S.Amdt. 3544Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 3544
Sponsored by
Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
Submitted March 17, 2010
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March 17, 2010
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SA 3544. Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3452 proposed by Mr. Rockefeller to the bill H.R. 1586, to impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: After title VII, insert the following: TITLE VIII--ACCESS TO GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Community Airport Access and Protection Act of 2010''. SEC. 802. AGREEMENTS GRANTING THROUGH-THE-FENCE ACCESS TO GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS. (a) In General.--Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(t) Agreements Granting Through-the-Fence Access to General Aviation Airports.-- ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a sponsor of a general aviation airport shall not be considered to be in violation of this subtitle, or to be in violation of a grant assurance made under this section or under any other provision of law as a condition for the receipt of Federal financial assistance for airport development, solely because the sponsor enters into an agreement that grants to a person that owns residential real property adjacent to the airport access to the airfield of the airport for the following: ``(A) Aircraft of the person. ``(B) Aircraft authorized by the person. ``(2) Through the fence agreements.-- ``(A) In general.--An agreement described in paragraph (1) between an airport sponsor and a property owner shall be a written agreement that prescribes the rights, responsibilities, charges, duration, and other terms determined necessary to establish and manage the airport sponsor's relationship with the property owner. ``(B) Terms and conditions.--An agreement described in paragraph (1) between an airport sponsor and a property owner shall require the property owner, at minimum-- ``(i) to pay airport access charges that are not less than those charged to tenants and operators on-airport making similar use of the airport; ``(ii) to bear the cost of building and maintaining the infrastructure necessary to provide aircraft located on the property adjacent to the airport access to the airfield of the airport; ``(iii) to operate and maintain the property, and conduct any construction activities on the property, at no cost to the airport and in a manner that-- ``(I) is consistent with subsections (a)(7) and (a)(9); ``(II) does not alter the airport, including the facilities of the airport; ``(III) does not adversely affect the safety, utility, or efficiency of the airport; ``(IV) is compatible with the normal operations of the airport; and ``(V) is consistent with the airport's role in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems; ``(iv) to maintain the property for residential, noncommercial use for the duration of the agreement; and ``(v) to prohibit access to the airport from other properties through the property of the property owner. ``(3) General aviation airport defined.--In this subsection, the term `general aviation airport' means a public airport that is located in a State and that, as determined by the Secretary of Transportation-- ``(A) does not have scheduled service; or ``(B) has scheduled service with less than 2,500 passenger boardings each year.''. (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to an agreement between an airport sponsor and a property owner entered into before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. ______