Us Code § 2697 - Acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft

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§ 2697. Acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft

(a) Authority.—The Secretary of a military department may impose landing fees for the use by civil aircraft of domestic military airfields under the jurisdiction of that Secretary and may use any fees received under this section as a source of funding for the operation and maintenance of airfields of that department.

(b) Uniform Landing Fees.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the amount of the landing fees that may be imposed under this section. Such fees shall be uniform among the military departments.

(c) Use of Proceeds.—Amounts received for a fiscal year in payment of landing fees imposed under this section for the use of a military airfield shall be credited to the appropriation that is available for that fiscal year for the operation and maintenance of that military airfield, shall be merged with amounts in the appropriation to which credited, and shall be available for that military airfield for the same period and purposes as the appropriation is available.

(d) Limitation.—The Secretary of a military department shall determine whether consideration for a landing fee has been received in a lease, license, or other real estate agreement for an airfield and shall use such a determination to offset appropriate amounts imposed under subsection (a) for that airfield.

(Added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title III, §341(a), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4189.)

CHAPTER 160—ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION

Sec.
2700.
Definitions.
2701.
Environmental restoration program.
2702.
Research, development, and demonstration program.
2703.
Environmental restoration accounts.
2704.
Commonly found unregulated hazardous substances.
2705.
Notice of environmental restoration activities.
[2706.
Repealed.]
2707.
Environmental restoration projects for environmental responses.
2708.
Contracts for handling hazardous waste from defense facilities.
2709.
Investment control process for environmental technologies.
2710.
Inventory of unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munitions constituents at defense sites (other than operational ranges).
2711.
Annual report on defense environmental programs.
2712.
Reporting on usage and spills of aqueous film-forming foam.
2713.
Native American lands environmental mitigation program.
2714.
Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Task Force.
2715.
Testing for perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at military installations and facilities of the National Guard.
2716.
Budget justification document for funding relating to perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2023—Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title III, §332, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 222, added item 2716. Amendment was made pursuant to operation of section 102 of this title.

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, §341(b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1642, added items 2714 and 2715.

Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title III, §§318(b), 319(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3519, 3521, added items 2712 and 2713.

2011—Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, §317(b), title X, §1061(22)(B), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1360, 1584, struck out item 2706 "Annual reports to Congress" and added item 2711.

2002—Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title III, §313(d)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2508, added items 2700 and 2707 and struck out former item 2707 "Definitions".

2001—Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title III, §311(a)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1051, added item 2710.

1999—Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, §323(b)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 563, added item 2709.

1996—Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title III, §322(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2478, substituted "accounts" for "transfer account" in item 2703.

1991—Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III, §331(a)(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1340, added item 2708.

Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, §701(e)(6), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 114, substituted "Annual reports to Congress" for "Annual report to Congress" in item 2706.

1989—Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III, §357(a)(2)(B), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1427, which directed amendment of the item relating to section 2706 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 106 to read "Annual reports to Congress", could not be executed because item 2706 is in this chapter and not in chapter 106.

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