Facility for Runway Operations and Safe Transportation Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The FROST Act is a narrow aviation-infrastructure definitional bill. The final House-engrossed text amends 49 U.S.C. 47102(3)(B)(v) by striking the phrase "and storage facilities for the equipment and fluids" from the deicing-equipment clause. Earlier reported text also would have inserted storage facilities for aircraft deicing equipment and fluids into another part of section 47102. The public effect is to change how aircraft deicing storage facilities are classified inside the federal airport-development framework rather than creating a new grant program or a new airport safety mandate.
Who Benefits and How
Airport sponsors planning deicing-fluid storage projects, cold-weather airport operators, airport environmental compliance managers, airlines operating in cold-weather regions, deicing equipment manufacturers, deicing-fluid suppliers, and airport engineering consultants benefit or gain clarity because the bill forces FAA airport-development decisions to treat deicing storage infrastructure under the revised statutory wording rather than leaving it bundled with deicing equipment in the existing phrase.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program staff, airport grant managers, airport sponsors with pending deicing-storage applications, airport lawyers, and state aviation offices bear burdens because they must apply the revised definition, revisit project classification questions, and determine how deicing equipment storage and deicing fluid storage fit within existing federal aviation funding rules.
Key Provisions
- Amends 49 U.S.C. 47102(3)(B)(v), part of the airport-development definition.
- Modifies the phrase covering storage facilities for deicing equipment and fluids in the deicing-equipment clause.
- Limits the bill to aircraft deicing equipment and fluid storage infrastructure rather than broader airport operations.
- Requires FAA airport-development administrators to apply the revised statutory wording.
- Uses existing Airport Improvement Program and FAA airport-development administration instead of creating a separate grant program.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the title 49 airport-development definition for aircraft deicing infrastructure by removing the phrase covering storage facilities for deicing equipment and fluids from section 47102(3)(B)(v), with earlier text also moving storage facilities for aircraft deicing equipment and fluids into a separate definitional location.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Aviation, Airport Infrastructure
Primary Purpose
Amends the title 49 airport-development definition for aircraft deicing infrastructure by removing the phrase covering storage facilities for deicing equipment and fluids from section 47102(3)(B)(v), with earlier text also moving storage facilities for aircraft deicing equipment and fluids into a separate definitional location.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Airport sponsors planning deicing-fluid storage projects
- Cold-weather airport operators
- Airport environmental compliance managers
- Airlines operating in cold-weather regions
- Deicing equipment manufacturers
- Deicing-fluid suppliers
- Airport engineering consultants
Identified Costs
- Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program staff
- Airport grant managers
- Airport sponsors with pending deicing-storage applications
- Airport lawyers
- State aviation offices
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3875-3876)
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 194.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Airlines operating in cold-weather regions, Airport grant managers, Airport sponsors planning deicing-fluid storage projects
Deicing equipment manufacturers, Deicing-fluid suppliers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "frost_act"
- → Facility for Runway Operations and Safe Transportation Act
- "airport_development"
- → airport project eligibility definition in 49 U.S.C. 47102
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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