To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to nonallowable airport development project costs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 25, 2006
Amends federal transportation law to include as a nonallowable airport development project cost and not eligible for federal airport development funds any project cost for the construction, alteration, or repair of a runway, taxiway, or any part of an airport building that would result in such facility being able to accommodate an aircraft that has a maximum passenger capacity of at least 800 seats or a maximum take-off weight of one million pounds or greater and is used to provide air transportation or intrastate air transportation to passengers.
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