[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6473 Received in Senate (RDS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6473


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2010

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and 
 expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend 
    title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport improvement 
                    program, 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 ``Airport and Airway Extension Act of 
2010, Part IV''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.

    (a) Fuel Taxes.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(d)(2) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``December 31, 
2010'' and inserting ``March 31, 2011''.
    (b) Ticket Taxes.--
            (1) Persons.--Clause (ii) of section 4261(j)(1)(A) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``December 
        31, 2010'' and inserting ``March 31, 2011''.
            (2) Property.--Clause (ii) of section 4271(d)(1)(A) of such 
        Code is amended by striking ``December 31, 2010'' and inserting 
        ``March 31, 2011''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on January 1, 2011.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE 
              AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2011'' and inserting ``April 
        1, 2011''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or the Airport and Airway Extension Act 
        of 2010, Part IV'' before the semicolon at the end of 
        subparagraph (A).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 9502(e) of such 
Code is amended by striking ``January 1, 2011'' and inserting ``April 
1, 2011''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on January 1, 2011.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 48103 of title 49, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (6);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (7) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) $1,850,000,000 for the 6-month period beginning on 
        October 1, 2010.''.
            (2) Obligation of amounts.--Subject to limitations 
        specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available 
        pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1) may be 
        obligated at any time through September 30, 2011, and shall 
        remain available until expended.
            (3) Program implementation.--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 6-month period beginning on October 1, 
        2010, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
        shall--
                    (A) first calculate funding apportionments on an 
                annualized basis as if the total amount available under 
                section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2011 were 
                $3,700,000,000; and
                    (B) then reduce by 50 percent--
                            (i) all funding apportionments calculated 
                        under subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) amounts available pursuant to sections 
                        47117(b) and 47117(f)(2) of such title.
    (b) Project Grant Authority.--Section 47104(c) of such title is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2010,'' and inserting ``March 31, 
2011,''.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Section 40117(l)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``January 1, 2011.'' and inserting ``April 1, 2011.''.
    (b) Section 44302(f)(1) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``December 31, 2010,'' and inserting 
        ``March 31, 2011,''; and
            (2) by striking ``March 31, 2011,'' and inserting ``June 
        30, 2011,''.
    (c) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ``March 
31, 2011,'' and inserting ``June 30, 2011,''.
    (d) Section 47107(s)(3) of such title is amended by striking 
``January 1, 2011.'' and inserting ``April 1, 2011.''.
    (e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by striking ``January 
1, 2011,'' inserting ``April 1, 2011,''.
    (f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2010.'' and inserting ``March 31, 2011.''.
    (g) Section 49108 of such title is amended by striking ``December 
31, 2010,'' and inserting ``March 31, 2011,''.
    (h) Section 161 of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is amended by striking 
``January 1, 2011,'' and inserting ``April 1, 2011,''.
    (i) Section 186(d) of such Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by 
striking ``January 1, 2011,'' inserting ``April 1, 2011,''.
    (j) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on 
January 1, 2011.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.