I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3059 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to define critical airport 
infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2023 
Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to define critical 
airport infrastructure, 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 ‘‘Resilient Airports 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT DEFINITIONS. 
Section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(S) improvement of any critical airport 
infrastructure at a general aviation airport that 
is— 
‘‘(i) a nonhub, small hub, medium 
hub, or large hub airport to increase resil-
ience for the purpose of resuming flight 
operations under visual flight rules fol-
lowing a natural disaster; or 
‘‘(ii) identified as a Federal staging 
area or Incident Support Base in a plan 
that is part of the National Preparedness 
Goal and National Preparedness System 
established by the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act and described by 
Presidential Policy Directive 8 and/or pre-
determined as a staging location within a 
Department of Homeland Security, Fed-
eral 
Emergency 
Management 
Agency, 
Emergency 
Management 
Performance 
Grant recipient’s approved Distribution 
Management Plan Annex to their existing 
Emergency Operations Plan for the pur-
pose of resuming flight operations under 
visual flight rules following a natural dis-
aster.’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), 
(16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), 
(26), (27), and (28) as paragraphs (16), (17), (18), 
(19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (27), (28), 
(29), and (30), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), 
(11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), 
(12), (13), and (14), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (14), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(15) ‘natural disaster’ means earthquake, 
flooding, high water, wildfires, hurricane, storm 
surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsunami, or wind driven 
water.’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) ‘critical airport infrastructure’ means run-
ways, taxiways, and aprons necessary to sustain ei-
ther— 
‘‘(A) commercial service flight operations; 
or 
‘‘(B) flight operations at a general aviation 
airport that is identified as a Federal staging 
area or Incident Support Base in a plan that is 
part of the National Preparedness Goal and 
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National Preparedness System established by 
the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Re-
form Act and described by Presidential Policy 
Directive 8 and/or predetermined as a staging 
location within a Department of Homeland Se-
curity, Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, Emergency Management Performance Grant 
recipient’s approved Distribution Management 
Plan Annex to their existing Emergency Oper-
ations Plan.’’. 
Æ 
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