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49 U.S.C. § 47135 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 49. Transportation § 47135. Innovative financing techniques

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation may approve, after the date of enactment of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act, applications for not more than 20 airport development projects for which grants received under this subchapter may be used for innovative financing techniques. Such projects shall be located at airports that each year have less than .25 percent of the total number of passenger boardings each year at all commercial service airports in the most recent calendar year for which data is available.

(b) Purpose.--The purpose of grants made under this section shall be to provide information on the benefits and difficulties of using innovative financing techniques for airport development projects.

(c) Limitations.--

(1) No guarantees.--In no case shall the implementation of an innovative financing technique under this section be used in a manner giving rise to a direct or indirect guarantee of any airport debt instrument by the United States Government.

(2) Types of techniques.--In this section, innovative financing techniques are limited to--

(A) payment of interest;

(B) commercial bond insurance and other credit enhancement associated with airport bonds for eligible airport development;

(C) flexible non-Federal matching requirements; and

(D) use of funds apportioned under section 47114 for the payment of principal and interest of terminal development for costs incurred before the date of the enactment of this section.

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