[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

122 STAT. 3729

Public Law 110-337
110th Congress

An Act


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand passenger facility fee
eligibility for certain noise compatibility projects. [NOTE: Oct. 2,
2008 -  [S. 996]]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANDED PASSENGER FACILITY FEE ELIGIBILITY FOR NOISE
COMPATIBILITY PROJECTS.

Section 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(7) Noise mitigation for certain schools.--
``(A) In general.--In addition to the uses specified
in paragraphs (1), (4), and (6), the Secretary may
authorize a passenger facility fee imposed under
paragraph (1) or (4) at a large hub airport that is the
subject of an amended judgment and final order in
condemnation filed on January 7, 1980, by the Superior
Court of the State of California for the county of Los
Angeles, to be used for a project to carry out noise
mitigation for a building, or for the replacement of a
relocatable building with a permanent building, in the
noise impacted area surrounding the airport at which
such building is used primarily for educational
purposes, notwithstanding the air easement granted or
any terms to the contrary in such judgment and final
order, if--
``(i) the Secretary determines that the
building is adversely affected by airport noise;
``(ii) the building is owned or chartered by
the school district that was the plaintiff in case
number 986,442 or 986,446, which was resolved by
such judgment and final order;
``(iii) the project is for a school identified
in 1 of the settlement agreements effective
February 16, 2005, between the airport and each of
the school districts;
``(iv) in the case of a project to replace a
relocatable building with a permanent building,
the eligible project costs are limited to the
actual structural construction costs necessary to
mitigate aircraft noise in instructional
classrooms to an interior noise level meeting
current standards of the Federal Aviation
Administration; and
``(v) the project otherwise meets the
requirements of this section for authorization of
a passenger facility fee.

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``(B) Eligible project costs.--In subparagraph
(A)(iv), the term `eligible project costs' means the
difference between the cost of standard school
construction and the cost of construction necessary to
mitigate classroom noise to the standards of the Federal
Aviation Administration.''.

Approved October 2, 2008.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 996:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
Feb. 28, considered and passed Senate.
Sept. 17, considered and passed House.