United States HR 7800: AIR Act of 2020

Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (as of 2020-07-28)

State: United States · Session: 116 · Bill: HR 7800

Subjects: Aviation and airports, Transportation programs funding, Transportation safety and security

Sponsors: Steve Cohen, Adrian Smith, Albio Sires, DON E. YOUNG, Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Michael F. Q. San Nicolas, SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 7800
To provide certainty for airport funding.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2020
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, and
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To provide certainty for airport funding.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airport Infrastructure 4
Readiness Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘AIR Act of 2020’’. 5
SEC. 2. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPORTION-6
MENTS TO PRIMARY AIRPORTS. 7
Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 8
is amended by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(J) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEARS 10
2022 AND 2023.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 11
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(A) and the absence of scheduled passenger air-1
craft service at an airport, the Secretary shall 2
apportion in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to the 3
sponsor of the airport an amount based on the 4
number of passenger boardings at the airport 5
during whichever of the following years that 6
would result in the highest apportioned amount: 7
‘‘(i) Calendar year 2018. 8
‘‘(ii) Calendar year 2019. 9
‘‘(iii) The prior full calendar year 10
prior to the current fiscal year.’’. 11
SEC. 3. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CONTRACT PROGRAM. 12
Notwithstanding section 47124(d)(1)(B) of title 49, 13
United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall 14
not calculate a benefit-to-cost ratio with respect to an air 15
traffic control tower participating in the Contract Tower 16
Program on the basis of an annual aircraft traffic de-17
crease in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. 18
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