S. 817 — Introduced in Senate

II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 817 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2013 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To exempt the Federal Aviation Administration from sequestration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Just End the Delays Act or the JET Delays Act. 2. Exemption of operations of Federal Aviation Administration from sequestration Notwithstanding a sequestration order issued by the President pursuant to section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(7)(A)), there shall be available for the operations of the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year 2013 the amount that would have been made available for the operations of the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year 2013 but for sections 251 and 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901 and 901a), section 3004 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6), and any sequestration order issued by the President. 3. General aviation aircraft treated as 7-year property (a) In general Subparagraph (C) of section 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to classification of certain property) is amended— (1) in clause (iv), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and (3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause: (v) any general aviation aircraft, and . (b) Class life Paragraph (3) of section 168(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) General aviation aircraft In the case of any general aviation aircraft, the recovery period used for purposes of paragraph (2) shall be 12 years. . (c) General aviation aircraft Subsection (i) of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) General aviation aircraft (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term general aviation aircraft means any aircraft (including airframes and engines) not used in commercial or contract carrying of passengers or freight, but which primarily engages in the carrying of passengers. (B) Exclusion The term general aviation aircraft does not include aircraft used primarily in emergency or emergency relief operations. . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.