A bill to clarify that terminal development grants remain in effect under certain conditions.

Amends federal transportation law to provide that a terminal development project at a nonhub primary airport shall remain as an allowable cost, as well as eligible for funding from the discretionary fund and the small airport fund, even though its status changes to a small hub primary airport at the time when the airport has received discretionary funds for such project, and the project is not yet completed.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1404 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1404

  To clarify that terminal development grants remain in effect under 
                          certain conditions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2005

   Mr. Bond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To clarify that terminal development grants remain in effect under 
                          certain conditions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 47108(e) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Changes to nonhub primary status.--If the status of a 
        nonhub primary airport changes to a small hub primary airport 
        at a time when the airport has received discretionary funds 
        under this chapter for a terminal development project in 
        accordance with section 47110(d)(2), and the project is not yet 
        completed, the project shall remain eligible for funding from 
        the discretionary fund and the small airport fund to pay costs 
        allowable under section 47110(d). The project shall remain 
        eligible for the funds for 3 fiscal years after the start of 
        construction of the project, or, if the Secretary determines 
        that a further extension of eligibility is justified, until the 
        project is completed.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 47110(d)(2)(A) is amended by 
striking ``(A) the'' and inserting ``(A) except as provided in section 
47108(e)(3), the''.
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