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 114 STAT. 88 PUBLIC LAW 106-181—APR. 5, 2000 (2) by inserting "under new or existing contracts" after "including acquisition". SEC. 154. AIRCRAFT NOISE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY MILITARY AIR- CRAFT. Section 47504(c) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(6) AIRCRAFT NOISE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY MILITARY AIR- CRAFT.— The Secretary may make a grant under this subsection for a project even if the purpose of the project is to mitigate the effect of noise primarily caused by military aircraft at an airport.". SEC. 155. COMPETITION PLANS. 49 USC 40117 (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress makes the following findings: note. (1) Major airports must be available on a reasonable basis to all air carriers wishing to serve those airports. (2) 15 large hub airports today are each dominated by one air carrier, with each such carrier controlling more than 50 percent of the traffic at the hub. (3) The General Accounting Office has found that such levels of concentration lead to higher air fares. (4) The United States Government must take every step necessary to reduce those levels of concentration. (5) Consistent with air safety, spending at these airports must be directed at providing opportunities for carriers wishing to serve such facilities on a commercially viable basis. (b) IN GENERAL. —Section 47106 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(f) COMPETITION PLANS.— " (1) PROHIBITION.—Beginning in fiscal year 2001, no passenger facility fee may be approved for a covered airport under section 40117 and no grant may be made under this subchapter for a covered airport unless the airport has submitted to the Secretary a written competition plan in accordance with this subsection. "(2) CONTENTS. —A competition plan under this subsection shall include information on the availability of airport gates and related facilities, leasing and sub-leasing arrangements, gate-use requirements, patterns of air service, gate-assignment policy, financial constraints, airport controls over air- and ground-side capacity, whether the airport intends to build or acquire gates that would be used as common facilities, and airfare levels (as compiled by the Department of Transportation) compared to other large airports. "(3) COVERED AIRPORT DEFINED. —In this subsection, the term 'covered airport' means a commercial service airport— "(A) that has more than.25 percent of the total number of passenger boardings each year at all such airports; and "(B) at which one or two air carriers control more than 50 percent of the passenger boardings.". (c) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 40117 (as amended by section 135(b) of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following: "(k) COMPETITION PLANS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Beginning in fiscal year 2001, no eligible agency may impose a passenger facility fee under this section with respect to a covered airport (as such term is defined in section 47106(f)) unless the agency has submitted to the

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