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Guam, and the Virgin Islands, to be distributed 



in shares of 35 per centum, 35 per centum. 15 



per centum, and 15 per centum, respectively. 



(Bi One-third to be distributed to sponsors of 



airports served by air carriers certificated by the 



Civil Aeronautics Board in the same ratio as the 



number of passengers enplaned at each airport of 



the sponsor bears to the total number of passengers 



enplaned at all such airports. 



I C ) One-third to be distributed at the discretion 

 of the Secretary. 



(2) As soon as possible after July 1 of each fiscal 

 year for which any amount is authorized to be obli- 

 gated for the purposes of paragraph i2) of section 

 1714(ai of this title, the amount made available for 

 that year shall be apportioned by the Secretary as 

 follows : 



(A) Seventy-three and one-half per centum for 

 the several States, one-half in the proportion 

 which the population of each State bears to the 

 total population of all the States, and one-half in 

 the proportion which the area of each State bears 

 to the total area of all the States. 



(B) One and one-half per centum for Hawaii, 

 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the 

 Virgin Islands, to be distributed in shares of 35 

 per centum. 35 per centum, 15 per centum, and 

 15 per centum, respectively. 



<C) Twenty-five per centum to be distributed 

 at the discretion of the Secretary. 



(3) As soon as possible after the date of enact- 

 ment of this paragraph for fiscal year 1976, in- 

 cluding the period July 1, 1976, through Septem- 

 ber 30, 1976, and on the first day of each fiscal 

 year which begins on or after October 1, 1976, for 

 which any amount is authorized to be obligated 

 for the purposes of paragraph (3) of section 

 1714(a) of this part, the amount made available 

 for that year shall be apportioned by the Secre- 

 tary as follows: 



(A) to each sponsor of an air carrier airport 

 (other than a commuter service airport) as fol- 

 lows : 



(i) $6.00 for each of the first fifty thou- 

 sand passengers enplaned at that airport. 



(ii) $4.00 for each of the next fifty thousand 

 passengers enplaned at that airport. 



(iii) $2.00 for each of the next four him- 

 dred thousand passengers enplaned at that 

 airport. 



(iv) $0.50 for each passenger enplaned at 

 that airport over five hundred thousand. 

 No air carrier airport ( other than a commuter 

 service airport) — 



(I) served by air carrier aircraft heavier 

 than 12,500 pounds maximum certificated gross 

 takeoff weight, or previously served, on or 

 after September 30, 1968, by air carrier air- 

 craft heavier than 12,500 pounds maximum 

 certificated gross takeoff weight and presently 

 served by air carrier aircraft 12,500 pounds or 

 less maximum certificated gross takeoff weight, 

 shall receive under this subparagraph less than 

 $187,500 or more than $12,500,000 for fiscal year 

 1976, including the period July 1, 1976 through 



September 30, 1976, and less than $150,000 or 

 more than $10,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal 

 years 1977 through 1980; and 



(II) served by air carrier aircraft 12,500 

 pounds or less maximum certificated gross 

 takeoff weight which, since September 29, 1968, 

 has never been regularly served by air carrier 

 aircraft heavier than 12,500 pounds maximum 

 certificated gross takeoff weight shall receive 

 under this subparagraph less than $62,500 or 

 more than $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, in- 

 cluding the period July 1, 1976, through Sep- 

 tember 30, 1976, and less than $50,000 or more 

 than $10,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 

 1977 through 1980. 



In no event shall the total amount of all ap- 

 portionments under this subparagraph (A) for 

 any fiscal year exceed two-thirds of the amount 

 authorized to be obligated for the purposes of 

 paragraph (3) of section 1714(a) of this part 

 for such fiscal year. In any case in which an 

 apportionment would be reduced by the pre- 

 ceding sentence, the Secretary shall for such 

 fiscal year reduce the apportionment to each 

 sponsor of an air carrier airport proportion- 

 ately so that such two-thirds amount is 

 achieved. 



(B) Any amount not apportioned under sub- 

 paragraph (A) of this paragraph shall be dis- 

 tributed at the discretion of the Secretary as 

 follows : 



(i) $18,750,000 for fiscal year 1976, in- 

 cluding the period July 1, 1976, through Sep- 

 tember 30, 1976, and $15,000,000 per fiscal 

 year for the fiscal years 1977 through 1980, 

 to commuter service airports. 



(ii) The remainder of such amount to air , 

 carrier airports. 

 (4) As soon as possible after the date of enact- 

 ment of this paragraph for fiscal year 1976, in- 

 cluding the period July 1, 1976, through Septem- 

 ber 30, 1976, and on the first day of each fiscal 

 year which begins on or after October 1, 1976, for 

 which any amount is authorized to be obligated for 

 the purposes of paragraph (4) of section 1714(a) 

 of this part, the amount made available minus 

 $18,750,000 in the case of fiscal year 1976, including 

 such period, and minus $15,000,000 in the case of 

 each of the fiscal years 1977 through 1980, shall be 

 apportioned by the Secretary as follows: 



(A) 75 per centum for the several States, one- 

 half in the proportion which the population of 

 each State bears to the total population of all 

 the States, and one-half in the proportion which 

 the area of each State bears to the total area of 

 all the States. 



(B) 1 per centum for the Commonwealth of 

 Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust 

 Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Vir- 

 gin Islands to be distributed at the discretion 

 of the Secretary. 



(C) 24 per centum to be distributed at the dis- 

 cretion of the Secretary to general aviation air- 

 ports. 



