Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992
PL 102-581 (H.R.6168), enacted 10/31/1992

106 STAT. 4872 
PUBLIC LAW 102-581—OCT. 31, 1992 
Public Law 102-581 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 31, 1992 
[H.R. 6168] 
Airport and 
Airway Safety, 
Capacity, Noise 
Improvement, 
and Intermodal 
Transportation 
Act of 1992. 
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2201 note. 
To amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize 
appropriations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of 
America irt^^Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—^This Act may be cited as the "Airport and 
Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal 
Transportation Act of 1992". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 101. Declaration of policy. 
Sec. 102. Airport improvement program. 
Sec. 103. Airway improvement program. 
Sec. 104. FAA operations. 
Sec. 105. Linkage with passenger facility charges program. 
Sec. 106. Apportionments. 
Sec. 107. Military airports. 
Sec. 108. Airport noise compatibility pro|;ram. 
Sec. 109. Maximum obligation of the United States. 
Sec. 110. Terminal development. 
Sec. 111. Letters of intent. 
Sec. 112. Airport development defined. 
Sec. 113. Public access and participation with respect to airports. 
Sec. 114. National airway system. 
Sec. 115. Definition of passengers enplaned. 
Sec. 116. Extension of State block grant pilot program. 
Sec. 117. Disadvantaged business enterprise. 
Sec. 118. Extension of certain restrictions on contract and grant awards. 
Sec. 119. Acquisition or construction of facilities for advanced training of mainte-
nance technicians for air carrier aircraft. 
Sec. 120. Air traffic controller staffing. 
Sec. 121. Aviation safety inspectors. 
Sec. 122. Limitation on privatization of operation of certain airport control towers. 
Sec. 123. Effects of airport noise. 
Sec. 124. Aircraft operations in winter conditions. 
Sec. 125. Visual flight rule routes for complex terminal airspace areas. 
Sec. 126. Study on reflectorization of taxiway and runway markings. 
Sec. 127. Options to purchase land. 
Sec. 128. Lighting svstems for aircraft obstructions and airport runways. 
Sec. 129. Economic benefits of airport development projects. 
Sec. 130. Soundproofing of certain residential buildings in areas surrounding air-
ports. 
Sec. 131. Laredo International Airport, Laredo, Texas. 
Sec. 132. Study of small airport runway maintenance. 
Sec. 133. Tucson study. 
Sec. 134. Air traffic over Grand Canyon. 
Sec. 135. Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 136. Technical amendments. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL AVIATION ACT AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 201. Procurement reform. 
Sec. 202. Aviation security training. 
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Sec. 203. Hazards to safe and efficient air commerce. 
Sec. 204. National commission to promote a strong and competitive airline indus-
try. 
Sec. 205. Strengthening of competition. 
Sec. 206. Slot rule efiTective date. 
Sec. 207. Emergency vision equipment. 
Sec. 208. Technical amendments to civil penalties. 
TITLE m—RESEARCH. ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Aviation research authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 303. Deicine study. 
Sec. 304. Aircrait noise research program. 
Sec. 305. Use of domestic producw. 
TITLE IV—AVIATION INSURANCE 
Sec. 401. Insurance for departments and agencies of the United States. 
Sec. 402. Extension of program. 
Sec. 403. Administration at aviation insurance program. 
Sec. 404. Continuation of aviation insurance laws. 
TITLE V—EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND 
Sec. 501. Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 502. Clarification of trust fund revenues. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
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Congress nnds that— 
(1) the Nation's aviation system must be part of an inter-
modal transportation system consisting of hubs and inter-
connections with other forms of transportation that will move 
people and goods in the fastest, most efficient manner; 
(2) our Nation's airports are our interconnections with the 
global economy; expanded flight capacity and greatly improved 
ground access for passengers and cargo are essential to our 
Nation's ability to compete in the international marketplace; 
(3) without significant additional financial resources, the 
Nation's airports will l>e imable to accommodate fully the grow-
ing aviation and ground traffic demands of the 1990's; 
(4) 27 of the Nation's top 100 airports are now unacceptably 
congested and the resulting delays in flights are costing our 
economy billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and 
imdermining the Nation's ability to compete in the global econ-
omy; 
(5) unless the capacity of our airports is increased substan-
tially, the problem of flight delays will escalate dramatically 
and, by the year 2000, 40 major airports will be congested 
and incurring more than 20,000 hours of flight delay a year; 
(6) the Nation must undert£ike an airport improvement 
and development program costing at least $7,000,000,000 a 
year over the next decade just to prevent the problem of airport 
delay from growing worse in the 21st century; 
(7) neither state, local, nor Federal Government can 
independently finance the needed airport and intermodal devel-
opment and there must be a combined effort relying on all 
levels of government; 
(8) both the Fedcjral airport improvement program and 
local passenger facility charge programs are essential to funding 
the development, as part of an intermodal transportation sys-
tem, of airports (including necessary ground access eligible 
for fimding under such programs) which meet our Nation's 
needs; 
(9) the Nation's air traffic control system must be modern-
ized with the highest advanced technology to enable it to con-
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tinue to move treifllc safely and efficiently and the necessary 
development and procurement of capital equipment will cost 
at least $18,000,000,000 over the next decade; 
(10) the modernization of the air traffic control system 
will 
result 
in 
productivity 
and 
safety 
benefits 
of 
$257,000,000,000 over the life of the equipment purchased; 
these benefits include the value of time saved by airline pas-
sengers, reductions in edrline operating costs, and reduced 
government expenditures and benefits from increased safety; 
(11) there will need to be a continuing increase in staffing 
for the air traffic control system to enable controllers to handle, 
safely and efficiently, the increased workload which will arise 
as air transportation grows over the next decade; 
(12) the Federal Government must play a major role in 
developing our aviation system; full use must be made of the 
more than $5,000,000,000 which aviation users contribute to 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fimd each year and the 
$7,400,000,000 surplus which has accumulated in the Trust 
Fund; 
(13) although survival of a strong and competitive airline 
industry is essential to our Nation's economic future—the 
Nation's airlines are in a financial and competitive crisis which 
threatens our entire aviation system and our Nation's ability 
to 
move 
people; major 
airlines 
have 
lost 
more 
than 
$6,000,000,000 over the past 2 years; many airlines have 
merged or discontinued operations; and new entry into the 
industry has ceased; 
(14) the opportunities for new entrants and financially 
weak airlines to compete successfully can be maximized by 
the development of new airport capacity, particularly terminal 
facilities and gates, which will facilitate the ability of new 
airlines to compete against the airlines which now dominate 
the facilities at major hub airports; 
(15) investment in the aviation transportation infrastruc-
ture of the United States will pay immediate and long-term 
dividends in jobs and economic productivity and provide the 
foundation for the Nation's continued leadership in the global 
economic competition of the 21st century; 
(16) infrastructure investment differs significantly from 
other forms of government spending because it creates new 
wealth for the Nation; 
(17) the wealth and economic strength of the United States 
is in the Nation's infrastructure which provides the foundation 
for all aspects of life; 
(18) failure to invest in the transportation infrastructure, 
including aviation, has placed the United States in danger 
of becoming a service-oriented economy, rather than having 
a strong and independent manufacturing-based economy; 
(19) the creation of a national intermodal transportation 
system is central to the transportation issues of the coming 
decades and will create the new wealth of the Nation to provide 
the funds for the Nation to meet the challenges of the 21st 
century; 
(20) our Nation should devote greater efforts to integrating 
the aviation system with highway and mass transit facilities 
providing access to airports; 
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(21) transportation planning, taking account of commerce 
and land-use patterns, must be improved at all levels and 
local officials must have a significant role in transportation 
decisions affecting their areas; 
(22) failure to develop an improved intermodal transpor-
tation system for the 1990's and the 21st century will result 
in continuing the two decade trend of decline in United States 
competitiveness in the global economy and the accompanying 
decline in the Nation's standard of living; 
(23) the safety of the traveling public is of paramount 
national importance; 
(24) aircraft deicing is an important element of aviation 
safety and past aircraft incidents suggest that both the Federal 
(jrovemment and private industries should focus on methods 
to improve aircraft deicing procedures and facilities; 
(25) noise associated with the use of our Nation's airports 
must be reduced and efforts to mitigate noise must be 
continued; 
(26) airports must use the airport noise planning program 
to ensure that capacity expansion minimizes noise to the 
surrounding community; 
(27) the Nation's air traffic control system must be modern-
ized with the most advanced technology, and the necessary 
capital equipment must be developed and procured, in order 
to continue the s£ife and efficient operation of the national 
airspace system; 
(28) there will need to be a continuing increase in the 
number of aviation safety inspectors to handle the current 
and future workload of the air carrier and commuter industry; 
and 
(29) the United States airline industry lost more than 
$6 billion in 1990 and 1991, the number of air carriers serving 
the public has declined substantially as a result of the indus-
tr/s financial distress and the absence of governmental policies 
to promote competition, and continued nnancial losses could 
result in the further loss of air carrier competition and service 
to the traveling public. 
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 
IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
(a) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY.—Section 502 of the Air-
port and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2201) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(c) NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY.— 
"(1) It is a goal of the United States to develop a national 
intermodal transportation system that moves people and goods 
in an efficient manner. The Nation's future economic direction 
is dependent on its ability to confront directly the enormous 
challenges of the global economy, declining productivity growth, 
energy vulnerability, air pollution, and the need to rebuild 
the Nation's infrastructure. 
"(2) United States leadership in the world economy, the 
expanding wealth of the Nation, the competitiveness of the 
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Nation's industry, the standard of living, and the quality of 
life are at stake. 
"(3) A national intermodal transportation system is a 
coordinated, flexible network of diverse but complementary 
forms of transportation which moves people and goods in the 
most efiicient manner. By reducing transportation costs, these 
intermodal systems will enhance United States industry's abil-
ity to compete in the global marketplace. 
"(4) All forms of transportation, including aviation and 
other transportation systems of the future, will be full partners 
in the effort to reduce energy consumption and air pollution 
while promoting economic development. 
"(5) An intermodal transportation system consists of 
transportation hubs which connect different forms of appro-
priate transportation and provides users with the most efficient 
means of transportation and with access to commercial centers, 
business locations, population centers, and the Nation's vast 
rural areas, as well as providing links to other forms of 
transportation and to intercity connections. 
"(6) Intermodality and flexibility are paramount issues in 
the process of developing an integrated system that will obtain 
the optimum yield of United States resources. 
"(7) The united States transportation infrastructure must 
be reshaped to provide the economic underpinnings for the 
Nation to compete in the 21st century global economy. The 
United States can no longer rely on the sheer size of its economy 
to dominate international economic rivals and must recognize 
fully that its economy is no longer a separate entity but is 
part of the global marketplace. The Nation's future economic 
prosperity depends on its ability to compete in an international 
marketplace that is teeming with competitors but where a 
full one-quarter of the Nation's economic activity takes place. 
"(8) The United States must make a national commitment 
to rebuild its infrastructure through development of a national 
intermodal transportation system. The United States must pro-
vide the foimdation for its industries to improve productivity 
and their ability to compete in the global economy with a 
system that will move people and goods faster in an efficient 
manner.". 
(b) CAPACITY EXPANSION AND NOISE ABATEMENT.—Such section 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
"(d) CAPACITY EXPANSION AND NOISE ABATEMENT.—It is in the 
public interest to recognize the effects of airport capacity expansion 
projects on aircraft noise. Efforts to increase capacity through any 
means 
can 
have 
an 
impact 
on 
surrounding 
communities. 
Noncompatible land uses around airports must be reduced and 
efforts to mitigate noise must be given a high priority.". 
SEC. 102. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 505(a) of the 
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 
2204(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "and" following "1991,"; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of the second 
sentence the following: ", and $15,966,700,000 for fiscal years 
ending before October 1,1993". 
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(b) OBUGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 505(bXl) of such Act 
is amended by striking "1992" and inserting "1993". 
SEC. 103. AraWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 506(aXl) of 
the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 
2205(aXl)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "and" following "1991" and inserting a 
comma; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of the first 
sentence the following: ", $8,200,000,000 for fiscal years ending 
before October 1, 1993, $11,100,000,000 for fiscal years ending 
before October 1, 1994, and $14,000,000,000 for fiscal years 
ending before October 1,1995". 
(b) 
CAPITAL 
INVESTMENT 
PLAN 
AUGMENTATION.—Section 
506(a)(2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN AUGMENTATION.—If the Sec-
retary determines that it is necessary to augment or substan-
tially modify elements of the Airway Capital Investment Plan 
submitted to Congress imder section 504 of this title (including 
a determination that it is necessary to establish more than 
23 area control facilities), there is authorized to be appropriated 
from the Trust Fimd for fiscal year 1994 to carry out such 
augmentation or modification $100,000,000. Amounts appro-
priated under this paragraph shall remain available until 
expended.". 
(c) OTHER EXPENSES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Section 506(cX4) of such Act is amended— 
(A) in the paragraph heading by striking "-1992" and 
inserting "-1995"; and 
(B) by striking "and 1992" and inserting ", 1992, 1993, 
1994, and 1995". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 506(eX5) of such 
Act is amended by striking "1992" and inserting "1995". 
(d) WEATHER SERVICES.—Section 506(d) of such Act is amended 
by striking the second sentence and inserting the following new 
sentence: "Expenditures for the purposes of canning out this sub-
section shall be limited to $35,596,000 for fiscal year 1993, 
$37,800,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $39,000,000 for fiscal year 
1995.". 
(e) RADAR SYSTEM FOR NORTHERN MAINE.—Of amoimts author-
ized under section 505(aXl) of the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982 for fiscal years 1993 and 1994, not less than $18,000,000 
" 
is authorized for site selection and installation of 1 Federal Aviation 
Administration long-range air route surveillance radar system for 
that portion of northern Maine currently served by approach control 
at Loring Air Force Base. 
SEC. 104. FAA OPERATIONS. 
Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking "and" and inserting a conrnia; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
", $4,716,500,000 for fiscal year 1993, $5,100,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1994, and $5,520,000,000 for fiscal year 1995". 
SEC. lOS. LINKAGE WITH PASSENGER FACIUTY CHARGES PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (4) of section 1113(e) of the Federal Aviation Act 
of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1513(eX4)) is amended by striking "under 
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this subsection on or before" and all that follows through the 
period at the end of such paragraph and inserting the following: 
"under this subsection on or before September 30, 1993, u, 
during fiscal year 1993, the amount available for obligation 
under section 419 of this Act is less than $38,600,000. This 
limitation on the authority to impose a fee shall not apply 
if the amoimt available in nscal year 1993 for obligation under 
section 419 is less than $38,600,000 as a result of sequestration 
or other general appropriations reductions applied proportion-
ately to appropriations accounts throughout an appropriations 
Act. The provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the author-
ity of the Secretary to approve the imposition of a fee or 
the use of revenues derived from a fee imposed pursuant to 
an approval made under this subsection by a public agency 
which has received an approval to impose a fee imder this 
subsection prior to September 30, 1993, regardless of whether 
such fee is being imposed on September 30, 1993.". 
SEC. 106. APPORTIONMENTS. 
(a) INCREASE FOR CARGO HUBS.—Section 507(aX2) of the Airport 
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2206(aX2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking "3 percent" and inserting "3.5 percent"; 
and 
(2) by striking "(but not to exceed $50,000,000)". 
(b) LIMITS.—Section 507(b)(1) of such Act is amended by strik-
ing "$300,000 nor more than $16,000,000" and inserting "$400,000 
nor more than $22,000,000". 
(c) PRIMARY AND CARGO SERVICE AIRPORTS.—Section 507(b)(3) 
of such Act is amended by striking "49.5 percent" each place it 
appears and inserting "44 percent". 
(d) RULES REGARDING CERTAIN ALASKA AIRPORTS.—Section 
507(b)(5) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
^(F) INCLUDED AIRPORTS.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the airports referred to in subparagraph (A) include 
those public airports that received scheduled service as 
of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds 
in fiscal year 1980 under section 15(a) oi the Airport and 
Airway Development Act of 1970 because the airports were 
not under the control of State or local public agencies.". 
SEC 107. MILITARY AIRPORTS. 
(a) SET-ASIDE.—Section 508(d)(5) of the Airport and Airway 
Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2207(d)(5)) is amended 
by inserting after "1992" the following: ", not less than 2.25 percent 
of the funds made available under section 505 in fiscal year 1993, 
and not less than 2.5 percent of the funds made available imder 
section 505 in each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995". 
(b) DESlGNATlON.^5ection 508(fKl) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking "not more than 8" and inserting "not more 
than 12"; and 
(2) by striking the second sentence. 
(c) 
CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING 
LOTS, 
FUEL 
FARMS, AND 
UTILITIES.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Section 508(f) of such Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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"(6) FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING LOTS, FUEL 
FARMS, AND UTIUTIES.—Not to exceed $4,000,000 per airport 
of the sums to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary 
under section 507(c) for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 
may be used in the aggregate by the sponsor of a current 
or former military airport designated by the Secretary under 
this subsection for (K)nstruction, improvement, or repair of air-
port surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utiUties.". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 513(c) of such Act 49 use app. 
is amended by insei*ting after "this section" the following: "and 22^^-
section 508(0(6) of this title". 
(d) MILITARY BASE CLOSURE REPORT.—Within 30 days after lo use 2687 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense recommends a list "°^ 
of militanr bases for closure or realignment pursuant to section 
2903(c) 01^ the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-510; U.S.C. 2687 note), the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to Congress and the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission a report on 
the effects of all those recommendations involving military airbases, 
including but not limited to, the effect of the proposed closiu'es 
or realignments on civilian airports and airways in the local commu-
nity and region; potential modifications and costs necessary to 
convert such bases to civilian aviation use; and in the case of 
air traffic control or radar coverage currently provided by the 
Department of Defense, potential installations or adjustments of 
equipment and costs necessary for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to maintain existing levels of service for the local commimity 
and region. 
SEC. 108. AIRPORT NOISE COMPATIBILnY PROGRAM. 
Section 508(dX2) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act 
of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2207(dX2)) is amended by striking "10 
percent" and inserting "12.5 percent". 
SEC. 109. MAXIMUM OBUGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 512(bX3) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act 
of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2211(bX3)) is amended by striking the 
geriod at the end and inserting the following: "; except that, for 
seal year 1993 and thereafter, for grants for the acquisition of 
land or interests in land, the maximum obligation of the United 
States may be increased for an airport (otner than a primary 
airport) either by not more than 15 percent or by an amount 
not to exceed 25 percent of the total increase in allowable project 
costs attributable to the acquisition of land or interests in land, 
whichever is greater, based on current credible appraisals or a 
court award in a condemnation proceeding.". 
SEC. 110. TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) ALLOWABLE PROJECT COSTS.—Section 513(bXl) of the Air-
port and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 
2212(bXl)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: "In the case of a commercial service airport which 
annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in 
the United States, the Secretary may approve, imder the preceding 
sentence as allowable project costs of a project for airport develop-
ment at such airport, terminal development in revenue-producing 
areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement 
of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the sponsor certifies that 
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no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, 
or capacity will be deferred by such approval.". 
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(\y) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 513(bX5) of such Act is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: "; except 
that the Imited States share of project costs allowable for any 
project under such paragraph at a commercial service airport which 
annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in 
the United States shall be 85 percent". 
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(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—^The amendment made by sub-
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section (a) may be applied to any terminal development which 
is underway in calendar year 1992 or later. 
SEC. 111. LETTERS OF INTENT. 
Section 513(dXl) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act 
of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2212(dXl)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
"(G) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—A letter of intent issued 
imder this paragraph shall not condition the obligation 
of £uiy funds on the imposition of a passenger facility 
charge.". 
SEC. 112. AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT DEFINED. 
(a) AIRCRAFT DEICING EQUIPMENT.—Section 503(aX2XB) of the 
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 
2202(aX2XB)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "or" at the end of clause (v); 
(2) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 
(vii) aircraft deicing equipment and structures (other 
than aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for such 
equipment and fluids); or 
(viii) interactive training systems;". 
(b) CONTROL TOWER AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS RELOCATION; 
MEETING MANDATES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAWS; AIRCRAFT DEICING 
FACIUTIES.—Section 503(aX2) of such Act is further amended— 
(1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 
"(E) the relocation, after December 31, 1991, of an 
air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including 
radar) if such relocation is necessary to carry out a project 
approved by the Secretary under this title; 
"(F) and if funded Dy a grant under this title, any 
construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an 
airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for £ui airport) 
which is necessary for compliance with the responsibilities 
of the operator or 0¥nier of the airport under the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Clean Air Act, and the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the 
airport, other than construction or purchase of capital 
equipment which would primarily benefit a revenue produc-
ing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business; 
and 
"(G) any acquisition of land for, or work necessary 
to construct, a pad suitable for deicing aircraft prior to 
takeoff at a commercial service airport, including construc-
tion or reconstruction of paved areas, drainage collection 
structures, treatment ana discharge systems, appropriate 
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lighting, and paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft, 
but excluding acquisition of aircraft deicing fluids and 
construction and reconstruction of storage facilities for air-
craft deicing equipment and fluids.". 
(c) REPORT.—^Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall report to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Public Works and Trtuisportation of the House of Representatives 
on the cost and the feasibility of maintaining and operating naviga-
tional aids (including radar) for a transition period of up to 2 
years at airports converting in whole or in part from military 
airports to civilian commercial or reliever airports. 
SEC. 113. PUBUC ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION WITH RESPECT TO 
AIRPORTS. 
(a) PUBLIC ACCESS TO AIRPORT BUDGET.—Section 511(aXll) 
of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 
App. 2210(aXll)) is amended by inserting "and a report of the 
airport budget will be available to the public at reasonable times 
and places" before the semicolon at the end. 
(b) 
PuBuc 
PARTICIPATION 
WITH 
RESPECT 
TO AIRPORT 
PROJECTS.—Section 509(bX6XA) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 
2208(bX6XA)) is amended by inserting "(i)" after "unless" and by 
striking the period at the end and inserting the following: ", and 
(ii) the sponsor of the project certifies to the Secretary that the 
airport management board either has voting representation from 
the communities where the project is located or has advised the 
communities that they have the right to petition the Secretary 
concerning a proposed project.". 
SEC. 114. NATIONAL AIRWAY SYSTEM. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 504(b) 
of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 
App. 2203(D)) is amended by striking paragraph (2). 
(b) 
CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS.—Such 
section 
is 
further 
amended— 
(1) by striking "(1)"; 
(2) by striking "(A)", "(B)", and "(C)" and inserting "(1)", 
"(2)", and "(3)", respectively; and 
(3) by striking "(i)", "(ii)", and "(iii)" and inserting "(A)", 
"(B)", and "(C)", respectively. 
SEC. 115. DEFINITION OF PASSENGERS ENPLANED. 
Section 503(aX10) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act 
of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2202(aX10)) is amended by inserting "or 
Alaska or Hawaii" after "contiguous States". 
SEC. 116. EXTENSION OF STATE BLOCK GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 534(a) of the Airport and Airway 
Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 2227(a)) is amended by striking 49 use app. 
"1992" and inserting "1996". 
2227. 
(b) PARTICIPATING STATES.—Section 534(b) of such Act is 
amended— 
(1) by striking "3" and inserting "7"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The 
7 States to be selected for participation in the program in 
fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 shall include the 3 
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States selected for the participation in the program in fiscal 
year 1992 (Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina). . 
SEC. 117. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. 
(a) ASSURANCE.—Section 511(aX17) of the Airport and Airway 
Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2210(aXl7)) is amended 
by inserting "or which provide ground transportation, baggage C€Lrts, 
automobile rentals, or other consumer services" after "or other 
consumer products". 
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF DBE ASSURANCE.—Section 511 of such 
Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(h) ADMINISTRATION O
F DBE ASSURANCE.— 
"(1) MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.—^In administering sub-
section (aX17) of this section, an airport owner or operator 
is authorized to meet the overall percentage goal established 
under such subsection by including businesses operated through 
management contracts and subcontracts. The dollar amount 
of a management contract and subcontract with a DBE firm 
shall be added to the total of DBE participation in airport 
concessions and to the base from which the airport's overall 
percentage goal is calculated. The dollar amount of manage-
ment contracts and subcontracts with non-DBE firms and uie 
gross revenues of business activities to which management 
contracts and subcontracts pertain shall not be added to this 
base. 
"(2) PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (hX3), an airport owner or operator may 
meet the overall percentage goal established under subsection 
(aX17) of this section by including the purchase from DBE's 
of goods or services used in businesses conducted on the airport, 
provided that good faith efforts shall be made by the airport 
owner or operator and the businesses conducted on the airport 
to explore all available options to achieve, to the maximum 
extent practical, compliance with such goal through direct 
ownership arrangements, including, but not limited to, joint 
ventures and franchises. 
"(3) PROVISION FOR CAR RENTAL FIRMS.— 
"(A) In complying with subsection (aX17) of this section, 
an airport owner or operator shall include the revenues 
of car rental firms on the airport in the base 
firom 
which 
the overall percentage goal set forth in such subsection 
is calculated. 
"(B) An airport owner or operator may require a car 
rental firm to meet any requirement imposed under sub-
section (aX17) of this section through the purchase or lease 
of goods or services from DBE's. In the event an airport 
owner or operator requires the purchase or lease of goods 
or services from DBE's, a car rental firm shall be permitted 
to meet such requirement by including purchases or leases 
of vehicles from any vendor that qualifies as a small busi-
ness concern (as defined by the Secretary by regulation) 
owned and controlled by socially and economically dis-
advantaged 
individuals 
(as defined 
under 
section 
505(dX2XB)). 
"(C) Nothing in this subsection or subsection (aX17) 
of this section shall require a car rental firm to change 
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106 STAT. 4883 
its corporate structiire to provide for direct ownership 
arrangements in order to meet the requirements of such 
subsection or subsection (aX17). 
"(4) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 
''(A) Nothing in this subsection or subsection (aX17) 
shall preempt any State or local law, regulation, or policy 
enacted by the governing body of an airport owner or 
operator, or the authority of any State or local government 
or airport owner or operator to adopt or enforce any law, 
regulation, or policy relating to DBE's. 
"(B) An air]X)rt owner or operator shall be permitted 
to £ifford opportunities for small business concerns owned 
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals to participate through direct contractual agree-
ment with sucn concerns. 
**(5) EXCLUSION OF AIR CARRIER SERVICES.—Air carriers in 
P
roviding passenger or freight-carrving services and other 
usinesses that conduct aeronautical activities at an airport 
shall not be included in the overall percentage goal set forth 
in subsection (aX17) of this section for participation of small 
business concerns at the airport.". 
(c) BASIC PROGRAM.~Section 505(dX2XA) of such Act (49 U.S.C. 
App. 2204(dX2XA)) is amended by striking "$14,000,000" and insert-
ing "$16,015,000". 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the 180th day following the 
il}P^^^^-
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation ^ 
^ 
shall issue regulations to carry out sections 511(aX17) and 511(h) 
of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended 
by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, relating to the disadvan-
taged business enterprise assurance. 
SEC. 118. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACT AND 
GRANT AWARDS. 
(a) PROHIBITION AGAINST FRAUDULENT USE OF "MADE IN AMER-
ICA" LABELS.—Section 9130 of the Aviation Safety and Capacity 
Expansion Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2226b) is amended by 
inserting ", section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, or the 
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (other than section 
506(b))" after "subtitle". 
(b) FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST U.S. 
PRODUCTS.—Section 9131 of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2226c) is 
amended by inserting ", section 106(k) of title 49, United States 
Code, or the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (other 
than section 506(b))" after "subtitle". 
SEC. 119. ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION OF FACIUTIES FOR 
49 USC app. 
ADVANCED TRAINING OF MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS 
1354 note. 
FOR AIR CARRIER AIRCRAFT. 
(a) GRANTS.—^The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may make grants to not to exceed 4 vocational 
technical institutions for the purpose of acquiring or constructing 
facilities to be used for the advanced training of maintenance techni-
cians for air carrier aircraft. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—The Administrator may only make 
a grant under this section to a vocational technical educational 
institution if such institution has a training curriculum which pre-
pares aircraft maintenance technicians who hold an airframe and 
power plant certificate issued under subpart D of part 65 of title 
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Reports. 
49 u s e app. 
1348 note. 
Reports. 
Contracts. 
49 u s e app. 
2102 note. 
14 of the Code of Federal Regulations to maint^iin, without direct 
supervision, air carrier aircraft. 
(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The maximum 
amount of Federal funds which a vocational technical educational 
institution may receive, in the a^regate, throu^ grants made 
under this section shall be $5,000,000. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated, from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, such 
simis as may be necessarv for carrying out this section for fiscal 
years 1993, 1994, and 1995. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 190. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER STAFFING. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
develop and submit annually to the Committee on Public Works 
and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
a report containing the staffing standards used to determine the 
numoer of air tramc controllers needed to operate the air traffic 
control system of the United States, a 3-year projection of the 
number of air trafi&c controllers needed to be employed to operate 
such system to meet such standards, and a detailed plan for employ-
ing such controllers, including projected budget requests. 
SEC. Ul. AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
develop and submit by June 30, 1993, to the Committee on PubUc 
Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate— 
(1) a report on the criteria used to determine the required 
number of safely inspectors; and 
(2) a 3-year projection of the number of inspectors needed, 
the training plans for such inspectors, and the support staff 
required for the inspector workforce. 
SEC. 1S2. LIMITATION ON PRIVATIZATION OF OPERATION OF CER^ 
TAIN AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER& 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
not enter into any contract on or before September 30, 1994, with 
a private person for operation of an airport control tower at any 
airport which in fiscal year 1990 had 5,500 or more air carrier 
operations and 40,000 or more air taxi operations unless the owner 
or operator of such airport first agrees, m writing, to the Adminis-
trator entering into sucn contract. 
SEC. US. EFFKCW OF AIRPORT NOISE. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall— 
(1) analyze the social, economic, and health effects of air-
port noise on populations within 65, 60, and 55 LDN noise 
areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates 
an adverse impact on popidations; and 
(2) study the effect of sin^e event noise on populations. 
(b) REPORT.—^Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and after proviiung notice and opportunity for 
public comment, the Administrator shall transmit to u e Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
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106 STAT. 4885 
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of 
Representatives a report on the results of the analysis and study 
conducted imder subsection (a). 
SEC. 124. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS IN WINTER CONDITIONS. 
49 USC app. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before November 1, 1992, the Administrator Regulations. 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall require, by regulation, 
procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter 
conditions. 
(b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In determining procedures 
to be required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall con-
sider, among other things, aircraft and air trcdfic control modifica-
tions, the availability of different types of deicing fluids (taking 
into account their efficacy and environmental limitations), the types 
of deicing equipment available, and the feasibility and desirability 
of establishing timeframes within which deicing must occur under 
certain types of inclement weather. 
SEC. 125. VISUAL FUGHT RULE ROUTES FOR COMPLEX TERMINAL 
AIRSPACE AREAS. 
Section 307(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 
App. 1348(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"In carrying out clause (3), the Administrator shall update and 
arrange for publication of clearly defined routes for navigating 
through a complex terminal airspace area, and to and from an 
airport located within such an area, where the Administrator deter-
mines that publication of such routes would promote safety in 
air navigation. Such routes shall be for the optional use of pilots 
operating under visual flight rules and shall be developed in con-
sultation with pilots and other users of affected airports.". 
SEC. 126. STUDY ON REFLECTORIZATION OF TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY 
MARKINGS. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 
study to determine whether uie safety benefits derived from the 
reflectorization of runways and taxiways of all military airfields 
under Federal Specification TT-B-1325B should be extended to 
runways and t€udways of public use airports. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than Jime 30, 1993, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the resiilts of the study conducted 
imder this section, together with recommendations concerning 
requirements for upgraded reflectorization of runways and taxiways 
at public use airports. 
SEC. 127. OPTIONS TO PURCHASE LAND. 
49 USC app. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 
study on the purchase of options to purchase land for airport 
development. 
(b) CONTENT.—In conducting the study imder subsection (a), 
the Secretcuy shall examine the following: 
(1) ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING.—Whether or not the purchase 
of options to purchase land for airport development should 
be eligible for funding under the Airport Improvement Program. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—If the purchase of such options become 
eUgible for funding under the Airport Improvement Program— 
(A) whether or not certain limitations should be 
imposed on such purchases; 
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(B) whether or not priority should be afforded to the 
funding of such purchases in relation to other airport devel-
opment projects; and 
(C) whether or not certain environmental requirements 
should be imposed on such purchases. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1993, the Secretary 
shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study 
conducted imder subsection (a), together with any appropriate rec-
M)mmendations for legislative and administrative action. 
SEC. 128. UGHTING SYSTEBfS FOR AIRCRAFT OBSTRUCTIONS AND 
AIRPORT RUNWAYS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 
study to assess the current Federal program for monitoring the 
installation and operation of Ughting systems for aircraft obstruc-
tions and airport runways. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Commit-
tee on PubUc Works and Transportation of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate a report containing the results of the study conducted 
under this section, together with recommendations on methods 
to ensure that the best available technologies are utilized in Hghting 
systems described in subsection (a). 
49 use app. 
SEC. 129. ECONOMIC 
BENEFITS 
OF 
AIRPORT 
DEVELOPMENT 
2204 note. 
PROJECTS. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 
study to assess the economic benefits of carrying out airport develop-
ment projects in areas designated as "redevelopment areas" under 
section 401 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965. 
(b) REPORT.—^Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report 
containing the results of the study conducted under subsection 
(a), together with recommendations on whether or not airport devel-
opment projects in areas described in subsection (a) should receive 
priority consideration in the distribution of grants tinder the Airport 
Improvement Program. 
49 use app. 
SEC. 130. SOUNDPROOFING OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN 
2104 note. 
AREAS SURROUNDING AIRPORTS. 
During the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, Uie Secretary may make grants under section 
104(cX2) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 
for projects to soundproof residential buildings— 
(1) if the operator of the airport involved received approval 
for a grant for a project to soundproof residential buildings 
pursuant to section 301(dX4XB) of the Airport and Airway 
Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987; 
(2) if the operator of the airport involved submits updated 
noise exposure contours, as required by the Secretary; and 
(3) if the Secretary determines that the proposed projects 
are compatible mih the purposes of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act of 1979. 
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106 STAT. 4887 
SEC. 131. LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAREDO, TEXAS. 
Section 313(cX2XC) of the Ain)ort and Airway Safety and 
Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 1531) is amended by 
striking "20 years" and inserting *
*
4
0 years". 
SEC. 132. STUDY OF SMALL AIRPORT RUNWAY MAINTENANCE. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Secretaxy of Transportation shall conduct a 
study to assess the ability of airports which annually enplane 
.05 percent or less of total enplanements in the United States 
to finance the maintenance of runways, aprons, and taxiways con-
structed under the Airport Improvement Program, whether or not 
it would be desirable to make maintenance of runways, aprons, 
and taxiways eligible projects for grants under the Airport Improve-
ment Program, and whether or not the result of making such 
maintenance eligible projects would be to reduce the long-term 
costs of airport development. 
(b) REPORT.—^Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report 
containing the results of the study conducted under subsection 
(a), together with recommendations. 
SEC. 133. TUCSON STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall conduct a study of the current and projected 
need for air traffic control and related services in the airspace 
in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona. In particular the study shall 
focus upon— 
(1) the facilities and personnel necessary to assist ^neral 
aviation pilots in the vicinity of Tucson and the United States-
Mexico lK>rder area with services such as weather and traffic 
advisories; 
(2) 
flight 
plan filing; and 
(3) notification of 
law enforcement agencies that monitor 
international air traffic between Arizona and Mexico. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 1993, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the Commit-
tee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House 
of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted 
under subsection (a). The report shall include the Administrator's 
evaluation of the ability of the consolidation plans of the Federal 
Aviation Administration to assure no reduction or delay in the 
deUvery of air traffic control and related services to pilots in the 
vicinity of Tucson. 
(c) STATUS.—^The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall not change the status (including reductions 
in staff, changes in operating hours, changes in jurisdiction, and 
disconnection of telephone lines) of the Tucson flight service station 
before the 60th day following the date on which the report required 
by subsection (b) is submitted. 
SEC. 134. AIR TRAFFIC OVER GRAND CANYON. 
(a) STUDY.—^The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, in consultation with the Director of the National 
Peurk Service, the State of Arizona, the State of Nevada, the Clark 
County Department of Aviation, affected Indian tribes, and tiie 
gmoral public, shall conduct a study on increased air traffic over 
rand Canyon National Park. 
49 use app. 
2204 note. 
Arizona. 
Nevada. 
Arizona. 
Indians. 
16 use la-1 
note. 
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(b) REPORT.—^The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall include 
the following: 
(1) A report on the increase in air traffic over Grand 
, 
Canyon National Park since 1987. 
(2) A forecast of the increase in air traffic over Grand 
Canyon National Park through 2010. 
(3) A report on the carrying capacity of the airspace over 
Grand Canyon National Park to ensure aviation safety and 
to meet the requirements established by section 3 of the Act 
of August 18, 1987 (PubHc Law 100-91; 101 Stat. 676), includ-
ing the substantial restoration of natural quiet at the Park. 
(4) A plan of action to manage increased air traffic over 
Grand Canyon National Park to ensure aviation safety and 
to meet the requirements established by such section 3 of 
the Act of August 18, 1987, including any measures to encour-
age or require the use of quiet aircraft technology by conmiercial 
air tour operators. 
49 use app. 
SEC. 135. CIVIL TILTROTOR DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) EsTABUSHMENT.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
establish in the Department of Transportation a Civil Tiltrotor 
Development Advisory Committee (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the ''Advisory Committee") to evaluate the technical 
feasibility and economic viability of developing civil tiltrotor aircraft 
and a national system of infrastructure to support the incorporation 
of tiltrotor aircraft technology into the national transportation 
system. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—^The Advisory Committee shall be com-
posed of members appointed by the Secretary of Transportation, 
not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
) ' 
this Act, as follows: 
(A) At least 1 representative of the Department of 
Transportation. 
(B) At least 1 representative of the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
(C) At least 1 representative of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
(D) Representatives of other Federal departments and 
agencies. State and local governments, and private indus-
try, as considered appropriate and necessary by the 
Secretary. 
(2) QUALIFICATION.—^Members appointed pursuant to sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) sn£dl be appointed 
from among individuals employed under the Federal depart-
ments and agencies described in such subparagraphs who 
receive an annual rate of basic pay which equals or exceeds 
the rate payable for level VI of the Senior Executive Service. 
(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
appoint a Chairperson of the Advisory Committee from among 
individuals employed imder the Department of Transportation 
who receive an annual rate of basic pay which equals or exceeds 
the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(c) DUTIES.—^The Advisory Committee shall— 
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106 STAT. 4889 
(1) determine the costs, feasibility, and economic viability 
of developing a civil tiltrotor aircraft and establishing the nec-
essary infrastructure to incorporate such aircraft and oUier 
advanced vertical takeoff and landing aircraft into the nationcd 
transportation system; 
(2) determine the benefits to the national economy and 
transportation system, including the potential for improved 
linkages and connections with other modes of transportation, 
of incorporating civil tiltrotor aircraft and other advanced verti-
cal takeoff and landing aircraft into the national transportation 
system; 
(3) determine further aeronautical research and develop-
ment requirements needed to incorporate civil tiltrotor aircraft 
and other advanced vertical takeoff and landing aircraft into 
the national transportation system; 
(4) determine changes to regulatory standards governing 
use of the airspace which would be required to incorporate 
civil tiltrotor aircraft and other advanced vertical takeoff and 
landing aircraft into the national transportation system; and 
(5) recommend which of the costs of developing civil tiltrotor 
aircraft and establishing the infrastructure necessary to siipport 
civil tiltrotor aircraft and other advanced vertical takeoff and 
landing aircraft should be paid by the Federal Government 
and which of such costs should be paid by private industry. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than the 365th dajr following the date 
of the first meeting of the Advisory Committee, the Advisory 
Committee shall transmit to Congress a report containing its deter-
minations and recommendations imder subsection (c). 
(e) TERMINATION.—The Advisory Committee shall terminate 
on the 30th day following the date of submission of its report 
under subsection (d). 
SEC. 136. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXEMPTION RELATED TO CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—Section 
9304(aX2XD) of the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 
U.S.C. App. 2153(aX2XD)) is amended by striking all after "changes" 
and insetting the following: ", unless an agreement relating to 
noise reductions at such airport is entered into between the airport 
proprietor and an airlme or airlines constituting a majority of 
the airline use of such airport, in which case the exception to 
subsections (b) and (d) provided by this sentence shall apply only 
to local actions to enforce such agreement.". 
(b) AIRCRAFT CONTRACTS.—Section 9309 of the Airport Noise 
and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2158) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (aX2) by striking "written contract 
executed" and inserting "legally oinding contract entered into"; 
and 
(2) in subsection (cX2) by striking "air". 
TITLE n—FEDERAL AVIATION ACT 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 201. PROCUREMENT REFORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1344) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new suDsections: 
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"(e) LIMITED SOURCES OF PROCUREMENT.—The Administrator 
shall have the same authoritv as the Administrator would have 
under section 2304(cXl) of title 10, United States Code, if the 
Federal Aviation Achninistration were an agency listed under sec-
tion 2303(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
"(h) CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM.—The Administrator may 
enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or 
gDlitical subdivision thereof for the purpose of permitting such 
tate or political subdivision to operate an airport traffic control 
tower classified as a level I visual fught rules tower by the Adminis-
trator if the Administrator determines that the State or political 
subdivision has the capability to comply with the requirements 
of this subsection. Any such contract snail reauire that the State 
or political subdivision comply with all applicable safety regulations 
in its operation of the facility and with applicable competition 
requirements in the subcontracting of any work to be performed 
imder the contract.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The portion of the table of con-
tents contained in the first section of such Act relating to section 
303 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
^ 
) Limited sources of procurement. 
) Contract tower program.". 
SEC. 202. AVIATION SECURITY TRAINING. 
Section 316(c) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 
49USCapp. 
1357(c)) is amended by inserting "(1)" afler "(c)" and by adding 
^^'^- 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES.^At the 
discretion of the Administrator, reimbursement may be made 
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for the 
security training of non-Federal domestic and loreign security 
personnel whose services will contribute significantly to carry-
ing out civU aviation security programs under tms section. 
To the extent practicable, air travel reimbursed imder this 
paragraph shall be conducted on United States air carriers.". 
SEC. 203. HAZARDS TO SAFE AND EFFICIENT AIR COMMERCE. 
(a) NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 1101(a) of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1501(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after "oi the construction or alteration," 
the following: "or the establishment or expansion,"; 
(2) by inserting after "or of the proposed construction or 
alteration," the following: "or of the proposed establishment 
or expansion,"; and 
(3) by inserting "or sanitary landfill" after "structure". 
49 use app. 
(b) LANDFILL HAZARD STUDY AND REPORT.— 
1501 note. 
Q ) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Transportation, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agencv, shall conduct a study to determine whether 
a municipal solid waste facility located within a 5-mile radius 
of the end of a runway may have the potential for attracting 
or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, watering, or roost-
ing in the area) that may pose a hazard across the runways 
or approach and departure patterns of aircraft. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1993, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress, after first 
having provided an opportunity for public comment, a report 
on the results of the study conducted under paragrapl^ (D* 
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106 STAT. 4891 
together with an assessment of the threat posed to aviation 
safety by the location of solid waste facilities near airport 
runways. The report shall include recommendations concerning 
the construction of new solid waste facilities and the expansion 
of existing facilities within a 5-mile radius of an airport runway. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL COMMISSION TO PROMOTE A STRONG AND 49 USC app. 
COMPETITIVE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. 
1371 note. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Nation's airlines must be part of an intermodal 
transportation system that will move people £uid goods in the 
fastest, most efficient manner. 
(2) The Nation's airlines provide our connections with the 
global economy. A strong airline industry is essential to our 
Nation's ability to compete in the international marketplace. 
(3) The Nation's airlines are in a state of financial distress, 
having lost more than $6,000,000,000 in 1990 and 1991. These 
losses threaten the ability of our airlines to accommodate the 
growing aviation traffic demands of the 1990's which threaten 
to undermine our Nation's ability to compete in the global 
economy. 
(4) Because of the airline industr/s financial distress and 
the absence of government policies to promote competition, 
there has been a precipitous decline in the number of major 
airlines. Of the 22 airlines which entered the industry following 
^ 
airline deregulation, only 2 are now operating. The rest have 
either gone out of business or merged with other carriers. 
(5) Concentration in the airline industry has advanced 
rapidly in the past few years. The top 4 m^or airlines now 
control 67 percent of aviation tr£if!ic and the top 7 airlines 
now control 91 percent of aviation traffic. Three major airlines, 
carrying 19 percent of aviation traffic, are in chapter 11 
bankruptcy and their survival is in doubt. 
(6) The continued success of a deregulated airline system 
requires the spur of effective actual and potential competition 
to force airlines to provide high quality service at the lowest 
possible fares. 
(7) Further reductions in the number of major airlines 
may leave the industry without sufficient competition to ensure 
a continuation of the benefits consumers have received imder 
airline deregulation. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—^There is established a commission to be 
known as the "National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive 
Airline Industrj^ (hereinsifter in this section referred to as the 
"Commission"). 
(c) FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) INVESTIGATION AND STUDY.—The Commission shall 
make a complete investigation and study of the financial condi-
tion of the airline industry, the adequacy of competition in 
the airline industry, and legal impediments to a 
financially 
strong and competitive airline industry. 
(2) POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.—Based on the results of 
the investigation and study to be conducted under paragraph 
(1), the Commission shall recommend to the President and 
Congress those policies which need to be adopted to— 
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(A) achieve the national goal of a strong and competi-
tive airline system which will facilitate the ability of the 
Nation to compete in the global economy; 
(B) provide adequate levels of competition and service 
at reasonable fares in cities of all sizes; 
(C) retard the flow of United States air carrier bank-
ruptcies and accompanjring loss of jobs for United States 
citizens; 
(D) provide a stable work environment for airline 
industry employees; and 
(E) continue to reduce noise for citizens around airports 
without damaging the economic or competitive positions 
of the air carriers. 
(3) 
CONSIDERATION OF AIRCRAFT NOISE ABATEMENT.—In 
carrying out the studv and investigation under paragraph (1), 
the Commission shall take into account aircraft noise abate-
ment, a priority established by Congress by enactment of the 
Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990. 
(d) SPECIFIC MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The Commission 
shall specifically investigate and study under subsection (cXD the 
following: 
(1) FINANCIAL CONDITION OF AIRLINE INDUSTRY.—The cur-
rent financial condition of the airline industry and how the 
industry's financial condition is likely to change over the next 
5 years, including— 
(A) the profits or losses likely to be achieved by the 
airline industry over the next 5 years; 
(B) whether or not any profits realized vdll be adequate 
to permit airlines to acquire the capital equipment nec-
essary to meet the demand of the traveling public in a 
safe and efficient manner, while complying with environ-
mental regulations; and 
(C) whether or not any msgor airlines are likely to 
fail or sell msyor assets in order to survive. 
(2) ADEQUACY OF COMPETITION.—The current state of com-
petition in Uie airline industry, how the structure of airline 
industry competition is likely to change over the next 5 years, 
and whether or not the expected level of competition will be 
sufficient to continue the consumer benefits of airline de-
regulation. 
(3) LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO A FINANCIALLY STRONG AND 
COMPETITIVE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.—Whether or not the Federal 
Grovemment should take any legislative or administrative 
actions to improve the financial conditions of the airline indus-
try or to enhance airline competition, including whether or 
not any changes are needed in the legal and administrative 
poUcies which govern— 
(A) the initial award and the transfer of international 
airline routes; 
(B) the allocation of slots at high density airports; 
(C) the allocation of gates, particularly at airports 
dominated by 1 or a limited number of airlines; 
(D) 
fire(][uent 
flier 
programs; 
(E) airlme computer reservations systems; 
(F) the rights of foreign investors to invest in United 
States airlines; 
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(G) the taxes and user fees imposed on United States 
airlines; 
(H) the regulatory responsibilities imposed on United 
States airlines; 
(I) the bankruptcy laws of the United States and 
related fitness rules administered by the Department of 
Transportation as they apphr to airlines; and 
(J) the obligations of failing airlines to meet pension 
obligations. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL AVIATION POLICY.—Whether or not the 
policies and strategies followed by the United States in inter-
national aviation are promoting the ability of United States 
airlines to achieve long-term competitive success in inter-
national markets, including— 
(A) the Grovemment's general negotiating policy; 
(B) the desirability of multilateral rather than bilateral 
negotiations; 
(C) whether or not foreign countries have developed 
the necessary infrastructure of airports and airways to 
enable United States airlines to provide the service needed 
to meet the demand for aviation service between the United 
States and such countries; 
(D) the rights granted foreign airlines to provide service 
in United States domestic markets ("cabotage"); and 
(E) the rights granted foreign investors to invest in 
United States airlines. 
(5) ASSESSMENT OF AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.— 
The state of the United States aircraft manufacturing industry 
and make recommendations to the President and Congress 
concerning policies that will help foster a healthy, competitive 
United States aircraft manufacturing industry. 
(6) STUDY OF INCENTIVES FOR EXPEDITED FLEET CONVER-
SION.—^The possibility of long-term loan guarantees and tax 
incentives for air carriers to expedite the conversion of the 
commercial airline fleet from Stage 2 to Stage 3 aircraft in 
advance of the deadlines established by the Airport Noise and 
Capacity Act of 1990. 
(e) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—^The Commission shall be composed of 
7 members as follows: 
(A) 1 member appointed by the President. 
President. 
(B) 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives. 
(C) 3 members appointed by the majority leader of 
the Senate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—^Members appointed pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be appointed from among individuals 
who are experts in transportation policy (including rep-
resentatives of Federal, State, and local government and 
other public authorities owning or operating airports) and 
organizations representing airlines, passengers, shippers, 
airline employees, aircraft manufacturers, general aviation, 
and the financial community. 
(B) 
SECTORS 
REPRESENTED.—^Members 
appointed 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be appointed in a manner 
such that the interests of both large hub airports and 
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small airports with commercial air service will be taken 
into consideration. One member of the Commission shall 
be a citizen representing a consensus among citizen noise 
groups or noise affected municipalities. 
(3) TERMS.—^Members shall be appointed for the life of 
the Commission. 
(4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Conmussion shall be 
fQled in the manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
(5) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—^Members shall serve without pay 
but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(6) CHAIRMAN.—The Chairman of the Commission shall 
be elected by the members. 
(f) STAFF.—^The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of 
such personnel as it considers appropriate. 
(g) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—^Upon request of the Commis-
sion, the head of any department or agency of the United States 
may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that 
department or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying 
out its duties under this section. 
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon the request of 
the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall pro-
vide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 
support services necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities under this section. 
(i) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—^The Commission may secure 
directly from any department or agency of the United States 
information (otiier than information required by any statute of 
the United States to be kept confidentisd by such department or 
agency) necessary for the Commission to carry out its duties under 
tMs section. Upon request of the Commission, the head of that 
department or agency shall furnish such nonconfidential informa-
tion to the Commission. 
(j) REPORT.—^Not later than 6 months after the date on which 
initial appointments of members to the Commission are completed, 
the Commission shall transmit to the President and Congress a 
report on the activities of the Commission, including recommenda-
tions made by the Commission under subsection (cX2). 
(k) TERMINATION.—^The Commission shall terminate on the 
180th day following the date of transmittal of the report under 
subsection (j). All records and papers of the Commission shall 
thereupon be deUvered by the Administrator of Greneral Services 
for deposit in the National Archives. 
SEC. 205. STRENGTHENING OF COMPETITION. 
Section 102 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 
App. 1302) is amended by adding at the end the foUoMdng new 
subsection: 
*
*
(
c
) STRENGTHENING OF COMPETITION.—^In selecting an air car-
rier to provide foreign air transportation from among competing 
applicants to provide such transpnortation, the Secretary shall con-
sider the strengthening of competition among air carriers operating 
in the United States m order to prevent undue concentration in 
tiie air carrier industry, in addition to considering the factors speci-
fied in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.". 
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106 STAT. 4895 
SEC. 206. SLOT RULE EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The final rule of the Federal Aviation Administration which 
requires an increased level of minimum use for high density traffic 
airport slots (57 Federal Register 37308) shall take efiTect January 
1,1993. 
SEC. 207. EMERGENCY VISION EQUIPMENT. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
evaluate and report to the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, no later 
than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, on 
effects of quantities of smoke in the cockpit of an aircraft which 
could affect the pilot's vision. In such report, the Administrator 
shall also explore the efficiency of any existing technologies to 
evacuate smoke from the cockpit, shall evaluate the need tor any 
change in requirements or operating rules, and shall estimate the 
cost of installation of such technologies for the commercial airline 
fleet. 
SEC. 208. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO CIVIL PENALTIES. 
Section 901(aX3XA) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 
U.S.C. App. 1471(aX3XA)) is amended by inserting "901(c), gOKd)," 
after "section". 
Reports. 
TITLE III—RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the "Federal Aviation Administration 
Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 
1992". 
SEC. 302. AVIATION RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 506(bX2) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act 
of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2205(bX2)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (A) and all tnat follows and inserting in Ueu thereof the 
following: 
"(A) for 
fiscal 
year 1993— 
"(i) $14,700,000 solely for management and analy-
sis projects and activities; 
"(ii) $87,000,000 solely for capacity and air traffic 
management technology projects and activities; 
"(lii) $28,000,000 solely for commimications, 
navigation, and siirveill£ince projects and activities; 
(iv) $7,700,000 solely for weather projects and 
activities* 
"(v) '$6,800,000 solely for airport technology 
projects and activities; 
"(vi) $44,000,000 solely for aircraft safety tech-
nology projects and activities; 
"(vii) $41,100,000 solely for system security tech-
nology projects and activities; 
^viii) $31,000,000 solely for human factors and 
aviation medicine projects and activities; 
Federal Aviation 
Administration 
Research, 
Engineering, 
and 
Development 
Authorization 
Act of 1992. 
49 u s e app. 
2201 note. 
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**(ix) $4,500,000 for environment and energy 
projects and activities; and 
"(x) $5,200,000 for innovative/cooperative research 
projects and activities; and 
^(B) for fiscal year 1994, $297,000,000. 
Not less than 15 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be for long-term research projects, and 
not less than 3 percent of the amoimt appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be available to the Administrator for making grants 
imder section 312(g) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.". 
Reports. 
SEC. 303. DEICING STUDY. 
1421 note!'^ 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall report to Congress 
on the feasibility of requiring commercial airports and commercial 
airlines to employ portable equipment to deice commercial aircraft 
immediately prior to takeoff by placing deicing equipment close 
to the departure end of the active runway. In addition, the Secretary 
shall imdertake research to develop new techniques and to develop 
more efficient fluids and technologies for deicing. 
49USCapp. 
SEC. 304. AIRCRAFT NOISE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
1353 note. 
^
^
^ ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration and the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall jointly conduct a research 
program to develop new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft 
engines and airframes. 
(b) GrOAL.—^The goal of the research program established by 
subsection (a) is to develop by the year 2000 technologies for sub-
sonic jet aircraft engines and airframes which would permit a 
subsonic jet aircraft to operate at reduced noise levels. 
(c) PARTICIPATION.—In carrying out the program established 
by subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration shall encourage the participation of rep-
resentatives of the aviation industiy and academia. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall jointly submit to Con-
gress, on an annual basis during the term of the program estab-
lished by subsection (a), a report on the progress being made under 
the program toward meeting the goal described in subsection (b). 
49 use app. 
SEC. 306. USE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS. 
2226a note. 
^
^
^ PROHIBITION AGAINST FRAUDULENT USE OF "MADE IN AMER-
ICA" LABELS.—(1) A person shall not intentionally affix a label 
bearing the inscription of "Made in America", or any inscription 
with that meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United 
States, if that product is not a domestic product. 
(2) A person who violates paragraph (1) shall not be eligible 
for any contract for a procurement carried out with amounts author-
ized under this title, including any subcontract imder such a 
contract pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures in subpart 9.4 of chapter 1 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor procedures thereto. 
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the head of each agency which conducts 
procurements shall ensure that such procurements are conducted 
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106 STAT. 4897 
in compliance with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 
1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a through 10c, popularly known as the '^uy 
American Act"). 
(2) This subsection shall apply only to procurements made 
for which— 
(A) amounts are authorized by this title to be made avail-
able; and 
(B) solicitations for bids are issued after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(3) The Secretary of Transportation, before January 1, 1994, Reports, 
shall report to the Congress on procurements covered imder this 
subsection of products that are not domestic products. 
(c) DEFlNmoNS.—^For the purposes of this section, the term 
"domestic product" means a proauct— 
(1) that is manufactured or produced in the United States; 
and 
(2) at least 50 percent of the cost of the articles, materials, 
or supplies of which are mined, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States. 
TITLE IV—AVIATION INSURANCE 
SEC. 401. INSURANCE FOR DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1304(a) of the Federal Aviation Act 
of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1534(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after "under this title" the following: 
", including insurance to cover any risk from the operation 
of an aircraft while such aircraft is engaged in intrastate, 
interstate, or overse£U3 air commerce"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "In 
addition, such department or agency may, with the approval 
of the President, procure such insurance to cover any risk 
arising from the provision of goods or services directly related 
to ana necessary for an operation of an aircraft covered by 
insurance procured under tne preceding sentence if such oper-
ation is in the performance of a contract of such department 
or agencjr or is for the purpose of transporting military forces 
or materiel on behalf of the United States pursuant to an 
agreement between the United States and a foreign govern-
ment.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1302(aX3) of such Act 
(49 U.S.C. App. 1532(aX3)) is amended by striking "Insurance" 
and inserting subject to section 1304(a), insurance". 
SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF PROGRABf. 
Section 1312 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 
App. 1542) is amended by striking "1992" and inserting "1997". 
SEC. 403. ADMINISTRATION OF AVIATION INSURANCE PROGRABI. 
49 USC app. 
(a) REVIEW.—^The Comptroller (jeneral of the United States 
shall conduct a review of the administration of the aviation insur-
ance program under title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 
during the Persian Gulf conflict for the purpose of determining 
methmls of improving the efiEiciency of the administration of such 
program by n^ucing the paperwork and time period required for 
provision of insurance under such program. 
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49 use app. 
1542 note. 
(b) REPORT.—^Not later them 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to Con-
gress a report on the results of the review conducted under 
subsection (a), together with any recommendations of the Comptrol-
ler General for improving the efficiency of the administration of 
the aviation insurance program under title XIII of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958. 
SEC. 404. CONTINUATION OF AVIATION INSURANCE LAWS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions 
of title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and all insurance 
policies issued by the Secretary of Transportation under such title, 
as in effect on September 30, 1992, shall be treated as having 
continued in effect until the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE V—EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND 
26 u s e 9502. 
26 use 9502 
note. 
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (relating to expenditures from Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund) is amended— 
(1) by striking "October 1, 1992" and inserting "October 
1,1995", and 
(2) by striking in subparagraph (A) "(as such Acts were 
in effect on the date of the enactment of the Aviation Safety 
and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990)" and inserting "(as such 
Acts were in effect on the date of the enactment of the Airport 
and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Inter-
modal Transportation Act of 1992)". 
SEC. 602. CLARIFICATION OF TRUST FUND REVENUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(e) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special rules for transfers 
into trust fund) is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) INCREASES IN TAX REVENUES BEFORE 1993 TO REMAIN 
IN GENERAL FUND.—In the case of taxes imposed before 
January 1, 1993, the amounts required to be appropriated 
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) shall be 
determined without regard to any increase in a rate of tax 
enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect as if included in section 11213 of the Revenue 
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106 STAT. 4899 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 on the date of the enactment of such 
Act. 
Approved October 31, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6168: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
Oct. 5, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 8, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 28 (1992): 
Oct. 31, Presidential statement.