[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1312 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1312

To make East Kern Airport District in Mojave, California, eligible for 
    airport security improvement assistance from the Transportation 
            Security Administration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To make East Kern Airport District in Mojave, California, eligible for 
    airport security improvement assistance from the Transportation 
            Security Administration, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The East Kern Airport District is a general aviation 
        airport located in Mojave, California,
            (2) Although the airport does not have commercial 
        passengers, there is a significant and unique need for enhanced 
        security at the airport to protect the citizens and national 
        interests of the United States from an act of terrorism.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF EAST KERN AIRPORT DISTRICT.

    Section 367(c) of the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-7, div. I) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``A letter'' and inserting ``(1) Except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), a letter'';
            (2) by striking ``(1) The'' and inserting ``(A) the'';
            (3) by striking ``(2) The'' and inserting ``(B) the''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The Under Secretary may issue a letter of intent under this 
section to East Kern Airport District in Mojave, California, for each 
of the following:
            ``(A) Not to exceed $1,250,000 to reimburse the airport for 
        airport security costs incurred since September 11, 2001.
            ``(B) Not to exceed $300,000 per fiscal year for the cost 
        of security at the airport, including the cost of employing 
        airport security personnel.''.
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