49 USC § 47120 - Grant priority

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title: "49 USC § 47120 - Grant priority"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "47120"
section_name: "Grant priority"
chapter_number: 471
chapter_name: "AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1274; Pub. L. 106–181, title I, § 162, Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 91.)"
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# § 47120. Grant priority

**(a)** **In General.—** In making a grant under this subchapter, the Secretary of Transportation may give priority to a project that is consistent with an integrated airport system plan.

**(b)** **Discretionary Funding To Be Used for Higher Priority Projects.—** The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall discourage airport sponsors and airports from using entitlement funds for lower priority projects by giving lower priority to discretionary projects submitted by airport sponsors and airports that have used entitlement funds for projects that have a lower priority than the projects for which discretionary funds are being requested.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1274; Pub. L. 106–181, title I, § 162, Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 91.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 47120 | 49 App.:2208(b)(9). | Sept. 3, 1982, Pub. L. 97–248, § 509(b)(9), 96 Stat. 685. |

The words “In making a grant under this subchapter” are substituted for “In establishing priorities for distribution of funds available pursuant to section 2206 of this Appendix” for consistency in this chapter and to eliminate unnecessary words.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable only to fiscal years beginning after , see , set out as a note under .