Sec. CHAPTER 482—ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 48201. Advance appropriations. § 48201. Advance appropriations (a) MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.-Beginning with fiscal year 1999, any authorization of appropriations for an activity for which amounts are to be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall provide funds for a period of not less than 3 fiscal years unless the activity for which appropriations are authorized is to be concluded before the end of that period. (b) MULTIYEAR APPROPRIATIONS.-Beginning with fiscal year 1999, amounts appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund shall be appropriated for periods of 3 fiscal years rather than annually. CHAPTER 483—AVIATION SECURITY FUNDING 1 Sec. 48301. Aviation security funding. § 48301. Aviation security funding (a) IN GENERAL.-There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 such sums as may be necessary to carry out chapter 449 and related aviation security activities under this title. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for fiscal year 2002 shall remain available until expended. (b) GRANTS FOR AIRCRAFT SECURITY.-There is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 to the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to or other agreements with air carriers (including intrastate air carriers) to (1) fortify cockpit doors to deny access from the cabin to the pilots in the cockpit; (2) provide for the use of video monitors or other devices to alert the cockpit crew to activity in the passenger cabin; (3) ensure continuous operation of the aircraft transponder in the event the crew faces an emergency; and (4) provide for the use of other innovative technologies to enhance aircraft security. 1 So in law. The heading for chapter 483 does not conform with the style for existing chapter headings in this title. 49104. Lease of Metropolitan Washington Airports. 49105. Capital improvements, construction, and rehabilitation. 49106. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 49107. Federal employees at Metropolitan Washington Airports. 49108. Limitations. 49109. Nonstop flights. 49110. Use of Dulles Airport Access Highway. 49111. Relationship to and effect of other laws. 49112. Separability and effect of judicial order. § 49101. Findings Congress finds that (1) the 2 federally owned airports in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia constitute an important and growing part of the commerce, transportation, and economic patterns of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the surrounding region; (2) Baltimore/Washington International Airport, owned and operated by Maryland, is an air transportation facility that provides service to the greater Metropolitan Washington region together with the 2 federally owned airports, and timely Federal-aid grants to Baltimore/Washington International Airport will provide additional capacity to meet the growing air traffic needs and to compete with other airports on a fair basis; (3) the United States Government has a continuing but limited interest in the operation of the 2 federally owned airports, which serve the travel and cargo needs of the entire Metropolitan Washington region as well as the District of Columbia as the national seat of government; (4) operation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports by an independent local authority will facilitate timely improvements at both airports to meet the growing demand of interstate air transportation occasioned by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-504; 92 Stat. 1705); (5) all other major air carrier airports in the United States are operated by public entities at the State, regional, or local level; (6) any change in status of the 2 airports must take into account the interest of nearby communities, the traveling public, air carriers, general aviation, airport employees, and other interested groups, as well as the interests of the United States Government and State governments involved; (7) in recognition of a perceived limited need for a Federal role in the management of these airports and the growing local interest, the Secretary of Transportation has recommended a transfer of authority from the Federal to the local/State level that is consistent with the management of major airports elsewhere in the United States; (8) an operating authority with representation from local jurisdictions, similar to authorities at all major airports in the United States, will improve communications with local officials and concerned residents regarding noise at the Metropolitan Washington Airports; (9) a commission of congressional, State, and local officials and aviation representatives has recommended to the Secretary that transfer of the federally owned airports be as a unit to an independent authority to be created by Virginia and the District of Columbia; and (10) the Federal interest in these airports can be provided through a lease mechanism which provides for local control and operation. § 49102. Purpose (a) GENERAL.-The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the transfer of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 Metropolitan Washington Airport properties as a unit, including access highways and other related facilities, to a properly constituted independent airport authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia, in order to achieve local control, management, operation, and development of these important transportation assets. (b) INCLUSION OF BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NOT PRECLUDED.-This chapter does not prohibit the Airports Authority and Maryland from making an agreement to make Baltimore/Washington International Airport part of a regional airports authority, subject to terms agreed to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland. § 49103. Definitions In this chapter (1) "Airports Authority" means the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a public authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia consistent with the requirements of section 49106 of this title. (2) "employee" means any permanent Federal Aviation Administration personnel employed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports on June 7, 1987. (3) "Metropolitan Washington Airports" means Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. (4) "Washington Dulles International Airport" means the airport constructed under the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770), and includes the Dulles Airport Access Highway and Right-of-way, including the extension between Interstate Routes I-495 and I-66. (5) "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport" means the airport described in the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686). § 49104. Lease of Metropolitan Washington Airports (a) GENERAL.-The lease between the Secretary of Transportation and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority under section 6005(a) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-500; 100 Stat. 1783-375; Public Law 99-591; 100 Stat. 3341-378), for the Metropolitan Washington Airports must provide during its 50-year term at least the following: (1) The Airports Authority shall operate, maintain, protect, promote, and develop the Metropolitan Washington Airports as a unit and as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area. (2)(A) In this paragraph, "airport purposes" means a use of property interests (except a sale) for (i) aviation business or activities; (ii) activities necessary or appropriate to serve passengers or cargo in air commerce; or (iii) nonprofit, public use facilities that are not inconsistent with the needs of aviation. (B) During the period of the lease, the real property constituting the Metropolitan Washington Airports shall be used only for airport purposes. (C) If the Secretary decides that any part of the real property leased to the Airports Authority under this chapter is used for other than airport purposes, the Secretary shall— (i) direct that the Airports Authority take appropriate measures to have that part of the property be used for airport purposes; and (ii) retake possession of the property if the Airports Authority fails to have that part of the property be used for airport purposes within a reasonable period of time, as the Secretary decides. (3) The Airports Authority is subject to section 47107(a)(c) and (e) of this title and to the assurances and conditions required of grant recipients under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-248; 96 Stat. 671) as in effect on June 7, 1987. Notwithstanding section 47107(b) of this title, all revenues generated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports shall be expended for the capital and operating costs of the Metropolitan Washington Airports. (4) In acquiring by contract supplies or services for an amount estimated to be more than $200,000, or awarding concession contracts, the Airports Authority to the maximum extent practicable shall obtain complete and open competition through the use of published competitive procedures. By a vote of 7 members, the Airports Authority may grant exceptions to the requirements of this paragraph. (5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, all regulations of the Metropolitan Washington Airports (14 CFR part 159) become regulations of the Airports Authority as of June 7, 1987, and remain in effect until modified or |