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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 3059 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3059
To amend title 49, United States Code, to define critical airport
infrastructure, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 2, 2023
Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Resilient Airports Act''.
SEC. 2. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT DEFINITIONS.
Section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the following:
``(S) improvement of any critical airport
infrastructure at a general aviation airport that is--
``(i) a nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or
large hub airport to increase resilience for
the purpose of resuming flight operations under
visual flight rules following a natural
disaster; or
``(ii) identified as a Federal staging area
or Incident Support Base in a plan that is part
of the National Preparedness Goal and National
Preparedness System established by the Post-
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act and
described by Presidential Policy Directive 8
and/or predetermined as a staging location
within a Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency
Management Performance Grant recipient's
approved Distribution Management Plan Annex to
their existing Emergency Operations Plan for
the purpose of resuming flight operations under
visual flight rules following a natural
disaster.'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), (16), (17),
(18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (26), (27), and (28)
as paragraphs (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23),
(24), (25), (27), (28), (29), and (30), respectively;
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), (12),
and (13) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14),
respectively;
(4) by inserting after paragraph (14), as so redesignated,
the following:
``(15) `natural disaster' means earthquake, flooding, high
water, wildfires, hurricane, storm surge, tidal wave, tornado,
tsunami, or wind driven water.''; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
``(8) `critical airport infrastructure' means runways,
taxiways, and aprons necessary to sustain either--
``(A) commercial service flight operations; or
``(B) flight operations at a general aviation
airport that is identified as a Federal staging area or
Incident Support Base in a plan that is part of the
National Preparedness Goal and National Preparedness
System established by the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act and described by Presidential
Policy Directive 8 and/or predetermined as a staging
location within a Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency
Management Performance Grant recipient's approved
Distribution Management Plan Annex to their existing
Emergency Operations Plan.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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