If you don't adhere to Grant Assurances, what happens?

• A. You risk losing federal funding and can be placed on the Airport Noncompliance List
• B. Your airport receives extra funding
• C. TSA may issue a Security Directive
• D. The airport must close temporarily

Answer: (A)

Grant Assurances are the binding commitments a recipient makes when receiving federal airport improvement funds. They require keeping the airport open for public use, using funds for approved purposes, complying with environmental and land-use requirements, and maintaining proper records and accountability. When these assurances aren’t met, the federal government can pull or withhold funds and place the airport on the Airport Noncompliance List, signaling that the sponsor is not meeting its obligations. This is designed to protect federal investments and ensure ongoing airport viability. Other outcomes listed don’t reflect how noncompliance is handled: extra funding would contradict the assurances, security directives from TSA address security, not grant assurance compliance, and automatically closing the airport isn’t the typical consequence of noncompliance, though loss of funding could disrupt operations.