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H.R. 3539 110th Congress House

Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2007 See on congress.gov
Taxation Air trafficAirportsAviation fuelsEconomics and Public Finance
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2007
For Further Action See H.R.2881.
Sep 20, 2007
On 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 19, 2007
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
Sep 19, 2007
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Sep 19, 2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-334, Part I.
Sep 18, 2007
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 18, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 18, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 17, 2007
Referred 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.
Sep 17, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 20, 2007

For Further Action See H.R.2881.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 2881 Procedurally related FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007
  • HR 6984 Text similarities Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008, Part II
  • HR 3540 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007
  • HR 5270 Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008
  • HR 6327 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008
  • S 2530 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007
  • S 2345 American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3539: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3539/
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"H.R. 3539: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3539/.
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