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H.R. 5270 · 110th Congress

Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008

Law · 110-190
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CRD RangelSponsor
4 cosponsors · 2 D, 2 R
JCD Costello JMR Mica JOD Oberstar TPR Petri

4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Feb 7, 2008
  2. House Passed Feb 12, 2008
  3. Senate Passed Feb 13, 2008
  4. President To the President Feb 25, 2008
  5. President Signed Feb 28, 2008
  6. Law Feb 28, 2008

Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through June 30, 2008: (1) the excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property for funding the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; and (2) the expenditure authority for such Trust Fund.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Feb 28, 2008

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 12, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through June 30, 2008: (1) the excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property for funding the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; and (2) the expenditure authority for such Trust Fund.

Amends federal transportation law to provide funding for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning programs for the nine-month period beginning October 1, 2007. Extends until June 30, 2008: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to incur obligations to make grants under such programs; (2) the increase in the federal government's share (to 95%) of certain airport improvement program costs; and (3) funding for airport development at Midway Island Airport.

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to calculate funding apportionments for airport development programs in FY2008 in accordance with a specified formula.

Extends through FY2008 the period for final orders issued by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to eligibility for essential air service compensation.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008

Latest action (Jul 8, 2008): Provisions extending both AIP program and tax authority from July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008 were included in H.R. 6327 (P.L. 110-253)

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 7, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Feb 7, 2008
  2. House Passed Feb 12, 2008
  3. Senate Passed Feb 13, 2008
  4. President To the President Feb 25, 2008
  5. President Signed Feb 28, 2008
  6. Law Feb 28, 2008

No recorded floor vote found.