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and agencies as the Commission considers 

 appropriate. 



(3) Each member of the Commission shall, while 

 serving on the business of the Commission, be enti- 

 tled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the 

 President, but not exceeding $100 per day, including 

 travel time; and, while so serving away from his 

 home or regular place of business, may be allowed 

 travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub- 

 sistence, as authorized by section 5703 of Title 5 for 

 persons in the Government service employed 

 intermittently. 



(4) (A) The Commission is authorized, without 

 regard to the provisions of Title 5 governing 

 appointments in the competitive service, and without 

 regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchaoter 

 in of chapter 53 of such Title relating to classifica- 

 tion and General Schedule pay rates, to appoint and 

 fix the compensation of such personnel as may be 

 necessary to carry out the functions of the Commis- 

 sion, but no individual so appointed shall receive 

 compensation in excess of the rate authorized for 

 GS-18 by section 5332 of such title. 



(B) The Commission is authorized to obtain the 

 services of experts and consultants in accordance 

 with the provisions of section 3109 of Title 5. but at 

 rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem. 



<C) Administrative services shall be provided the 

 Commission by the General Services Administration 

 on a reimbursable basis. 



(D) The Commission is authorized to request from 

 any department, agency, or independent inst»umen- 

 tality of the Government any information and assist- 

 ance it deems necessary to carry out its functions 

 under this subsection; and each such department, 

 agency, and instrumentality is authorized to cooper- 

 ate with the Commission and. to the extent permitted 

 by law, to furnish such information and assistance 

 to the Commission upon request made by the 

 Chairman. 



(5) The Commission shall submit to the President 

 and to the Congress, on or before January 1, 1973, 

 a final report containing the recommendations for- 

 mulated by it under this subsection. The Commis- 

 sion shall cease to exist 60 days after the date of the 

 submission of its final report. 



(6) There arc authorized to be appropriated from 

 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund such sums, not 

 to exceed $2,000,000. as may be necessary to carry 

 out the provisions of this subsection. 



(i) Revised system plan. 



No later than January 1, 1978, the Secretary 

 shall consult with the Civil Aeronautics Board and 

 with each State and airport sponsor, and, in ac- 

 cordance with this section, prepare and publish a 

 revised national airport system plan for the de- 

 velopment of public airports in the United States. 

 Estimated costs contained in such revised plan 

 shall be sufBciently accurate so as to be capable 

 of being used for future year apportionments. In 

 addition to the information required by subsection 

 (a), the revised plan shall include an identifica- 

 tion of the levels of public service and the uses made 

 of each public airport in the plan, and the pro- 



jected airport development which the Secretary 

 deems necessary to fulfill the levels of service and 

 use of such airports during the succeeding ten- 

 year period. (Pub. L. 91-258, title I, § 12, May 21. 

 1970, 84 Stat. 221.) (As amended Pub. L. 92-174, 

 U, Nov. 27, 1971, 85 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 93-44, 

 § 6, June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 94-353, § 4, 

 § 8. July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 872.) 



AMENDMENTS 



1976 — Subsec. (1) . Pub. L. 94-353, § 4, added thU 

 subsection. 



Subsec, (a) . Pub. L. 94-353, § 8, added the last 

 sentence. 



1973 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93^4 substituted require- 

 ment that national airport system plan be published 

 within three years after May 21. 1970. for prior two year 

 requirement. 



1971— Subsec. (h)(5). Pub. L. 92-174 substituted 

 "January 1, 1973" for "January 1, 1972". 



Termination of Advisory Commissions 

 Advisory Commissions In existence on January 5. 1973. 

 to terminate not later than the expiration of the two-year 

 period following January 5, 1973. unless. In the case of a 

 Commission established by the President or an officer of 

 the Federal Government, such Commission Is renewed by 

 appropriate action prior to the expiration of such two-year 

 period, or in the case of a Commission established by the 

 Congress. Its duration Is otherwise provided by law. see 

 sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92^63, Oct. 6. 1972, 86 

 Stat. 770, 776, set out In the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- 

 ment Organization and Employees. 



§ 1713. rianniiig grants. 



(a) Aiitliorization to make grants. 



In order to promote the effective location and 

 development of airports and the development of an 

 adequate national airport system i)lan, the Secretary 

 may make grants of funds to planning agencies for 

 airport .system planning, and to public agencies for 

 airpo' I iiiaslcr planning. 



(b) Amount and limitation of grants. 



The award of grants under subsection (a) of this 

 section is subject to the followitig limitations: 



(11 The total fund.s obligated for grants under 

 thU section may not exceed $150,000,000 and the 

 amount obligated in any one fiscal year may not 

 exceed $15,000,000. 



(2) The United States share of any airport mas- 

 ter planning grant under this section shall be that 

 per centum for which a project for airport develop- 

 ment at that airport would be eligible under section 

 17 of this Act. In the case of any airport system 

 planning grant imder this section, the United 

 States share shall be 75 per centum. 



(3) No more than 10 per centum of the funds 

 made available under this section in any fiscal year 

 may be allocated for projects within a single State, 

 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

 Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of 

 the Pacific Islands, or Guam. Grants for projects 

 encompassing an area located in two or more 

 States shall be charged to each State in the propor- 

 tion which the number of square miles the proj- 

 ect encompasses in each State bears to the square 

 miles encompassed by the entire project. 



