I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1265 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifications to the pas-
senger facility charge program administered by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2017 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. MASSIE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifica-
tions to the passenger facility charge program adminis-
tered by the Federal Aviation Administration, 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 ‘‘Investing in America: 
Rebuilding America’s Airport Infrastructure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES. 
Section 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘of $1, $2, or 
$3’’ and inserting ‘‘in any amount’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4); 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and 
(7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘specified in paragraphs 
(1) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in para-
graph (1)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘imposed under paragraph 
(1) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed under para-
graph (1)’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (6)(A) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘specified in paragraphs 
(1), (4), and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (5)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘imposed under paragraph 
(1) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed under para-
graph (1)’’. 
SEC. 3. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) FUNDING.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$3,350,000,000’’ 
and all that follows before the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘$2,950,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2021’’. 
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(b) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 47114 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$3,200,000,000’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘$2,950,000,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN LARGE HUB 
AIRPORTS.—Subject to paragraph (4), and in lieu of 
the reduction under paragraph (1), an amount that 
would be apportioned under this section (other than 
amounts apportioned under subsection (c)(2)) in a 
fiscal year to the sponsor of an airport having at 
least 1.0 percent of the total number of boardings 
each year in the United States and for which a 
charge of more than $4.50 is imposed in the fiscal 
year under section 40117 shall be reduced by an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), 100 percent of the projected revenues from 
the charge in the fiscal year but not by more 
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than 100 percent of the amount that otherwise 
would be apportioned under this section; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to an airport in Hawaii, 
100 percent of the projected revenues from the 
charge in the fiscal year but not by more than 
100 percent of the excess of— 
‘‘(i) the amount that otherwise would 
be apportioned under this section; over 
‘‘(ii) the amount equal to the amount 
specified in clause (i) multiplied by the 
percentage 
of 
the 
total 
passenger 
boardings at the applicable airport that are 
comprised of interisland passengers.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1) or (2)’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘.25 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1.0 percent’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘fiscal year 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 
(c) USE
OF
APPORTIONED
AMOUNTS.—Section 
47117(e)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed 
by 
striking 
‘‘$3,200,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$2,950,000,000’’. 
Æ 
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