Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6168 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6168

To redefine the eligibility for airport-related TIFIA projects, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2025

  Mr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To redefine the eligibility for airport-related TIFIA projects, 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 ``Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE.

    (a) Eligible Projects.--Section 601(a)(12)(G) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(G) any project that constructs new or improves 
                existing aviation-related facilities, including 
                equipment, regardless of revenue producing purposes or 
                public accessibility, that facilitates, preserves, 
                enhances, or expands--
                            ``(i) air transportation;
                            ``(ii) access to air transportation, 
                        including surface transportation, rental car, 
                        and parking facilities;
                            ``(iii) the movement of passengers, 
                        baggage, or cargo; or
                            ``(iv) the safety or security of airport 
                        users; and''.
    (b) Determination of Eligibility and Project Selection.--Section 
602(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``A project'' and 
        inserting ``Except for a project described in section 
        601(a)(12)(G), a project''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(B)(iii) by striking ``eligible project 
        costs'' and inserting ``a Federal credit instrument''.
    (c) Applicability of Waiver Conditions.--Section 603(b)(6) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Applicability.--The conditions described in 
                subparagraph (B)(i)(III) and subparagraph (6)(B)(ii)(I) 
                shall not be required for a project described in 
                section 601(a)(12)(G) to receive a waiver under this 
                paragraph.''.
    (d) Program Administration.--Section 605(f)(1) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``eligible project costs that are 
reasonably anticipated not to equal or exceed $75,000,000'' and 
inserting ``a TIFIA loan amount that is reasonably anticipated not to 
equal or exceed $100,000,000''.
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