[20001102]RS20177_第106届国会中的机场和航空信托基金问题.pdf

1For further discussion of off-budget and “firewall” budget treatment see: U.S. Library ofCongress. Congressional Research Service. Transportation Trust Funds: Budget Treatment. byJohn W. Fischer. CRS Report 98-63E and The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century(TEA21) and the Federal Budget. CRS Report 98-749E. by John W. Fischer.Congressional Research Service ? The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20177Updated November 2, 2000Airport and Airway Trust Fund Issues in the 106thCongressJohn W. FischerSpecialist in TransportationResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryCongress concluded its debate on the airport and airway trust fund (aviation trustfund) by modifying its treatment in the budget. The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investmentand Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21 or FAIR21)(P.L. 106-181) contains a socalled “guarantee” that uses House and Senate point-of-order rules to ensure that allaviation trust fund receipts (including interest) are spent for aviation purposes on anannual basis. This provision represents a compromise in what had become a contentiousdebate. When the legislation was first considered in the