airport and airway development program

airport and airway development program Sec. 6. (a) Section 14(a) of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1714) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: “(3) For the purpose of developing air carrier airports in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin 90 STAT. 873Islands, $435,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $440,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $465,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $495,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $525,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. “(4) For the purpose of developing general aviation airports in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $85,000,000 for fiscal year 1980.”. (b) (1) Section 14(b) of such Act is amended— (A) by inserting “(1)” immediately before the first sentence; and (B) in the second, third, and fourth sentences, by striking out “subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “paragraph”. (2) Section 14(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(2) The Secretary is authorized to incur obligations to make grants for airport development from funds made available under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section, and such authority shall exist with respect to funds available for the making of grants for any fiscal year or part thereof pursuant to subsection (a) immediately after such funds are apportioned pursuant to section 15(a) of this title. No obligation shall be incurred under this paragraph after September 30, 1980. The Secretary shall not incur more than one obligation under this paragraph with respect, to any single project for airport development. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no part of any of the funds authorized, or authorized to be obligated, for fiscal year 1980 at the discretion of the Secretary under paragraphs (3) (B) and (4) (C) of section 15(a), and no part of the discretionary funds for reliever airports under such paragraph (4), shall be obligated or otherwise expended except in accordance with a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this sentence.”. (c) Section 14(c) of such Act is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: “not less than $312,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and not less than $250,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 1977 through 1980.”. (d) Section 14(e) of such Act is redesignated as section 14(f) and the following is inserted in section 14 as a new subsection (e): “(e) Other Expenses.—The balance of the moneys available in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund may be appropriated for (1) costs of services provided under international agreements relating to the joint financing of air navigation services which are assessed against the United States Government, and (2) direct costs incurred by the Secretary to flight check and maintain air navigation facilities referred to in subsection (c) of this section in a safe and efficient condition. Eligible maintenance expenses are limited to costs incurred in the field and exclude the costs of engineering support and planning, direction, and evaluation activities. The amounts appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the purposes of clauses (1) and (2) may not exceed $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $325,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. The amounts appropriated in any fiscal year under this subsection may not exceed, when added to the minimum amounts authorized for that year under subsections (a), 90 STAT. 874(c), and (d) of this section, the amounts transferred to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for that year under subsection 208(b) of the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970. No part of the amount appropriated from the Airport arid Airway Trust Fund in any fiscal year for obligation or expenditure under clause (2) of this subsection shall be obligated or expended which exceeds that amount which bears the same ratio to the maximum amount, which may be appropriated under clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection for such fiscal year as the total amount obligated in that fiscal year under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section bears to the aggregate of the minimum amount made available for obligation under each such paragraph for such fiscal year.”. (e) Paragraph (1) of subsection (f) (as redesignated by this section) of section 14 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 is amended by striking out “subsections (c) and (d) of this section, as amended” and by inserting in lieu thereof “this section”. (f) Paragraph (2) of subsection (f) (as redesignated by this section) of section 14 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 is amended by striking out “subsections (a) and (c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (a), (c), (d) and the third sentence of subsection (e)”. (g) Paragraph (3) of subsection (f) (as redesignated by this section) of section 14 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 is amended by striking out “subsection (d).” and inserting “subsection (e).”.