SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Cen-
tury’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Applicability.
Sec. 4. Administrator defined.
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Funding
Sec. 101. Airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Airway facilities improvement program.
Sec. 103. FAA operations.
Sec. 104. AIP formula changes.
Sec. 105. Passenger facility fees.
Sec. 106. Budget submission.
Subtitle B—Airport Development
Sec. 121. Runway incursion prevention devices; emergency call boxes.
Sec. 122. Windshear detection equipment.
Sec. 123. Enhanced vision technologies.
Sec. 124. Pavement maintenance.
Sec. 125. Competition plans.
Sec. 126. Matching share.
Sec. 127. Letters of intent.
Sec. 128. Grants from small airport fund.
Sec. 129. Discretionary use of unused apportionments.
Sec. 130. Designating current and former military airports.
Sec. 131. Contract tower cost-sharing.
Sec. 132. Innovative use of airport grant funds.
Sec. 133. Aviation security program.
Sec. 134. Inherently low-emission airport vehicle pilot program.
Sec. 135. Technical amendments.
Sec. 136. Conveyances of airport property for public airports.
Sec. 137. Intermodal connections.
Sec. 138. State block grant program.
Sec. 139. Engineered materials arresting systems.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Sec. 151. Treatment of certain facilities as airport-related projects.
Sec. 152. Terminal development costs.
Sec. 153. General facilities authority.
Sec. 154. Denial of airport access to certain air carriers.
Sec. 155. Construction of runways.
Sec. 156. Use of recycled materials.
Sec. 157. Aircraft noise primarily caused by military aircraft.
Sec. 158. Timely announcement of grants.
TITLE II—AIRLINE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Service to Airports Not Receiving Sufficient Service
Sec. 201. Access to high density airports.
Sec. 202. Funding for air carrier service to airports not receiving sufficient
service.
Sec. 203. Waiver of local contribution.
Sec. 204. Policy for air service to rural areas.
Sec. 205. Determination of distance from hub airport.
Subtitle B—Regional Air Service Incentive Program
Sec. 211. Establishment of regional air service incentive program.
TITLE III—FAA MANAGEMENT REFORM
Sec. 301. Air traffic control system defined.
Sec. 302. Air Traffic Control Oversight Board.
Sec. 303. Chief Operating Officer.
Sec. 304. Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council.
Sec. 305. Environmental streamlining.
Sec. 306. Clarification of regulatory approval process.
Sec. 307. Independent study of FAA costs and allocations.
Sec. 308. Failure to meet rulemaking deadline.
Sec. 309. Federal Procurement Integrity Act.
TITLE IV—FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Sec. 401. Responsibilities of National Transportation Safety Board.
Sec. 402. Air carrier plans.
Sec. 403. Foreign air carrier plans.
Sec. 404. Applicability of Death on the High Seas Act.
TITLE V—SAFETY
Sec. 501. Cargo collision avoidance systems deadlines.
Sec. 502. Records of employment of pilot applicants.
Sec. 503. Whistleblower protection for FAA employees.
Sec. 504. Safety risk mitigation programs.
Sec. 505. Flight operations quality assurance rules.
Sec. 506. Small airport certification.
Sec. 507. Life-limited aircraft parts.
Sec. 508. FAA may fine unruly passengers.
Sec. 509. Report on air transportation oversight system.
Sec. 510. Airplane emergency locators.
Sec. 511. Landfills interfering with air commerce.
Sec. 512. Amendment of statute prohibiting the bringing of hazardous sub-
stances aboard an aircraft.
Sec. 513. Airport safety needs.
Sec. 514. Limitation on entry into maintenance implementation procedures.
Sec. 515. Occupational injuries of airport workers.
Sec. 516. Airport dispatchers.
Sec. 517. Improved training for airframe and powerplant mechanics.
TITLE VI—WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION
Sec. 601. Protection of employees providing air safety information.
Sec. 602. Civil penalty.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Duties and powers of Administrator.
Sec. 702. Public aircraft.
Sec. 703. Prohibition on release of offeror proposals.
Sec. 704. Multiyear procurement contracts.
Sec. 705. Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system.
Sec. 706. Nondiscrimination in airline travel.
Sec. 707. Joint venture agreement.
Sec. 708. Extension of war risk insurance program.
Sec. 709. General facilities and personnel authority.
Sec. 710. Implementation of article 83 bis of the Chicago Convention.
Sec. 711. Public availability of airmen records.
Sec. 712. Appeals of emergency revocations of certificates.
Sec. 713. Government and industry consortia.
Sec. 714. Passenger manifest.
Sec. 715. Cost recovery for foreign aviation services.
Sec. 716. Technical corrections to civil penalty provisions.
Sec. 717. Waiver under Airport Noise and Capacity Act.
Sec. 718. Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority.
Sec. 719. Acquisition management system.
Sec. 720. Centennial of Flight Commission.
Sec. 721. Aircraft situational display data.
Sec. 722. Elimination of backlog of equal employment opportunity complaints.
Sec. 723. Newport News, Virginia.
Sec. 724. Grant of easement, Los Angeles, California.
Sec. 725. Regulation of Alaska guide pilots.
Sec. 726. Aircraft repair and maintenance advisory panel.
Sec. 727. Operations of air taxi industry.
Sec. 728. Sense of the Congress concerning completion of comprehensive na-
tional airspace redesign.
Sec. 729. Compliance with requirements.
Sec. 730. Aircraft noise levels at airports.
Sec. 731. FAA consideration of certain State proposals.
Sec. 732. Cincinnati-Municipal Blue Ash Airport.
Sec. 733. Aircraft and aircraft parts for use in responding to oil spills.
Sec. 734. Discriminatory practices by computer reservations systems outside
the United States.
Sec. 735. Alkali silica reactivity distress.
Sec. 736. Procurement of private enterprise mapping, charting, and geographic
information systems.
Sec. 737. Land use compliance report.
Sec. 738. National transportation data center of excellence.
Sec. 739. Monroe Regional Airport land conveyance.
Sec. 740. Automated weather forecasting systems.
Sec. 741. Noise study of Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona.
Sec. 742. Nonmilitary helicopter noise.
TITLE VIII—NATIONAL PARKS AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Findings.
Sec. 803. Air tour management plans for national parks.
Sec. 804. Advisory group.
Sec. 805. Reports.
Sec. 806. Methodologies used to assess air tour noise.
Sec. 807. Exemptions.
Sec. 808. Definitions.
TITLE IX—TRUTH IN BUDGETING
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Budgetary treatment of Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Sec. 903. Safeguards against deficit spending out of Airport and Airway Trust
Fund.
Sec. 904. Adjustments to discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 905. Applicability.
TITLE X—ADJUSTMENT OF TRUST FUND AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 1001. Adjustment of trust fund authorizations.
Sec. 1002. Budget estimates.
Sec. 1003. Sense of the Congress on fully offsetting increased aviation spend-
ing.
TITLE XI—EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY
Sec. 1101. Extension of expenditure authority.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made
to a section or other provision of title 49, United States
Code.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act
and the amendments made by this Act shall apply only
to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1999.
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY
IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Funding
SEC. 101. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
48103 is amended by striking ‘‘shall be’’ the last place
it appears and all that follows through the period at the
end and inserting the following: ‘‘shall be—
‘‘(1) $2,410,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
‘‘(2) $2,475,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(3) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(4) $4,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(5) $4,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(6) $4,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.
(b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c)
is amended by striking ‘‘After’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘1999,’’ and inserting ‘‘After September 30,
2004,’’.
SEC. 102. AIRWAY FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) GENERAL
AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Effective September 30, 1999, section 48101(a)
is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2000.
‘‘(2) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
‘‘(3) $3,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2004.’’.
(b) UNIVERSAL ACCESS SYSTEMS.—Section 48101 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) UNIVERSAL ACCESS SYSTEMS.—Of the amounts
appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2001,
$8,000,000 may be used for the voluntary purchase and
installation of universal access systems.’’.
(c) ALASKA NATIONAL AIR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM.—Section 48101 is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(e) ALASKA NATIONAL AIR SPACE COMMUNICA-
TIONS SYSTEM.—Of the amounts appropriated under sub-
section (a) for fiscal year 2001, $7,200,000 may be used
by the Administrator for the Alaska National Air Space
Interfacility Communications System if the Administrator
issues a report supporting the use of such funds for the
System.’’.
(d) AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM/
AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM UPGRADE.—
Section 48101 is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(f) AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM/
AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM UPGRADE.—
Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2000, such sums
as may be necessary for the implementation and use of
upgrades to the current automated surface observation
system/automated weather observing system, if the up-
grade is successfully demonstrated.’’.
SEC. 103. FAA OPERATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
GENERAL FUND.—Effective September 30, 1999, section
106(k) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘There’’;
(2) in paragraph (1) (as designated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) by striking ‘‘the Ad-
ministration’’ and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘the
Administration—
‘‘(A) such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(B) $6,450,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(C) $6,886,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(D) $7,357,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
and
‘‘(E) 
$7,860,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year
2004.’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES.—Of the
amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for fiscal
years 2001 through 2004—
‘‘(A) $450,000 per fiscal year may be used
for wildlife hazard mitigation measures and
management of the wildlife strike database of
the Federal Aviation Administration;
‘‘(B) such sums as may be necessary may
be used to fund an office within the Federal
Aviation Administration dedicated to supporting
infrastructure systems development for both
general aviation and the vertical flight industry;
‘‘(C) such sums as may be necessary may
be used to revise existing terminal and en route
procedures and instrument flight rules to facili-
tate the takeoff, flight, and landing of tiltrotor
aircraft and to improve the national airspace
system by separating such aircraft from con-
gested flight paths of fixed-wing aircraft;
‘‘(D) such sums as may be necessary may
be used to establish helicopter approach proce-
dures using current technologies (such as the
Global Positioning System) to support all-
weather, emergency medical service for trauma
patients;
‘‘(E) $3,000,000 per fiscal year may be
used to implement the 1998 airport surface op-
erations safety action plan of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration;
‘‘(F) $2,000,000 per fiscal year may be
used to support a university consortium estab-
lished to provide an air safety and security
management certificate program, working coop-
eratively with United States air carriers; except
that funds under this subparagraph—
‘‘(i) may not be used for the construc-
tion of a building or other facility; and
‘‘(ii) may only be awarded on the
basis of open competition;
‘‘(G) such sums as may be necessary may
be used to develop or improve training pro-
grams (including model training programs and
curriculum) for security screeners at airports;
and
‘‘(H) such sums as may be necessary for
the Secretary to hire additional inspectors in
order to enhance air cargo security programs.’’;
and
(4) by indenting paragraph (1) (as designated
by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and aligning
such paragraph (1) with paragraph (2) (as added by
paragraph (2) of this subsection).
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
TRUST FUND.—Section 48104 is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b);
(2) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by striking the subsection heading and
inserting ‘‘GENERAL RULE: LIMITATION
ON
TRUST FUND AMOUNTS.—’’; and
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection
(c), the amount’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘for each of fiscal
years 1994 through 1998’’ and inserting
‘‘for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year
thereafter’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2000–
2004.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the amount appropriated
under section 106(k) for any of fiscal years 2000
through 2004 less the amount that would be appro-
priated, but for this subsection, from the Trust
Fund for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (a) for such fiscal year is greater than
the general fund cap, the amount appropriated from
the Trust Fund for the purposes of paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (a) for such fiscal year shall
equal the amount appropriated under section 106(k)
for such fiscal year less the general fund cap.
‘‘(2) GENERAL FUND CAP DEFINED.—In this
subsection, the term ‘general fund cap’ means that
portion of the amounts appropriated for programs of
the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year
1998 that was derived from the general fund of the
Treasury.
(c) LIMITATION
ON OBLIGATING
OR EXPENDING
AMOUNTS.—Section 48108 is amended by striking sub-
section (c).
(d) OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION.—There is
authorized to be appropriated from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund to the Secretary $4,000,000 for fiscal
for such fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the
amount to be apportioned under such sections for
such fiscal year on a pro rata basis by an amount
equal to the difference.’’.
(b) AMOUNTS APPORTIONED TO SPONSORS.—
(1) AMOUNTS TO BE APPORTIONED.—Effective
October 1, 2000, section 47114(c)(1) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking
clauses (i) through (v) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(i) $23.40 for each of the first 50,000 pas-
senger boardings at the airport during the prior cal-
endar year;
‘‘(ii) $15.60 for each of the next 50,000 pas-
senger boardings at the airport during the prior cal-
endar year;
‘‘(iii) $7.80 for each of the next 400,000 pas-
senger boardings at the airport during the prior cal-
endar year;
‘‘(iv) $1.95 for each of the next 500,000 pas-
senger boardings at the airport during the prior cal-
endar year; and
‘‘(v) $1.50 for each additional passenger board-
ing at the airport during the prior calendar year.’’;
and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking
‘‘$500,000 nor more than $22,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$1,500,000’’.
(2) SPECIAL
RULES.—Section 47114(c)(1) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall apportion to an airport sponsor in a fiscal year
an amount equal to the amount apportioned to that spon-
sor in the previous fiscal year if the Secretary finds that—
‘‘(i) passenger boardings at the airport were
less than 10,000 in the calendar year used to cal-
culate the apportionment;
‘‘(ii) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger
boardings in the calendar year prior to the calendar
year used to calculate the apportionment; and
‘‘(iii) the cause of the decrease in passenger
boardings was a temporary but significant interrup-
tion in service by an air carrier to that airport due
to an employment action, natural disaster, or other
event unrelated to the demand for air transportation
at the airport.
‘‘(D) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall apportion on the first day of the first fiscal
year following the official opening of a new airport with
scheduled passenger air transportation an amount equal
to the minimum amount set forth in subparagraph (B)
to the sponsor of such airport.’’.
(c) 
CARGO
ONLY
AIRPORTS.—Section
47114(c)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘2.5 percent’’ and
inserting ‘‘3 percent’’.
(d) ENTITLEMENT
FOR GENERAL AVIATION AIR-
PORTS.—Effective October 1, 2000, section 47114(d) is
amended—
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘TO
STATES’’ and inserting ‘‘FOR GENERAL AVIATION
AIRPORTS’’;
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1) In this’’
and inserting ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this’’;
(3) by indenting paragraph (1) and aligning
paragraph (1) (and its subparagraphs) with para-
graph (2) (as amended by paragraph (2) of this sub-
section); and
(4) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENTS.—The Secretary shall
apportion 20 percent of the amount subject to ap-
portionment for each fiscal year as follows:
‘‘(A) To each airport, excluding primary
airports but including reliever and nonprimary
commercial service airports, in States the lesser
of—
‘‘(i) $200,000; 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
national plan of integrated airport systems
developed by the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration under section 47103.
‘‘(B) Any remaining amount to States as
follows:
‘‘(i) 0.62 percent of the remaining
amount to Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
‘‘(ii) Except as provided in paragraph
(3), 49.69 percent of the remaining
amount for airports, excluding primary air-
ports but including reliever and nonpri-
mary commercial service airports, in States
not named in clause (i) in the proportion
that the population of each of those States
bears to the total population of all of those
States.
‘‘(iii) Except as provided in paragraph
(3), 49.69 percent of the remaining
amount for airports, excluding primary air-
ports but including reliever and nonpri-
mary commercial service airports, in States
not named in clause (i) in the proportion
that the area of each of those States bears
to the total area of all of those States.’’.
(e) USE OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR ALASKA, PUERTO
RICO, AND HAWAII.—Section 47114(d)(3) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—An amount apportioned
under paragraph (2) to Alaska, Puerto Rico, or Ha-
waii for airports in such State may be made avail-
able by the Secretary for any public airport in those
respective jurisdictions.’’.
(f) USE OF STATE-APPORTIONED FUNDS FOR SYS-
TEM PLANNING.—Section 47114(d) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(4) INTEGRATED
AIRPORT
SYSTEM
PLAN-
NING.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), funds made
available under this subsection may be used for inte-
grated airport system planning that encompasses
one or more primary airports.’’.
(g) FLEXIBILITY
IN
PAVEMENT
CONSTRUCTION
STANDARDS.—
Section 47114(d) is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(5) FLEXIBILITY
IN
PAVEMENT
CONSTRUC-
TION STANDARDS.—The Secretary may permit the
use of State highway specifications for airfield pave-
ment construction using funds made available under
this subsection at nonprimary airports serving air-
craft that do not exceed 60,000 pounds gross weight
if the Secretary determines that—
‘‘(A) safety will not be negatively affected;
and
‘‘(B) the life of the pavement will not be
shorter than it would be if constructed using
Federal Aviation Administration standards.’’.
(h) GRANTS FOR AIRPORT NOISE COMPATIBILITY
PLANNING.—Section 47117(e)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘31 percent’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘34 percent’’;
(B) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and
for carrying out’’ and inserting ‘‘, for carrying
out’’; and
(C) by striking the period at the end of the
first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘,
and for noise mitigation projects approved in
the environmental record of decision for an air-
port development project under this chapter.’’;
and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘At least’’
and all that follows through ‘‘sponsors of current’’
and inserting ‘‘At least 4 percent to sponsors of cur-
rent’’.
(i) SUPPLEMENTAL APPORTIONMENT
FOR ALAS-
KA.—Effective October 1, 2000, section 47114(e) is
amended—
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AL-
TERNATIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SUPPLEMENTAL’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Instead of apportioning
amounts for airports in Alaska under’’ and in-
serting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘those airports’’ and in-
serting ‘‘airports in Alaska’’; and
(C) by inserting before the period at the
end of the first sentence ‘‘and by increasing the
amount so determined for each of those airports
by three times’’;
(3) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY
FOR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—’’ before ‘‘This sub-
section’’;
(4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) AIRPORTS
ELIGIBLE
FOR
FUNDS.—An
amount apportioned under this subsection may be
used for any public airport in Alaska.’’; and
(5) by indenting paragraph (1) and aligning
paragraph (1) (and its subparagraphs) and para-
graph (2) with paragraph (3) (as amended by para-
graph (4) of this subsection).
(j) REPEAL
OF APPORTIONMENT LIMITATION
ON
COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS IN ALASKA.—Section
47117 is amended by striking subsection (f) and by redes-
ignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g),
respectively.
SEC. 105. PASSENGER FACILITY FEES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE HIGHER FEE.—Section
40117(b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary
may authorize under this section an eligible agency to im-
pose a passenger facility fee in whole dollar amounts of
more than $3 on each paying passenger of an air carrier
or foreign air carrier boarding an aircraft at an airport
the agency controls to finance an eligible airport-related
project, including making payments for debt service on in-
debtedness incurred to carry out the project, if the Sec-
retary finds—
‘‘(A) that the project will make a significant
contribution to improving air safety and security, in-
creasing competition among air carriers, reducing
current or anticipated congestion, or reducing the
impact of aviation noise on people living near the
airport;
‘‘(B) that the project cannot be paid for from
funds reasonably expected to be available for the
programs referred to in section 48103; and
‘‘(C) that the amount to be imposed is not more
than twice that which may be imposed under para-
graph (1).’’.
(b) LIMITATION ON APPROVAL OF CERTAIN APPLI-
CATIONS.—Section 40117(d) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(2);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) in the case of an application to impose a
fee of more than $3 for a surface transportation or
terminal project, the agency has made adequate pro-
vision for financing the airside needs of the airport,
including runways, taxiways, aprons, and aircraft
gates.’’.
(c) REDUCING APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 47114(f)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘An amount’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An amount’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘an amount equal to’’ and all
that follows through the period at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘an amount equal to—
‘‘(A) in the case of a fee of $3 or less, 50
percent of the projected revenues from the fee
in the fiscal year but not by more than 50 per-
cent of the amount that otherwise would be ap-
portioned under this section; and
‘‘(B) in the case of a fee of more than $3,
75 percent of the projected revenues from the
fee in the fiscal year but not by more than 75
percent of the amount that otherwise would be
apportioned under this section.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF REDUCTION.—A re-
duction in an apportionment required by paragraph
(1) shall not take effect until the first fiscal year fol-
lowing the year in which the collection of the fee im-
posed under section 40117 is begun.’’.
SEC. 106. BUDGET SUBMISSION.
The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives a copy of the annual
budget estimates of the Federal Aviation Administration,
including line item justifications, at the same time the an-
nual budget estimates are submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives.
Subtitle B—Airport Development
SEC. 121. RUNWAY INCURSION PREVENTION DEVICES;
EMERGENCY CALL BOXES.
(a) POLICY.—Section 47101(a)(11) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(including integrated in-pavement lighting sys-
tems for runways and taxiways and other runway and
taxiway incursion prevention devices)’’ after ‘‘technology’’.
(b) MAXIMUM USE OF SAFETY FACILITIES.—Section
47101(f) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(9); and
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) runway and taxiway incursion prevention
devices, including integrated in-pavement lighting
systems for runways and taxiways.’’.
(c) INCLUSION OF UNIVERSAL ACCESS SYSTEMS AND
EMERGENCY CALL BOXES AS AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.—
Section 47102(3)(B) is amended—
(1) in clause (ii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and universal access sys-
tems,’’ and inserting ‘‘, universal access sys-
tems, and emergency call boxes,’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and integrated in-pave-
ment lighting systems for runways and taxiways
and other runway and taxiway incursion pre-
vention devices’’ before the semicolon at the
end; and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
of clause (iii) the following: ‘‘, including closed cir-
cuit weather surveillance equipment’’.
SEC. 122. WINDSHEAR DETECTION EQUIPMENT.
Section 47102(3)(B) is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (v);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(vi) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(vii) 
windshear 
detection 
equip-
ment;’’.
SEC. 123. ENHANCED VISION TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a
study of the feasibility of requiring United States airports
to install enhanced vision technologies to replace or en-
hance conventional landing light systems over the 10-year
period following the date of completion of such study.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), together with such rec-
ommendations as the Administrator considers appropriate.
(c) INCLUSION OF INSTALLATION AS AIRPORT DE-
VELOPMENT.—Section 47102 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)(B) (as amended by this
Act) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(viii) enhanced vision technologies
that are certified by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration and
that are intended to replace or enhance
conventional landing light systems; and’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(21) ENHANCED VISION TECHNOLOGIES.—The
term ‘enhanced vision technologies’ means laser
guidance, ultraviolet guidance, infrared, and cold
cathode technologies.’’.
(d) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall transmit to Congress a schedule for deciding whether
or not to certify laser guidance equipment for use as ap-
proach lighting at United States airports and of cold cath-
ode lighting equipment for use as runway and taxiway
lighting at United States airports and as lighting at
United States heliports.
SEC. 124. PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE.
(a) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 47132 is repealed.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis
for chapter 471 is amended by striking the item re-
lating to section 47132.
(b) ELIGIBILITY AS AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.—Sec-
tion 47102(3) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(H) routine work to preserve and extend
the useful life of runways, taxiways, and aprons
at airports that are not primary airports, under
guidelines issued by the Administrator.’’.
SEC. 125. COMPETITION PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47106 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) COMPETITION PLANS.—
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Beginning in fiscal year
2001, no passenger facility fee may be approved for
a covered airport under section 40117 and no grant
may be made under this subchapter for a covered
airport unless the airport has submitted to the Sec-
retary a written competition plan in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—A competition plan under
this subsection shall include information on the
availability of airport gates and related facilities,
leasing and sub-leasing arrangements, gate-use re-
quirements, patterns of air service, gate-assignment
policy, financial constraints, airport controls over
air- and ground-side capacity, whether the airport
intends to build or acquire gates that would be used
as common facilities, and airfare levels (as compiled
by the Department of Transportation) compared to
other large airports.
‘‘(3) COVERED
AIRPORT
DEFINED.—In this
subsection, the term ‘covered airport’ means a com-
mercial service airport—
‘‘(A) that has more than .25 percent of the
total number of passenger boardings each year
at all such airports; and
‘‘(B) at which one or two air carriers con-
trol more than 50 percent of the passenger
boardings.’’.
(b) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 40117 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) COMPETITION PLANS.—Beginning in fiscal year
2001, no eligible agency may impose a passenger facility
fee under this section with respect to a covered airport
(as such term is defined in section 47106(f)) unless the
agency has submitted to the Secretary a written competi-
tion plan in accordance with such section. This subsection
does not apply to passenger facility fees in effect before
the date of the enactment of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 126. MATCHING SHARE.
Section 47109(a) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) not more than 90 percent for a project
funded by a grant issued to and administered by a
State under section 47128, relating to the State
block grant program;’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(3) (as so redesignated);
(4) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) (as so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘;
and’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) 100 percent in fiscal year 2001 for any
project—
‘‘(A) at an airport other than a primary
airport; or
‘‘(B) at a primary airport having less than
.05 percent of the total number of passenger
boardings each year at all commercial service
airports.’’.
SEC. 127. LETTERS OF INTENT.
Section 47110(e) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2)(C) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(C) that meets the criteria of section 47115(d)
and, if for a project at a commercial service airport
having at least 0.25 percent of the boardings each
year at all such airports, the Secretary decides will
enhance system-wide airport capacity significantly.’’;
and
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(5) LETTERS OF INTENT.—The Secretary may not
require an eligible agency to impose a passenger facility
fee under section 40117 in order to obtain a letter of in-
tent under this section.’’.
SEC. 128. GRANTS FROM SMALL AIRPORT FUND.
(a) SET-ASIDE FOR MEETING SAFETY TERMS IN
AIRPORT OPERATING CERTIFICATES.—Section 47116 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) SET-ASIDE FOR MEETING SAFETY TERMS IN
AIRPORT OPERATING CERTIFICATES.—In the first fiscal
year beginning after the effective date of regulations
issued to carry out section 44706(b) with respect to air-
ports described in section 44706(a)(2), and in each of the
next 4 fiscal years, the lesser of $15,000,000 or 20 percent
of the amounts that would otherwise be distributed to
sponsors of airports under subsection (b)(2) shall be used
to assist the airports in meeting the terms established by
the regulations. If the Secretary publishes in the Federal
Register a finding that all the terms established by the
regulations have been met, this subsection shall cease to
be effective as of the date of such publication.’’.
(b) NOTIFICATION OF SOURCE OF GRANT.—Section
47116 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) NOTIFICATION OF SOURCE OF GRANT.—When-
ever the Secretary makes a grant under this section, the
Secretary shall notify the recipient of the grant, in writing,
that the source of the grant is from the small airport
fund.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 47116(d) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In making’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION
OF
NEW
RUNWAYS.—In
making’’;
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) AIRPORT
DEVELOPMENT
FOR
TURBINE
POWERED AIRCRAFT.—In making grants to sponsors
described in subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall
give priority consideration to airport development
projects to support operations by turbine powered
aircraft, if the non-Federal share of the project is at
least 40 percent.’’; and
(3) by aligning the remainder of paragraph (1)
(as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection)
with paragraph (2) (as added by paragraph (2) of
this subsection).
SEC. 129. DISCRETIONARY USE OF UNUSED APPORTION-
MENTS.
Section 47117(f) (as redesignated by section 104(j)
of this Act) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) DISCRETIONARY USE OF APPORTIONMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
if the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount
of an apportionment under section 47114 is not re-
quired during a fiscal year to fund a grant for which
the apportionment may be used, the Secretary may
use during such fiscal year the amount not so re-
quired to make grants for any purpose for which
grants may be made under section 48103. The find-
ing may be based on the notifications that the Sec-
retary receives under section 47105(f) or on other
information received from airport sponsors.
‘‘(2) RESTORATION OF APPORTIONMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the fiscal year for
which a finding is made under paragraph (1)
with respect to an apportionment is not the last
fiscal year of availability of the apportionment
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall restore
to the apportionment an amount equal to the
amount of the apportionment used under para-
graph (1) for a discretionary grant whenever a
sufficient amount is made available under sec-
tion 48103.
‘‘(B) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—If res-
toration under this paragraph is made in the
fiscal year for which the finding is made or the
succeeding fiscal year, the amount restored
shall be subject to the original period of avail-
ability of the apportionment under subsection
(b). If the restoration is made thereafter, the
amount restored shall remain available in ac-
cordance with subsection (b) for the original pe-
riod of availability of the apportionment, plus
the number of fiscal years during which a suffi-
cient amount was not available for the restora-
tion.
‘‘(3) NEWLY AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(A) RESTORED
AMOUNTS
TO
BE
UN-
AVAILABLE FOR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Of
an amount newly available under section 48103
of this title, an amount equal to the amounts
restored under paragraph (2) shall not be avail-
able for discretionary grant obligations under
section 47115.
‘‘(B) USE OF REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Sub-
paragraph (A) does not impair the Secretary’s
authority under paragraph (1), after a restora-
tion under paragraph (2), to apply all or part
of a restored amount that is not required to
fund a grant under an apportionment to fund
discretionary grants.
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS ON OBLIGATIONS APPLY.—
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to au-
thorize the Secretary to incur grant obligations
under section 47104 for a fiscal year in an amount
greater than the amount made available under sec-
tion 48103 for such obligations for such fiscal
year.’’.
SEC. 130. DESIGNATING CURRENT AND FORMER MILITARY
AIRPORTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47118 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘12’’ and in-
serting ‘‘15 for fiscal year 2000 and 20 for each fis-
cal year thereafter’’;
(2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating
subsections (d) through (f) as subsections (c)
through (e), respectively;
(3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘47117(e)(1)(E)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘47117(e)(1)(B)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘5-fiscal-year periods’’ and
inserting ‘‘periods, each not to exceed 5 fiscal
years,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘each such subsequent 5-
fiscal-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘each such
subsequent period’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) DESIGNATION
OF GENERAL AVIATION AIR-
PORT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, 1 airport of the airports designated under subsection
(a) for fiscal year 2000 and 3 airports for each fiscal year
thereafter shall be general aviation airports that were
former military installations closed or realigned under a
section referred to in subsection (a)(1).’’.
(b) 
TERMINAL
BUILDING
FACILITIES.—Section
47118(d) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this sec-
tion) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$7,000,000’’.
(c) ELIGIBILITY OF AIR CARGO TERMINALS.—Sec-
tion 47118(e) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this
section) is amended—
(1) in subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND
HANGARS’’ and inserting ‘‘HANGARS, AND
AIR
CARGO TERMINALS’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$7,000,000’’; and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘hangars’’ the following:
‘‘and air cargo terminals of an area that is 50,000
square feet or less’’.
SEC. 131. CONTRACT TOWER COST-SHARING.
Section 47124(b) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3) CONTRACT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER
PILOT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
establish a pilot program to contract for air
traffic control services at Level I air traffic con-
trol towers, as defined by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration, that do
not qualify for the Contract Tower program es-
tablished under subsection (a) and continued
under paragraph (1) (hereafter in this para-
graph referred to as the ‘Contract Tower Pro-
gram’).
‘‘(B) PROGRAM
COMPONENTS.—In car-
rying out the pilot program established under
subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall—
‘‘(i) utilize for purposes of cost-benefit
analyses, current, actual, site-specific data,
forecast estimates, or airport master plan
data provided by a facility owner or oper-
ator and verified by the Administrator;
‘‘(ii) approve for participation only fa-
cilities willing to fund a pro rata share of
the operating costs of the air traffic con-
trol tower to achieve a one-to-one benefit-
to-cost ratio, as required for eligibility
under the Contract Tower Program; and
‘‘(iii) approve for participation no
more than two facilities willing to fund up
to 50 percent, but not less than 25 per-
cent, of construction costs for an air traffic
control tower built by the airport operator
and for each of such facilities the Federal
share of construction cost does not exceed
$1,100,000.
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In selecting facilities to
participate in the program under this para-
graph, the Administrator shall give priority to
the following:
‘‘(i) Air traffic control towers that are
participating in the Contract Tower Pro-
gram but have been notified that they will
be terminated from such program because
the Administration has determined that
the benefit-to-cost ratio for their continu-
ation in such program is less than 1.0.
‘‘(ii) Air traffic control towers that
the Administrator determines have a ben-
efit-to-cost ratio of at least .85.
‘‘(iii) Air traffic control towers of the
Federal Aviation Administration that are
closed as a result of the air traffic control-
lers strike in 1981.
‘‘(iv) Air traffic control towers that
are located at airports or points at which
an air carrier is receiving compensation
under the essential air service program
under this chapter.
‘‘(v) Air traffic control towers located
at airports that are prepared to assume
partial 
responsibility 
for 
maintenance
costs.
‘‘(vi) Air traffic control towers that
are located at airports with safety or oper-
ational problems related to topography,
weather, runway configuration, or mix of
aircraft.
‘‘(D) COSTS
EXCEEDING
BENEFITS.—If
the costs of operating an air traffic tower under
the pilot program established under this para-
graph exceed the benefits, the airport sponsor
or State or local government having jurisdiction
over the airport shall pay the portion of the
costs that exceed such benefit.
‘‘(E) FUNDING.—Of the amounts appro-
priated pursuant to section 106(k), not to ex-
ceed $6,000,000 per fiscal year may be used to
carry out this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 132. INNOVATIVE USE OF AIRPORT GRANT FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 47135. Innovative financing techniques
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation
may approve applications for not more than 25 airport
development projects for which grants received under this
subchapter may be used for innovative financing tech-
niques. Such projects shall be located at airports that each
year have less than .25 percent of the total number of
passenger boardings each year at all commercial service
airports.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of grants made under
this section shall be to provide information on the benefits
and difficulties of using innovative financing techniques
for airport development projects.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) NO GUARANTEES.—In no case shall the
implementation of an innovative financing technique
under this section be used in a manner giving rise
to a direct or indirect guarantee of any airport debt
instrument by the United States Government.
‘‘(2) TYPES OF TECHNIQUES.—In this section,
innovative financing techniques are limited to—
‘‘(A) payment of interest;
‘‘(B) commercial bond insurance and other
credit enhancement associated with airport
bonds for eligible airport development; and
‘‘(C) flexible non-Federal matching re-
quirements.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
subchapter I of chapter 471 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘47135. Innovative financing techniques.’’.
SEC. 133. AVIATION SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 is
further amended by adding the following new section:
‘‘§ 47136. Aviation security program
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—To improve security at
public airports in the United States, the Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out not less than one project
to test and evaluate innovative aviation security systems
and related technology.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall give the highest priority to a request from
an eligible sponsor for a grant to undertake a project
that—
‘‘(1) evaluates and tests the benefits of innova-
tive aviation security systems or related technology,
including explosives detection systems, for the pur-
pose of improving aviation security, including air-
craft physical security, access control, and passenger
and baggage screening; and
‘‘(2) provides testing and evaluation of airport
security systems and technology in an operational,
test bed environment.
‘‘(c) MATCHING SHARE.—Notwithstanding section
47109, the United States Government’s share of allowable
project costs for a project under this section shall be 100
percent.
‘‘(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may
establish such terms and conditions as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate for carrying out a project under this
section, including terms and conditions relating to the
form and content of a proposal for a project, project assur-
ances, and schedule of payments.
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE SPONSOR DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘eligible sponsor’ means a nonprofit corporation
composed of a consortium of public and private persons,
including a sponsor of a primary airport, with the nec-
essary engineering and technical expertise to successfully
conduct the testing and evaluation of airport and aircraft
related security systems.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
amounts made available to the Secretary under section
47115 in a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available
not less than $5,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out
this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
subchapter I of chapter 471 is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘47136. Aviation security program.’’.
SEC. 134. INHERENTLY LOW-EMISSION AIRPORT VEHICLE
PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 47137. Inherently low-emission airport vehicle
pilot program
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation
shall carry out a pilot program at not more than 10 public-
use airports under which the sponsors of such airports
may use funds made available under section 48103 for use
at such airports to carry out inherently low-emission vehi-
cle activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subchapter, inherently low-emission vehicle activities shall
for purposes of the pilot program be treated as eligible
for assistance under this subchapter.
‘‘(b) LOCATION IN AIR QUALITY NONATTAINMENT
AREAS.—A public-use airport shall be eligible for partici-
pation in the pilot program only if the airport is located
in an air quality nonattainment area (as defined in section
171(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501(d)).
‘‘(c) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—In selecting from
among applicants for participation in the pilot program,
the Secretary shall give priority consideration to appli-
cants that will achieve the greatest air quality benefits
measured by the amount of emissions reduced per dollar
of funds expended under the pilot program.
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sponsor of a public-use
airport carrying out inherently low-emission vehicle
activities under the pilot program may use not to ex-
ceed 10 percent of the amounts made available for
expenditure at the airport in a fiscal year under the
pilot program to receive technical assistance in car-
rying out such activities.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
CONSORTIUM.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, a sponsor shall use an eli-
gible consortium (as defined in section 5506 of this
title) in the region of the airport to receive technical
assistance described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(e) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT’S SHARE.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the
United States Government’s share of the costs of a project
carried out under the pilot program shall be 50 percent.
‘‘(f) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—Not 
more 
than
$2,000,000 may be expended under the pilot program at
any single public-use airport.
‘‘(g) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this section,
the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report containing an eval-
uation of the effectiveness of the pilot program.
‘‘(h) INHERENTLY LOW-EMISSION VEHICLE ACTIV-
ITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘inherently low-
emission vehicle activity’ means—
‘‘(1) the construction of infrastructure facilities
necessary for the use of vehicles that are certified as
inherently low-emission vehicles under title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, that are labeled in ac-
cordance with section 88.312–93(c) of such title,
and that are located or primarily used at public-use
airports;
‘‘(2) the payment of that portion of the cost of
acquiring such vehicles that exceeds the cost of ac-
quiring other vehicles that would be used for the
same purpose; or
‘‘(3) the acquisition of technological equipment
necessary for the use of vehicles described in para-
graph (1).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
subchapter I of chapter 471 is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘47137. Inherently low-emission airport vehicle pilot program.’’.
SEC. 135. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) CONTINUATION OF PROJECT FUNDING.—Section
47108 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) CHANGE IN AIRPORT STATUS.—In the event
that the status of a primary airport changes to a nonpri-
mary airport at a time when a terminal development
project under a multiyear agreement under subsection (a)
is not yet completed, the project shall remain eligible for
funding from discretionary funds under section 47115 at
the funding level and under the terms provided by the
agreement, subject to the availability of funds.’’.
(b) PASSENGER FACILITY FEE WAIVER FOR CER-
TAIN CLASS OF CARRIERS OR FOR SERVICE TO AIRPORTS
IN
ISOLATED
COMMUNITIES.—Section 
40117(i) 
is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) may permit a public agency to request that
collection of a passenger facility fee be waived for—
‘‘(A) passengers enplaned by any class of
air carrier or foreign air carrier if the number
of passengers enplaned by the carrier in the
class constitutes not more than 1 percent of the
total number of passengers enplaned annually
at the airport at which the fee is imposed; or
‘‘(B) passengers traveling to an airport—
‘‘(i) that has fewer than 2,500 pas-
senger boardings each year and receives
scheduled passenger service; and
‘‘(ii) in a community which has a pop-
ulation of less than 10,000 and is not con-
nected by a land highway to the land-con-
nected National Highway System within a
State.’’.
SEC. 136. CONVEYANCES OF AIRPORT PROPERTY FOR PUB-
LIC AIRPORTS.
(a) 
PROJECT
GRANT
ASSURANCES.—Section
47107(h) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including an assur-
ance with respect to disposal of land by an airport owner
or operator under subsection (c)(2)(B) without regard to
whether or not the assurance or grant was made before
December 29, 1987)’’ after ‘‘1987’’.
(b) CONVEYANCES
OF UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT LAND.—Section 47125(a) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary may only release
an option of the United States for a reversionary interest
under this subsection after providing notice and an oppor-
tunity for public comment. The Secretary shall publish in
the Federal Register any decision of the Secretary to re-
lease a reversionary interest and the reasons for the deci-
sion.’’.
(c) REQUESTS
BY
PUBLIC
AGENCIES.—Section
47151 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) REQUESTS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES.—Except with
respect to a request made by another department, agency,
or instrumentality of the executive branch of the United
States Government, such a department, agency, or instru-
mentality shall give priority consideration to a request
made by a public agency (as defined in section 47102)
for surplus property described in subsection (a) for use
at a public airport.’’.
(d) NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT; PUBLICATION
OF DECISIONS.—Section 47153(a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, after pro-
viding notice and an opportunity for public com-
ment,’’ after ‘‘if the Secretary decides’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION
OF
DECISIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register any deci-
sion to waive a term under paragraph (1) and the
reasons for the decision.’’.
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 47153 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In deciding whether to
waive a term required by section 47152 or add another
term, the Secretary shall consider the current and future
needs of the users of the airport.’’.
(f) REFERENCES
TO
GIFTS.—Chapter 471 is
amended—
(1) in section 47151—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1) by striking ‘‘give’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
vey to’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking
‘‘gift’’ and inserting ‘‘conveyance’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘giving’’ and inserting
‘‘conveying’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘gift’’ and inserting
‘‘conveyance’’; and
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) in the subsection heading by strik-
ing ‘‘GIVEN’’ and inserting ‘‘CONVEYED’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘given’’ and inserting
‘‘conveyed’’;
(2) in section 47152—
(A) in the section heading by striking
‘‘gifts’’ and inserting ‘‘conveyances’’; and
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking ‘‘gift’’ and inserting ‘‘conveyance’’;
(3) in section 47153(a)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘gift’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘conveyance’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘given’’ and inserting
‘‘conveyed’’; and
(4) in the analysis for such chapter by striking
the item relating to section 47152 and inserting the
following:
‘‘47152. Terms of conveyances.’’.
SEC. 137. INTERMODAL CONNECTIONS.
(a) 
AIRPORT
IMPROVEMENT
POLICY.—Section
47101(a)(5) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) to encourage the development of inter-
modal connections between airports and other trans-
portation modes and systems to promote economic
development in a way that will serve States and local
communities efficiently and effectively;’’.
(b) AIRPORT
DEVELOPMENT
DEFINED.—Section
47102(3) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(I) constructing, reconstructing, or im-
proving an airport, or purchasing capital equip-
ment for an airport, for the purpose of transfer-
ring passengers, cargo, or baggage between the
airport and ground transportation modes.’’.
SEC. 138. STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 47128(a) is amended by striking ‘‘9 quali-
fied’’ and inserting ‘‘10 qualified’’.
SEC. 139. ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEMS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 47102(3)(B) (as amended
by this Act) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(ix) engineered materials arresting
systems as described in the Advisory Cir-
cular No. 150/5220–22 published by the
Federal Aviation Administration on August
21, 1998.’’.
(b) RULEMAKING.—The Administrator shall initiate
a rulemaking proceeding to consider revisions to part 139
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to improve run-
way safety through the use of engineered materials arrest-
ing systems, longer runways, and such other techniques
as the Administrator considers appropriate.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
SEC. 151. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AS AIR-
PORT-RELATED PROJECTS.
Section 40117(a)(3)(E) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting a comma;
and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘(including structural foundations
and floor systems, exterior building walls and load-
bearing interior columns or walls, windows, door and
roof systems, and building utilities (including heat-
ing, air conditioning, ventilation, plumbing, and elec-
trical service)), and aircraft fueling facilities adja-
cent to the gate.’’.
SEC. 152. TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
(a) WITH
RESPECT
TO
PASSENGER
FACILITY
CHARGES.—Section 40117(a)(3) is further amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D),
and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respec-
tively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(C) for costs of terminal development re-
ferred to in subparagraph (B) incurred after
August 1, 1986, at an airport that did not have
more than .25 percent of the total annual pas-
senger boardings in the United States in the
most recent calendar year for which data is
available 
and 
at 
which 
total 
passenger
boardings declined by at least 16 percent be-
tween calendar year 1989 and calendar year
1997;’’.
(b) 
REPAYING
BORROWED
MONEY.—Section
47119(a) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘0.05’’ and inserting
‘‘0.25’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘between January 1, 1992,
and October 31, 1992,’’ and inserting ‘‘between
August 1, 1986, and September 30, 1990, or
between June 1, 1991, and October 31, 1992,’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ‘‘an airport
development project outside the terminal area at
that airport’’ and inserting ‘‘any needed airport de-
velopment project affecting safety, security, or ca-
pacity’’.
(c) NONHUB AIRPORTS.—Section 47119(c) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘0.05’’ and inserting ‘‘0.25’’.
(d) 
NONPRIMARY
COMMERCIAL
SERVICE
AIR-
PORTS.—Section 47119 is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF PASSENGER BOARDING AT
COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT.—For the purpose of de-
termining whether an amount may be distributed for a
fiscal year from the discretionary fund in accordance with
subsection (b)(2)(A) to a commercial service airport, the
Secretary shall make the determination of whether or not
a public airport is a commercial service airport on the
basis of the number of passenger boardings and type of
air service at the public airport in the calendar year that
includes the first day of such fiscal year or the preceding
calendar year, whichever is more beneficial to the air-
port.’’.
SEC. 153. GENERAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
(a) CONTINUATION OF ILS INVENTORY PROGRAM.—
Section 44502(a)(4)(B) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 1995 and
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2000
through 2002’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘under new or existing con-
tracts’’ after ‘‘including acquisition’’.
(b) LORAN-C NAVIGATION
FACILITIES.—Section
44502(a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE OF LORAN-
C
NAVIGATION
FACILITIES.—The Secretary shall
maintain and upgrade Loran-C navigation facilities
throughout the transition period to satellite-based
navigation.’’.
SEC. 154. DENIAL OF AIRPORT ACCESS TO CERTAIN AIR
CARRIERS.
Section 44706 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) INCLUDED CHARTER AIR TRANSPORTATION.—
For the purposes of subsection (a)(2), a scheduled pas-
senger operation includes charter air transportation for
which the general public is provided in advance a schedule
containing the departure location, departure time, and ar-
rival location of the flights.
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO PRECLUDE SCHEDULED PAS-
SENGER OPERATIONS.—The Administrator shall permit
an airport that will be subject to certification under sub-
section (a)(2) to preclude scheduled passenger operations
(including public charter operations described in sub-
section (g)) at the airport if the airport notifies the Ad-
ministrator, in writing, that it does not intend to obtain
an airport operating certificate.’’.
SEC. 155. CONSTRUCTION OF RUNWAYS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law that specifically
restricts the number of runways at a single international
airport, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate
funds made available under chapters 471 and 481 of title
49, United States Code, for any project to construct a new
runway at such airport, unless this section is expressly re-
pealed.
SEC. 156. USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a
study of the use of recycled materials (including recycled
pavements, waste materials, and byproducts) in pavement
used for runways, taxiways, and aprons and the specifica-
tion standards in tests necessary for the use of recycled
materials in such pavement. The primary focus of the
study shall be on the long term physical performance, safe-
ty implications, and environmental benefits of using recy-
cled materials in aviation pavement.
(b) CONTRACTING.—The Administrator may carry
out the study under this section by entering into a con-
tract with a university of higher education with expertise
necessary to carry out the study.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study
conducted under this section together with recommenda-
tions concerning the use of recycled materials in aviation
pavement.
(d) FUNDING.—Of the amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to section 106(k), not to exceed $1,500,000 in the ag-
gregate may be used to carry out this section.
SEC. 157. AIRCRAFT NOISE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY MILI-
TARY AIRCRAFT.
Section 47504(c) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(6) AIRCRAFT NOISE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY
MILITARY AIRCRAFT.—The Administrator may make
a grant under this subsection for a project even if
the purpose of the project is to mitigate the effect
of noise primarily caused by military aircraft at an
airport.’’.
SEC. 158. TIMELY ANNOUNCEMENT OF GRANTS.
The Secretary of Transportation shall announce the
making of grants with funds made available under section
48103 of title 49, United States Code, in a timely fashion
after receiving necessary documentation for the making of
such grants from the Administrator.
TITLE II—AIRLINE SERVICE
IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Service to Airports Not
Receiving Sufficient Service
SEC. 201. ACCESS TO HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS.
(a) PHASEOUT
OF
SLOT
RULE
FOR
O’HARE,
LAGUARDIA, AND KENNEDY AIRPORTS.—Section 41714
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) PHASEOUT
OF
SLOT
RULE
FOR
O’HARE,
LAGUARDIA, AND KENNEDY AIRPORTS.—
‘‘(1) O’HARE AIRPORT.—The slot rule shall be
of no force and effect at O’Hare International
Airport—
‘‘(A) effective March 1, 2000—
‘‘(i) with respect to a regional jet air-
craft providing air transportation between
O’Hare International Airport and a small
hub or nonhub airport—
‘‘(I) if the operator of the re-
gional jet aircraft was not providing
such air transportation during the
week of June 15, 1999; or
‘‘(II) if the level of air transpor-
tation to be provided between such
airports by the operator of the re-
gional jet aircraft during any week
will exceed the level of air transpor-
tation provided by such operator be-
tween such airports during the week
of June 15, 1999; and
‘‘(ii) with respect to any aircraft pro-
viding foreign air transportation;
‘‘(B) effective March 1, 2001, with respect
to any aircraft operating before 2:45 post
meridiem and after 8:15 post meridiem; and
‘‘(C) effective March 1, 2002, with respect
to any aircraft.
‘‘(2) LAGUARDIA AND KENNEDY.—The slot rule
shall be of no force and effect at LaGuardia Airport
or John F. Kennedy International Airport—
‘‘(A) effective March 1, 2000, with respect
to a regional jet aircraft providing air transpor-
tation between LaGuardia Airport or John F.
Kennedy International Airport and a small hub
or nonhub airport—
‘‘(I) if the operator of the re-
gional jet aircraft was not providing
such air transportation during the
week of June 15, 1999; or
‘‘(II) if the level of air transpor-
tation to be provided between such
airports by the operator of the re-
gional jet aircraft during any week
will exceed the level of air transpor-
tation provided by such operator be-
tween such airports during the week
of June 15, 1999; and
‘‘(B) effective January 1, 2007, with re-
spect to any aircraft.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FROM SLOT RULE.—
Section 41714 is amended by striking subsections (e) and
(f) and inserting the following:
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FROM SLOT RULE.—
‘‘(1) SLOT EXEMPTIONS FOR AIRPORTS NOT RE-
CEIVING SUFFICIENT SERVICE.—
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
chapter 491, the Secretary may by order grant
exemptions from the slot rule for Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport and
O’Hare International Airport to enable air car-
riers to provide nonstop air transportation
using jet aircraft that comply with the stage 3
noise levels of part 36 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, between the airport and a
small hub or nonhub airport that the Secretary
determines has (i) insufficient air carrier serv-
ice to and from Reagan National Airport or
O’Hare International Airport, as the case may
be, or (ii) unreasonably high airfares.
‘‘(B) NUMBER OF SLOT EXEMPTIONS TO
BE GRANTED.—
‘‘(i) REAGAN NATIONAL.—
‘‘(I) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF EX-
EMPTIONS.—No more than 2 exemp-
tions from the slot rule per hour and
no more than 6 exemptions from the
slot rule per day may be granted
under this paragraph for Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport.
‘‘(II) MAXIMUM
DISTANCE
OF
FLIGHTS.—An exemption from the
slot rule may be granted under this
paragraph for Ronald Reagan Wash-
ington National Airport only if the
flight utilizing the exemption begins
or ends within 1,250 miles of such
airport and a stage 3 aircraft is used
for such flight.
‘‘(ii) O’HARE
AIRPORT.—20 exemp-
tions from the slot rule per day shall be
granted under this paragraph for O’Hare
International Airport.
‘‘(2) SLOT EXEMPTIONS AT O’HARE FOR NEW
ENTRANT AIR CARRIERS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
grant 30 exemptions from the slot rule to en-
able new entrant air carriers to provide air
transportation at O’Hare International Airport
using stage 3 aircraft.
‘‘(B) 
PRIORITY
CONSIDERATION.—In
granting exemptions under this paragraph, the
Secretary shall give priority consideration to an
application from an air carrier that, as of June
15, 1999, operated or held fewer than 20 slots
at O’Hare International Airport.
‘‘(3) INSUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS.—If, on the
180th day following the date of the enactment of the
Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century, the Secretary has not granted all of the ex-
emptions from the slot rule made available under
this subsection at an airport because an insufficient
number of eligible applicants have submitted appli-
cations for the exemptions, the Secretary may grant
the remaining exemptions at the airport to any air
carrier applying for the exemptions for the provision
of any type of air transportation. An exemption
granted under paragraph (1) or (2) pursuant to this
paragraph may be reclaimed by the Secretary for
issuance in accordance with the terms of paragraph
(1) or (2), as the case may be, if subsequent applica-
tions under paragraph (1) or (2), as the case maybe,
so warrant.
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS
RELATING
TO
ADDITIONAL
SLOT EXEMPTIONS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An air carrier interested
in obtaining an exemption from the slot rule under
subsection (e) shall submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation for the exemption. No application may be
submitted to the Secretary under subsection (e) be-
fore the last day of the 30-day period beginning on
the date of the enactment of the Aviation Invest-
ment and Reform Act for the 21st Century.
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.—An exemp-
tion from the slot rule granted under subsection (e)
shall remain in effect only while the air carrier for
whom the exemption is granted continues to provide
the air transportation for which the exemption is
granted.
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COMMUTER AIR
CARRIERS.—The Secretary shall treat all commuter
air carriers that have cooperative agreements, in-
cluding code share agreements with other air car-
riers, equally for determining eligibility for exemp-
tions from the slot rule under subsection (e) regard-
less of the form of the corporate relationship be-
tween the commuter air carrier and the other air
carrier.’’.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 41714(h) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) NONHUB
AIRPORT.—The term ‘nonhub
airport’ means an airport that each year has less
than .05 percent of the total annual boardings in the
United States.
‘‘(6) REGIONAL JET AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘re-
gional jet aircraft’ means a 2-engine jet aircraft with
a design capacity of 70 or fewer seats, manufactured
after January 1, 1992, that has an effective per-
ceived noise level on takeoff not exceeding 83 deci-
bels when measured according to the procedures de-
scribed in part 36 of title 14, Code of Federal Regu-
lations.
‘‘(7) SLOT RULE.—The term ‘slot rule’ means
the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
‘‘(8) SMALL HUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘small
hub airport’ means an airport that each year has at
least .05 percent, but less than .25 percent, of the
total annual boardings in the United States.
‘‘(9) UNREASONABLY
HIGH
AIRFARE.—The
term ‘unreasonably high airfare’, as used with re-
spect to an airport, means that the airfare listed in
the table entitled ‘Top 1,000 City-Pair Market Sum-
marized by City’, contained in the Domestic Airline
Fares Consumer Report of the Department of
Transportation, for one or more markets for which
the airport is a part of has an average yield listed
in such table that is more than 19 cents.’’.
(2) REGULATORY DEFINITION OF LIMITED IN-
CUMBENT CARRIER.—The Secretary shall modify the
definition of the term ‘‘limited incumbent carrier’’ in
subpart S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, to require an air carrier or commuter
operator to hold or operate fewer than 20 slots (in-
stead of 12 slots) to meet the criteria of the defini-
tion. For purposes of this section, such modification
shall be treated as in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(d) PROHIBITION ON SLOT WITHDRAWALS.—Section
41714(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘at O’Hare International
Airport’’ after ‘‘a slot’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘if the withdrawal’’ and all
that follows before the period; and
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) CONVERSION OF SLOTS.—Effective March
1, 2000, slots at O’Hare International Airport allo-
cated to an air carrier as of June 15, 1999, to pro-
vide foreign air transportation shall be made avail-
able to such carrier to provide interstate or intra-
state air transportation.’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 41714(c)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SLOTS FOR NEW ENTRANTS.—
’’ and all that follows through ‘‘If the’’ and inserting
‘‘SLOTS FOR NEW ENTRANTS.—If the’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2).
(f) AMENDMENTS REFLECTING PHASEOUT OF SLOT
RULE FOR CERTAIN AIRPORTS.—Effective January 1,
2007, section 41714 is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), (f),
(g), (h), and (i);
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (j) as
subsections (a) and (b), respectively;
(3) in the heading for subsection (a) (as so re-
designated) by striking ‘‘SPECIAL RULES FOR’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) NONHUB
AIRPORT.—The term ‘nonhub
airport’ means an airport that each year has less
than .05 percent of the total annual boardings in the
United States.
‘‘(2) REGIONAL JET AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘re-
gional jet aircraft’ means a 2-engine jet aircraft with
a design capacity of 70 or fewer seats, manufactured
after January 1, 1992, that has an effective per-
ceived noise level on takeoff not exceeding 83 deci-
bels when measured according to the procedures de-
scribed in part 36 of title 14, Code of Federal Regu-
lations.
‘‘(3) SLOT.—The term ‘slot’ means a reserva-
tion for an instrument flight rule takeoff or landing
by an air carrier or an aircraft in air transpor-
tation.’’.
‘‘(4) SLOT RULE.—The term ‘slot rule’ means
the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (pertaining to
slots at high density airports).
‘‘(5) SMALL HUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘small
hub airport’ means an airport that each year has at
least .05 percent, but less than .25 percent, of the
total annual boardings in the United States.
‘‘(6) UNREASONABLY
HIGH
AIRFARE.—The
term ‘unreasonably high airfare’, as used with re-
spect to an airport, means that the airfare listed in
‘‘(7) LENDER.—The term ‘lender’ means any
non-Federal qualified institutional buyer (as defined
by section 230.144A(a) of title 17, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any successor regulation) known as
Rule 144A(a) of the Security and Exchange Com-
mission and issued under the Security Act of 1933
(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.)), including—
‘‘(A) a qualified retirement plan (as de-
fined in section 4974(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) that is a qualified institutional
buyer; and
‘‘(B) a governmental plan (as defined in
section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) that is a qualified institutional buyer.
‘‘(8) LINE OF CREDIT.—The term ‘line of cred-
it’ means an agreement entered into by the Sec-
retary with an obligor under section 41763(d) to
provide a direct loan at a future date upon the oc-
currence of certain events.
‘‘(9) LOAN GUARANTEE.—The term ‘loan guar-
antee’ means any guarantee or other pledge by the
Secretary under section 41763(c) to pay all or part
of any of the principal of and interest on a loan or
other debt obligation issued by an obligor and fund-
ed by a lender.
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‘‘(A) review and approve the budget re-
quest of the Federal Aviation Administration
related to the air traffic control system pre-
pared by the Administrator;
‘‘(B) submit such budget request to the
Secretary of Transportation; and
‘‘(C) ensure that the budget request sup-
ports the annual and long-range strategic plans.
The Secretary shall submit the budget request referred to
in paragraph (5)(B) for any fiscal year to the President
who shall submit such request, without revision, to the
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
and Appropriations of the Senate, together with the Presi-
dent’s annual budget request for the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration for such fiscal year.
‘‘(e) REPORTING OF OVERTURNING OF BOARD DECI-
SIONS.—If the Secretary or Administrator overturns a de-
cision of the Oversight Board, the Secretary or Adminis-
trator, as appropriate shall report such action to the Presi-
dent, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
‘‘(f) BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.—