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(c) Regulations; coordination with Secretary of Hous- 

 ing and Urban Development. 

 The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as 

 he deems necessary governing the award and admin- 

 istration of grants authorized by this section. The 

 Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

 Development shall develop jointly procedures de- 

 signed to preclude duplication of their respective 

 planning assistance activities and to ensure that 

 such activities are effectively coordinated. (Pub. L. 

 91-258. title I. § 13. May 21. 1970. 84 Stat. 224.) 



(As amended Pub. L. 92-174, §4(a), Nov. 27, 1971, 

 85 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 94-353, § 5, July 12, 1976, 90 

 Stat. 872.) 



AMENDMENTS 



1976— Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 94-353 substituted 

 "limitation" for "apportionment" In the side heading 



and "$150,0(K),000" for "$75,000,000". 



Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 94-353 substantially revised 

 this subsection. 



Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 94-353 substituted "10" for 

 "7.5". 



1971 — Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 92-174 Inserted refer- 

 ence to American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the 

 Pacific Islands. 



§1714. Airport and airway development program. 



(a) General authority. 



In order to bring about, in conformity with the 

 national airport system plan, the establishment of a 

 nationwide system of public airports adequate to 

 meet the present and future needs of civil aeronau- 

 tics, the Secretary is authorized to make grants for 

 airport development by grant agreements with 

 sponsors in aggregate amounts not less than the 

 following : 



(1) For the purpose of developing in the several 

 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

 American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 

 Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, airports 

 served by air carriers certificated by the Civil 

 Aeronautics Board, and airports the primary pur- 

 pose of which is to serve general aviation and to 

 relieve congestion at airports having a high den- 

 sity of traffic serving other segments of aviation, 

 $250,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1971 

 through 1973. and $275,000,000 for each of the 

 fiscal years 1974 and 1975. 



(2) For the purpose of developing in the several 

 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

 American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 

 Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, airports 

 serving segments of aviation other than air car- 

 riers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board, 

 $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1971 

 through 1973, and $35,000,000 for each of the 

 fiscal years, 1974 and 1975. 



(3) For the purpose of developing air carrier 

 airports in the several States, the Commonwealth 

 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust 

 Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin 

 Islands, $435,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, including 

 the period July 1, 1976, through September 30 1976, 

 $440,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $465,000,000 for 

 fiscal year 1978, $495,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, 

 and $525,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. 



(4) For the purpose of developing general avia- 

 tion airports in the several States, the Common- 

 wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 

 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the 

 Virgin Islands, $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, in- 

 cluding the period July 1, 1976, through September 

 30, 1976, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $75,000,000 

 for fiscal year 1978, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, 

 and $85,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. 



(b) Obligational authority. 



(1) To facilitate orderly long-term planning by 



sponsors, the Secretary is authorized, effective on 

 May 21, 1970, to incur obligations to make grants 

 for airport development from funds made available 

 under this subchapter for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1971, and the succeeding four fiscal years 

 in a total amount not to exceed $1,460,000,000. No 

 obligation shall be incurred under this paragraph 

 for a period of more than three fiscal years and no 

 such obligation shall be incurred after June 30, 

 1975. The Secretary shall not incur more than one 

 obligation under this paragraph with respect to any 

 single project for airport development. Obligations 

 incurred under this paragraph shall not be liqui- 

 dated 



' in an aggregate amount exceeding $280,000,000 prior 

 \ to June 30, 1971, an aggregate amount exceeding 

 $560,000,000 prior to June 30, 1972, an aggregate 

 ' amount exceeding $840,000,000 prior to June 30, 

 1973, an aggregate amount exceeding $1,150,000,000 

 prior to June 30, 1974, and an aggregate amount 

 exceeding $1,460,000,000 prior to June 30, 1975. 



(2) The Secretary is authorized to incur obliga- 

 tions to make grants for airport development from 

 funds made available under paragraphs (3) and 

 (4) of subsection <a) of this section, and such 

 authority shall exist with respect to funds avail- 

 able for the making of grants for any fiscal year 

 or part thereof pursuant to subsection (a) im- 

 mediately after such funds are apportioned pur- 

 suant to section 1715(a) of this title. No obligation 

 shall be incurred under this paragraph after Sep- 

 tember 30, 1980. The Secretary shall not incur 

 more than one obligation under this paragraph 

 with respect to any single project for airport de- 

 velopment. Notwithstanding any other provision 

 of this title, no part of any of the funds authorized, 

 or authorized to be obligated, for fiscal year 1980 

 at the discretion of the Secretary under paragraphs 

 (3) (B) and (4) (C) of section 1715(a), and no part 

 of the discretionary funds for reliever airports un- 

 der such paragraph (4) , shall be obligated or other- 

 wise expended except in accordance with a statute 

 enacted after the date of enactment of this 

 sentence. 



(c) Airway facilities. 



For the purpose of acquiring, establishing, and 

 Improving air navigation facilities under section 

 1348(b) of this title, the Secretary is authorized, 

 within the limits established in appropriations 

 Acts, to obligate for expenditure not less than 

 I $250,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1971 



