[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4721 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4721

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2016

    Mr. Shuster (for himself and Mr. Brady of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
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. Funding for aviation programs.
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 ``and $1,675,000,000 for 
        the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 
        31, 2016'' and inserting ``and $2,645,218,579 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 21 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 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
in the first sentence by inserting ``and $3,948,087 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,'' before 
``to carry out this section''.
    (b) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``April 1, 2016'' and inserting ``July 16, 2016''.
    (c) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (d) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``and not more than $5,175,000 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 2016,'' and 
inserting ``and not more than $8,172,541 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2015, and ending on July 15, 2016,''.
    (e) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``July 15, 2016''.
    (f) 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,''.
    (g) 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''.
    (h) 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''.
    (i) 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''.
    (j) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on March 
31, 2016.

SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS.

    Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1)(E) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(E) $7,824,891,355 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) $2,254,357,923 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) $131,076,503 for the period beginning on October 1, 
        2015, and ending on July 15, 2016.''.

SEC. 106. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS.

    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 ``and $77,500,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
and ending on March 31, 2016,'' and inserting ``and $138,183,060 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) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``April 1, 2016'' in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting ``April 1, 
                2017'', and
                    (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
                subparagraph (A) and inserting ``or the Airport and 
                Airway Extension Act of 2016 or any specified 
                extension;'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Specified extension.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term `specified extension' means any provision of law 
        enacted after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and 
        before April 1, 2017, but only to the extent that such 
        provision of law provides for the extension (including 
        authorization of additional amounts) of an existing authority 
        (determined as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph) 
        for a period ending not later than March 31, 2017, under one or 
        more of the following:
                    ``(A) Section 106, 41742, 41743, 47104, 47107, 
                47114, 47115, 47116, 47117, 47124, 47141, 48101, 48102, 
                48103, or 48114 of title 49, United States Code.
                    ``(B) Section 186(d) or 409(d) of the Vision 100--
                Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act.
                    ``(C) Section 140(c)(1), 411(h), or 822(k) of the 
                FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``April 1, 2016'' and inserting ``April 1, 2017''.

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 ``March 
31, 2017''.
    (b) Ticket Taxes.--
            (1) Persons.--Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``March 
        31, 2017''.
            (2) Property.--Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting ``March 
        31, 2017''.
    (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 ``April 1, 2017''.
            (2) Exemption from ticket taxes.--Section 4261(j) of such 
        Code is amended by striking ``March 31, 2016'' and inserting 
        ``March 31, 2017''.
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