Banning Airport Redevelopment Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7729 To release the City of Banning, California, from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the Banning Municipal Airport. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 22, 2020 Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To release the City of Banning, California, from all restric- tions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encum- brance, conveyance, and closure of the Banning Munic- ipal Airport. 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 ‘‘Banning Airport Rede- 4 velopment Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7729.IH H7729 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7729 IH SEC. 2. RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND 1 LIMITATIONS ON THE USE, ENCUMBRANCE, 2 CONVEYANCE, AND CLOSURE OF THE BAN- 3 NING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States, acting 5 through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin- 6 istration, shall release the City of Banning, California, 7 from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the 8 use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the Banning 9 Municipal Airport, as described in the most recent airport 10 layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administra- 11 tion, to the extent such restrictions, conditions, and limita- 12 tions are enforceable by the Administrator. 13 (b) LIMITATION.—The release under subsection (a) 14 shall not be executed before the City of Banning, Cali- 15 fornia, or its designee, transfers to the Department of 16 Transportation of the State of California— 17 (1) the amounts described in subsection (c), to 18 be used for FAA-approved capital improvements 19 within the meaning of airport development (as de- 20 fined in section 47102(3) of title 49, United States 21 Code) at other public use, general aviation airports 22 serving the region; and 23 (2) for no consideration, all airport and avia- 24 tion-related equipment of the Banning Municipal 25 Airport owned by the City of Banning and deter- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7729.IH H7729 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7729 IH mined by the FAA or Department of Transportation 1 of the State of California to be salvageable for use 2 at other airports. 3 (c) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts described 4 in this subsection are the following: 5 (1) An amount equal to the fair market value 6 for the highest and best use of the Banning Munic- 7 ipal Airport property determined in good faith by 2 8 independent and qualified real estate appraisers and 9 an independent review appraiser on or after the date 10 of the enactment of this Act. 11 (2) An amount equal to the unamortized por- 12 tion of any Federal development grants other than 13 land paid to the City of Banning for use at the Ban- 14 ning Municipal Airport, which may be paid with, and 15 shall be an allowable use of, airport revenue notwith- 16 standing section 47107 or 47133 of title 49, United 17 States Code. 18 (3) An amount equal to the airport revenues, 19 along with accrued interest, remaining in the airport 20 account for the Banning Municipal Airport as of the 21 date of the enactment of this Act and otherwise due 22 to or received by the City of Banning after such date 23 of enactment pursuant to sections 47107(b) and 24 47133 of title 49, United States Code. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7729.IH H7729 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7729 IH (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 1 tion shall be construed to limit the applicability of— 2 (1) the requirements and processes under sec- 3 tion 46319 of title 49, United States Code; 4 (2) the requirements under the National Envi- 5 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 6 seq.); 7 (3) the requirements and processes under part 8 157 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; or 9 (4) the public notice requirements under section 10 47107(h)(2) of title 49, United States Code. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7729.IH H7729 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS