Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007
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.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2007Markup Sep 18, 2007Reported Sep 19, 2007 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2007Discharged Sep 19, 2007 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 18, 2007 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- 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.
- Sep 20, 2007For Further Action See H.R.2881.
- Sep 19, 2007Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-334, Part I.
- Sep 19, 2007Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Sep 19, 2007Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
- Sep 18, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Sep 18, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 18, 2007Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 17, 2007Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 2007Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 18, 2007H.R. 3539, Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 18, 2007</p>
- Sep 18, 2007H.R. 3539, Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 18, 2007
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2345 | American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2007 |
| S 2530 | Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2007 |
| HR 2881 | FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 | Procedurally related | May 7, 2008 |
| HR 3540 | Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jul 8, 2008 |
| HR 5270 | Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 8, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2007Reported in House
- Sep 17, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
