PUBLIC LAW 106-6—MAR. 31, 1999 113 STAT. 11 SEC. 8. DISCRETIONARY FUND DEFINITION. (a) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 47115. —Section 47115 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking "25" in subsection (a) and inserting "12.5"; and (2) by striking the second sentence in subsection (b). (b) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 47116. —Section 47116 of such title is amended— (1) by striking "75" in subsection (a) and inserting "87.5"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) in subsection (b) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and inserting before subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following: "(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:". SEC. 9. RELEASE OF 10 PERCENT OF MWAA FUNDS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding sections 49106(c)(6)(C) and 49108 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation may approve an application of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (an application that is pending at the Department of Transportation on March 17, 1999) for expenditure or obligation of up to $30,000,000 of the amount that otherwise would have been available to the Authority for passenger facility fee/ airport development project grants under subchapter I of chapter 471 of such title. (b) LIMITATION. — The Authority may not execute contracts, for applications approved under subsection (a), that obligate or expend amounts totalling more than the amount for which the Secretary may approve applications under that subsection, except to the extent that funding for amounts in excess of that amount are from other authority or sources. Approved March 31, 1999. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 643 (H.R. 99): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-3 accompanying H.R. 99 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): Mar. 17, considered and passed Senate. Mar. 24, considered and passed House,
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