PUBLIC LAW 100-223—DEC. 30, 1987
101 STAT. 1499
SEC. 109. PROJECT SPONSORSHIP. (a)
NONDISCRIMINATION
ASSURANCE.—Section
511(a)(1)(A)
is
49 USC app.
amended— 2210. (1) by inserting "with respect to facilities directly and substantially related to providing air transportation" after "and other charges"; (2) by striking out "and combined passenger and cargo flights or all cargo flights," and inserting in lieu thereof "and signatory carriers and nonsignatory carriers,"; (3) by inserting "or signatory" after "or status as tenant"; and (4) by striking out "on tenant air carriers," and inserting in lieu thereof "on air carriers in such classification or status,". (b) APPROVAL OF NONAERONAUTICAL CLOSING OF AIRPORTS.—Sec-
tion 511(a)(3) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", and any proposal to temporarily close the airport for nonaeronautical purposes must first be approved by the Secretary". (c) TERMINAL AIRSPACE ASSURANCE.—Section 511(a)(4) is amended to read as follows: "(4) appropriate action will be taken to assure that such terminal airspace as is required to protect instrument and visual operations to the airport (including established minimum flight altitudes) will be adequately cleared and protected by removing, lowering, relocating, marking, or lighting or otherwise mitigating existing airport hazards and by preventing the establishment or creation of future airport hazards;". (d) REVENUE ASSURANCE.—Section 511(a)(12) is amended to read as follows: "(12) all revenues generated by the airport, if it is a public Taxes. airport, and any local taxes on aviation fuel (other than taxes in effect on the date of the enactment of the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987) will be expended for the capital or operating costs of the airport, the local airport system, or other local facilities which are owned or operated by the owner or operator of the airport and directly and substantially related to the actual air transportation of passengers or property; except that if covenants or assurances in debt obligations issued before September 3, 1982, by the owner or operator of the airport, or provisions enacted before September 3, 1982, in the governing statutes controlling the owner or operator's financing, provide for the use of the revenues from any of the airport owner or operator's facilities, including the airport, to support not only the airport but also the airport owner or operator's general debt obligations or other facilities, then this limitation on the use of all other revenues generated by the airport (and, in the case of a public airport, local taxes on aviation fuel) shall not apply;". (e) DISPOSAL OF LAND ASSURANCES.—Section 511(a) is amended by striking out paragraph (13) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraphs: "(13) if the airport operator or owner receives a grant before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph for the purchase of land for airport noise compatibility purposes— "(A) the owner or operator will, when the land is no longer needed for such purposes, dispose of such land at fair market value at the earliest practicable time;
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