Acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of military airfields by civil aircraft

10 U.S.C. § 2697

• Title: 10 — Armed Forces
• Chapter: 159 — REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY

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(a) Authority.—The Secretary of a military department may impose landing fees for the use by civil aircraft of 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.

History

(Added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title III, §341(a), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4189; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, §2846, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2264.)

Editorial Notes

Amendment of Section
Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, §2846(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2264, provided that, effective Oct. 1, 2027, this section is amended in the section catchline and subsec. (a) by inserting "domestic" before "military airfields". See 2024 Amendment notes below.

Editorial Notes

Amendments
2024—Pub. L. 118–159, §2846(b)(1), inserted "domestic" before "military airfields" in section catchline.
Pub. L. 118–159, §2846(a)(1), struck out "domestic" before "military airfields" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–159, §2846(b)(2), inserted "domestic" before "military airfields".
Pub. L. 118–159, §2846(a)(2), struck out "domestic" before "military airfields".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2024 Amendment
Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, §2846(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2264, provided that the amendment made by section 2846(b) is effective Oct. 1, 2027.

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.