§47116. Small airport fund
(a) Existence and Amounts in Fund.-The Secretary of Transportation has a small airport fund. The fund consists of 87.5 percent of amounts not apportioned under section 47114 of this title because of section 47114(f).
(b) Distribution of Amounts.-The Secretary may distribute amounts in the fund in each fiscal year for any purpose for which amounts are made available under section 48103 of this title as follows:
(1) one-seventh for grants for projects at small hub airports (as defined in section 41731 of this title); and
(2) the remaining amounts based on the following:
(A) one-third for grants to sponsors of public-use airports (except commercial service airports).
(B) two-thirds for grants to sponsors of each commercial service airport that each year has less than .05 percent of the total boardings in the United States in that year.
(c) Authority To Receive Grant Not Dependent on Participation in Block Grant Pilot Program.-An airport in a State participating in the State block grant pilot program under section 47128 of this title may receive a grant under this section to the same extent the airport may receive a grant if the State were not participating in the program.
(d) Priority Consideration for Certain Projects.-In making grants to sponsors described in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give priority consideration to multi-year projects for construction of new runways that the Secretary finds are cost beneficial and would increase capacity in a region of the United States.
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Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1271
;
Pub. L. 104–264, title I, §146, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3223
;
Pub. L. 106–6, §8(b), Mar. 31, 1999, 113 Stat. 11
.)
Historical and Revision Notes
| Revised Section
| Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 47116(a) |
49 App.:2206(d)(1) (words before "to be distributed"). |
Sept. 3, 1982,
Pub. L. 97–248,
96 Stat. 324
, §507(d); added Nov. 5, 1990,
Pub. L. 101–508, §9112(b), 104 Stat. 1388–362
. |
| 47116(b) |
49 App.:2206(d)(1) (words after "small airport fund"), (2), (3). |
|
| 47116(c) |
49 App.:2206(d)(4). |
|
In subsection (a), the words "The Secretary of Transportation has a small airport fund" are added for clarity.
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words "under this subsection" are omitted as surplus. In clauses (1) and (2), the words "used" and "making" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c), the word "pilot" is added for consistency with section 47128 of the revised title.
Amendments
1999-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–6, §8(b)(1), substituted "87.5" for "75".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–6, §8(b)(2), added pars. (1) and (2) and redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, of par. (2).
1996-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–264 added subsec. (d).
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Except as otherwise specifically provided, amendment by Pub. L. 104–264 applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1996, and not to be construed as affecting funds made available for a fiscal year ending before Oct. 1, 1996, see section 3 of Pub. L. 104–264, set out as a note under section 106 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 47115 of this title.