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PUBLIC LAW 91.258-MAY 21, 1970
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SEC. 13. PLANNING GRANTS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE GRANTS.—In order to promote the effective location and development of airports and the development of an adequate national airport system plan, the Secretary may make grants of funds to planning agencies for airport system planning, and to public agencies for airport master planning. (b) AMOUNT AND APPORTIONMENT OF GRANTS.—The award of grants under subsection (a) of this section is subject to the following limitations: (1) The total funds obligated for grants under this section may not exceed $75,000,000 and the amount obligated in any one fiscal year may not exceed $15,000,000. (2) No grant under this section may exceed two-thirds of the cost incurred in the accomplishment of the project. (3) No more than 7.5 per centum of the funds made available under this section in any fiscal year may be allocated for projects within a single State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam. Grants for projects encompassing an area located in two or more States shall be charged to each State in the proportion which the number of square miles the project encompasses in each State bears to the square miles encompassed by the entire project. (c) REGULATIONS; COORDINATION W I T H SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary may prescribe such regulations
as he deems necessary governing the award and administration of grants authorized by this section. The Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall develop jointly procedures designed to preclude duplication of their respective planning assistance activities and to ensure that such activities are effectively coordinated. SEC. 14. AIRPORT AND AIRWAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
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(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—In order to bring about, in conformity with the national airport system plan, the establishment of a nationwide system of public airports adequate to meet the present and future needs of civil aeronautics, the Secretary is authorized to make grants for airport development by grant agreements with sponsors in aggregate amounts not less than the following: (1) For the purpose of developing in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, airports served by air carriers certificated b}^ the Civil Aeronautics Board, and airports the primary purpose of which is to serve general aviation and to relieve congestion at airports having a high density of traffic serving other segments of aviation, $250,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1971 through 1975. (2) For the purpose of developing in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, airports serving segments of aviation other than air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board, $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1971 through 1975. (b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—To facilitate orderly long-term planning by sponsors, the Secretary is authorized, effective on the date of enactment of this title, to incur obligations to make grants for airport development from funds made available under this part for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the succeeding four fiscal years in a total amount not to exceed $840,000,000. No obligation shall be incurred under this subsection for a period of more than three fiscal years and no such obligation shall extend beyond June 30, 1975. The Secretary shall not incur more than one obligation under this subsection with respect to any single project for airport development. Obligations incurred under this subsection shall not be liquidated in an
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