HR 3539 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 20, 2007 For Further Action See H.R.2881.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 17, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) impose an excise tax on aviation-grade kerosene of 35.9 cents per gallon (4.3 cents per gallon for commercial aviation uses); (2) increase to 24.1 cents per gallon the tax rate for aviation gasoline; and (3) extend through FY2011 the excise tax on the transportation by air of persons and property and the excise tax on aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene.

Extends through FY2011 the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

Dedicates revenues from the taxes imposed on aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene to carry out air traffic control modernization.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2007For Further Action See H.R.2881.
  2. Sep 20, 2007On September 20, 2007, House agreement to H.Res. 664 added text similar to H.R. 3539 to H.R. 2881, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007.
  3. Sep 19, 2007Committee on Transportation discharged.
  4. Sep 19, 2007Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
  5. Sep 19, 2007Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-334, Part I.

Related bills 7

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2345American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007Related billNov 13, 2007
S 2530Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007Related billDec 19, 2007
HR 2881FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007Procedurally relatedMay 7, 2008
HR 3540Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007Related billJul 8, 2008
HR 5270Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008Related billJul 8, 2008

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2007Reported in House
  2. Sep 17, 2007Introduced in House

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