I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4721 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the 
airport improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2016 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. BRADY of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authoriza-
tions for the airport improvement program, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding 
and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, 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 
‘‘Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016’’. 
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(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. 
Sec. 104. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 105. Research, engineering, and development. 
Sec. 106. Funding for aviation programs. 
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 ‘‘and 
$1,675,000,000 for the period beginning on October 
1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and $2,645,218,579 for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016’’. 
(2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to lim-
itations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, 
sums made available pursuant to the amendment 
made by paragraph (1) may be obligated at any time 
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through September 30, 2016, and shall remain avail-
able 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, 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 21 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 
preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2016,’’. 
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SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘and 
$3,948,087 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
and ending on July 15, 2016,’’ before ‘‘to carry out this 
section’’. 
(b) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 16, 2016’’. 
(c) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
(d) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and not more than 
$5,175,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
and ending on March 31, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘and not 
more than $8,172,541 for the period beginning on October 
1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,’’. 
(e) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
(f) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of 
Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended 
by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 
2016,’’. 
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(g) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of 
Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
(h) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 15, 2016’’. 
(i) 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’’. 
(j) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on March 31, 2016. 
SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1)(E) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(E) $7,824,891,355 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,’’. 
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SEC. 104. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 48101(a)(5) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) $2,254,357,923 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) $131,076,503 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.’’. 
SEC. 106. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS. 
The budget authority authorized in this Act, includ-
ing the amendments made by this Act, shall be deemed 
to satisfy the requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) and 
(a)(2) of section 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 ‘‘and $77,500,000 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 
2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘and $138,183,060 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 
2016,’’. 
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TITLE II—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9502(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2016’’ in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing ‘‘April 1, 2017’’, and 
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘or the Airport 
and Airway Extension Act of 2016 or any speci-
fied extension;’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SPECIFIED EXTENSION.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), the term ‘specified extension’ means 
any provision of law enacted after the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph and before April 1, 
2017, but only to the extent that such provision of 
law provides for the extension (including authoriza-
tion of additional amounts) of an existing authority 
(determined as of the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph) for a period ending not later than March 
31, 2017, under one or more of the following: 
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