Grants-in-Aid for Airports

What this funds

The FY 2027 Budget does not request this supplemental funding. Previous annual appropriations acts provided supplemental funding for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports account. Funds were appropriated from the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. Discretionary grants, including those for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, are being awarded to qualified airports. The FAA applies up to 0.5 percent of the funds provided to the administrative costs of awarding grants under the The Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund provides direct support for the aviation insurance program (49 U.S.C. 44302a and 44305). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Insurance Program provides products that address the insurance needs of the U.S. domestic air transportation industry not adequately met by the commercial insurance market. The FAA may temporarily provide war risk insurance for a premium for no more than one period, up to 90 days, in the event of a unilateral cancellation of a commercial policy by an air carriers commercial insurer. Permanent authority to provide temporary insurance for a premium was authorized in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L. 117-328). In addition, the agency may provide insurance without premium at the request of the Secretary of Defense, or the head of a department, agency, or instrumentality designated by the President, when the Secretary of Defense, or the designated head, agrees to indemnify the Secretary of Transportation against all losses covered by the insurance. The non-premium aviation insurance program was authorized The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrative Services Franchise Fund (Franchise Fund) was authorized under the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 1997 (P.L. 104-205). The Franchise Fund is a revolving fund which performs a wide variety of support services. The fund finances operations by charging users on a fee-for-service basis for goods and services. The Franchise Fund improves organizational efficiency and provides better support to FAA's internal and external customers. These services include accounting, travel, multi-media, information technology, logistics and material management, aircraft maintenance, and The Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-264) authorized the collection of user fees for air traffic control and related services provided by the Federal Aviation Administration to aircraft that neither take off nor land in the United States. These user fees are commonly known as overflight fees. The FY 2027 Budget Request estimates that $174 million in overflight fees will be collected in 2027. Section 9502 of Title 26, U.S. Code provides for amounts equivalent to the funds received in the Treasury for the passenger ticket tax, and certain other taxes paid by airport and airway users, to be transferred to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. In turn, appropriations are authorized from this fund to meet obligations for airport improvement grants, Federal Aviation Administration facilities and equipment, research, operations, and payment to air carriers; and for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Office of The FY 2027 Budget request proposes $14.2 billion for Federal Aviation Administration Operations, of which the Airport and Airway Trust Fund would provide $13.6 billion. Sec. 110. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code, and any amount remaining in such account at the close of any fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. In order to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1), at the beginning of each fiscal year FAA makes available to the Essential Air Services (EAS) program funding from the Facilities & Equipment (F&E) account. This provision ensures that the F&E account is reimbursed from the over-flight fees collected and is needed in order to continue the practice in FY 2027. Sec. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal the time corresponding to such premium pay. The provision stems from past legal action taken by air traffic controllers to receive premium pay for a full shift, even if only part of the shift was eligible for premium pay. The FAA recommends retaining this provision as a GP that would apply to all FAA accounts. FAA also recommends keeping this provision for FY 2027 in order to minimize potential payroll liability. Sec. 112. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit card. This provision prohibits FAA employees from using a government-issued credit card to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate. FAA recommends retaining this provision as a GP that would apply to all FAA accounts. Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision under this Act, not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Federal Aviation Administration by this or prior appropriations Acts may be transferred between such percent: Provided, That funds transferred under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 404 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation through a reprograming of funds unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer: Provided further, That any transfer from an amount made available for obligation as discretionary grants-in-aid for airports pursuant to section 47117(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall be deemed as obligated for grants-in-aid for airports under part B of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, for the purposes of complying with the limitation on incurring obligations in this appropriations Act or any other appropriations Act under the heading "Grants in-Aid for Airports". The FY 2027 budget requests additional budget flexibility. While the FAA has long benefited from the ability to seek congressional approval to reprogram at the account level. This new authority will allow the FAA to request the transfer of up to 10 percent of any appropriation across account

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178 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

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