[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3546 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3546

  To increase the Government's share of development project costs at 
                      certain qualifying airports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2001

Mr. Otter (for himself and Mr. Simpson) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase the Government's share of development project costs at 
                      certain qualifying airports.

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

SECTION 1. SHARE OF AIRPORT PROJECT COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 47109 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and inserting 
after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Grandfather Rule.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any project approved 
        after September 30, 2001, at an airport that has less than .25 
        percent of the total number of passenger boardings at all 
        commercial service airports, and that is located in a State 
        containing unappropriated and unreserved public lands and 
        nontaxable Indian lands (individual and tribal) of more than 5 
        percent of the total area of all lands in the State, the 
        Government's share of allowable costs of the project shall be 
        increased by the same ratio as the basic share of allowable 
        costs of a project divided into the increased (Public Lands 
        States) share of allowable costs of a project as shown on 
        documents of the Federal Aviation Administration dated August 
        3, 1979, at airports for which the general share was 80 percent 
        on August 3, 1979; except that this subsection shall apply only 
        if--
                    ``(A) the State contained unappropriated and 
                unreserved public lands and nontaxable Indian lands of 
                more than 5 percent of the total area of all lands in 
                the State on August 3, 1979; and
                    ``(B) the application under subsection (b) does not 
                increase the Government's share of allowable costs of 
                the project.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Government's share of allowable 
        project costs determined under this subsection shall not exceed 
        the lesser of 93.75 percent or the highest percentage 
        Government share applicable to any project in any State under 
        subsection (b).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 47109 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Except as provided in 
subsection (b)'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c)''.
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