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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST ESTIMATE

                                                                September 25, 2017


                                  H.R. 2997
   21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act

              As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules
                                 on July 11, 2017


SUMMARY

H.R. 2997 would establish a federally chartered, not-for-profit corporation (known as the
American Air Navigation Services (AANS) Corporation) to assume responsibility for
operating the U.S. air traffic control (ATC) system, a function currently performed by the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The proposed corporation would be governed by
a 13-member board of directors composed of individuals representing certain aviation
stakeholder groups. To finance the costs of providing air traffic services, the bill would
authorize the corporation to charge fees to users of such services and to issue debt.

The Secretary of Transportation would manage and oversee the transition of operational
control over air traffic services to the proposed corporation, which would occur on
October 1, 2020. Until that time, the bill would authorize appropriations for the FAA to
continue to operate, maintain, and modernize the air traffic control system and carry out the
agency's other traditional responsibilities related to civil aviation. After the proposed
transition of all air traffic control-related personnel and programs to the AANS
Corporation, the bill would authorize additional appropriations for FAA and the
Department of Transportation (DOT) to continue to meet traditional aviation-related
responsibilities, such as performing certain regulatory and safety-related activities, making
grants to airports to support capital projects, and subsidizing air service to certain rural
communities.

H.R. 2997 would make other significant changes to account for the proposed transition of
ATC-related functions to the proposed corporation. Starting in 2021, when the AANS
Corporation would begin to levy fees on users of ATC services, title VIII of the bill would
reduce the rates of certain aviation-related excise taxes that those entities currently pay to
support federal appropriations to the FAA. Also in 2021, the bill would require the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to reduce statutory limits on overall amounts of
discretionary funding to account for the portion of ATC-related spending that would be
shifted from the FAA to the corporation.

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