Investing in America: Rebuilding America’s Airport Infrastructure Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3791 To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifications to the pas- senger facility charge program administered by the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 17, 2019 Mr. MASSIE (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifica- tions to the passenger facility charge program adminis- tered by the Federal Aviation Administration, 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 ‘‘Investing in America: 4 Rebuilding America’s Airport Infrastructure Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES. 6 Section 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3791.IH H3791 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3791 IH (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘of $1, $2, or 1 $3’’ and inserting ‘‘in any amount’’; 2 (2) by striking paragraph (4); 3 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and 4 (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 5 (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— 6 (A) by striking ‘‘specified in paragraphs 7 (1) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in para- 8 graph (1)’’; and 9 (B) by striking ‘‘imposed under paragraph 10 (1) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed under para- 11 graph (1)’’; and 12 (5) in paragraph (6)(A) (as so redesignated)— 13 (A) by striking ‘‘specified in paragraphs 14 (1), (4), and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in 15 paragraphs (1) and (5)’’; and 16 (B) by striking ‘‘imposed under paragraph 17 (1) or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed under para- 18 graph (1)’’. 19 SEC. 3. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 20 (a) FUNDING.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, United 21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$3,350,000,000’’ 22 and all that follows before the period at the end and in- 23 serting ‘‘$2,950,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 24 through 2023’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3791.IH H3791 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3791 IH (b) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 47114 of title 49, 1 United States Code, is amended— 2 (1) by striking ‘‘$3,200,000,000’’ each place it 3 appears and inserting ‘‘$2,950,000,000’’; and 4 (2) in subsection (f)— 5 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘para- 6 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; 7 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 8 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 9 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 10 following: 11 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN LARGE HUB 12 AIRPORTS.—Subject to paragraph (4), and in lieu of 13 the reduction under paragraph (1), an amount that 14 would be apportioned under this section (other than 15 amounts apportioned under subsection (c)(2)) in a 16 fiscal year to the sponsor of an airport having at 17 least 1.0 percent of the total number of boardings 18 each year in the United States and for which a 19 charge of more than $4.50 is imposed in the fiscal 20 year under section 40117 shall be reduced by an 21 amount equal to— 22 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 23 (B), 100 percent of the projected revenues from 24 the charge in the fiscal year but not by more 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3791.IH H3791 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3791 IH than 100 percent of the amount that otherwise 1 would be apportioned under this section; or 2 ‘‘(B) with respect to an airport in Hawaii, 3 100 percent of the projected revenues from the 4 charge in the fiscal year but not by more than 5 100 percent of the excess of— 6 ‘‘(i) the amount that otherwise would 7 be apportioned under this section; over 8 ‘‘(ii) the amount equal to the amount 9 specified in clause (i) multiplied by the 10 percentage of the total passenger 11 boardings at the applicable airport that are 12 comprised of interisland passengers.’’; 13 (D) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 14 by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 15 ‘‘paragraph (1) or (2)’’; and 16 (E) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig- 17 nated)— 18 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 19 (I) by striking ‘‘.25 percent’’ and 20 inserting ‘‘1.0 percent’’; and 21 (II) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 22 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3791.IH H3791 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3791 IH (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 1 ‘‘fiscal year 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 2 year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 3 (c) USE OF APPORTIONED AMOUNTS.—Section 4 47117(e)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amend- 5 ed by striking ‘‘$3,200,000,000’’ and inserting 6 ‘‘$2,950,000,000’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3791.IH H3791 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS