PUBLIC LAW 106-181—APR. 5, 2000 114 STAT. 67 improve the national airspace system by separating such aircraft from congested flight paths of fixed-wing aircraft. "(F) $3,300,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 to implement the 1998 airport surface operations safety action plan of the Federal Aviation Administration. "(G) $9,100,000 for fiscal year 2001 to support air safety efforts through payment of United States membership obligations in the International Civil Aviation Organization, to be paid as soon as practicable. "(H) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 for the Secretary to hire additional inspectors in order to enhance air cargo security programs. "(I) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to develop and improve training programs (including model training programs and curriculum) for security screening personnel at airports that will be used by airlines to meet regulatory requirements relating to the training and testing of such personnel.", (b) OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION. —T here is authorized to 49 USC in note. be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to the Secretary $4,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2000, to fund the activities of the Office of Airline Information in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Department of Transportation. SEC. 104. AIP FORMULA CHANGES. (a) AMOUNTS APPORTIONED TO SPONSORS.— (1) AMOUNTS TO BE APPORTIONED.— Section 47114(c)(1) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking "$500,000" and inserting "$650,000"; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "(C) SPECIAL RULE. — In any fiscal year in which the total amount made available under section 48103 is $3,200,000,000 or more— "(i) the amount to be apportioned to a sponsor under subparagraph (A) shall be increased by doubling the amount that would otherwise be apportioned; "(ii) the minimum apportionment to a sponsor under subparagraph (B) shall be $1,000,000 rather than $650,000; and "(iii) the maximum apportionment to a sponsor under subparagraph (B) shall be $26,000,000 rather than $22,000,000. "(D) NEW AIRPORTS. — Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall apportion on the first day of the first fiscal year following the official opening of a new airport with scheduled passenger air transportation an amount equal to the minimum amount set forth in subparagraph (B) or (C), as appropriate, to the sponsor of such airport. "(E) USE OF PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR'S APPORTIONMENT. — Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary may apportion to an airport sponsor in a fiscal year an amount equal to the amount apportioned to that sponsor in the previous fiscal year if the Secretary finds that—
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