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 PUBLIC LAW 103-305 —AUG. 23, 1994 108 STAT. 1601 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the status of all active aviation bilateral and multilateral negotiations and informal government-to-government consultations with United States aviation trade partners. SEC. 520. STUDY ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING. (a) STUDY.— The Secretary shall conduct a study on innovative approaches for using Federal funds to finance airport development as a means of supplementing financing available under the Airport Improvement Program. (b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the following: (1) Mechanisms that will produce greater investments in airport development per dollar of Federal expenditure. (2) Approaches that would permit entering into agreements with non-Federal entities, such as airport sponsors, for the loan of Federal funds, guarantee of loan repayment, or purchase of insurance or other forms of enhancement for borrower debt, including the use of unobligated Airport Improvement Program contract authority and unobligated balances in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. (3) Means to lower the cost of financing airport development. (c) CONSULTATION.— In considering innovative financing pursuant to this section, the Secretary may consult with airport owners and operators and public and private sector experts. (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). SEC. 521. SAFETY OF JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. (a) STUDY.— Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the National Transportation Safety Board, the National Guard, and the Juneau International Airport, shall undertake a study of the safety of the approaches to the Juneau International Airport. (b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall examine— (1) the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on September 4, 1971; (2) the crash of a Lear Jet on October 22, 1985; (3) the crash of an Alaska Army National Guard aircraft on November 12, 1992; (4) the adequacy of NAVAIDs in the vicinity of the Juneau International Airport; (5) the possibility of inaccurate data from Sisters Island DVOR and the possibility of confusion between Elephant Island Non-Directional Beacon and Coghlan Island Non-Directional Beacon; (6) the need for a singular Approach Surveillance Radar site on top of Heintzleman Ridge; (7) the need for a Terminal Very High Frequency Omni- Directional Range (Terminal VOR) navigational aid in Gastineau Channel; and (8) any other matter that a participant in the study specified in subsection (a) considers appropriate to the safety of 49 USC 47101 note. Alaska.

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