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[84 STAT. 219]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 219]

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PUBLIC LAW 91-258-MAY 21, 1970

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Public Law 91-258 To provide for the expansion and improvement of the Xatioirs airport and airway system, for the imposition of airport and airway user charges, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of Amenca in Congress assembled,

May 21, 1970 [H. R. 14465]

of the

TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1970

Aviation facilit i e s, expansion and improvement; revenue.

PART I—SHORT TITLE, ETC. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the Airport and Airway Development citation of Act of 1970". SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. The Congress hereby finds and declares— That the Nation's airport and airway system is inadequate to meet the current and projected growth in aviation. That substantial expansion and improvement of the airport and airway system is required to meet the demands of interstate commerce, the postal service, and the national defense. That the annual obligational authority during the period July 1, 1970, through June 30, 1980, for the acquisition, establishment, and improvement of air navigational facilities under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), should be no less than $250,000,000. 72 Stat. 7 3 1. That the obligational authority during the period July 1, 1970, through June 30, 1980, for airport assistance under this title should be $2,500,000,000. SEC. 3. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY. (a) FORMULATION OF POLICY.—Within one year after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of Transportation shall formulate and recommend to the Congress for approval a national transportation policy. I n the formulation of such policy, the Secretary shall take into consideration, among other things— (1) the coordinated development and improvement of all modes of transportation, together with the priority which shall be assigned to the development and improvement of each mode of transportation; and (2) the coordination of recommendations made under this title relating to airport and airway development with all other recommendations to the Congress for the development and improvement of our national transportation system. (b) A N N U A L REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit an annual report Report to to the Congress on the implementation of the national transportation C o n g r e s s. policy formulated under subsection (a) of this section. Such report shall include the specific actions taken by the Secretary with respect to (1) the coordination of the development and improvement of all modes of transportation, (2) the establishment of priorities with respect to the development and improvement of each mode of transportation, and (3) the coordination of recommendations under this title relating to airport and airway development with all other recommendations to the Congress for the development and improvement of our national transportation system.