Title: Banning Airport Redevelopment Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Banning Airport Redevelopment Act
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to release the City of Banning, California, from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the Banning Municipal Airport.
The release shall not be executed before the city transfers to the state of California (1) specific amounts to be used for FAA-approved capital improvements at other public use general aviation airports serving the region, and (2) all airport and aviation-related equipment of the Banning Municipal Airport owned by the city and determined by the FAA or the state of California to be salvageable for use at other airports.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7729 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7729

  To release the City of Banning, California, from all restrictions, 
 conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and 
               closure of the Banning Municipal Airport.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To release the City of Banning, California, from all restrictions, 
 conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and 
               closure of the Banning Municipal Airport.

    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 ``Banning Airport Redevelopment Act''.

SEC. 2. RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE 
              USE, ENCUMBRANCE, CONVEYANCE, AND CLOSURE OF THE BANNING 
              MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

    (a) In General.--The United States, acting through the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall release the 
City of Banning, California, from all restrictions, conditions, and 
limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the 
Banning Municipal Airport, as described in the most recent airport 
layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, to the 
extent such restrictions, conditions, and limitations are enforceable 
by the Administrator.
    (b) Limitation.--The release under subsection (a) shall not be 
executed before the City of Banning, California, or its designee, 
transfers to the Department of Transportation of the State of 
California--
            (1) the amounts described in subsection (c), to be used for 
        FAA-approved capital improvements within the meaning of airport 
        development (as defined in section 47102(3) of title 49, United 
        States Code) at other public use, general aviation airports 
        serving the region; and
            (2) for no consideration, all airport and aviation-related 
        equipment of the Banning Municipal Airport owned by the City of 
        Banning and determined by the FAA or Department of 
        Transportation of the State of California to be salvageable for 
        use at other airports.
    (c) Amounts Described.--The amounts described in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) An amount equal to the fair market value for the 
        highest and best use of the Banning Municipal Airport property 
        determined in good faith by 2 independent and qualified real 
        estate appraisers and an independent review appraiser on or 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) An amount equal to the unamortized portion of any 
        Federal development grants other than land paid to the City of 
        Banning for use at the Banning Municipal Airport, which may be 
        paid with, and shall be an allowable use of, airport revenue 
        notwithstanding section 47107 or 47133 of title 49, United 
        States Code.
            (3) An amount equal to the airport revenues, along with 
        accrued interest, remaining in the airport account for the 
        Banning Municipal Airport as of the date of the enactment of 
        this Act and otherwise due to or received by the City of 
        Banning after such date of enactment pursuant to sections 
        47107(b) and 47133 of title 49, United States Code.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit the applicability of--
            (1) the requirements and processes under section 46319 of 
        title 49, United States Code;
            (2) the requirements under the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
            (3) the requirements and processes under part 157 of title 
        14, Code of Federal Regulations; or
            (4) the public notice requirements under section 
        47107(h)(2) of title 49, United States Code.
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