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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4057
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the
Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1998
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize pro-
grams of 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 ‘‘Airport Improvement
Program Reauthorization Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, when-
ever 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.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided, this Act and the amendments made
by this Act apply only to fiscal years beginning after
September 30, 1998.
(2) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in this Act or any amendment made
by this Act shall be construed as affecting funds
made available for a fiscal year ending before Octo-
ber 1, 1998.
(c) ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this Act, the
term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration.
SEC. 3. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
48103 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1996’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 1998’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘$2,280,000,000’’ and all that
follows through the period at the end and inserting
the following: ‘‘$2,347,000,000 for fiscal years end-
ing before October 1, 1999.’’.
(b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c)
is amended by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.
SEC. 4. AIRWAY FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 48101(a) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3) $2,131,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.
SEC. 5. FAA OPERATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
GENERAL FUND.—Section 106(k) is amended by striking
‘‘$5,158,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘$5,632,000,000
for fiscal year 1999.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
TRUST FUND.—Section 48104 is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b);
(2) in subsection (b), as so redesignated—
(A) in the subsection heading by striking
‘‘FISCAL
YEARS
1994–1998’’ and inserting
‘‘FISCAL YEAR 1999’’; and
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 1994 through
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’.
(c) LIMITATION
ON OBLIGATING
OR EXPENDING
AMOUNTS.—Section 48108(c) is amended by striking
‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.
SEC. 6. AIP FORMULA CHANGES.
(a) DISCRETIONARY
FUND.—Section 47115 is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (g);
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (g);
(3) by inserting before the period at the end of
subsection (g), as so redesignated, the following:
‘‘with funds made available under this section and,
if such funds are not sufficient, with funds made
available 
under 
sections 
47114(c)(1)(A),
47114(c)(2), 47114(d), and 47117(e) on a pro rata
basis’’.
(b) AMOUNTS APPORTIONED TO SPONSORS.—Section
47114(c)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(v) by inserting ‘‘sub-
ject to subparagraph (C),’’ before ‘‘$.50’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) The amount to be apportioned for a fiscal year
for a passenger described in subparagraph (A)(v) shall be
reduced to $.40 if the total amount made available under
section 48103 for such fiscal year is less than
$1,350,000,000.’’.
(c) ENTITLEMENT
FOR GENERAL AVIATION AIR-
PORTS.—Section 47114(d)(2) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)
by striking ‘‘18.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘20 per-
cent’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘0.66’’ and
inserting ‘‘0.62; and
(3) in each of subparagraphs (B) and (C) by
striking ‘‘49.67’’ and inserting ‘‘49.69’’.
(d) USE OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR ALASKA, PUERTO
RICO, AND HAWAII.—Section 47114(d)(3) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—An amount apportioned
under paragraph (2) of this subsection for airports
in Alaska, Puerto Rico, or Hawaii may be made
available by the Secretary for any public airport in
those respective jurisdictions.’’.
(e) USE OF STATE-APPORTIONED FUNDS FOR SYS-
TEM PLANNING.—Section 47114(d) is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) INTEGRATED
AIRPORT
SYSTEM
PLAN-
NING.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), funds made
available under this subsection may be used for inte-
grated airport system planning that encompasses 1
or more primary airports.’’.
(f) GRANTS
FOR AIRPORT NOISE COMPATIBILITY
PLANNING.—Section 47117(e)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘31 percent’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘33 percent’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘47504(c)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘47504(c)’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘At least’’
and all that follows through ‘‘sponsors of current’’
and inserting ‘‘At least 4 percent to sponsors of cur-
rent’’.
(g) SET-ASIDE
FOR AIRPORT SECURITY.—Section
47117(e)(1) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(C) 3 percent for airport security, giving high-
est priority to the testing and evaluation of explosive
detection equipment for airports.’’.
(h) SUPPLEMENTAL APPORTIONMENT
FOR ALAS-
KA.—Section 47114(e) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AL-
TERNATIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SUPPLEMENTAL’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)—