National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-592
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Administrative remedies
Aeronautics
Air pollution control
Aircraft engines
Airlines
Airports
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Federal preemption
Federal-city relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Highway finance
Illinois
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Judicial review
Law
Licenses
Losses
Noise
Parking facilities
Research and development
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
State-local relations
Transportation planning
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2003 - Declares that if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) makes, or at any time after December 5, 2001 has made, a grant to the city of Chicago, Illinois, with the approval of the State of Illinois for planning or construction of runway improvements at O'Hare International Airport, the State of Illinois (including any instrumentality or political subdivision) is prohibited from exercising certain authority to prevent: (1) further consideration by the FAA of the O'Hare airport layout plan (capacity enhancement project for the redesign of the airport's runway configuration) contained in the agreement reached by the State and Chicago on December 5, 2001; (2) construction of projects approved by the FAA in such plan; or (3) application by Chicago for Federal airport improvement program funding for projects approved by the FAA and shown on the plan.
Authorizes Chicago to apply directly to the FAA without the approval of Illinois for Federal airport improvement program funding for planning and construction of a project under the O'Hare airport layout plan.
Makes the FAA Administrator's approval of an airport layout plan submitted by the city of Chicago that includes the runway redesign plan conditional on the meeting of specified requirements.
Requires Illinois to prepare an implementation plan under the Clean Air Act in accordance with the State's customary practices for accounting for and regulating emissions associated with activity at commercial service airports.
Requires the withholding of all airport grant funds for O'Hare (other than grants involving national security and safety) until January 1, 2026, unless specified conditions with respect to operations at Merrill C. Meigs Field have been met.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Office of Environment and Energy of the FAA should be funded to carry out noise mitigation programming and quiet aircraft technology research and development at specified levels.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House