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[H.R. 468 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.468

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two


                                 An Act


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the use of incentive 
  payments to expedite certain federally financed airport development 
                                projects.

    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 ``Expedited Delivery of Airport 
Infrastructure Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWABLE COST STANDARDS FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
    (a) In General.--Section 47110(b)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``(1) if the cost necessarily'' and inserting 
    ``(1)(A) if the cost necessarily'';
        (2) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ``; 
    or''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(B) if the cost is an incentive payment incurred in carrying 
    out the project described in subparagraph (A) that is to be 
    provided to a contractor upon early completion of a project, if--
            ``(i) such payment does not exceed the lesser of 5 percent 
        of the initial construction contract amount or $1,000,000;
            ``(ii) the level of contractor's control of, or access to, 
        the worksite necessary to shorten the duration of the project 
        does not negatively impact the operation of the airport;
            ``(iii) the contract specifies application of the incentive 
        structure in the event of unforeseeable, non-weather delays 
        beyond the control of the contractor;
            ``(iv) nothing in any agreement with the contractor 
        prevents the airport operator from retaining responsibility for 
        the safety, efficiency, and capacity of the airport during the 
        execution of the grant agreement; and
            ``(v) the Secretary determines that the use of an incentive 
        payment is likely to increase airport capacity or efficiency or 
        result in cost savings as a result of shortening the project's 
        duration;''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 47110(e)(7) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended in the heading by striking ``Partnership 
Program Airports'' and inserting ``Partnership program airports''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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