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 96 STAT. 676 Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 97-248—SEPT. 3, 1982 (2) On or before the first day of April of each year the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the operations of the national airways system during the last completed fiscal year. The report shall include a review of the operations of the Federal Aviation Administration, including, but not limited to, a detailed report on programs intended to improve the safety of flight operations and the capacity and efficiency of the national airways system, any significant problems encountered in these programs, a summary of funds committed in each major program area, and a report on amounts appropriated but not expended for such programs. (c) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL AND PUBLIC AGENCIES AND AVI-

ATION COMMUNITY.—In reviewing and revising the national airport system plan, the Secretary shall consult, to the extent feasible and as appropriate, with other Federal and public agencies, and with the aviation community. (d)

CONSULTATION WITH

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—(1)

The

Department of Defense shall make domestic military airports and airport facilities available for civil use to the maximum extent feasible. In advising the Secretary of national defense requirements pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall indicate the extent to which domestic military airports and airport facilities will be available for civil use. (2) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this title, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress an evaluation of the feasibility of making domestic military airports and airport facilities available for joint civil and military use to the maximum extent compatible with national defense requirements. With respect to those military airports determined to be most feasible for joint civil and military use, such evaluation shall include an estimate of the costs and the development requirements involved in making such airports available for joint civil and military use. (3) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Congress a plan for making domestic military airports and airport facilities available for joint civil and military use to the maximum extent compatible with national defense requirements. The plan shall recommend public-sector civil sponsors in the case of each joint use proposed in the plan. 49 USC 2204. Grants.

49 USC 1711, 1713. 49 USC 2104.

SEC. 505. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT PLANNING.—In order to maintain a safe and efficient nationwide system of public-use airports to meet the present and future needs of civil aeronautics, the Secretary is authorized to make grants from the Trust Fund for airport development and airport planning by project grants in accordance with the provisions of this title. The aggregate amounts which shall be available after September 30, 1981, to the Secretary for such grants and for grants for airport noise compatibility planning under section 103(b) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 and for carrying out noise compatibility programs or parts thereof under section 104(c) of such Act shall be $450,000,000 for fiscal year 1982; $1,050,000,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1983; $1,843,500,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1984; $2,755,500,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1985; $3,772,500,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1986; and $4,789,700,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1987.

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