to the Secretary for deposit 
in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.’’. 
(c) 
CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 
47107(c)(2)(B)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘the Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established 
under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 9502)’’. 
SEC. 133. GOVERNMENT SHARE OF PROJECT COSTS. 
Section 47109 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘provided in 
subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘otherwise specifically provided in this sec-
tion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR TRANSITION FROM SMALL 
HUB TO MEDIUM HUB STATUS.—If the status of a small 
hub airport changes to a medium hub airport, the Govern-
ment’s share of allowable project costs for the airport may 
not exceed 90 percent for the first 2 fiscal years following 
such change in hub status. 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED 
COMMUNITIES.—The Government’s share of allowable 
project costs shall be 95 percent for a project at an airport 
that— 
‘‘(1) is receiving subsidized air service under 
subchapter II of chapter 417; and 
‘‘(2) is located in an area that meets one or more 
of the criteria established in section 301(a) of the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3161(a)), as determined by the Secretary 
of Commerce.’’. 
SEC. 134. AMENDMENTS TO ALLOWABLE COSTS. 
(a) 
ALLOWABLE
PROJECT
COSTS.—Section 
47110(b)(2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
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(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) if the cost is for airport development and 
is incurred before execution of the grant agreement, 
but in the same fiscal year as execution of the grant 
agreement, and if— 
‘‘(i) the cost was incurred before execution 
of the grant agreement due to the short construc-
tion season in the vicinity of the airport; 
‘‘(ii) the cost is in accordance with an air-
port layout plan approved by the Secretary and 
with all statutory and administrative require-
ments that would have been applicable to the 
project if the project had been carried out after 
execution of the grant agreement; 
‘‘(iii) the sponsor notifies the Secretary be-
fore authorizing work to commence on the 
project; and 
‘‘(iv) the sponsor’s decision to proceed with 
the project in advance of execution of the grant 
agreement does not affect the priority assigned to 
the project by the Secretary for the allocation of 
discretionary funds;’’. 
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(b) RELOCATION OF AIRPORT-OWNED FACILITIES.— 
Section 47110(d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) RELOCATION OF AIRPORT-OWNED FACILITIES.— 
The Secretary may determine that the costs of relocating 
or replacing an airport-owned facility are allowable for an 
airport development project at an airport only if— 
‘‘(1) the Government’s share of such costs will be 
paid with funds apportioned to the airport sponsor 
under section 47114(c)(1) or 47114(d); 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the relocation 
or replacement is required due to a change in the Sec-
retary’s design standards; and 
‘‘(3) the Secretary determines that the change is 
beyond the control of the airport sponsor.’’. 
(c) NONPRIMARY
AIRPORTS.—Section 47110(h) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘construction of’’ before ‘‘rev-
enue producing’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, including fuel farms and hang-
ars,’’. 
SEC. 135. UNIFORM CERTIFICATION TRAINING FOR AIR-
PORT CONCESSIONS UNDER DISADVANTAGED 
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47107(e) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) MANDATORY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR AIR-
PORT CONCESSIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of the FAA Reauthor-
ization Act of 2007, the Secretary shall establish 
a mandatory training program for persons de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) on the certification 
of whether a small business concern in airport 
concessions qualifies as a small business concern 
owned and controlled by a socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged individual for purposes of 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—The training pro-
gram may be implemented by one or more pri-
vate entities approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) PARTICIPANTS.—A person referred to 
in paragraph (1) is an official or agent of an 
airport owner or operator who is required to 
provide a written assurance under paragraph 
(1) that the airport owner or operator will meet 
the percentage goal of paragraph (1) or who is 
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responsible for determining whether or not a 
small business concern in airport concessions 
qualifies as a small business concern owned and 
controlled by a socially and economically dis-
advantaged individual for purposes of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
paragraph.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and other ap-
propriate committees of Congress a report on the results of 
the training program conducted under the amendment 
made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 136. PREFERENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY DISABLED VET-
ERANS. 
Section 47112(c) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) A contract involving labor for carrying out an 
airport development project under a grant agreement under 
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this subchapter must require that a preference be given to 
the use of small business concerns (as defined in section 3 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 1632)) owned and 
controlled by disabled veterans.’’. 
SEC. 137. CALCULATION OF STATE APPORTIONMENT FUND. 
Section 47114(d) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘18.5 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
apportioned under paragraph (2) and subject to 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall apportion 
to each airport, excluding primary airports but 
including reliever and nonprimary commercial 
service airports, in States the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $150,000; or 
‘‘(ii) 1⁄5 of the most recently published 
estimate of the 5-year costs for airport im-
provement for the airport, as listed in the 
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national plan of integrated airport systems 
developed by the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration under section 47103. 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION.—In any fiscal year in 
which the total amount made available for ap-
portionment under paragraph (2) is less than 
$300,000,000, the Secretary shall reduce, on a 
prorated basis, the amount to be apportioned 
under subparagraph (A) and make such reduc-
tion available to be apportioned under para-
graph (2), so as to apportion under paragraph 
(2) a minimum of $300,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 138. REDUCING APPORTIONMENTS. 
Section 47114(f)(1) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘except as provided by sub-
paragraph (C),’’ before ‘‘in the case’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) in the case of a charge of more than 
$4.50 imposed by the sponsor of an airport en-
planing at least one percent of the total number 
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of boardings each year in the United States, 100 
percent of the projected revenues from the charge 
in the fiscal year but not more than 100 percent 
of the amount that otherwise would be appor-
tioned under this section.’’. 
SEC. 139. MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR DISCRETIONARY FUND. 
Section 47115(g)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘sum 
of—’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘sum of $520,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 140. MARSHALL ISLANDS, MICRONESIA, AND PALAU. 
Section 47115(j) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2004 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2011’’. 
SEC. 141. USE OF APPORTIONED AMOUNTS. 
Section 47117(e)(1)(A) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘$300,000,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘47141,’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, and for water quality mitiga-
tion projects to comply with the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) as 
approved in an environmental record of decision 
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for an airport development project under this 
title’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘such 35 
percent requirement is’’ and inserting ‘‘the require-
ments of the preceding sentence are’’. 
SEC. 142. SALE OF PRIVATE AIRPORT TO PUBLIC SPONSOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47133(b) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Subsection (a) shall not apply 
if’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) PRIOR
LAWS
AND
AGREEMENTS.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply if’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SALE
OF
PRIVATE
AIRPORT
TO
PUBLIC 
SPONSOR.—In the case of a privately owned airport, 
subsection (a) shall not apply to the proceeds from the 
sale of the airport to a public sponsor if— 
‘‘(A) the sale is approved by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) funding is provided under this subtitle 
for any portion of the public sponsor’s acquisi-
tion of airport land; and 
‘‘(C) an amount equal to the remaining 
unamortized portion of any airport improvement 
grant made to that airport for purposes other 
than land acquisition, amortized over a 20-year 
period, plus an amount equal to the Federal 
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share of the current fair market value of any 
land acquired with an airport improvement 
grant made to that airport, is repaid to the Sec-
retary by the private owner. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS.—Repayments 
referred to in paragraph (2)(C) shall be treated as a 
recovery of prior year obligations.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY
TO GRANTS.—The amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall apply to grants issued on or 
after October 1, 1996. 
SEC. 143. AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 47134 is 
amended 
in 
subsections 
(b)(1)(A)(i), 
(b)(1)(A)(ii), 
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘65 percent’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FUNDS.— 
(1) SECTION 47134.—Section 47134 is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— 
An airport receiving an exemption under subsection (b) 
shall be prohibited from receiving apportionments under 
section 47114 or discretionary funds under section 47115.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
47134(g) is amended— 
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(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘APPORTIONMENTS;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECT COSTS.—Section 
47109(a) is amended— 
(1) by striking the semicolon at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
SEC. 144. AIRPORT SECURITY PROGRAM. 
Section 47137(g) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$8,500,000’’. 
SEC. 145. SUNSET OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR PURCHASE OF 
AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. 
Section 47138 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) SUNSET.—This section shall not be in effect after 
September 30, 2007.’’. 
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SEC. 146. EXTENSION OF GRANT AUTHORITY FOR COMPAT-
IBLE LAND USE PLANNING AND PROJECTS BY 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
Section 47141(f) is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2011’’. 
SEC. 147. REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS ON METROPOLITAN 
WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY. 
Section 49108, and the item relating to such section 
in the analysis for chapter 491, are repealed. 
SEC. 148. MIDWAY ISLAND AIRPORT. 
Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘October 1, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2011’’. 
SEC. 149. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL CHANGES TO NATIONAL PLAN OF IN-
TEGRATED AIRPORT SYSTEMS.—Section 47103 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘each airport to—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the airport system to—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘system 
in the particular area;’’ and inserting ‘‘system, 
including connection to the surface transpor-
tation network; and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
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(D) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘, Short Takeoff and Landing/Very 
Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft operations,’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘status of the’’. 
(b) UPDATE VETERANS PREFERENCE DEFINITION.— 
Section 47112(c) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘sepa-
rated from’’ and inserting ‘‘discharged or re-
leased from active duty in’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ‘Afghanistan-Iraq war veteran’ means an 
individual who served on active duty (as defined by 
section 101 of title 38) in the armed forces for a pe-
riod of more than 180 consecutive days, any part of 
which occurred during the period beginning on Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed 
by presidential proclamation or by law as the last 
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date of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and who was sepa-
rated from the armed forces under honorable condi-
tions.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘veterans and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘veterans, Afghanistan-Iraq war vet-
erans, and’’. 
(c) CONSOLIDATION
OF
TERMINAL
DEVELOPMENT 
PROVISIONS.—Section 47119 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c) and 
(d) as subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may approve 
a project for terminal development (including 
multimodal terminal development) in a nonrevenue- 
producing public-use area of a commercial service 
airport— 
‘‘(A) if the sponsor certifies that the airport, 
on the date the grant application is submitted to 
the Secretary, has— 
‘‘(i) all the safety equipment required 
for certification of the airport under section 
44706; 
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‘‘(ii) all the security equipment re-
quired by regulation; and 
‘‘(iii) provided for access by passengers 
to the area of the airport for boarding or 
exiting aircraft that are not air carrier air-
craft; 
‘‘(B) if the cost is directly related to moving 
passengers and baggage in air commerce within 
the airport, including vehicles for moving pas-
sengers between terminal facilities and between 
terminal facilities and aircraft; and 
‘‘(C) under terms necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
‘‘(2) PROJECT
IN
REVENUE-PRODUCING
AREAS 
AND
NONREVENUE-PRODUCING
PARKING
LOTS.—In 
making a decision under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may approve as allowable costs the expenses of ter-
minal development in a revenue-producing area and 
construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement 
in a nonrevenue-producing parking lot if— 
‘‘(A) 
except 
as 
provided 
in 
section 
47108(e)(3), the airport does not have more than 
.05 percent of the total annual passenger 
boardings in the United States; and 
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‘‘(B) the sponsor certifies that any needed 
airport development project affecting safety, secu-
rity, or capacity will not be deferred because of 
the Secretary’s approval.’’; 
(3) in paragraphs (3) and (4)(A) of subsection 
(b) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section) by striking ‘‘section 47110(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (5) of subsection (b) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (b)(1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
sections (c)(1) and (c)(2)’’; 
(5) in paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4) of sub-
section (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this 
subsection) by striking ‘‘section 47110(d) of this title’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(6) in paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (c) (as re-
designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by 
striking ‘‘section 47110(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)(5) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) by striking ‘‘section 
47110(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(f) LIMITATION
ON DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.—The 
Secretary may distribute not more than $20,000,000 from 
the discretionary fund established under section 47115 for 
terminal development projects at a nonhub airport or a 
small hub airport that is eligible to receive discretionary 
funds under section 47108(e)(3).’’. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 47131(a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and inserting ‘‘June 
1’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) a summary of airport development and 
planning completed; 
‘‘(2) a summary of individual grants issued; 
‘‘(3) an accounting of discretionary and appor-
tioned funds allocated; 
‘‘(4) the allocation of appropriations; and’’. 
(e) CORRECTION TO EMISSION CREDITS PROVISION.— 
Section 47139 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘47102(3)(F),’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘47102(3)(F),’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘47103(3)(F),’’. 
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