[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3662 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3662

                    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 temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film 
   forming foam input-based testing equipment, 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 ``Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports 
Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY INCREASED COST SHARE AUTHORITY FOR AQUEOUS FILM 
FORMING FOAM INPUT-BASED TESTING EQUIPMENT.
    (a) In General.--Section 47109 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Special Rule for Covered Equipment.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Government's share of allowable project 
    costs for covered equipment and its installation shall be 100 
    percent.
        ``(2) Definition of covered equipment.--For purposes of this 
    subsection, the term `covered equipment' means aqueous film forming 
    foam input-based testing equipment that is eligible for Airport 
    Improvement Program funding based on Federal Aviation 
    Administration PGL 21-01, titled `Extension of Eligibility for 
    stand-alone acquisition of input-based testing equipment and truck 
    modification', dated October 5, 2021 (or any other successor 
    program guidance letter).
        ``(3) Sunset.--The higher cost share authority established in 
    this subsection shall terminate on the earlier of--
            ``(A) 180 days after the date on which the eligibility of 
        covered equipment for Airport Improvement Program funding under 
        the authority described in paragraph (2) terminates or is 
        discontinued by the Administrator; or
            ``(B) 5 years after the date of enactment of this 
        subsection.''.
    (b) Outreach Efforts.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall conduct an outreach effort to make airports aware 
of the higher cost share authority established in section 47109(g) of 
title 49, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
    (c) Forward-looking Airport Reimbursements.--Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide a briefing to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives that reviews--
        (1) potential options for Congress to reimburse airports that--
            (A) are certificated under part 139 of title 14, Code of 
        Federal Regulations; and
            (B) acquired covered equipment (as defined in section 
        47109(g) of title 49, United States Code) as added by 
        subsection (a)--
                (i) with Federal funding but with a Government's share 
            less than 100 percent; or
                (ii) without Federal funding;
        (2) information relevant to estimating the potential cost of 
    providing such reimbursement;
        (3) the status of the Federal Aviation Administration's 
    outreach efforts as required under subsection (b); and
        (4) any additional information the Administrator of the Federal 
    Aviation Administration considers appropriate.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--The amendments made by this 
Act shall apply to amounts that first become available in fiscal year 
2023 or thereafter.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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