[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 4721 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4721

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the 
airport improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
   to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and 
               Airway Trust Fund, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Airport and Airway 
Extension Act of 2016''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                  TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS

Sec. 101. Extension of airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Extension of expiring authorities.
Sec. 103. Federal Aviation Administration operations.
Sec. 104. Air navigation facilities and equipment.
Sec. 105. Research, engineering, and development.
Sec. 106. Compliance with aviation funding requirement.
Sec. 107. Essential air service.

                      TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Sec. 202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

                  TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS

    SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
        (1) In general.--Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States 
    Code, is amended by striking ``$1,675,000,000 for the period 
    beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016'' and 
    inserting ``$2,652,083,333 for the period beginning on October 1, 
    2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.''.
        (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, 2016, 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 period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on 
    July 15, 2016, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
    Administration shall--
            (A) first calculate such funding apportionments on an 
        annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 
        48103 of such title for fiscal year 2016 were $3,350,000,000; 
        and
            (B) then reduce by 20.83 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 title 49, United 
States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ``March 31, 2016,'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016,''.
    SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES.
    (a) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``April 1, 2016'' and inserting ``July 16, 2016''.
    (b) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (c) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``$5,175,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 
2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,'' and inserting ``$8,193,750 for 
the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 
2016,''.
    (d) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (e) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by striking ``March 31, 
2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (f) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking 
``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (g) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
(49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' 
and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (h) Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
(49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and 
inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS.
    Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (E) to read as 
    follows:
            ``(E) $7,711,387,500 for the period beginning on October 1, 
        2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.''; and
        (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and 
    inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    SEC. 104. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
    Section 48101(a)(5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
        ``(5) $2,058,333,333 for the period beginning on October 1, 
    2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.''.
    SEC. 105. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT.
    Section 48102(a)(9) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
        ``(9) $124,093,750 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
    and ending on July 15, 2016.''.
    SEC. 106. COMPLIANCE WITH AVIATION FUNDING REQUIREMENT.
    The budget authority authorized in this Act, including the 
amendments made by this Act, shall be deemed to satisfy the 
requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of section 48114 of 
title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 
2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.
    SEC. 107. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE.
    Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``$77,500,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and 
ending on March 31, 2016,'' and inserting ``$122,708,333 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,''.

                      TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS

    SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.
    (a) In General.--Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
    ``April 1, 2016'' and inserting ``July 16, 2016''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon at the end 
    and inserting ``or the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``April 1, 2016'' and inserting ``July 16, 2016''.
    SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.
    (a) Fuel Taxes.--Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 
15, 2016''.
    (b) Ticket Taxes.--
        (1) Persons.--Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended 
    by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
        (2) Property.--Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 
    amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 
    2016''.
    (c) Fractional Ownership Programs.--
        (1) Treatment as non-commercial aviation.--Section 4083(b) of 
    such Code is amended by striking ``April 1, 2016'' and inserting 
    ``July 16, 2016''.
        (2) Exemption from ticket taxes.--Section 4261(j) of such Code 
    is amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 
    2016''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.