United States HR 3059: Resilient Airports Act

Bill Text

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118THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 3059 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to define critical airport 
infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MAY2, 2023 
Mr.  K
ILMER(for  himself,  Mr.  BLUMENAUER,  and  Mr.  LAMALFA)  introduced  
the  following  bill;  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Transportation  
and Infrastructure 
A  BILL  
To amend title 49, United States Code, to define critical 
airport infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
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  ‘‘Resilient  Airports  4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT DEFINITIONS. 6
Section  47102  of  title  49,  United  States  Code,  is  7
amended— 8
(1)  in  paragraph  (3)  by  adding  at  the  end  the  9
following: 10
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‘‘(S)  improvement  of  any  critical  airport  1
infrastructure  at  a  general  aviation  airport  that  2
is— 3
‘‘(i)   a   nonhub,   small   hub,   medium   4
hub,  or  large  hub  airport  to  increase  resil-5
ience  for  the  purpose  of  resuming  flight  6
operations   under   visual   flight   rules   fol-7
lowing a natural disaster; or 8
‘‘(ii)  identified  as  a  Federal  staging  9
area  or  Incident  Support  Base  in  a  plan  10
that  is  part  of  the  National  Preparedness  11
Goal   and   National   Preparedness   System   12
established by the Post-Katrina Emergency 13
Management  Reform  Act  and  described  by  14
Presidential  Policy  Directive  8  and/or  pre-15
determined  as  a  staging  location  within  a  16
Department  of  Homeland  Security,  Fed-17
eral    Emergency    Management    Agency,    18
Emergency      Management      Performance      19
Grant   recipient’s   approved   Distribution   20
Management  Plan  Annex  to  their  existing  21
Emergency  Operations  Plan  for  the  pur-22
pose  of  resuming  flight  operations  under  23
visual  flight  rules  following  a  natural  dis-24
aster.’’; 25
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(2)   by   redesignating   paragraphs   (14),   (15),   1
(16),  (17),  (18),  (19),  (20),  (21),  (22),  (23),  (24),  2
(26),  (27),  and  (28)  as  paragraphs  (16),  (17),  (18),  3
(19),  (20),  (21),  (22),  (23),  (24),  (25),  (27),  (28),  4
(29), and (30), respectively; 5
(3)  by  redesignating  paragraphs  (8),  (9),  (10),  6
(11),  (12),  and  (13)  as  paragraphs  (9),  (10),  (11),  7
(12), (13), and (14), respectively; 8
(4)  by  inserting  after  paragraph  (14),  as  so  re-9
designated, the following: 10
‘‘(15)   ‘natural   disaster’   means   earthquake,   11
flooding,   high   water,   wildfires,   hurricane,   storm   12
surge,  tidal  wave,  tornado,  tsunami,  or  wind  driven  13
water.’’; and 14
(5)  by  inserting  after  paragraph  (7)  the  fol-15
lowing: 16
‘‘(8)  ‘critical  airport  infrastructure’  means  run-17
ways,  taxiways,  and  aprons  necessary  to  sustain  ei-18
ther— 19
‘‘(A)  commercial  service  flight  operations;  20
or 21
‘‘(B)  flight  operations  at  a  general  aviation  22
airport  that  is  identified  as  a  Federal  staging  23
area  or  Incident  Support  Base  in  a  plan  that  is  24
part  of  the  National  Preparedness  Goal  and  25
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National  Preparedness  System  established  by  1
the  Post-Katrina  Emergency  Management  Re-2
form  Act  and  described  by  Presidential  Policy  3
Directive  8  and/or  predetermined  as  a  staging  4
location  within  a  Department  of  Homeland  Se-5
curity,  Federal  Emergency  Management  Agen-6
cy, Emergency Management Performance Grant 7
recipient’s  approved  Distribution  Management  8
Plan  Annex  to  their  existing  Emergency  Oper-9
ations Plan.’’. 10
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