‘‘(2) INTERMODAL
GROUND
ACCESS
PROJECT 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘intermodal 
ground access project’ means a project for con-
structing a local facility owned or operated by an eli-
gible agency that is directly and substantially related 
to the movement of passengers or property traveling 
in air transportation. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the eligible cost of an intermodal 
ground access project shall be the total cost of 
the project multiplied by the ratio that— 
‘‘(i) the number of individuals pro-
jected to use the project to gain access to 
or depart from the airport; bears to 
‘‘(ii) the total number of the individ-
uals projected to use the facility. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS REGARDING PRO-
JECTED PROJECT USE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided by clause (ii), the Secretary shall de-
termine the projected use of a project for 
purposes of subparagraph (A) at the time 
the project is approved under this sub-
section. 
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‘‘(ii) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION 
PROJECTS.—In the case of a project ap-
proved under this section to be financed in 
part using funds administered by the Fed-
eral Transit Administration, the Secretary 
shall use the travel forecasting model for 
the project at the time such project is ap-
proved by the Federal Transit Administra-
tion to enter preliminary engineering to de-
termine the projected use of the project for 
purposes of subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 115. IMPACTS ON AIRPORTS OF ACCOMMODATING 
CONNECTING PASSENGERS. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall initiate a study to evaluate— 
(1) the impacts on airports of accommodating 
connecting passengers; and 
(2) the treatment of airports at which the ma-
jority of passengers are connecting passengers under 
the passenger facility charge program authorized by 
section 40117 of title 49, United States Code. 
(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—In conducting the study, 
the Secretary shall review, at a minimum, the following: 
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(1) the differences in facility needs, and the 
costs for constructing, maintaining, and operating 
those facilities, for airports at which the majority of 
passengers are connecting passengers as compared 
to airports at which the majority of passengers are 
originating and destination passengers; 
(2) whether the costs to an airport of accommo-
dating additional connecting passengers differs from 
the cost of accommodating additional originating 
and destination passengers; 
(3) for each airport charging a passenger facil-
ity charge, the percentage of passenger facility 
charge revenue attributable to connecting passengers 
and the percentage of such revenue attributable to 
originating and destination passengers; 
(4) the potential effects on airport revenues of 
requiring airports to charge different levels of pas-
senger facility charges on connecting passengers and 
originating and destination passengers; and 
(5) the added costs to air carriers of collecting 
passenger facility charges under a system in which 
different levels of passenger facility charges are im-
posed on connecting passengers and originating and 
destination passengers. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of initiation of the study, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on the re-
sults of the study. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
(A) the findings of the Secretary on each 
of the subjects listed in subsection (b); and 
(B) recommendations, if any, of the Sec-
retary based on the results of the study for any 
changes to the passenger facility charge pro-
gram, including recommendations as to whether 
different levels of passenger facility charges 
should be imposed on connecting passengers 
and originating and destination passengers. 
Subtitle C—Fees for FAA Services 
SEC. 121. UPDATE ON OVERFLIGHTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.— 
Section 45301(b) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) 
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
ADJUSTMENT
OF 
FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing and adjust-
ing fees under subsection (a), the Administrator 
shall ensure that the fees are reasonably related to 
the Administration’s costs, as determined by the Ad-
ministrator, of providing the services rendered. Serv-
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ices for which costs may be recovered include the 
costs of air traffic control, navigation, weather serv-
ices, training, and emergency services which are 
available to facilitate safe transportation over the 
United States and the costs of other services pro-
vided by the Administrator, or by programs financed 
by the Administrator, to flights that neither take off 
nor land in the United States. The determination of 
such costs by the Administrator, and the allocation 
of such costs by the Administrator to services pro-
vided, are not subject to judicial review. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT
OF
FEES.—The Adminis-
trator shall adjust the overflight fees established by 
subsection (a)(1) by expedited rulemaking and begin 
collections under the adjusted fees by October 1, 
2008. In developing the adjusted overflight fees, the 
Administrator may seek and consider the rec-
ommendations offered by an aviation rulemaking 
committee for overflight fees that are provided to 
the Administrator by June 1, 2008, and are in-
tended to ensure that overflight fees are reasonably 
related to the Administrator’s costs of providing air 
traffic control and related services to overflights. 
‘‘(3) AIRCRAFT
ALTITUDE.—Nothing in this 
section shall require the Administrator to take into 
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account aircraft altitude in establishing any fee for 
aircraft operations in en route or oceanic airspace. 
‘‘(4) COSTS DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘costs’ includes those costs associated with the 
operation, maintenance, leasing costs, and overhead 
expenses of the services provided and the facilities 
and equipment used in such services, including the 
projected costs for the period during which the serv-
ices will be provided. 
‘‘(5) PUBLICATION; COMMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall publish in the Federal Register any fee 
schedule under this section, including any adjusted 
overflight fee schedule, and the associated collection 
process as an interim final rule, pursuant to which 
public comment will be sought and a final rule 
issued.’’. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 45301 is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ADJUSTMENTS.—In addition to adjustments 
under subsection (b), the Administrator may periodically 
adjust the fees established under this section.’’. 
SEC. 122. REGISTRATION FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 453 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 45305. Registration, certification, and related fees 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY AND FEES.—The Admin-
istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall es-
tablish the following fees for services and activities of the 
Administration: 
‘‘(1) $130 for registering an aircraft. 
‘‘(2) $45 for replacing an aircraft registration. 
‘‘(3) $130 for issuing an original dealer’s air-
craft certificate. 
‘‘(4) $105 for issuing an aircraft certificate 
(other than an original dealer’s aircraft certificate). 
‘‘(5) $80 for issuing a special registration num-
ber. 
‘‘(6) $50 for issuing a renewal of a special reg-
istration number. 
‘‘(7) $130 for recording a security interest in 
an aircraft or aircraft part. 
‘‘(8) $50 for issuing an airman certificate. 
‘‘(9) $25 for issuing a replacement airman cer-
tificate. 
‘‘(10) $42 for issuing an airman medical certifi-
cate. 
‘‘(11) $100 for providing a legal opinion per-
taining to aircraft registration or recordation. 
‘‘(b) FEES CREDITED
AS OFFSETTING COLLEC-
TIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, any fee authorized to be collected 
under this section shall, subject to appropriation 
made in advance— 
‘‘(A) be credited as offsetting collections to 
the account that finances the activities and 
services for which the fee is imposed; 
‘‘(B) be available for expenditure only to 
pay the costs of activities and services for which 
the fee is imposed; and 
‘‘(C) remain available until expended. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator may continue to assess, collect, and 
spend fees established under this section during any 
period in which the funding for the Federal Aviation 
Administration is provided under an Act providing 
continuing appropriations in lieu of the Administra-
tion’s regular appropriations. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Administrator shall 
periodically adjust the fees established by subsection 
(a) when cost data from the cost accounting system 
developed pursuant to section 45303(e) reveal that 
the cost of providing the service is higher or lower 
than the cost data that were used to establish the 
fee then in effect.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 453 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘45305. Registration, certification, and related fees.’’. 
(c) FEES INVOLVING AIRCRAFT NOT PROVIDING AIR 
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 45302(e) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A fee’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A fee’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EFFECT
OF
IMPOSITION
OF
OTHER 
FEES.—A fee may not be imposed for a service or 
activity under this section during any period in 
which a fee for the same service or activity is im-
posed under section 45305.’’. 
Subtitle D—AIP Modifications 
SEC. 131. AMENDMENTS TO AIP DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.—Section 47102(3) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking ‘‘20’’ 
and inserting ‘‘9’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(M) construction of mobile refueler park-
ing within a fuel farm at a nonprimary airport 
meeting the requirements of section 112.8 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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‘‘(N) terminal development under section 
47119(a). 
‘‘(O) acquiring and installing facilities and 
equipment to provide air conditioning, heating, 
or electric power from terminal-based, non-ex-
clusive use facilities to aircraft parked at a pub-
lic use airport for the purpose of reducing en-
ergy use or harmful emissions as compared to 
the provision of such air conditioning, heating, 
or electric power from aircraft-based systems.’’. 
(b) AIRPORT
PLANNING.—Section 47102(5) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and developing an environmental management 
system’’. 
(c) GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT.—Section 47102 is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) through 
(25) as paragraphs (25) through (28), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through 
(22) as paragraphs (9) through (23), respectively; 
and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(8) ‘general aviation airport’ means a public 
airport that is located in a State and that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) does not have scheduled service; or 
‘‘(B) has scheduled service with less that 
2,500 passenger boardings each year.’’. 
(d) REVENUE PRODUCING AERONAUTICAL SUPPORT 
FACILITIES.—Section 47102 is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (23) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) 
of this section) the following: 
‘‘(24) ‘revenue producing aeronautical support 
facilities’ means fuel farms, hangar buildings, self- 
service credit card aeronautical fueling systems, air-
plane wash racks, major rehabilitation of a hangar 
owned by a sponsor, or other aeronautical support 
facilities that the Secretary determines will increase 
the revenue producing ability of the airport.’’. 
(e) TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT.—Section 47102 is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(29) ‘terminal development’ means— 
‘‘(A) development of— 
‘‘(i) an airport passenger terminal 
building, including terminal gates; 
‘‘(ii) access roads servicing exclusively 
airport traffic that leads directly to or 
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from an airport passenger terminal build-
ing; and 
‘‘(iii) walkways that lead directly to or 
from an airport passenger terminal build-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) the cost of a vehicle described in sec-
tion 47119(a)(1)(B).’’. 
SEC. 132. AMENDMENTS TO GRANT ASSURANCES. 
(a) 
GENERAL
WRITTEN
ASSURANCES.—Section 
47107(a)(16)(D)(ii) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, except in the case 
of a relocation or replacement of an existing airport facil-
ity that meets the conditions of section 47110(d)’’. 
(b) WRITTEN ASSURANCES ON ACQUIRING LAND.— 
(1) 
USE
OF
PROCEEDS.—Section 
47107(c)(2)(A)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘paid to 
the Secretary’’ and all that follows before the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘reinvested in another project at 
the airport or transferred to another airport as the 
Secretary prescribes under paragraph (4)’’. 
(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 47107(c) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PRIORITIES FOR REINVESTMENT.—In ap-
proving the reinvestment or transfer of proceeds 
under subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii), the Secretary shall 
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give preference, in descending order, to the following 
actions: 
‘‘(A) Reinvestment in an approved noise 
compatibility project. 
‘‘(B) Reinvestment in an approved project 
that is eligible for funding under section 
47117(e). 
‘‘(C) Reinvestment in an approved airport 
development project that is eligible for funding 
under sections 47114, 47115, or 47117. 
‘‘(D) Transfer to a sponsor of another 
public airport to be reinvested in an approved 
noise compatibility project at such airport. 
‘‘(E) Payment to the Secretary for deposit 
in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.’’. 
(c) 
CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 
47107(c)(2)(B)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘the Fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Airport and Airway Trust Fund estab-
lished under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502)’’. 
SEC. 133. GOVERNMENT SHARE OF PROJECT COSTS. 
Section 47109 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘provided in 
subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘otherwise specifically provided in this sec-
tion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR TRANSITION FROM SMALL 
HUB TO MEDIUM HUB STATUS.—If the status of a small 
hub airport changes to a medium hub airport, the Govern-
ment’s share of allowable project costs for the airport may 
not exceed 90 percent for the first 2 fiscal years following 
such change in hub status. 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED 
COMMUNITIES.—The Government’s share of allowable 
project costs shall be 95 percent for a project at an airport 
that— 
‘‘(1) is receiving subsidized air service under 
subchapter II of chapter 417; and 
‘‘(2) is located in an area that meets one or 
more of the criteria established in section 301(a) of 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161(a)), as determined by the 
Secretary of Commerce.’’. 
SEC. 134. AMENDMENTS TO ALLOWABLE COSTS. 
(a) 
ALLOWABLE
PROJECT
COSTS.—Section 
47110(b)(2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
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(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) if the cost is for airport development and 
is incurred before execution of the grant agreement, 
but in the same fiscal year as execution of the grant 
agreement, and if— 
‘‘(i) the cost was incurred before execution 
of the grant agreement due to the short con-
struction season in the vicinity of the airport; 
‘‘(ii) the cost is in accordance with an air-
port layout plan approved by the Secretary and 
with all statutory and administrative require-
ments that would have been applicable to the 
project if the project had been carried out after 
execution of the grant agreement; 
‘‘(iii) the sponsor notifies the Secretary be-
fore authorizing work to commence on the 
project; and 
‘‘(iv) the sponsor’s decision to proceed with 
the project in advance of execution of the grant 
agreement does not affect the priority assigned 
to the project by the Secretary for the alloca-
tion of discretionary funds;’’. 
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(b) RELOCATION OF AIRPORT-OWNED FACILITIES.— 
Section 47110(d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) RELOCATION
OF
AIRPORT-OWNED
FACILI-
TIES.—The Secretary may determine that the costs of re-
locating or replacing an airport-owned facility are allow-
able for an airport development project at an airport only 
if— 
‘‘(1) the Government’s share of such costs will 
be paid with funds apportioned to the airport spon-
sor under section 47114(c)(1) or 47114(d); 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the reloca-
tion or replacement is required due to a change in 
the Secretary’s design standards; and 
‘‘(3) the Secretary determines that the change 
is beyond the control of the airport sponsor.’’. 
(c) NONPRIMARY AIRPORTS.—Section 47110(h) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘construction of’’ before ‘‘rev-
enue producing’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, including fuel farms and 
hangars,’’. 
SEC. 135. UNIFORM CERTIFICATION TRAINING FOR AIR-
PORT 
CONCESSIONS 
UNDER 
DISADVAN-
TAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47107(e) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) MANDATORY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR AIR-
PORT CONCESSIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall establish a manda-
tory training program for persons described in 
subparagraph (C) on the certification of wheth-
er a small business concern in airport conces-
sions qualifies as a small business concern 
owned and controlled by a socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged individual for purposes of 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
training 
program may be implemented by one or more 
private entities approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) PARTICIPANTS.—Each official or 
agent of an airport owner or operator who is re-
quired to provide a written assurance under 
paragraph (1) that the airport owner or oper-
ator will meet the percentage goal of paragraph 
(1) or who is responsible for determining 
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whether or not a small business concern in air-
port concessions qualifies as a small business 
concern owned and controlled by a socially and 
economically disadvantaged individual for pur-
poses of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this paragraph.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 
other appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
results of the training program conducted under the 
amendment made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 136. PREFERENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY DISABLED 
VETERANS. 
Section 47112(c) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
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(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) ‘small business concern’ has the same 
meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) A contract involving labor for carrying out an 
airport development project under a grant agreement 
under this subchapter must require that a preference be 
given to the use of small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by disabled veterans.’’. 
SEC. 137. CALCULATION OF STATE APPORTIONMENT FUND. 
Section 47114(d) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘18.5 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts apportioned under paragraph (2) and 
subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
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shall apportion to each airport, excluding pri-
mary airports but including reliever and nonpri-
mary commercial service airports, in States the 
lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $150,000; 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) REDUCTION.—In any fiscal year in 
which the total amount made available for ap-
portionment under paragraph (2) is less than 
$300,000,000, the Secretary shall reduce, on a 
prorated basis, the amount to be apportioned 
under subparagraph (A) and make such reduc-
tion available to be apportioned under para-
graph (2), so as to apportion under paragraph 
(2) a minimum of $300,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 138. REDUCING APPORTIONMENTS. 
Section 47114(f)(1) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘except as provided by 
subparagraph (C),’’ before ‘‘in the case’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) in the case of a charge of more than 
$4.50 imposed by the sponsor of an airport en-
planing at least one percent of the total number 
of boardings each year in the United States, 
100 percent of the projected revenues from the 
charge in the fiscal year but not more than 100 
percent of the amount that otherwise would be 
apportioned under this section.’’. 
SEC. 139. MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR DISCRETIONARY FUND. 
Section 47115(g)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘sum 
of—’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
of 
subparagraph 
(B) 
and 
inserting 
‘‘sum 
of 
$520,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 140. MARSHALL ISLANDS, MICRONESIA, AND PALAU. 
Section 47115(j) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2004 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2011’’. 
SEC. 141. USE OF APPORTIONED AMOUNTS. 
Section 47117(e)(1)(A) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘$300,000,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘47141,’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and for water quality miti-
gation projects to comply with the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et. seq.) as approved in an environmental 
record of decision for an airport development 
project under this title’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘such 35 
percent requirement is’’ and inserting ‘‘the require-
ments of the preceding sentence are’’. 
SEC. 142. SALE OF PRIVATE AIRPORT TO PUBLIC SPONSOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47133(b) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Subsection (a) shall not apply 
if’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) PRIOR
LAWS
AND
AGREEMENTS.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply if’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SALE
OF
PRIVATE
AIRPORT
TO
PUBLIC 
SPONSOR.—In the case of a privately owned airport, 
subsection (a) shall not apply to the proceeds from 
the sale of the airport to a public sponsor if— 
‘‘(A) the sale is approved by the Secretary; 
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‘‘(B) funding is provided under this sub-
title for any portion of the public sponsor’s ac-
quisition of airport land; and 
‘‘(C) an amount equal to the remaining 
unamortized portion of any airport improve-
ment grant made to that airport for purposes 
other than land acquisition, amortized over a 
20-year period, plus an amount equal to the 
Federal share of the current fair market value 
of any land acquired with an airport improve-
ment grant made to that airport, is repaid to 
the Secretary by the private owner. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT
OF
REPAYMENTS.—Repay-
ments referred to in paragraph (2)(C) shall be treat-
ed as a recovery of prior year obligations.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY TO GRANTS.—The amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall apply to grants issued on 
or after October 1, 1996. 
SEC. 143. AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 47134 is 
amended in subsections (b)(1)(A)(i), (b)(1)(A)(ii), and 
(c)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘65 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 per-
cent’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FUNDS.— 
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(1) SECTION 47134.—Section 47134 is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) PROHIBITION
ON
RECEIPT
OF
CERTAIN 
FUNDS.—An airport receiving an exemption under sub-
section (b) shall be prohibited from receiving apportion-
ments under section 47114 or discretionary funds under 
section 47115.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
47134(g) is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘APPORTIONMENTS;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECT COSTS.—Section 
47109(a) is amended— 
(1) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
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