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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · Sep 19, 2007
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) impose an excise tax on aviation-grade kerosene of 35.9 cents per gallon (4.3 cents per gallon for commercial aviation uses); (2) increase to 24.1 cents per gallon the tax rate for aviation gasoline; and (3) extend through FY2011 the excise tax on the transportation by air of persons and property and the excise tax on aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene.
Extends through FY2011 the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
Dedicates revenues from the taxes imposed on aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene to carry out air traffic control modernization.
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Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] · D–NY
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For Further Action See H.R.2881.
On September 20, 2007, House agreement to H.Res. 664 added text similar to H.R. 3539 to H.R. 2881, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-334, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-334, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Introduced in House
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