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Sec. 154. Aircraft noise primarily caused by military aircraft.
Sec. 155. Competition plans.
Sec. 156. Alaska rural aviation improvement.
Sec. 157. Use of recycled materials.
Sec. 158. Construction of runways.
Sec. 159. Notice of grants.
Sec. 160. Airfield pavement conditions.
Sec. 161. Report on efforts to implement capacity enhancements.
Sec. 162. Prioritization of discretionary projects.
Sec. 163. Continuation of reports.
TITLE II—AIRLINE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Small Communities
Sec. 201. Policy for air service to rural areas.
Sec. 202. Waiver of local contribution.
Sec. 203. Improved air carrier service to airports not receiving sufficient service.
Sec. 204. Preservation of essential air service at single carrier dominated hub
airports.
Sec. 205. Determination of distance from hub airport.
Sec. 206. Report on essential air service.
Sec. 207. Marketing practices.
Sec. 208. Definition of eligible place.
Sec. 209. Maintaining the integrity of the essential air service program.
Sec. 210. Regional jet service for small communities.
Subtitle B—Airline Customer Service
Sec. 221. Consumer notification of E-ticket expiration dates.
Sec. 222. Increased penalty for violation of aviation consumer protection laws.
Sec. 223. Funding of enforcement of airline consumer protections.
Sec. 224. Airline customer service reports.
Sec. 225. Increased financial responsibility for lost baggage.
Sec. 226. Comptroller General investigation.
Sec. 227. Airline service quality performance reports.
Sec. 228. National Commission To Ensure Consumer Information and Choice in the
Airline Industry.
Subtitle C—Competition
Sec. 231. Changes in, and phase-out of, slot rules.
TITLE III—FAA MANAGEMENT REFORM
Sec. 301. Air traffic control system defined.
Sec. 302. Air traffic control oversight.
Sec. 303. Chief Operating Officer.
Sec. 304. Pilot program to permit cost-sharing of air traffic modernization projects.
Sec. 305. Clarification of regulatory approval process.
Sec. 306. Failure to meet rulemaking deadline.
Sec. 307. FAA personnel and acquisition management systems.
Sec. 308. Right to contest adverse personnel actions.
Sec. 309. Independent study of FAA costs and allocations.
Sec. 310. Environmental review of airport improvement projects.
Sec. 311. Cost allocation system.
Sec. 312. Report on modernization of oceanic ATC system.
TITLE IV—FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Sec. 401. Responsibilities of National Transportation Safety Board.
Sec. 402. Air carrier plans.
Sec. 403. Foreign air carrier plans.
Sec. 404. Death on the high seas.
TITLE V—SAFETY
Sec. 501. Airplane emergency locators.
Sec. 502. Cargo collision avoidance systems deadlines.
Sec. 503. Landfills interfering with air commerce.
Sec. 504. Life-limited aircraft parts.
Sec. 505. Counterfeit aircraft parts.
Sec. 506. Prevention of frauds involving aircraft or space vehicle parts in interstate
or foreign air commerce.
Sec. 507. Transporting of hazardous material.
Sec. 508. Employment investigations and restrictions.
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Sec. 509. Criminal penalty for pilots operating in air transportation without an
airman’s certificate.
Sec. 510. Flight operations quality assurance rules.
Sec. 511. Penalties for unruly passengers.
Sec. 512. Deputizing of State and local law enforcement officers.
Sec. 513. Air transportation oversight system.
Sec. 514. Runway safety areas.
Sec. 515. Precision approach path indicators.
Sec. 516. Aircraft dispatchers.
Sec. 517. Improved training for airframe and powerplant mechanics.
Sec. 518. Small airport certification.
Sec. 519. Protection of employees providing air safety information.
Sec. 520. Occupational injuries of airport workers.
TITLE VI—TRANSFER OF AERONAUTICAL CHARTING ACTIVITY
Sec. 601. Transfer of functions, powers, and duties.
Sec. 602. Transfer of office, personnel and funds.
Sec. 603. Amendment of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 604. Savings provision.
Sec. 605. National ocean survey.
Sec. 606. Sale and distribution of nautical and aeronautical products by NOAA.
Sec. 607. Procurement of private enterprise mapping, charting, and geographic
information systems.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Duties and powers of Administrator.
Sec. 702. Public aircraft.
Sec. 703. Prohibition on release of offeror proposals.
Sec. 704. FAA evaluation of long-term capital leasing.
Sec. 705. Severable services contracts for periods crossing fiscal years.
Sec. 706. Prohibitions on discrimination.
Sec. 707. Discrimination against handicapped individuals.
Sec. 708. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled flights.
Sec. 709. Joint venture agreement.
Sec. 710. Reports by carriers on incidents involving animals during air transport.
Sec. 711. Extension of war risk insurance program.
Sec. 712. General facilities and personnel authority.
Sec. 713. Human factors program.
Sec. 714. Implementation of Article 83 bis of the Chicago Convention.
Sec. 715. Public availability of airmen records.
Sec. 716. Review process for emergency orders.
Sec. 717. Government and industry consortia.
Sec. 718. Passenger manifest.
Sec. 719. Cost recovery for foreign aviation services.
Sec. 720. Technical corrections to civil penalty provisions.
Sec. 721. Waiver under Airport Noise and Capacity Act.
Sec. 722. Land use compliance report.
Sec. 723. Charter airlines.
Sec. 724. Credit for emergency services provided.
Sec. 725. Passenger cabin air quality.
Sec. 726. Standards for aircraft and aircraft engines to reduce noise levels.
Sec. 727. Taos Pueblo and Blue Lakes Wilderness Area demonstration project.
Sec. 728. Automated surface observation system stations.
Sec. 729. Aircraft situational display data.
Sec. 730. Elimination of backlog of equal employment opportunity complaints.
Sec. 731. Grant of easement, Los Angeles, California.
Sec. 732. Regulation of Alaska guide pilots.
Sec. 733. National Transportation Data Center of Excellence.
Sec. 734. Aircraft repair and maintenance advisory panel.
Sec. 735. Operations of air taxi industry.
Sec. 736. National airspace redesign.
Sec. 737. Compliance with requirements.
Sec. 738. FAA consideration of certain State proposals.
Sec. 739. Cincinnati-Municipal Blue Ash Airport.
Sec. 740. Authority to sell aircraft and aircraft parts for use in responding to oil
spills.
Sec. 741. Discriminatory practices by computer reservations systems outside the
United States.
Sec. 742. Specialty metals consortium.
Sec. 743. Alkali silica reactivity distress.
Sec. 744. Rolling stock equipment.
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Sec. 745. General Accounting Office airport noise study.
Sec. 746. Noise study of Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona.
Sec. 747. Nonmilitary helicopter noise.
Sec. 748. Newport News, Virginia.
Sec. 749. Authority to waive terms of deed of conveyance, Yavapai County, Arizona.
Sec. 750. Authority to waive terms of deed of conveyance, Pinal County, Arizona.
Sec. 751. Conveyance of airport property to an institution of higher education in
Oklahoma.
Sec. 752. Former airfield lands, Grant Parish, Louisiana.
Sec. 753. Raleigh County, West Virginia, Memorial Airport.
Sec. 754. Iditarod area school district.
Sec. 755. Alternative power sources for flight data recorders and cockpit voice
recorders.
Sec. 756. Terminal automated radar display and information system.
Sec. 757. Streamlining seat and restraint system certification process and dynamic
testing requirements.
Sec. 758. Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning air traffic over northern
Delaware.
Sec. 759. Post Free Flight Phase I activities.
Sec. 760. Sense of the Congress regarding protecting the frequency spectrum used
for aviation communication.
Sec. 761. Land exchanges, Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Sec. 762. Bilateral relationship.
TITLE VIII—NATIONAL PARKS AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Findings.
Sec. 803. Air tour management plans for national parks.
Sec. 804. Quiet aircraft technology for Grand Canyon.
Sec. 805. Advisory group.
Sec. 806. Prohibition of commercial air tour operations over the Rocky Mountain
National Park.
Sec. 807. Reports.
Sec. 808. Methodologies used to assess air tour noise.
Sec. 809. Alaska exemption.
TITLE IX—FEDERAL AVIATION RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND
DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 901. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 902. Integrated national aviation research plan.
Sec. 903. Internet availability of information.
Sec. 904. Research on nonstructural aircraft systems.
Sec. 905. Research program to improve airfield pavements.
Sec. 906. Evaluation of research funding techniques.
TITLE X—EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY
Sec. 1001. Extension of expenditure authority.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of law, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision
of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act and the
amendments made by this Act shall apply only to fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1999.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the following defini-
tions apply:
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Transportation.
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TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY
IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Funding
SEC. 101. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 48103 is
amended by striking ‘‘shall be’’ the last place it appears and all
that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘shall be—
‘‘(1) $2,410,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
‘‘(2) $2,475,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(3) $3,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(4) $3,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
‘‘(5) $3,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
(b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) is amended
by striking ‘‘After’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1999,’’ and inserting
‘‘After September 30, 2003,’’.
(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—Upon enactment of this Act, amounts
for administration funded by the appropriation for ‘‘Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations’’, pursuant to the third proviso under
the heading ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Airports (Liquidation of Contract
Authorization) (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)’’ in the Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,
may be reimbursed from funds limited under such heading.
SEC. 102. AIRWAY FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
48101(a) is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) $2,131,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
‘‘(2) $2,689,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(3) $2,656,765,000 for fiscal year 2001.
‘‘(4) $2,914,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(5) $2,981,022,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.
(b) UNIVERSAL ACCESS SYSTEMS.—Section 48101 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) UNIVERSAL ACCESS SYSTEMS.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 may
be used for the voluntary purchase and installation of universal
access systems.’’.
(c) ALASKA NATIONAL AIR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.—
Section 48101 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) ALASKA NATIONAL AIR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.—
Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal year
2001, $7,200,000 may be used by the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration for the Alaska National Air Space Inter-
facility Communications System if the Administrator issues a report
supporting the use of such funds for the System.’’.
(d) AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM/AUTOMATED
WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM UPGRADE.—Section 48101 is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(f ) AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM/AUTOMATED
WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM UPGRADE.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a) for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2000, such sums as may be necessary for the
implementation and use of upgrades to the current automated
surface observation system/automated weather observing system,
if the upgrade is successfully demonstrated.’’.
(e) LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTIMATES.—Section 48101 is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTIMATES.—The Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall establish life-cycle cost esti-
mates for any air traffic control modernization project the total
life-cycle costs of which equal or exceed $50,000,000.’’.
SEC. 103. FAA OPERATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(k) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of Transportation for operations of the
Administration—
‘‘(A) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2000;
‘‘(B) $6,592,235,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(C) $6,886,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
‘‘(D) $7,357,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—Out of amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1), the following expenditures are
authorized:
‘‘(A) $450,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through
2003 for wildlife hazard mitigation measures and manage-
ment of the wildlife strike database of the Federal Aviation
Administration.
‘‘(B) $9,100,000 for the 3-fiscal-year period beginning
with fiscal year 2001 to support a university consortium
established to provide an air safety and security manage-
ment certificate program, working cooperatively with the
Federal Aviation Administration and United States air car-
riers, except that funds under this subparagraph—
‘‘(i) may not be used for the construction of a
building or other facility; and
‘‘(ii) may only be awarded on the basis of open
competition.
‘‘(C) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
2000 through 2003 to support infrastructure systems
development for both general aviation and the vertical
flight industry.
‘‘(D) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
2000 through 2003 to establish helicopter approach proce-
dures using current technologies (such as the Global Posi-
tioning System) to support all-weather, emergency medical
service for trauma patients.
‘‘(E) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
2000 through 2003 to revise existing terminal and en route
procedures and instrument flight rules to facilitate the
takeoff, flight, and landing of tiltrotor aircraft and to
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improve the national airspace system by separating such
aircraft from congested flight paths of fixed-wing aircraft.
‘‘(F) $3,300,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $3,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 to implement
the 1998 airport surface operations safety action plan of
the Federal Aviation Administration.
‘‘(G) $9,100,000 for fiscal year 2001 to support air
safety efforts through payment of United States member-
ship obligations in the International Civil Aviation
Organization, to be paid as soon as practicable.
‘‘(H) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
2000 through 2003 for the Secretary to hire additional
inspectors in order to enhance air cargo security programs.
‘‘(I) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
2000 through 2003 to develop and improve training pro-
grams (including model training programs and curriculum)
for security screening personnel at airports that will be
used by airlines to meet regulatory requirements relating
to the training and testing of such personnel.’’.
(b) OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION.—There is authorized to
be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to the
Secretary $4,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September
30, 2000, to fund the activities of the Office of Airline Information
in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Department of
Transportation.
SEC. 104. AIP FORMULA CHANGES.
(a) AMOUNTS APPORTIONED TO SPONSORS.—
(1) AMOUNTS TO BE APPORTIONED.—Section 47114(c)(1) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$650,000’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—In any fiscal year in which the
total amount made available under section 48103 is
$3,200,000,000 or more—
‘‘(i) the amount to be apportioned to a sponsor
under subparagraph (A) shall be increased by doubling
the amount that would otherwise be apportioned;
‘‘(ii) the minimum apportionment to a sponsor
under subparagraph (B) shall be $1,000,000 rather
than $650,000; and
‘‘(iii) the maximum apportionment to a sponsor
under subparagraph (B) shall be $26,000,000 rather
than $22,000,000.
‘‘(D) NEW
AIRPORTS.—Notwithstanding subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall apportion on the first day of the
first fiscal year following the official opening of a new
airport with scheduled passenger air transportation an
amount equal to the minimum amount set forth in subpara-
graph (B) or (C), as appropriate, to the sponsor of such
airport.
‘‘(E) USE OF PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR’S APPORTIONMENT.—
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary may
apportion to an airport sponsor in a fiscal year an amount
equal to the amount apportioned to that sponsor in the
previous fiscal year if the Secretary finds that—
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‘‘(i) passenger boardings at the airport fell below
10,000 in the calendar year used to calculate the appor-
tionment;
‘‘(ii) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger
boardings in the calendar year prior to the calendar
year used to calculate apportionments to airport spon-
sors in a fiscal year; and
‘‘(iii) the cause of the shortfall in passenger
boardings was a temporary but significant interruption
in service by an air carrier to that airport due to
an employment action, natural disaster, or other event
unrelated to the demand for air transportation at the
affected airport.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 47114(c)(1) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)(A) The Secretary’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) PRIMARY AIRPORTS.—
‘‘(A) APPORTIONMENT.—The Secretary’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘(B) Not less’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM APPORTIONMENTS.—Not
less’’; and
(C) by aligning the left margin of subparagraph (A)
(including clauses (i) through (v)) and subparagraph (B)
with subparagraphs (C) and (D) (as added by paragraph
(1)(B) of this subsection).
(b) CARGO ONLY AIRPORTS.—Section 47114(c)(2) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘2.5 percent’’ and
inserting ‘‘3 percent’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and
inserting ‘‘In any fiscal year in which the total amount made
available under section 48103 is less than $3,200,000,000, not
more than’’.
(c) ENTITLEMENT FOR GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS.—Section
47114(d) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) AMOUNTS
APPORTIONED
FOR
GENERAL
AVIATION
AIR-
PORTS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following defini-
tions apply:
‘‘(A) AREA.—The term ‘area’ includes land and water.
‘‘(B) POPULATION.—The term ‘population’ means the
population stated in the latest decennial census of the
United States.
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT.—Except as provided in paragraph
(3), the Secretary shall apportion to the States 18.5 percent
of the amount subject to apportionment for each fiscal year
as follows:
‘‘(A) 0.66 percent of the apportioned amount to Guam,
American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Virgin Islands.
‘‘(B) Except as provided in paragraph (4), 49.67 percent
of the apportioned amount for airports, excluding primary
airports but including reliever and nonprimary commercial
service airports, in States not named in subparagraph (A)
in the proportion that the population of each of those
States bears to the total population of all of those States.
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‘‘(C) Except as provided in paragraph (4), 49.67 percent
of the apportioned amount for airports, excluding primary
airports but including reliever and nonprimary commercial
service airports, in States not named in subparagraph (A)
in the proportion that the area of each of those States
bears to the total area of all of those States.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—In any fiscal year in which the total
amount made available under section 48103 is $3,200,000,000
or more, rather than making an apportionment under para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall apportion 20 percent of the
amount subject to apportionment for each fiscal year as follows:
‘‘(A) To each airport, excluding primary airports but
including reliever and nonprimary commercial service air-
ports, 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 improvement for the
airport, as listed in the national plan of integrated
airport systems developed by the Federal Aviation
Administration under section 47103.
‘‘(B) Any remaining amount to States as follows:
‘‘(i) 0.62 percent of the remaining amount to Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
‘‘(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (4), 49.69
percent of the remaining amount for airports, excluding
primary airports but including reliever and nonprimary
commercial service airports, in States not named in
clause (i) in the proportion that the population of each
of those States bears to the total population of all
of those States.
‘‘(iii) Except as provided in paragraph (4), 49.69
percent of the remaining amount for airports, excluding
primary airports but including reliever and nonprimary
commercial service airports, in States not named in
clause (i) in the proportion that the area of each of
those States bears to the total area of all of those
States.
‘‘(4) AIRPORTS IN ALASKA, PUERTO RICO, AND HAWAII.—An
amount apportioned under paragraph (2) or (3) to Alaska,
Puerto Rico, or Hawaii for airports in such State may be made
available by the Secretary for any public airport in those respec-
tive jurisdictions.
‘‘(5) USE OF STATE HIGHWAY SPECIFICATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may permit the use
of State highway specifications for airfield pavement
construction using funds made available under this sub-
section at nonprimary airports with runways of 5,000 feet
or shorter serving aircraft that do not exceed 60,000 pounds
gross weight if the Secretary determines that—
‘‘(i) safety will not be negatively affected; and
‘‘(ii) the life of the pavement will not be shorter
than it would be if constructed using Administration
standards.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—An airport may not seek funds under
this subchapter for runway rehabilitation or reconstruction
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of any such airfield pavement constructed using State high-
way specifications for a period of 10 years after construction
is completed unless the Secretary determines that the
rehabilitation or reconstruction is required for safety rea-
sons.
‘‘(6) INTEGRATED
AIRPORT
SYSTEM
PLANNING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subsection, funds made
available under this subsection may be used for integrated
airport system planning that encompasses one or more primary
airports.’’.
(d) SUPPLEMENTAL
APPORTIONMENT
FOR
ALASKA.—Section
47114(e) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘ALTERNATIVE’’
and inserting ‘‘SUPPLEMENTAL’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Instead of apportioning amounts for
airports in Alaska under’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—
Notwithstanding’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘those airports’’ and inserting ‘‘airports
in Alaska’’;
(3) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY FOR DISCRE-
TIONARY GRANTS.—’’ before ‘‘This subsection’’;
(4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) AIRPORTS
ELIGIBLE
FOR
FUNDS.—An amount appor-
tioned under this subsection may be used for any public airport
in Alaska.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE.—In any fiscal year in which the total
amount made available under section 48103 is $3,200,000,000
or more, the amount that may be apportioned for airports
in Alaska under paragraph (1) shall be increased by doubling
the amount that would otherwise be apportioned.’’; and
(5) by indenting paragraph (1) and aligning paragraph
(1) (and its subparagraphs) and paragraph (2) with paragraphs
(3) and (4) (as added by paragraph (4) of this subsection).
(e) GRANTS FOR AIRPORT NOISE COMPATIBILITY PLANNING.—
Section 47117(e)(1)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘31 percent’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘34 percent’’.
(f ) GRANTS
FOR RELIEVER AIRPORTS.—Section 47117(e)(1) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) In any fiscal year in which the total amount made
available under section 48103 is $3,200,000,000 or more, at
least two-thirds of 1 percent for grants to sponsors of reliever
airports which have—
‘‘(i) more than 75,000 annual operations;
‘‘(ii) a runway with a minimum usable landing distance
of 5,000 feet;
‘‘(iii) a precision instrument landing procedure;
‘‘(iv) a minimum number of aircraft, to be determined
by the Secretary, based at the airport; and
‘‘(v) been designated by the Secretary as a reliever
airport to an airport with 20,000 hours of annual delays
in commercial passenger aircraft takeoffs and landings.’’.
(g) REPEAL OF APPORTIONMENT LIMITATION ON COMMERCIAL
SERVICE AIRPORTS
IN ALASKA.—Section 47117 is amended by
striking subsection (f ) and by redesignating subsections (g) and
(h) as subsections (f ) and (g), respectively.