[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 2331

  Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 4556) making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 70, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 346. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, an air carrier or foreign air carrier may not engage in 
     foreign air transportation from the United States unless the 
     carrier has notified the Secretary of Transportation of the 
     aircraft disinsection practices, if any, in which the carrier 
     engages as a result of requirements imposed by a foreign 
     country.
       (2) The prohibition set forth in paragraph (1) shall take 
     effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b)(1) An air carrier of foreign air carrier shall notify 
     the Secretary of any change in the aircraft disinsection 
     requirements of the carrier not later than 5 days after the 
     date on which the carrier first has knowledge of such change.
       (2) If the Secretary determines that a carrier has not 
     complied with the requirement set forth in paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary may prohibit the carrier from engaging in whole or 
     in part in foreign air transportation from the United States. 
     The Secretary shall determine the period of any prohibition 
     imposed under this paragraph.
       (c) In this section, the terms ``air carrier'', ``foreign 
     air carrier'', and ``foreign air transportation'' have the 
     meanings given such terms in paragraphs (3), (22), and (24), 
     respectively, of section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 
     1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301(3), (22), and (24)).
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                      GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 2332

  Mr. GRASSLEY proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4556, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 41, line 26, strike out the period at the end and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``: Provided, That of such amount, 
     $180,000 shall be available for employment by the Inspector 
     General of independent legal counsel at the Department of 
     Transportation.''.
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                 McCAIN (AND SMITH) AMENDMENT NO. 2333

  Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Smith) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 4556, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       The Senate finds that:
       Federal-Aid Highway funding is subject to a formula based 
     allocation process;
       States are best able to determine the priorities for 
     allocating Federal-Aid highway funding within their 
     jurisdiction;
       Funding for demonstration projects diverts Highway Trust 
     Fund money from the priorities established under the formula 
     allocation process, and deprives states of the opportunity to 
     determine how Federal-Aid highway funds should be spent 
     within their jurisdiction;
       Federal Transit Administration funding is critical to 
     cities and states across the nation and the Senate supports 
     the fair and equitable distribution of federal transit aid to 
     the eligible recipients;
       The Department of Transportation has criteria for 
     allocating federal transit aid based on need, and taking into 
     consideration the requirement of the Clean Air Act and the 
     Americans with Disabilities Act;
       The Administration's National Performance Review indicates 
     that congressional earmarks are restrictive and counter-
     productive;
       The administration's FY 1994 budget request urges Congress 
     to allow funding for demonstration projects to be distributed 
     under the formula allocation process;
       It's the Sense of the Senate that Congress should refrain 
     from authorizing and appropriating money for new 
     demonstration or earmarked highway and transit projects and 
     allow such funds as would otherwise be required to be spent 
     for specific projects, to be distributed to the states for 
     transportation projects under the applicable merit-based 
     allocation formulas and procedures.
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                       DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 2334

  Mr. LAUTENBERG (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 4556, supra; as follows:

       On page 70, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 346. (a) Notwithstanding section 31136(e) of title 49, 
     United States Code, and in order to further substantive 
     research carried out by the Secretary of Transportation in 
     fiscal year 1992 under the Vision Waiver Study Program, the 
     Secretary shall use funds available to the Secretary in the 
     Highway Research Development and Technology account of the 
     Federal Highway Administration to carry out a follow-up study 
     to such study program.
       (b) In carrying out the follow-up study, the Secretary 
     shall apply the same criteria and conditions to the study as 
     the Secretary applied in carrying out research under the 
     Vision Waiver Study Program.
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                        COATS AMENDMENT NO. 2335

  Mr. LAUTENBERG (for Mr. Coats) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4556, supra; as follows:

       On page 70, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 346. Of the funds appropriated in the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1977 
     (Public Law 94-387; 90 Stat. 1171) for railroad-highway 
     demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated balances 
     shall be made available for the rail relocation project in 
     Lafayette, Indiana.
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                  LAUTENBERG AMENDMENTS NOS. 2336-2338

  Mr. LAUTENBERG proposed three amendments to the bill H.R. 4556, 
supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 2336

       At the appropriate place, insert: ``Sec.   . The Eastport 
     Port Authority facility at Estes Head in Eastport, Maine, is 
     eligible for funding under section 1064 of Public Law 102-
     240.''
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                           Amendment No. 2337

       On page 35, line 20, delete: ``Provided,''.
       On page 35, line 22, restore: ``Provided further,''.
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                           Amendment No. 2338

       On page 41, line 14, strike ``That no such funds shall be 
     made available for obligation by individuals other than the 
     Secretary of Transportation or his designee'' and insert: 
     ``That such amounts shall only be available to the Secretary 
     of Transportation and the National Institute of Environmental 
     Health Sciences''.
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 2339

  Mr. MURKOWSKI proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4556, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place insert: ``No money may be expended 
     by the Department of Transportation in Fiscal Year 1995 to 
     implement or enforce regulatory actions to restrict 
     overflights and landings on National Parks system units, 
     National Forest systems, Fish and Wildlife refuges, and other 
     public lands in the State of Alaska. The term aircraft refers 
     to fixed wing aircraft and helicopters of general, 
     commercial, or military nature.''
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 2340

  Mr. D'AMATO (for Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 4556, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following: 
     ``No funds under this act for fiscal year 1995 may be used to 
     implement recommendations of the Flight Service Modernization 
     Program to close or reduce services in flight service 
     stations in Alaska.''

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