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 115 STAT. 630 PUBLIC LAW 107-71—NOV. 19, 2001 49 USC 44903 SEC. 121. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF AIR- note. PORTS FOR SECURITY MANDATES. (a) AIRPORT SECURITY. — T here is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 a total of $1,500,000,000 to reimburse airport operators, on-airport parking lots, and vendors of on-airfield direct services to air carriers for direct costs incurred by such operators to comply with new, additional, or revised security requirements imposed on such operators by the Federal Aviation Administration or Transportation Security Administration on or after September 11, 2001. Such sums shall remain available until expended. (b) DOCUMENTATION OF COSTS; AUDIT.—The Secretary may not reimburse an airport operator, on-airport parking lot, or vendor of on-airfield direct services to air carriers under this section for any cost for which the airport operator, on-airport parking lot, or vendor of on-airfield direct services does not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary, using sworn financial statements or other appropriate data, that— (1) the cost is eligible for reimbursement under subsection (a); and (2) the cost was incurred by the airport operator, on-airport parking lot, or vendor of on-airfield direct services to air carriers. The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation and the Comptroller General of the United States may audit such statements and may request any other information necessary to conduct such an audit. Deadline. (c) CLAIM PROCEDURE. — Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with airport operators, on-airport parking lots, and vendors of on-airfleld direct services to air carriers, shall publish in the Federal Register the procedures for filing claims for reimbursement under this section of eligible costs incurred by airport operators. SEC. 122. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) an airport receiving Federal financial assistance should meet with the tenants of the airport (other than air carriers and foreign air carriers) to discuss adjustments of the rent of the tenants to account for losses in revenue incurred by the tenants on and after September 11, 2001; (2) an air carrier that received financial assistance under the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act or under title 49, United States Code, since September 11, 2001, should meet with airport operators to discuss payment of applicable rates, charges, and fees; and (3) the Federal Aviation Administration should maintain its current restriction on carry-on baggage of 1 bag and 1 personal item. SEC. 123. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. 49 USC 47106. (a) COMPETITION PLAN. — Section 47106(f) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: "(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002. —T his subsection does not apply to any passenger facility fee approved, or grant

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