Sec. 712. APPORTIONMENTS

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## SEC. 712 APPORTIONMENTS ###

(a)Primary, Commercial Service, and Cargo Airports ####

(1)Primary and commercial service airports Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: > > #### “(1) Primary and commercial service airports > > > ##### “(A) Primary airport apportionment > > The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of each primary airport for each fiscal year an amount equal to— > > > ###### “(i) > > $15.60 for each of the first 50,000 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year; > > > ###### “(ii) > > $10.40 for each of the next 50,000 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year; > > > ###### “(iii) > > $5.20 for each of the next 400,000 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year; > > > ###### “(iv) > > $1.30 for each of the next 500,000 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year; and > > > ###### “(v) > > $1.00 for each additional passenger boarding at the airport during the prior calendar year. > > > ##### “(B) Minimum and maximum apportionments > > Not less than $1,300,000 nor more than $22,000,000 may be apportioned under subparagraph

(A)to an airport sponsor for a primary airport for each fiscal year. > > > ##### “(C) New airport > > Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall apportion in the first fiscal year following the official opening of a new airport with scheduled passenger air transportation an amount equal to $1,300,000 to the sponsor of such airport. > > > ##### “(D) Nonprimary commercial service airport apportionment > > > ###### “(i) In general > > The Secretary shall apportion to each commercial service airport that is not a primary airport an amount equal to— > > > ###### “(I) > > $60 for each of the first 2,500 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year; and > > > ###### “(II) > > $153.33 for each of the next 7,499 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year. > > > ###### “(ii) Applicability > > Paragraphs

(4)and

(5)of subsection

(d)shall apply to funds apportioned under this subparagraph. > > > ##### “(E) Public airports with military use > > Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public airport shall be considered a primary airport in each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028 for purposes of this chapter if such airport was— > > > ###### “(i) > > designated as a primary airport in fiscal year 2017; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > in use by an air reserve station in the calendar year used to calculate apportionments to airport sponsors in a fiscal year. > > > ##### “(F) Special rule for fiscal year 2024 > > Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph or the absence of scheduled passenger service at an airport, the Secretary shall apportion in fiscal year 2024 to the sponsor of an airport an amount based on the number of passenger boardings at the airport during whichever of the following years that would result in the highest apportioned amount under this paragraph: > > > ###### “(i) > > Calendar year 2018. > > > ###### “(ii) > > Calendar year 2019. > > > ###### “(iii) > > The prior full calendar year prior to fiscal year 2024.” > . ####

(2)Cargo airports Section 47114(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— #####

(A)in subparagraph (A)— ######

(i)by striking “3.5” and inserting “4”; and ######

(ii)by striking “100,000,000 pounds” and inserting “25,000,000 pounds”; #####

(B)by striking subparagraph (C); and #####

(C)by redesignating subparagraphs

(D)and

(E)as subparagraphs

(C)and (D), respectively. ###

(b)General Aviation Airports Section 47114(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in paragraph (3)— #####

(A)in the heading by striking “Special rule” and inserting “Apportionment”; #####

(B)by striking “excluding primary airports but including reliever and nonprimary commercial service airports” each place it appears and inserting “excluding commercial service airports but including reliever airports”; #####

(C)in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A)by striking “20 percent” and inserting “25 percent”; and #####

(D)by striking subparagraphs

(C)and

(D)and inserting the following: > > ##### “(C) > > An airport that has previously been listed as unclassified under the national plan of integrated airport systems that has reestablished the classified status of such airport as of the date of apportionment shall be eligible to accrue apportionment funds pursuant to subparagraph

(A)so long as such airport retains such classified status.” > ; ####

(2)in paragraph (4)— #####

(A)in the heading by striking “Airports in alaska, puerto rico, and hawaii” and inserting “Airports in Noncontiguous States and Territories”; #####

(B)by striking “ An amount apportioned under paragraph

(2)or

(3)” and inserting the following: > > ##### “(A) Alaska, puerto rico, and hawaii > > An amount apportioned under this subsection” > ; and #####

(C)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(B) Other territories > > An amount apportioned under paragraph (2)(B)(i) may be made available by the Secretary for any public-use airport in Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands if the Secretary determines that there are insufficient qualified grant applications for projects at airports that are otherwise eligible for funding under that paragraph. The Secretary shall prioritize the use of such amounts in the territory the amount was originally apportioned in.” > ; ####

(3)in paragraph

(5)by inserting “or subsection (c)(1)(D)” after “under this subsection”; ####

(4)in paragraph (6)— #####

(A)by striking “provision of this subsection” and inserting “provision of this section”; and #####

(B)by inserting “or subsection (c)(1)(D)” after “under this subsection”; ####

(5)by striking paragraph (2); and ####

(6)by redesignating paragraphs

(3)through

(7)as paragraphs

(2)through (6), respectively. ###

(c)Conforming Amendments ####

(1)Project grant application approval Section 47106(a)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “section 47114(d)(3)(B)” and inserting “section 47114(d)(2)(B)”. ####

(2)Air traffic control contract program Section 47124(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is further amended— #####

(A)in subparagraph (A)(ii)— ######

(i)in subclause

(I)by striking “sections 47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)” and inserting “subsections

(c)and

(d)of section 47114”; ######

(ii)in subclause

(II)by striking “sections 47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A)” and inserting “sections 47114(c) and 47114(d)(2)(A)”; and ######

(iii)in subclause

(III)by striking “sections 47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A)” and inserting “sections 47114(c) and 47114(d)(2)(A)”; and #####

(B)in subparagraph (B)(v) by striking “section 47114(d)(2) or 47114(d)(3)(B)” and inserting “section 47114(d)(2)(B)”.