Pub. L. 106-181, tit. I, subtit. B, sec. 130
DESIGNATING CURRENT AND FORMER MILITARY AIRPORTS.
SEC. 130. DESIGNATING CURRENT AND FORMER MILITARY AIRPORTS. (a) In General.—Section 47118 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “12” and inserting “15”; and (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “(2) the airport is a military installation with both military and civil aircraft operations.”; (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: “(c) Considerations.— “(1) reduce delays at an airport with more than 20,000 hours of annual delays in commercial passenger aircraft takeoffs and landings; or “(2) enhance airport and air traffic control system capacity in a metropolitan area or reduce current and projected flight delays.”; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking “§ 47117(e)(1)(E)” and inserting “§ 47117(e)(1)(B)”; (B) by striking “5-fiscal-year periods” and inserting “periods, each not to exceed 5 fiscal years,”; and (C) by striking “each such subsequent 5-fiscal-year period” and inserting “each such subsequent period”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(g) Designation of General Aviation Airport.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, one of the airports bearing a designation under subsection (a) may be a general aviation airport that was a former military installation closed or realigned under a section referred to in subsection (a)(1).”. (b) Terminal Building Facilities.—Section 47118(e) is amended by striking “$5,000,000” and inserting “$7,000,000”. (c) Eligibility of Air Cargo Terminals.—Section 47118(f) is amended— (1) in subsection heading by striking “and Hangars” and inserting “Hangars, and Air Cargo Terminals”; (2) by striking “$4,000,000” and inserting “$7,000,000”; and (3) by inserting after “hangars” the following: “and air cargo terminals of an area that is 50,000 square feet or less”.