distribution of funds

distribution of funds Sec. 7. (a) Section 15(a) of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1715) is amended by renumbering paragraphs (3) and (4) as (5) and (6), respectively, and by inserting immediately following paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs: “(3) As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this paragraph for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and on the first day of each fiscal year which begins on or after October 1, 1976, for which any amount is authorized to be, obligated for the purposes of paragraph (3) of section 14(a) of this part, the amount made available for that year shall be apportioned by the Secretary as follows: “(A) To each sponsor of an air carrier airport (other than a commuter service, airport) as follows: “(i) $6.00 for each of the first fifty thousand passengers enplaned at that airport. “(ii) $4.00 for each of the next fifty thousand passengers enplaned at that airport. “(iii) $2.00 for each of the next four hundred thousand passengers enplaned at that airport. “(iv) $0.50 for each passenger enplaned at that airport over five hundred thousand. No air carrier airport (other than a commuter service airport)— “(I) served by air carrier aircraft heavier than 12,500 pounds maximum certificated gross takeoff weight, or previously served, on or after September 30, 1968, by air carrier aircraft heavier than 12,500 pounds maximum certificated gross takeoff weight and presently served by air carrier aircraft 12,500 pounds or less maximum certificated gross takeoff weight, shall receive under this subparagraph less than $187,500 or more than $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, includ-90 STAT. 875ing the period July 1, 1976 through September 30, 1976, and less than $150,000 or more than $10,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1977 through 1980; and “(II) served by air carrier aircraft 12,500 pounds or less maximum certificated gross takeoff weight which, since September 29, 1968, has never been regularly served by air carrier aircraft heavier than 12,500 pounds maximum certificated gross takeoff’ weight shall receive under this subparagraph less than $62,500 or more than $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and less than $50,000 or more than $10,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1977 through 1980. In no event shall the total amount of all apportionments under this subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year exceed two-thirds of the amount authorized to be obligated for the purposes of paragraph (3) of section 14(a) of this part for such fiscal year. In any case in which an apportionment would be reduced by the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall for such fiscal year reduce the apportionment to each sponsor of an air carrier airport proportionately so that such two-thirds amount is achieved. “(B) Any amount not apportioned under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary as follows: “(i) $18,750,000 for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and $15,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 1977 through 1980, to commuter service airports. “(ii) The remainder of such amount to air carrier airports. “(4) As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this paragraph for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and on the first day of each fiscal year which begins on or after October 1, 1976, for which any amount is authorized to be obligated for the purposes of paragraph (4) of section 14(a) of this part, the amount made available minus $18,750,000 in the case of fiscal year 1976, including such period, and minus $15,000,000 in the case of each of the fiscal years 1977 through 1980, shall be apportioned by the Secretary as follows: “(A) 75 per centum for the several States, one-half in the proportion which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, and one-half in the proportion which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States. “(B) 1 per centum for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary. “(C) 24 per centum to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary to general aviation airports. $18,750,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 1976, including such period, and $15,000,000 of the amount made available for each of the other fiscal years shall be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary to reliever airports.”. (b) Paragraph (5) of such section 15(a) (as renumbered by this section) is amended by inserting after “(2) (A)” the following “or (4) (A)”, by inserting after “(1)(B)” the following “or (3) (A)”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “For 90 STAT. 876purposes of this paragraph funds apportioned pursuant to this section for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be available for obligation for the same, period of time as if such funds were apportioned for fiscal year 1976 exclusive of such period.”. (c) Section 15(b) (2) of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 is amended by striking out “(3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(5)”. (d) The first sentence of subsection (c) of section 15 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 is amended to read as follows: “The Secretary shall inform each air carrier airport sponsor and the Governor of each State, or the chief executive officer of the equivalent jurisdiction, as the case may be, on April 1 of each year of the estimated amount of the apportionment to be made on October 1 of that year.”. (e) In making the apportionment for fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, under section 15(a)(3)(A) of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, the Secretary of Transportation shall increase the number of enplanements at each airport by 25 percent.