To clarify the allowable costs standards for public-use airport projects.
What it does: Rewrites section 214
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)What it changes
1 change to S. 223 · shown in the bill's text
Rewrites section 214
ReplacesIn S. 223 · Placed on Calendar Senate
SEC. 214. ALLOWABLE PROJECT COSTS
[struck: FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM].Struck: Section 47110(c) is amended--
Struck: (1) by striking "; or" in paragraph (1) and inserting a semicolon;
Struck: (2) by striking "project." in paragraph (2) and inserting "project; or"; and
Struck: (3) by adding at the end the following:
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Struck: "(3) necessarily incurred in anticipation of severe weather.".
Inserted: (a) Allowable Project Costs.--Section 47110(b)(2)(D) is amended to read as follows:
Inserted: "(D) if the cost is for airport development and is incurred before execution of the grant agreement, but in the same fiscal year as execution of the grant agreement, and if--
Inserted: "(i) the cost was incurred before execution of the grant agreement due to climactic conditions affecting the construction season in the vicinity of the airport;
Inserted: "(ii) the cost is in accordance with an airport layout plan approved by the Secretary and with all statutory and administrative requirements that would have been applicable to the project if the project had been carried out after execution of the grant agreement including submission of a complete grant application to the appropriate regional or district office of the Federal Aviation Administration;
Inserted: "(iii) the sponsor notifies the Secretary before authorizing work to commence on the project;
Inserted: "(iv) the sponsor has an alternative funding source available to fund the project; and
Inserted: "(v) the sponsor's decision to proceed with the project in advance of execution of the grant agreement does not affect the priority assigned to the project by the Secretary for the allocation of discretionary funds;".
Original wording
Strike section 214, and insert the following:
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As printed
Strike section 214, and insert the following:
SEC. 214. ALLOWABLE PROJECT COSTS.
(a) Allowable Project Costs.--Section 47110(b)(2)(D) is amended to read as follows:
“(D) if the cost is for airport development and is incurred before execution of the grant agreement, but in the same fiscal year as execution of the grant agreement, and if--
“(i) the cost was incurred before execution of the grant agreement due to climactic conditions affecting the construction season in the vicinity of the airport;
“(ii) the cost is in accordance with an airport layout plan approved by the Secretary and with all statutory and administrative requirements that would have been applicable to the project if the project had been carried out after execution of the grant agreement including submission of a complete grant application to the appropriate regional or district office of the Federal Aviation Administration;
“(iii) the sponsor notifies the Secretary before authorizing work to commence on the project;
“(iv) the sponsor has an alternative funding source available to fund the project; and
“(v) the sponsor's decision to proceed with the project in advance of execution of the grant agreement does not affect the priority assigned to the project by the Secretary for the allocation of discretionary funds;”.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 37 proposed by Senator Rockefeller for Senator Klobuchar.
February 17, 2011
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 37 proposed by Senator Rockefeller for Senator Klobuchar.
February 17, 2011
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 37 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
February 17, 2011
Amendment SA 37 proposed by Senator Rockefeller for Senator Klobuchar. (consideration: CR S830-833) To clarify the allowable costs standards for public-use airport projects.
February 17, 2011
Amendment SA 37 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S830)
February 17, 2011
Senate amendment submitted
February 3, 2011