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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-181 Section 128]
[CITE: 49USC47116]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
                    CHAPTER 471--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 104-
264, title I, Sec. 146, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3223; Pub. L. 106-6, 
Sec. 8(b), Mar. 31, 1999, 113 Stat. 11.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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47116(a)..............................  49 App.:2206(d)(1) (words        Sept. 
3, 1982, Pub. L. 97-248, 96 Stat.
                                         before ``to be distributed'').   324, 
Sec.  507(d); added Nov. 5, 1990,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 101-508, Sec.  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).
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    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, Sec. 8(b)(1), substituted ``87.5'' 
for ``75''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-6, Sec. 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.
