118 HR 6503 EH: Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2023, Part II
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2023, Part II
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—FEDERAL AVIATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 101. Airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Extension of expiring authorities; miscellaneous authorizations.
Sec. 103. Federal Aviation Administration operations.
Sec. 104. Air navigation facilities and equipment.
Sec. 105. Research, engineering, and development.
Sec. 106. Small community air service.
Title II—AVIATION REVENUE PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Sec. 202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
<enum>I</enum><header>FEDERAL AVIATION PROGRAMS</header>
<section id="H8D62389987A54290A982E5B078513547"><enum>101.</enum><header>Airport improvement program</header>
<subsection id="H5BC2B08B49264AE2BC528EEC080DD373"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H6FAF5F30F73F416FB10C1AB4223A02A2" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HB96BF02847124BAEAC2322397D7CB652"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,464,480,874 for the period beginning October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6976718764A84D5F9CE439AAF2C22AFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligation authority</header><text>Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) may be obligated at any time through September 30, 2024, and shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H95F36EA3B38C4A6FB0755D5F6777E4FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program implementation</header><text>For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D79D0843F0D457B98F88640F4B8FAB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>first calculate such funding apportionments on an annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2024 was $3,350,000,000; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0DF69267CD747DDA628E9BF3D60EE6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>then reduce by 56 percent—</text>
<subparagraph id="H248A9F53A8CA4A6EB4C078D159928E31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all funding apportionment amounts calculated under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA409F9365C1E4FE78D0FC488FDB5F20C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts made available pursuant to subsections (b) and (f)(2) of section 47117 of such title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8C637F627626434BA74F515944BE9445"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension of project grant authority</header><text>Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>December 31, 2023,</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H29C48500F8634ED6921FCD41C9A54D16"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extension of special rule for apportionments</header><text>Section 47114(c)(1)(J) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023,</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024,</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HD91B59F6C5DA470DA2E3A7F5334419A8"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of expiring authorities; miscellaneous authorizations</header>
<subsection id="HD49593E5105C4543B01F0DDD4A7E3681"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To provide insurance</header><text>Section 44310(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCB3BC4CD073C4ABDAB917D0CB5BB64EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Unmanned aircraft test ranges</header><text>Section 44803(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCC880B2C0F984B75B75E26F91AEBEFCE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems</header><text>Section 44807(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDC8FCECD51E0406C960924E78F75E4C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension of airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement</header><text>Section 44810(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA5EFEB8D4D60404F90064CF08E67200F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Competitive access reporting requirement</header><text>Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H27FBF3C84A3C4720B342D9B9CB73295D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Marshall islands, Micronesia, and Palau</header><text>Section 47115(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE50C443C00464CD9AF478F301851AEA7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Supplemental discretionary funds</header><text>Section 47115(j)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking clause (vi) and adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HAD646AF8FDAF4C5D9E752D0B01A9841D" style="OLC"> <clause id="H45463CBA0F7140D780EEE7B3CB73EF68"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$244,177,049 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H29017C5B1E9A43E89A6E48103A677013"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments</header><text>Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4560A981CC22468FA8A38A8790E4D912"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Non-Movement area surveillance pilot program</header><text>Section 47143(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBD11D25CCDA94ECF85BCD2A99DE36ABB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Weather reporting programs</header><text>Section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (5) and adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HAB3A082E711441629E04CF85E4995B48" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAC76EEC482244D9FA44A6877D4879F0E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$17,049,180 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H86D52F0111554E52B09A921F7C26210F"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Learning period</header><text>Section 50905(c)(9) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H993A19BC3D914168804FD4FD0253F583"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Midway island airport</header><text>Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/176">Public Law 108–176</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 2518) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023,</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024,</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H163295C93AC84DA3A4205F210BE9FC44"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility</header><text>Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41731">49 U.S.C. 41731</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0193334648FA4A799A5E71B797A80E89"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Contract weather observers</header><text>Section 2306(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/190">Public Law 114–190</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 641) is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8AA2A94081EF4545938884BC29329C1E"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Remote tower pilot program</header><text>Section 161(a)(10) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/47104">49 U.S.C. 47104</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4DBE25580FA94DA4A1DC22D31B6A4128"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Airport access roads in remote locations; storage facilities for snow removal equipment</header><text>Section 162 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/47102">49 U.S.C. 47102</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H64DA994B36364E2F894E0EB91A828CEF"><enum>(q)</enum><header>UAS remote detection and identification pilot program</header><text>Section 372(d) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44810">49 U.S.C. 44810</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFEF474D6B713476B9BE9DFC63ECF9B26"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection</header><text>Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/42301">49 U.S.C. 42301</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDFC1074C439943578F2C38946E3A696C"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Aviation consumer advocate</header><text>Section 424(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/42302">49 U.S.C. 42302</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA900DB8321184EE1959A7810ECF0E75E"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Advisory committee on air travel needs of passengers with disabilities</header><text>Section 439(g) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41705">49 U.S.C. 41705</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H459744F506544D4EA8538E1E0A4380BC"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Enhanced traffic services</header><text>Section 547(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40103">49 U.S.C. 40103</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA7CCC51061154C728044B0CCC1CD9E08"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Pilot program for redevelopment of airport properties</header><text>Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/47141">49 U.S.C. 47141</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H57D22A4C9DBA44DA8787282CF361607E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Federal Aviation Administration operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF2F398DE4DB741489C2F75AF06195A80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking subparagraph (G) and inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5EDE2C736E86494D96D967820E5937B3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H3CD8688E01E84DB686DC19EE4A9D0C30"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,208,743,169 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85EEE91777724979A3B73E5453408B6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H3670B85D9BB64F1C96F9BF7303A955A6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Air navigation facilities and equipment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (7) and adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFADAA706D69441ADBC2EA0EE81B1A6E3" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA4165BED4EE84C98965DDD383D936FEE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,287,431,694 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H7A333EFA953C4D19BCB1E9966F3B495F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Research, engineering, and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (16) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H9FB5F776624B4CC293F64B4AEE285CF6" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9C26394A648E43819BD0619C6330E411"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$111,475,410 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HED34D74DC9CB4564B6E4B09F90B54317"><enum>106.</enum><header>Small community air service</header>
<subsection id="H7D0AB4B4F0DC4EB2B4ADFA846A7267F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Essential air service authorization</header><text>Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$89,191,486 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023,</quote> and inserting <quote>$155,115,628 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBBC3B661001C48D2943F03F7CF28780F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Airports not receiving sufficient service</header><text>Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$2,513,661 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023,</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,371,585 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on March 8, 2024,</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>AVIATION REVENUE PROVISIONS</header>
<section id="HAC78E186FF894109AEC1471508FC8357"><enum>201.</enum><header>Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H869F35AE4D4347858DC222BC8E4AD0D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9502">Section 9502(d)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H88DC6651CCB7444F954E99A6C9B8D9EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC494C94278DC4625BE36787D4A6AC374"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>or the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2023, Part II;</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7AF1A545020F419B8D66B3D7C3AF7A21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HBD555588310443218421532FBB1AADB7"><enum>202.</enum><header>Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H5365F35E01D44E96BECD57726F074828"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fuel taxes</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4081">Section 4081(d)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H771BD92145384B1CBE1F53927886BED8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ticket taxes</header> <paragraph id="H961DE661AEA7482C8039B8FAAC065430"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4261">Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90E46CA9AFA94C8E8DC0B22D3B9703C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4271">Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H29D715D4466E42E69B05CACE8A839092"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fractional ownership programs</header> <paragraph id="H95B860C64739481697C3B44C247DF680"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fuel tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4043">Section 4043(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H222228CD58514E7E838997C6C9DEE37B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment as noncommercial aviation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4083">Section 4083(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>March 9, 2024</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D242F0B83174E6490592DB6744061C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exemption from ticket tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4261">Section 4261(j)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>March 8, 2024</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 2023.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk.