PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003
117 STAT. 415
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), including the recommendations required by subsection (d). (g) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— (1) the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, and Environment and Public Works of the Senate; (2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. SEC. 335. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsorowned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, aviation security or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities and the TSA for necessary security checkpoints. SEC. 336. For the purpose of any applicable law, for fiscal year 2003, the City of Norman, Oklahoma, shall be considered to be part of the Oklahoma City Transportation Management Area. SEC. 337. For an airport project that the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines will add critical airport capacity to the national air transportation system, the Administrator is authorized to accept funds from an airport sponsor, including entitlement funds provided under the ‘‘Grantsin-Aid for Airports’’ program, for the FAA to hire additional staff or obtain the services of consultants: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to accept and utilize such funds only for the purpose of facilitating the timely processing, review, and completion of environmental activities associated with such project. SEC. 338. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of subchapter I of Chapter 471 of title 49, the Secretary of Transportation may provide grants under such subchapter I of chapter 471 to the airport sponsor of the Double Eagle II Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for— (1) the construction of an air traffic control tower; and (2) the acquisition and installation of air traffic control equipment to be used in the air traffic control tower that will assist in sustaining or improving the safe and efficient movement of air traffic. (b) ELIGIBILITY.—The sponsor shall be eligible for a grant under this section if— (1) the sponsor would otherwise be eligible to participate in the pilot program established under section 47124(b)(3) of title 49 except for the lack of the air traffic control tower proposed to be constructed under this section; and (2) the sponsor agrees to fund not less than 10 percent of the costs of construction of the air traffic control tower.
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