I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3823 
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, to provide disaster tax relief, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 
Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. SHUSTER, and Mr. CURBELO of Flor-
ida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee 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, to provide disaster tax relief, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension 
Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—FEDERAL AVIATION PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Extension of airport improvement program. 
Sec. 102. Extension of expiring authorities. 
Sec. 103. Federal Aviation Administration operations. 
Sec. 104. Small community air service. 
Sec. 105. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 106. Research, engineering, and development. 
Sec. 107. Funding for aviation programs. 
TITLE II—AVIATION REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
TITLE III—EXPIRING HEALTH PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Extension of certain public health programs. 
Sec. 302. Extension of Medicare Patient IVIG Access Demonstration Project. 
Sec. 303. Funds from the Medicare Improvement Fund. 
TITLE IV—DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE 
MARKET 
Sec. 401. Private flood insurance. 
TITLE V—TAX RELIEF FOR HURRICANES HARVEY, IRMA, AND 
MARIA 
Sec. 501. Definitions. 
Sec. 502. Special disaster-related rules for use of retirement funds. 
Sec. 503. Disaster-related employment relief. 
Sec. 504. Additional disaster-related tax relief provisions. 
Sec. 505. Budgetary effects. 
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TITLE I—FEDERAL AVIATION 
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 the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘and $1,670,410,959 
for the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and 
ending on March 31, 2018.’’. 
(2) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—Subject to lim-
itations specified in advance in appropriations Acts, 
sums made available pursuant to the amendment 
made by paragraph (1) may be obligated at any time 
through September 30, 2018, 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, 2017, 
and ending on March 31, 2018, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 
(A) first calculate such funding apportion-
ments on an annualized basis as if the total 
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