[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3159 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3159

To provide for the apportionment of funds to airports for fiscal years 
2011 and 2012 based on passenger boardings during calendar year 2008 to 
  prevent additional harm to airports already harmed by the financial 
                    crisis, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2009

   Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Kissell, and Mr. Shuster) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the apportionment of funds to airports for fiscal years 
2011 and 2012 based on passenger boardings during calendar year 2008 to 
  prevent additional harm to airports already harmed by the financial 
                    crisis, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Airport Relief Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN AIRPORT PROJECTS.

    Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Special rule for fiscal years 2011 and 
                2012.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
                shall apportion to the sponsor of an airport for fiscal 
                year 2011 or fiscal year 2012 an amount based on the 
                number of passenger boardings at the airport in 
                calendar year 2008 if the airport had--
                            ``(i) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings 
                        in the calendar year used to calculate the 
                        apportionment for that fiscal year under 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) 10,000 or more passenger boardings 
                        in calendar year 2008.''.
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