[House Report 119-237]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
119th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 119-237
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FACILITY FOR RUNWAY OPERATIONS AND SAFE
TRANSPORTATION ACT
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September 8, 2025.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Graves, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3423]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 3423) to amend title 49, United
States Code, to include aircraft deicing storage facilities in
the definition of airport development, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation........................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation.............................. 2
Hearings......................................................... 3
Legislative History and Consideration............................ 3
Committee Votes.................................................. 3
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations................. 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................ 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................ 4
Performance Goals and Objectives................................. 4
Duplication of Federal Programs.................................. 5
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
Benefits....................................................... 5
Federal Mandates Statement....................................... 5
Preemption Clarification......................................... 5
Advisory Committee Statement..................................... 5
Applicability to Legislative Branch.............................. 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 6
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Facility for Runway Operations and
Safe Transportation Act'' or the ``FROST Act''.
SEC. 2. DEICING EQUIPMENT PROTECTION.
Section 47102(3)(B)(v) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``and storage facilities for the equipment and fluids''.
Purpose of Legislation
The purpose of H.R. 3423, as amended, is to amend title 49,
United States Code, to include aircraft deicing storage
facilities in the definition of airport development in order
for these facilities to be eligible for Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) funding, and for other purposes.
Background and Need for Legislation
The AIP is a Federal grant program, administered by the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), that provides grants to
airport sponsors for the planning and development of public-use
airports that are included in the National Plan of Integrated
Airport Systems (NPIAS).\1\ Grants received through the AIP can
be used by eligible public-use airports for projects such as
enhancing airport safety, capacity, security, and addressing
environmental concerns.\2\ For large and medium primary hub
airports, AIP grants typically cover 75 percent of eligible
project costs or 80 percent for noise abatement program
implementation. For small primary, reliever, and general
aviation (GA) airports, AIP grants cover a range of 90 to 95
percent of eligible project costs.\3\
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\1\FAA, Overview: What is AIP & What is Eligible? (last updated
Aug. 2, 2022), available at https://www.faa.ogv/airports/aip/overview.
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Under current law, AIP funds can be used by an eligible
airport to acquire aircraft deicing equipment. However, the
storage facilities that such equipment is housed in are not
eligible to be acquired with AIP funds. Improper storage of
such equipment can lead to a shorter shelf life and introduce
unnecessary risk.
Deicing equipment is critical for airports to maintain
aviation safety during cold weather aircraft operations.
Deicing is a procedure in which frost, ice, or snow is removed
from the aircraft to provide a clean surface that improves an
aircraft's aerodynamics.\4\ Conversely, anti-icing is a
procedure that provides protection against the formation of
frost, ice, or snow on the surface of an aircraft.\5\
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\4\Aircraft Owners and Pilots Ass'n, Deicing and Anti-Icing
equipment, Safety Spotlight: Precipitation and Icing, available at
https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/online-learning/safety-
spotlights/weather-wise-precipitation-and-icing/deicing-and-anti-icing-
equipment.
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A clean aircraft surface (free from the buildup of ice and
snow) is vital for ensuring safe aircraft operations and the
ability to preserve aircraft performance during colder months;
maintain clear visibility during flight operations; and ensure
the aircraft meets regulatory compliance standards.
H.R. 3423, as amended, modifies the definition of ``airport
development'' in section 47102(3)(B)(v) of title 49, United
States Code, to ensure that storage facilities for aircraft
deicing fluids and equipment can be acquired with AIP funds.
The goal is to harmonize AIP eligibility criteria to ensure a
public-use airport can acquire both the necessary equipment and
storage facilities to house such equipment using AIP funds.
Hearings
For the purposes of rule XIII, clause 3(c)(6)(A) of the
119th Congress the following hearing was used to develop or
consider H.R. 3423:
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the Subcommittee on Aviation
held a hearing entitled, ``America Builds: Airport
Infrastructure, Safety, and Regulatory Environment.'' At the
hearing, Members received testimony from Mr. Michael Landguth,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Raleigh-Durham Airport
Authority; Mr. Lawrence Krauter, Chief Executive Officer,
Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky International Airport; and Mr.
Andre Sutton, International Vice President and Director, Air
Division, Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO.
Witnesses offered their perspectives on the current airport
regulatory environment, provided legislative suggestions for
improvements, and addressed the critical reforms made in the
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.
Legislative History and Consideration
H.R. 3423, the ``FROST Act'', was introduced in the United
States House of Representatives on May 15, 2025, by Rep. Tony
Wied (R-WI) and referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) and Rep. Laura
Gillen (D-NY) are bill cosponsors. Within the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, H.R. 3423 was referred to
the Subcommittee on Aviation. The Subcommittee on Aviation was
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3423 on June 11,
2025.
The Committee considered H.R. 3423 on June 11, 2025, and
ordered the measure to be reported to the House with a
favorable recommendation, with amendment, by voice vote.
Committee Votes
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires each committee report to include the
total number of votes cast for and against on each record vote
on a motion to report and on any amendment offered to the
measure or matter, and the names of those members voting for
and against.
No record votes were requested.
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(1) of Rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee's oversight findings and recommendations are
reflected in this report.
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures
Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the
report and is included in the report. Such a cost estimate is
included in this report.
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has
received the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3423, as amended,
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
H.R. 3423 would authorize airport sponsors to use funding
from the Airport Improvement Program and the Airport
Infrastructure Grants program to acquire storage facilities for
equipment and fluids that deice aircraft. Under current law,
those programs can provide funding for structures and equipment
that are used to deice aircraft, but not the associated storage
facilities.
H.R. 3423 would not provide additional budget authority for
airport grants or increase existing obligation limitations.
However, enacting the bill could increase spending of
previously appropriated amounts that CBO does not expect to be
spent over the 2025-2035 period under current law. Those
increased expenditures are treated as direct spending. Using
information from the FAA, CBO expects that the agency would
spend a small amount of those balances. On that basis, we
estimate that enacting the bill would increase direct spending
by less than $500,000 over the 2025-2035 period.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Aaron Krupkin.
The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy
Director of Budget Analysis.
Phillip L. Swagel,
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
Performance Goals and Objectives
With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
performance goal and objective of this legislation is to modify
the definition of ``airport development'' in 49 U.S.C. Sec.
47102(3)(B)(v) to ensure that storage facilities for aircraft
deicing fluids and equipment--critical to aviation safety in
colder weather--can be acquired with Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) funds.
Duplication of Federal Programs
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee finds that no provision
of H.R. 3423, as amended, establishes or reauthorizes a program
of the Federal government known to be duplicative of another
Federal program, a program that was included in any report from
the Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to
section 21 of Public Law 111-139, or a program related to a
program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance.
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
Benefits
In compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, this bill, as reported, contains no
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff
benefits as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of the rule
XXI.
Federal Mandates Statement
An estimate of Federal mandates prepared by the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 423 of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act was not made available to the
Committee in time for the filing of this report. The Chairman
of the Committee shall cause such estimate to be printed in the
Congressional Record upon its receipt by the Committee.
Preemption Clarification
Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
requires the report of any Committee on a bill or joint
resolution to include a statement on the extent to which the
bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state, local,
or tribal law. The Committee finds that H.R. 3423 does not
preempt any state, local, or tribal law.
Advisory Committee Statement
No advisory committees within the definition of Section
5(b) of the appendix to Title 5, United States Code, are
created by this legislation.
Applicability to Legislative Branch
The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law
104-1).
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation
Section 1. Short title
This section details that the bill may be cited as the
Facility for Runway Operations and Safe Transportation Act or
the FROST Act.
Section 2. Deicing equipment protection
This section modifies the definition of ``airport
development'' to include storage facilities for aircraft
deicing fluids and equipment. This change would allow public-
use airports to use AIP funding to build these facilities,
which are not currently eligible for AIP funding.
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is
proposed is shown in roman):
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets and
existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman):
TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE
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SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
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PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
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CHAPTER 471--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
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SUBCHAPTER I--AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT
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Sec. 47102. Definitions
In this subchapter--
(1) ``air carrier'' has the meaning given such term
in section 40102.
(2) ``airport''--
(A) means--
(i) an area of land or water used or
intended to be used for the landing and
taking off of aircraft;
(ii) an appurtenant area used or
intended to be used for airport
buildings or other airport facilities
or rights of way; and
(iii) airport buildings and
facilities located in any of those
areas; and
(B) includes a heliport.
(3) ``airport development'' means the following
activities, if undertaken by the sponsor, owner, or
operator of a public-use airport:
(A) constructing, repairing, or improving a
public-use airport, including--
(i) removing, lowering, relocating,
marking, and lighting an airport
hazard;
(ii) preparing a plan or
specification, including carrying out a
field investigation; and
(iii) a secondary runway at a nonhub
airport that is equivalent in size and
type to the primary runway of such
airport.
(B) acquiring for, or installing at, a
public-use airport--
(i) a navigation aid or another aid
(including a precision approach system)
used by aircraft for landing at or
taking off from the airport, including
preparing the site as required by the
acquisition or installation;
(ii) safety or security equipment,
including explosive detection devices,
universal access systems, and emergency
call boxes, the Secretary requires by
regulation for, or approves as
contributing significantly to, the
safety or security of individuals and
property at the airport and integrated
in-pavement lighting systems for
runways and taxiways and other runway
and taxiway incursion prevention
devices;
(iii) equipment to remove snow, to
measure runway surface friction, or for
aviation-related weather reporting,
including closed circuit weather
surveillance equipment and fuel
infrastructure for such equipment to
remove snow if the airport is located
in Alaska;
(iv) firefighting and rescue
equipment at an airport that serves
scheduled passenger operations of air
carrier aircraft designed for more than
9 passenger seats;
(v) aircraft deicing equipment and
structures (except aircraft deicing
fluids [and storage facilities for the
equipment and fluids]);
(vi) interactive training systems;
(vii) windshear detection equipment
that is certified by the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration;
(viii) stainless steel adjustable
lighting extensions approved by the
Administrator;
(ix) engineered materials arresting
systems as described in the Advisory
Circular No. 150/5220-22 published by
the Federal Aviation Administration on
August 21, 1998, including any revision
to the circular;
(x) replacement of baggage conveyor
systems, and reconfiguration of
terminal baggage areas, that the
Secretary determines are necessary to
install bulk explosive detection
devices; except that such activities
shall be eligible for funding under
this subchapter only using amounts
apportioned under section 47114; and
(xi) a medium intensity approach
lighting system with runway alignment
indicator lights.
(C) acquiring an interest in land or
airspace, including land for future airport
development, that is needed--
(i) to carry out airport development
described in subclause (A) or (B) of
this clause; or
(ii) to remove or mitigate an
existing airport hazard or prevent or
limit the creation of a new airport
hazard.
(D) acquiring land for, or constructing, a
burn area training structure on or off the
airport to provide live fire drill training for
aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel
required to receive the training under
regulations the Secretary prescribes, including
basic equipment and minimum structures to
support the training under standards the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration prescribes.
(E) relocating an air traffic control tower
and any navigational aid (including radar) if
the relocation is necessary to carry out a
project approved by the Secretary under this
subchapter or under section 40117.
(F) constructing, reconstructing, repairing,
or improving an airport, or purchasing capital
equipment for an airport, if necessary for
compliance with the responsibilities of the
operator or owner of the airport under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
except constructing or purchasing capital
equipment that would benefit primarily a
revenue-producing area of the airport used by a
nonaeronautical business.
(G) acquiring land for, or work necessary to
construct, a pad suitable for deicing aircraft
before takeoff at a commercial service airport,
including constructing or reconstructing paved
areas, drainage collection structures,
treatment and discharge systems, appropriate
lighting, paved access for deicing vehicles and
aircraft, and including acquiring glycol
recovery vehicles, but not including acquiring
aircraft deicing fluids or constructing or
reconstructing storage facilities for aircraft
deicing equipment or fluids.
(H) routine work to preserve and extend the
useful life of runways, taxiways, and aprons at
nonhub airports and airports that are not
primary airports, under guidelines issued by
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration.
(I) constructing, reconstructing, or
improving an airport, or purchasing nonrevenue
generating capital equipment to be owned by an
airport, for the purpose of transferring
passengers, cargo, or baggage between the
aeronautical and ground transportation modes on
airport property.
(J) constructing an air traffic control tower
or acquiring and installing air traffic
control, communications, and related equipment
at an air traffic control tower under the terms
specified in section 47124(b)(4).
(K) work necessary to construct or modify
airport facilities to provide low-emission fuel
systems, gate electrification, and other
related air quality improvements at a
commercial service airport.
(L) a project by a commercial service airport
for the acquisition of airport-owned vehicles
or ground support equipment equipped with low-
emission technology if the vehicles are;
(i) used exclusively on airport
property; or
(ii) used exclusively to transport
passengers and employees between the
airport and the airport's consolidated
rental car facility or an intermodal
surface transportation facility
adjacent to the airport.
(M) construction of mobile refueler parking
within a fuel farm at a nonprimary airport
meeting the requirements of section 112.8 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
(N) terminal development under section
47119(a).
(O) acquiring and installing facilities and
equipment to provide air conditioning, heating,
or electric power from terminal-based,
nonexclusive use facilities to aircraft parked
at a public use airport for the purpose of
reducing energy use or harmful emissions as
compared to the provision of such air
conditioning, heating, or electric power from
aircraft-based systems.
(P) an on-airport project to improve
reliability and efficiency of the power supply
of the airport or meet current and future
electrical power demand and to prevent power
disruptions to the airfield, passenger
terminal, and any other airport facilities,
including the acquisition and installation of
electrical generators, renewable energy
generation and storage infrastructure
(including necessary substation upgrades to
support such infrastructure), separation of the
airport's main power supply from its redundant
power supply, the construction or modification
of airport facilities to install a microgrid
(as defined in section 641 of the United States
Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 (42
U.S.C. 17231)), and smart glass (including
electrochromic glass).
(Q) converting or retrofitting vehicles and
ground support equipment into eligible zero-
emission vehicles and equipment (as defined in
section 47136) and for acquiring, by purchase
or lease, eligible zero-emission vehicles and
equipment.
(R) predevelopment planning, including
financial, legal, or procurement consulting
services, related to an application or proposed
application for an exemption under section
47134.
(S) acquisition of advanced digital
construction management systems and related
technology used in the planning, design and
engineering, construction, and maintenance of
airport facilities when such systems or
technologies are acquired to carry out a
project approved by the Secretary under this
subchapter.
(T) improvements, or planning for
improvements (including monitoring equipment or
services), that would be necessary to sustain
commercial service flight operations or permit
the resumption of such flight operations
following a natural disaster (including an
earthquake, flooding, high water, wildfires,
hurricane, storm surge, tidal wave, tornado,
tsunami, wind driven water, sea level rise,
tropical storm, cyclone, land instability, or
winter storm) at--
(i) a primary airport; or
(ii) a nonprimary airport that is
designated as a Federal staging area or
incident support base by the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
(U) a project to comply with rulemakings and
recommendations on airport cybersecurity
standards from the aviation rulemaking
committee convened under section 395 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2024.
(V) reconstructing or rehabilitating an
existing crosswind runway (regardless of the
wind coverage of the primary runway) if the
reconstruction or rehabilitation of such
crosswind runway is in the most recently
approved airport layout plan of the sponsor.
(W) constructing or acquiring such airport-
owned infrastructure or equipment,
notwithstanding revenue producing capability of
such infrastructure or equipment, as may be
required for--
(i) the on-airport distribution or
storage of unleaded aviation gasoline
for piston-driven aircraft, including
on-airport construction or expansion of
pipelines, storage tanks, low-emission
fuel systems, and airport-owned fuel
trucks providing exclusively unleaded
aviation fuels (unless the Secretary
determines that an alternative fuel may
be safely used in such fuel truck for a
limited time); or
(ii) fueling systems for type
certificated hydrogen-powered aircraft.
(X) constructing, reconstructing, or
rehabilitating a taxiway or taxilane that
serves non-exclusive use aeronautical
facilities, including aircraft storage
facilities, except for the 50 feet of pavement
immediately in front of an ineligible building.
(Y) any other activity (excluding terminal
development) that the Secretary concludes will
reasonably improve the safety of the airport.
(4) ``airport hazard'' means a structure or object of
natural growth located on or near a public-use airport,
or a use of land near the airport, that obstructs or
otherwise is hazardous to the landing or taking off of
aircraft at or from the airport.
(5) ``airport planning'' means planning as defined by
requirements the Secretary prescribes and includes--
(A) integrated airport system planning and
catchment area analyses;
(B) developing an environmental management
system;
(C) developing a plan for recycling and
minimizing the generation of airport solid
waste, consistent with applicable State and
local recycling laws, including the cost of a
waste audit; and
(D) assessing current and future electrical
power demand for airport airside and landside
activities.
(6) ``amount made available under section 48103'' or
``amount newly made available'' means the amount
authorized for grants under section 48103 as that
amount may be limited in that year by a subsequent law,
but as determined without regard to grant obligation
recoveries made in that year or amounts covered by
section 47107(f).
(7) ``commercial service airport'' means a public
airport in a State that the Secretary determines has at
least 2,500 passenger boardings each year and is
receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service.
(8) ``general aviation airport'' means a public-use
airport that is located in a State and that, as
determined by the Secretary--
(A) does not have scheduled service; or
(B) has scheduled service with less than
2,500 passenger boardings each year.
(9) ``integrated airport system planning'' means
developing for planning purposes information and
guidance to decide the extent, kind, location, and
timing of airport development needed in a specific area
to establish a viable, balanced, and integrated system
of public-use airports, including--
(A) identifying system needs;
(B) developing an estimate of systemwide
development costs;
(C) conducting studies, surveys, and other
planning actions, including those related to
airport access, needed to decide which
aeronautical needs should be met by a system of
airports; and
(D) standards prescribed by a State, except
standards for safety of approaches, for airport
development at nonprimary public-use airports.
(10) ``landed weight'' means the weight of aircraft
transporting only cargo in intrastate, interstate, and
foreign air transportation, as the Secretary determines
under regulations the Secretary prescribes.
(11) ``large hub airport'' means a commercial service
airport that has at least 1.0 percent of the passenger
boardings.
(12) ``low-emission technology'' means technology for
vehicles and equipment whose emission performance is
the best achievable under emission standards
established by the Environmental Protection Agency and
that relies exclusively on alternative fuels that are
substantially nonpetroleum based, as defined by the
Department of Energy, but not excluding hybrid systems
or natural gas powered vehicles.
(13) ``medium hub airport'' means a commercial
service airport that has at least 0.25 percent but less
than 1.0 percent of the passenger boardings.
(14) ``nonhub airport'' means a commercial service
airport that has less than 0.05 percent of the
passenger boardings.
(15) ``passenger boardings''--
(A) means, unless the context indicates
otherwise, revenue passenger boardings in the
United States in the prior calendar year on an
aircraft in service in air commerce, as the
Secretary determines under regulations the
Secretary prescribes; and
(B) includes passengers who continue on an
aircraft in international flight that stops at
an airport in the 48 contiguous States, Alaska,
or Hawaii for a nontraffic purpose.
(16) ``primary airport'' means a commercial service
airport the Secretary determines to have more than
10,000 passenger boardings each year.
(17) ``project'' means a project, separate projects
included in one project grant application, or all
projects to be undertaken at an airport in a fiscal
year, to achieve airport development or airport
planning.
(18) ``project cost'' means a cost involved in
carrying out a project.
(19) ``project grant'' means a grant of money the
Secretary makes to a sponsor to carry out at least one
project.
(20) ``public agency'' means--
(A) a State or political subdivision of a
State;
(B) a tax-supported organization;
(C) an Indian tribe or pueblo; or
(D) the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of
Palau.
(21) ``public airport'' means an airport used or
intended to be used for public purposes--
(A) that is under the control of a public
agency; and
(B) of which the area used or intended to be
used for the landing, taking off, or surface
maneuvering of aircraft is publicly owned.
(22) ``public-use airport'' means--
(A) a public airport; or
(B) a privately-owned airport used or
intended to be used for public purposes that
is--
(i) a reliever airport; or
(ii) determined by the Secretary to
have at least 2,500 passenger boardings
each year and to receive scheduled
passenger aircraft service.
(23) ``reliever airport'' means an airport the
Secretary designates to relieve congestion at a
commercial service airport and to provide more general
aviation access to the overall community.
(24) ``revenue producing aeronautical support
facilities'' means fuel farms, hangar buildings, self-
service credit card aeronautical fueling systems,
airplane wash racks, major rehabilitation of a hangar
owned by a sponsor, or other aeronautical support
facilities that the Secretary determines will increase
the revenue producing ability of the airport.
(25) ``small hub airport'' means a commercial service
airport that has at least 0.05 percent but less than
0.25 percent of the passenger boardings.
(26) ``sponsor'' means--
(A) a public agency that submits to the
Secretary under this subchapter an application
for financial assistance; and
(B) a private owner of a public-use airport
that submits to the Secretary under this
subchapter an application for financial
assistance for the airport.
(27) ``State'' means a State of the United States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands,
and Guam.
(28) ``terminal development'' means--
(A) development of--
(i) an airport passenger terminal
building, including terminal gates;
(ii) access roads servicing
exclusively airport traffic that leads
directly to or from an airport
passenger terminal building; and
(iii) walkways that lead directly to
or from an airport passenger terminal
building; and
(B) the cost of a vehicle for moving
passengers and baggage between terminal
facilities and between terminal facilities and
aircraft.
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