SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR GRANTS FROM DISCRETIONARY FUND.

SEC. 145. SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR GRANTS FROM DISCRETIONARY FUND. (a) Selection of Projects for Grants.— Section 47115(d) is amended— (1) by striking “; and” at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “, including, in the case of a project at a reliever airport, the number of operations projected to be diverted from a primary airport to the reliever airport as a result of the project, as well as the cost savings projected to be realized by users of the local airport system;”; (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(4) the airport improvement priorities of the States, and regional offices of the Administration, to the extent such priorities are not in conflict with paragraphs (1) and (2); “(5) the projected growth in the number of passengers that will be using the airport at which the project will be carried out; and “(6) any increase in the number of passenger boardings in the preceding 12-month period at the airport at which the project will be carried out, with priority consideration to be given to projects at airports at which the number of passenger boardings increased by at least 20 percent as compared to the number of passenger boardings in the 12-montn period preceding such period.”. (b) Priority for Letters of Intent.— Section 47115, as amended by section 122 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 110 STAT. 3223 “(h) Priority for Letters of Intent.— In making grants in a fiscal year with funds made available under this section, the Secretary shall fillfill intentions to obligate under section 47110(e).”.