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 110 STAT. 3282 PUBLIC LAW 104-264—OCT. 9, 1996 SEC. 1209. CENTRAL FLORmA AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall take such actions as may be necessary to improve the safety of aircraft landing at Central Florida Airport, Sanford, Florida, including, if appropriate, providing a new instrument landing system on Runway 27R. SEC. 1210. AIRCRAFT NOISE OMBUDSMAN. Section 106, as amended by section 230 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: "(q) AIRCRAFT NOISE OMBUDSMAN. — "(1) ESTABLISHMENT. —T here shall be in the Administration an Aircraft Noise Ombudsman. "(2) GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Ombudsman shall— "(A) be appointed by the Administrator; "(B) serve as a liaison with the public on issues regarding aircraft noise; and "(C) be consulted when the Administration proposes changes in aircraft routes so as to minimize any increases in aircraft noise over populated areas. "(3) NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES.— The appointment of an Ombudsman under this subsection shall not result in an increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees in the Administration.". SEC. 1211. SPECIAL RULE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED RELIEVER AIRPORTS. Section 47109 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED RELIEVER AIR- PORTS. —If a privately owned reliever airport contributes any lands, easements, or rights-of-way to carry out a project under this subchapter, the current fair market value of such lands, easements, or rights-of-way shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of allowable project costs.". SEC. 1212. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE FUNDING OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. (a) FINDINGS.— The Senate finds that— (1) Congress is responsible for ensuring that the financial needs of the FedergJ Aviation Administration, the agency that performs the critical function of overseeing the Nation's air traffic control system and ensuring the safety of air travelers in the United States, are met; (2) aviation excise taxes that constitute the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, which provides most of the funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, have expired; (3) the surplus in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund will be spent by the Federal Aviation Administration by December 1996; (4) the existing system of funding the Federal Aviation Administration will not provide the agency with sufficient shortterm or long-term funding; (5) this Act creates a sound process to review Federal Aviation Administration funding and develop a funding system to meet the Federal Aviation Administration's long-term funding needs; and

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