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1 S. 4162, AIR Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 22, 2020 1 (September 8, 2020)

handle is hein.congrec/cboairact0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \~ Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate September 8, 2020 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2020 202`-2025 2020-2030 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. 4162 would temporarily modify the apportionment formula for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, which provide funding to airport sponsors for capital improvement projects related to airport safety, capacity, and security. In general, under current law, each airport's annual apportionment is based on the number of passengers at that facility during the previous calendar year. For 2022 and 2023, the bill would direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to calculate AIP apportionments based on the number of passengers at each airport in 2018, 2019, or the full calendar year prior to the current fiscal year, whichever would result in the highest amount. The AIP receives annual contract authority (a mandatory form of budget authority) in transportation legislation, and the outlays of that budget authority are considered discretionary because they are controlled by obligation limitations contained in annual appropriations acts. S. 4162 would not provide additional contract authority for the AIP or authorize obligation limitations for the years affected by the bill. Therefore, CBO estimates that implementing the modified apportionment formula would not affect total AIP spending relative to CBO's projections under current law, though we expect implementing the bill could change the funding allocation among airports. In addition, S. 4162 would temporarily waive certain requirements for the FAA's contract tower program, which supports air traffic control towers that are staffed by private contractors. The FAA covers all operating costs of those facilities unless a tower's costs exceed its benefits (in those cases, the local tower sponsor is subject to cost sharing See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/429O4.

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