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 96 STAT. 674

Ante, p. 565.

PUBLIC LAW 97-248—SEPT. 3, 1982 more of the total number of passengers enplaned annually at all commercial service airports. (12) "Project" means a project (or separate projects submitted together) for the accomplishment of airport development or airport planning, including the combined submission of all projects which are to be undertaken at an airport in a fiscal year. (13) "Project costs" means any costs involved in accomplishing a project. (14) "Project grant" means a grant of funds by the Secretary to a sponsor for the accomplishment of one or more projects, (15) "Public agency" means a State or any agency of a State, a municipality or other political subdivision of a State, a taxsupported organization, or an Indian tribe or pueblo. (16) "Public airport" means any airport which is used or to be used for public purposes, under the control of a public agency, the landing area of which is publicly owned. (17) "Public-use airport" means— (A) any public airport, (B) any privately owned reliever airport, and (C) any privately owned airport which is determined by the Secretary to enplane annually 2,500 or more passengers and receive scheduled passenger service of aircraft, which is used or to be used for public purposes. (18) "Reliever airport" means an airport designated by the Secretary as having the function of relieving congestion at a commercial service airport and providing more general aviation access to the overall community. (19) "Reliever heliport" means a heliport designated by the Secretary as having the function of relieving congestion at a commercial service airport, by means of diverting potential fixed-wing enplaned passengers to helicopter carriers. (20) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation. (21) "Sponsor" means (A) any public agency which, either individually or jointly with one or more other public agencies, submits to the Secretary, in accordance with this title, an application for financial assistance, and (B) any private owner of a public-use airport who submits to the Secretary, in accordance with this title, an application for financial assistance for such airport. (22) "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Guam. (23) "Trust Fund" means the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established by section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (24) "United States share" means that portion of the project costs of projects for airport development or airport planning approved pursuant to section 509 of this title which is to be paid from funds made available for the purposes of this title. (b) AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE.—Whenever in this title reference is made to the amount made available for a fiscal year under section 505 of this title, such reference shall mean the amount made available for obligation under subsection (a) of section 505 for that fiscal year as reduced or limited by any Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of this title.

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