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[CITE: 49USC45303]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                            CHAPTER 453--FEES
 
Sec. 45303. Administrative provisions

    (a) Fees Payable to Administrator.--All fees imposed and amounts 
collected under this chapter for services performed, or materials 
furnished, by the Federal Aviation Administration are payable to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
    (b) Refunds.--The Administrator may refund any fee paid by mistake 
or any amount paid in excess of that required.
    (c) Receipts Credited to Account.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of 
title 31, all fees and amounts collected by the Administration, except 
insurance premiums and other fees charged for the provision of insurance 
and deposited in the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund and interest 
earned on investments of such Fund, and except amounts which on 
September 30, 1996, are required to be credited to the general fund of 
the Treasury (whether imposed under this section or not)--
        (1) shall be credited to a separate account established in the 
    Treasury and made available for Administration activities;
        (2) shall be available immediately for expenditure but only for 
    congressionally authorized and intended purposes; and
        (3) shall remain available until expended.

    (d) Annual Budget Report by Administrator.--The Administrator shall, 
on the same day each year as the President submits the annual budget to 
Congress, provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives--
        (1) a list of fee collections by the Administration during the 
    preceding fiscal year;
        (2) a list of activities by the Administration during the 
    preceding fiscal year that were supported by fee expenditures and 
    appropriations;
        (3) budget plans for significant programs, projects, and 
    activities of the Administration, including out-year funding 
    estimates;
        (4) any proposed disposition of surplus fees by the 
    Administration; and
        (5) such other information as those committees consider 
    necessary.

    (e) Development of Cost Accounting System.--The Administration shall 
develop a cost accounting system that adequately and accurately reflects 
the investments, operating and overhead costs, revenues, and other 
financial measurement and reporting aspects of its operations.
    (f) Compensation to Carriers for Acting as Collection Agents.--The 
Administration shall prescribe regulations to ensure that any air 
carrier required, pursuant to the Air Traffic Management System 
Performance Improvement Act of 1996 or any amendments made by that Act, 
to collect a fee imposed on another party by the Administrator may 
collect from such other party an additional uniform amount that the 
Administrator determines reflects the necessary and reasonable expenses 
(net of interest accruing to the carrier after collection and before 
remittance) incurred in collecting and handling the fee.

(Added Pub. L. 104-264, title II, Sec. 276(a)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3247.)

                       References in Text

    The Air Traffic Management System Performance Improvement Act of 
1996, referred to in subsec. (f), is title II of Pub. L. 104-264, Oct. 
9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3227. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out under section 40101 
of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 45303 was renumbered section 45304 of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on date that is 30 days after Oct. 9, 1996, see 
section 203 of Pub. L. 104-264, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 
Amendment note under section 106 of this title.
    Except as otherwise specifically provided, section 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 an Effective Date 
of 1996 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 41742 of this title.
