[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1591 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1591

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide a credit toward the 
non-Federal share of projects carried out under the airport improvement 
   program to an owner or operator of an airport that is utilized to 
                  respond to a disaster or emergency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide a credit toward the 
non-Federal share of projects carried out under the airport improvement 
   program to an owner or operator of an airport that is utilized to 
                  respond to a disaster or emergency.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act 
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AIP CREDIT FOR UTILIZATION OF AIRPORTS IN RESPONSE TO DISASTERS 
              AND EMERGENCIES.

    Section 47109 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Credit for Utilization of Airports in Response to Disasters 
and Emergencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--If an owner or operator of an airport 
        allows the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
        or the head of a State or local agency to utilize the airport 
        to respond to a disaster or emergency declared under the Robert 
        T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the owner or operator shall receive a 
        credit for such utilization that may applied toward the non-
        Federal share of allowable project costs for projects carried 
        out at the airport under this subchapter.
            ``(2) Amount of credit.--The amount of a credit provided 
        under this subsection for utilization of an airport shall be in 
        an amount that equals the revenues that the owner or operator 
        demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of 
        Transportation were lost, and the costs of operating the 
        airport that the owner or operator demonstrates to the 
        satisfaction of the Secretary were incurred, by the owner or 
        operator during the period of such utilization.''.
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