I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4915 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2010 
Mr. OBERSTAR
(for himself, Mr. MICA, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CAMP, Mr. 
COSTELLO, and Mr. PETRI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Extension Act of 2010’’. 
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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 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Extension Act of 2010’’ before the 
semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 
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(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, 
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 
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‘‘(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)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘1301, 1302,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1198, 1204,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i) 
by striking ‘‘apportioned under sections 
104(b) and 144 of title 23, United States 
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Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in section 
105(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code 
(except the high priority projects pro-
gram),’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘appor-
tioned under such sections of such Code’’ 
and inserting ‘‘specified in such section 
105(a)(2) (except the high priority projects 
program)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘1301, 1302,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1198, 1204,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i) 
by striking ‘‘apportioned under sections 
104(b) and 144 of title 23, United States 
Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in section 
105(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code 
(except the high priority projects pro-
gram),’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘appor-
tioned under such sections of such Code’’ 
and inserting ‘‘specified in such section 
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105(a)(2) (except the high priority projects 
program)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL 
SIGNIFICANCE
AND
NATIONAL
CORRIDOR
INFRA-
STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) REDISTRIBUTION AMONG STATES.— 
Notwithstanding sections 1301(m) and 1302(e) 
of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1202 and 1205), 
the Secretary shall apportion funds authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (b) for the 
projects of national and regional significance 
program and the national corridor infrastruc-
ture improvement program among all States 
such that each State’s share of the funds so ap-
portioned is equal to the State’s share for fiscal 
year 2009 of funds apportioned or allocated for 
the programs specified in section 105(a)(2) of 
title 23, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION AMONG PROGRAMS.— 
Funds apportioned to a State pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A) shall be— 
‘‘(i) made available to the State for 
the programs specified in section 105(a)(2) 
of title 23, United States Code (except the 
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high priority projects program), and in the 
same proportion for each such program 
that— 
‘‘(I) the amount apportioned to 
the State for that program for fiscal 
year 2009; bears to 
‘‘(II) the amount apportioned to 
the State for fiscal year 2009 for all 
such programs; and 
‘‘(ii) administered in the same manner 
and with the same period of availability as 
funding is administered under programs 
identified in clause (i).’’. 
(c) EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY
FROM
HIGHWAY 
TRUST FUND.—Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the Sur-
face Transportation Extension Act of 2010, is amended 
by striking ‘‘in effect on the date of the enactment of such 
Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘in effect on the later of the date of 
the enactment of such Act or the date of the enactment 
of the Surface Transportation Extension Modification Act 
of 2010)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the enactment of the 
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 and shall 
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be treated as being included in that Act at the time of 
the enactment of that Act. 
Æ 
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