Procedures for Reimbursement of General Aviation Operators and Service Providers in the Washington, DC Area

概要

On November 30, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 2006 (Pub.L. 109-115, 119 Stat. 2396, hereafter the Act, or the 2006 Appropriation Act). Section 185 of the Act authorized the Department of Transportation to provide reimbursement to fixed-based general aviation operators and providers of general aviation ground support services at five metropolitan Washington, DC area airports, for the direct and incremental financial losses they incurred while the airports were closed due to Federal Government actions taken after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The airports are: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; College Park Airport in College Park, Maryland; Potomac Airfield in Fort Washington, Maryland; Washington Executive/Hyde Field in Clinton, Maryland; and Washington South Capitol Street Heliport in Washington, DC. A total of up to $17,000,000 was appropriated for this purpose. This proposed rule would establish the eligibility requirements and application procedures for those who may qualify for assistance under this stat