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(b) TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM SALE.—The Sec-
retary may grant to the city of Willoughby an exemption 
from the provisions of sections 47107 and 47133 of such 
title, any grant obligations of the city of Willoughby, and 
regulations and policies of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to the extent necessary to allow the city of 
Willoughby to use the proceeds from the sale approved under 
subsection (a) for any purpose authorized by the city of 
Willoughby. 
SEC. 811. POLLOCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOUISIANA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) Pollock Municipal Airport located in Pollock, 
Louisiana (in this section referred to as the ‘‘air-
port’’), has never been included in the National Plan 
of Integrated Airport Systems pursuant to section 
47103 of title 49, United States Code, and is therefore 
not considered necessary to meet the current or future 
needs of the national aviation system; and 
(2) closing the airport will not adversely affect 
aviation safety, aviation capacity, or air commerce. 
(b) REQUEST FOR CLOSURE.— 
(1) APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, requirement, or agreement and subject 
to the requirements of this section, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 
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(A) approve a request from the town of Pol-
lock, Louisiana, to close the airport as a public 
airport; and 
(B) release the town from any term, condi-
tion, reservation, or restriction contained in a 
surplus property conveyance or transfer docu-
ment, and from any order or finding by the De-
partment of Transportation on the use and re-
payment of airport revenue applicable to the air-
port, that would otherwise prevent the closure of 
the airport and redevelopment of the facilities to 
nonaeronautical uses. 
(2) CONTINUED AIRPORT OPERATION PRIOR TO 
APPROVAL.—The town of Pollock shall continue to op-
erate and maintain the airport until the Adminis-
trator grants the town’s request for closure of the air-
port. 
(3) USE
OF
PROCEEDS
FROM
SALE
OF
AIR-
PORT.—Upon the approval of the request to close the 
airport, the town of Pollock shall obtain fair market 
value for the sale of the airport property and shall 
immediately upon receipt transfer all such proceeds 
from the sale of the airport property to the sponsor 
of a public airport designated by the Administrator 
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to be used for the development or improvement of such 
airport. 
(4) RELOCATION OF AIRCRAFT.—Before closure 
of the airport, the town of Pollock shall provide ade-
quate time for any airport-based aircraft to relocate. 
SEC. 812. HUMAN INTERVENTION AND MOTIVATION STUDY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall develop a human inter-
vention and motivation study program for flight crew-
members involved in air carrier operations in the United 
States under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2011. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 813. WASHINGTON, D.C., AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICA-
TION ZONE. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in 
coordination with Secretary of Homeland Security and 
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Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a plan for the Washington, 
D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall outline spe-
cific changes to the Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identi-
fication Zone that will decrease operational impacts and 
improve general aviation access to airports in the National 
Capital Region that are currently impacted by the zone. 
SEC. 814. MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including the Federal Airport Act (as in effect 
on August 8, 1958), the United States releases, without 
monetary consideration, all restrictions, conditions, and 
limitations on the use, encumbrance, or conveyance of cer-
tain land located in the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, 
more particularly described as Tracts 22 and 24 of the 
Fourth Addition to the Town Site of Anchorage, Alaska, 
as shown on the plat of U.S. Survey No. 1456, accepted 
June 13, 1923, on file in the Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of Interior. 
(b) GRANTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the municipality of Anchorage shall be released from 
the repayment of any outstanding grant obligations owed 
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by the municipality to the Federal Aviation Administration 
with respect to any land described in subsection (a) that 
is subsequently conveyed to or used by the Department of 
Transportation and Public Facilities of the State of Alaska 
for the construction or reconstruction of a federally sub-
sidized highway project. 
SEC. 815. WILLIAM P. HOBBY AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Nation— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of the 1940 Air 
Terminal Museum located at William P. Hobby Air-
port in the city of Houston, Texas; 
(2) congratulates the city of Houston and the 
1940 Air Terminal Museum on the 80-year history of 
William P. Hobby Airport and the vital role of the 
airport in Houston’s and the Nation’s transportation 
infrastructure; and 
(3) recognizes the 1940 Air Terminal Museum 
for its importance to the Nation in the preservation 
and presentation of civil aviation heritage and recog-
nizes the importance of civil aviation to the Nation’s 
history and economy. 
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Union Calendar No. 206 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2881 
[Report No. 110–331] 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to author-
ize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, 
to improve aviation safety and capacity, to pro-
vide stable funding for the national aviation sys-
tem, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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