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PUBLIC LAW 91-258-MAY 21, 1970

[84 STAT.

(3) Each amount apportioned to a State under paragraph (1)(A)(i) or (2)(A) of this subsection shall, during the tiscal year for which it was first authorized to be obligated and the fiscal year immediately following, be available only for approved airport development projects located in that State, or sponsored by that State or some public agency thereof but located in an adjoining State. Each amount apportioned to a sponsor of an airport under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection shall, during the fiscal year for which it was first authorized to be obligated and the two fiscal years immediately following, be available only for approved airport development projects located at airports sponsored by it. Any amount apportioned as described in this paragraph which has not been obligated by grant agreement at the expiration of the period of time for which it was so apportioned shall be added to the discretionary fund established by subsection (b) of this section. (^) ^^^ t^^® purposes of this section, the term "passengers enplaned" shall include United States domestic, territorial, and international revenue passenger enplanements in scheduled and nonscheduled service of air carriers and foreign air carriers in intrastate and interstate commerce as shall be determined by the Secretary pursuant to such regulations as he shall prescribe. (b) DISCRETIONARY FUND.—(1) The amounts authorized by subsection (a) of this section to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary shall constitute a discretionary fund. (2) The discretionary fund shall be available for such approved projects for airport development in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam as the Secretary considers most appropriate for carrying out the national airport system plan regardless of the location of the projects. I n determining the projects for which the fund is to be used, the Secretary shall consider the existing airport facilities in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, and the need for or lack of development of airport facilities in the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. Amounts placed in the discretionary fund pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including amounts added to the discretionary fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of such subsection (a), may be used only in accordance with the purposes for which originally appropriated. (c) NOTICE OF APPORTIONMENT; DEFINITION OF TERMS.—Upon making an apportionment as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall inform the executive head of each State, and any public agency which has requCvSted such information, as to the amounts apportioned to each State. As used in this section, the term "population" means the population according to the latest decennial census of the United States and the term "area" includes both land and water. SEC. 16. SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF PROJECTS FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.

(a) SUBMISSION.—Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, any public agency, or two or more public agencies acting jointly, may submit to the Secretary a project application, in a form and containing such information, as the Secretary may prescribe, setting forth the airport development proposed to be undertaken. No project application shall propose airport development other than that included in the then current revision of the national airport system plan formulated by the Secretary under this part, and all proposed development shall be in accordance with standards established by the Secretary, including standards for site location, airport layout, grading, drainage, seeding, paving, lighting, and safety of approaches. (b) PUBLIC AGENCIES WHOSE POWERS ARE LIMITED BY STATE

IJAW.—Nothing in this part shall authorize the submission of a project

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