PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

SEC. 142. PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. (a) Pavement Maintenance.— Subchapter I of chapter 471 is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 47132. Pavement maintenance “(a) In General.— The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue guidelines to carry out a pavement maintenance pilot project to preserve and extend the useful life of runways, taxiways, and aprons at airports for which apportionments are made under section 47114(d). The guidelines shall provide that the Administrator may designate not more than 10 projects. The guidelines shall provide criteria for the Administrator to use in choosing the projects. At least 2 such projects must be in States without a primary airport that had 0.25 percent or more of the total boardings in the United States in the preceding calendar year. In designating a project, the Administrator shall take into consideration geographical, climatological, and soil diversity. “(b) Effective Date.— This section shall be effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 1999.”. (b) Compliance With Federal Mandates.— (1) Use of alp grants.— Section 47102(3) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (E) by inserting “or under section 40117” before the period at the end; and (B) in subparagraph (F) by striking “paid for by a grant under this subchapter and”. (2) Use of passenger facility charges.— Section 40117(a)(3) is amended— (A) by inserting “and” at the end of subparagraph (D); (B) by striking “; and” at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting a period; and (C) by striking subparagraph (F). (c) Conforming Amendment.— The table of sections for such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 47131 the following: “47132. Pavement maintenance.”.