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RCED-85-153 1 (1985-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - t* Account4-r c1Y~ W L SEO by the Q iUsce 0. . BY T1HE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE RELEASED Report To The Honorable Lawton Chiles United States Senate Information On Airport And Airway Trust Fund Revenues And Outlays By States And Large Airports The Airport and Airway Trust Fund was established to ensure that taxes collected from commercial air passengers, private pilots, and other sources are expended only for the expansion, improvement, and maintenance of the nation's air transporta- tion system. This report provides estimates by states and large airports of taxes paid into the trust fund. It also estimates select- ed trust fund moneys they received in fiscal years 1979-83. GAO's ability to fully estimate trust fund revenues and outlays by states and large airports was restricted by data limitations that required GAO to make several broad assumptions. Thus the analysis in this report has limitations. GAO also notes that by law, the primary purpose of the trust fund is to ensure the safe operation of this nation's airspace system, not to provide an even or equitable return of the tax revenues to airports and states. 128246 U < ( GAO/RCED-85-153 IC SEPTEMBER 30, 1985