Title: Missed Opportunities in Aviation Act of 2017
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Missed Opportunities in Aviation Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to report to Congress the total number of airport development project grant requests that were under review for funding during the preceding fiscal year. The report must include the number of requests that were granted, were denied, and remained pending at the end of the fiscal year.
The report must detail those that were denied or remained pending but showed the greatest potential for improving aviation in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4356 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4356

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require reporting by the 
   Department of Transportation on requests for funding projects or 
           programs through the Airport Improvement Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2017

Mr. Lewis of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require reporting by the 
   Department of Transportation on requests for funding projects or 
           programs through the Airport Improvement Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Missed Opportunities in Aviation Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTING ON MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.

    Section 47105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting at the end the following:
    ``(g) Annual Reporting on Missed Opportunities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later December 31 of each year, the 
        Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that identifies--
                    ``(A) the total number of requests made under this 
                section that were under review during the preceding 
                fiscal year by the Department for funding, in whole or 
                in part, of projects including--
                            ``(i) the number of such requests that were 
                        granted;
                            ``(ii) the number of such requests that 
                        were denied; and
                            ``(iii) the number of such requests that 
                        remained pending at the end of the fiscal year; 
                        and
                    ``(B) of the requests that were denied or remained 
                pending under clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph 
                (A), the requests with the greatest potential for 
                improving aviation in the United States in accordance 
                with section 47103.
            ``(2) Trade secrets and confidential information.--This 
        section does not authorize the Secretary to disclose any 
        information that is a trade secret or confidential information 
        subject to section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, or 
        section 1905 of title 18, United States Code.''.
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