[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8280-S8281]
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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1998

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                 KERREY (AND HAGEL) AMENDMENT NO. 1035

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Kerrey, for himself and Mr. Hagel) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1048, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 52, at line 1, insert the following:
       Sec. 339. Subsection (d)(4) of 49 U.S.C. 31112 is amended 
     by striking ``September 30, 1997'' and inserting ``February 
     28, 1998''.
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               SHELBY (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 1036

  Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1048, supra; as follows:

       On page 12, line 19, strike ``$286,000,000'' and insert: 
     ``$190,000,000''.
       On page 23, line 10, strike ``$90,000,000'' and insert: 
     ``$190,000,000''.
       On page 24, line 8, strike ``$2,310,000'' and insert: 
     ``$2,210,000''.
       On page 24, line 10, strike ``$2,310,000'' and insert: 
     ``$2,210,000''.
       On page 24, line 19, strike ``$2,000,000,000'' and insert: 
     ``$2,008,000,000''.
       On page 25, line 5, strike ``$780,000,000'' and insert: 
     ``$788,000,000''.
       On page 46, line 16, strike the word ``persons'' and 
     insert: ``passengers''.
       On page 46, line 18, strike ``363,000'' and insert: 
     ``300,000''.
       On page 26, before line 20, insert the following: 
     ``$4,645,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas Junction Bridge 
     project;''.
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                ABRAHAM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1037

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Abraham, for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Moseley-
Braun, and Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1048, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 340. Of funds made available under this Act for 
     discretionary grants for replacement, rehabilitation, and 
     purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction 
     of bus-related facilities, up to $20,000,000 may be provided 
     to the State of Michigan and $12,000,000 to the State of 
     Illinois.
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                CAMPBELL (AND ALLARD) AMENDMENT NO. 1038

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Campbell, for himself, and Mr. Allard) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1048, supra; as follows:

       On page 24, line 3, strike the period at the end of the 
     line and insert the following: ``: Provided, That within the 
     funds made available under this head, $500,000 may be made 
     available to the Colorado Department of Transportation to 
     study the metropolitan planning process and organization in 
     the Denver metropolitan area. The study shall be based on a 
     scope of work agreed to be Douglas County (on behalf of 
     selected Denver regional county governments and municipal 
     governments), the Denver Regional Council of Governments, and 
     the Colorado Department of Transportation. Within 24 months 
     of enactment of this Act, the recommendations of this study 
     will be transmitted to the Senate and House Committees on 
     Appropriations.''
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               SHELBY (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 1039

  Mr. SHELBY (for himself, and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1048, supra; as follows:

       On page 15, line 4, after the word ``loans'' insert: ``to 
     be repaid with other than Federal funds''.
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                       INOUYE AMENDMENT NO. 1040

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Inouye) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1048, supra; as follows:

       On page 50, line 11, insert the following:
       (D) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect any 
     existing statutes of the several States that define the 
     obligations of such States to native Hawaiians, native 
     Americans, or Alaskan natives in connection with ceded lands, 
     except to make clear that airport revenues may not be used to 
     satisfy any such obligations.
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                      HOLLINGS AMENDMENT NO. 1041

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Hollings) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1048, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3  . PILOT RECORD SHARING.

       The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     shall--
       (1) work with air carriers conducting nonscheduled 
     operations under part 135 of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration's regulations (14 C.F.R. 135.1 et seq.) to 
     implement the requirements of section 44936(f) of title 49, 
     United States Code, effectively and expeditiously; and
       (2) implement those requirements with respect to such air 
     carriers not later than February 1, 1998, or sooner if, in 
     working with such air carriers, the Administrator determines 
     that the provisions of that section can be effectively 
     implemented for such air carriers.
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                        FRIST AMENDMENT NO. 1042

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1048, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3  . EXEMPTION AUTHORITY FOR AIR SERVICE TO SLOT-
                   CONTROLLED AIRPORTS.

       Section 41714 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end thereof the following:
       ``(i) Expeditious Consideration of Certain Exemption 
     Requests.--Within 120 days after receiving an application for 
     an exemption under subsection (a)(2) to improve air service 
     between a nonhub airport (as defined in section 41731(a)(4)) 
     and a high density airport subject to the exemption authority 
     under subsection (a), the Secretary shall grant or deny the 
     exemption. The Secretary shall notify the United States 
     Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 
     the United States House of Representatives Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the grant or denial 
     within 14 calendar days after the determination and state the 
     reasons for the determination.''.
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                 LEVIN (AND GRAHAM) AMENDMENT NO. 1043

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Levin, for himself and Mr. Graham) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1048, supra; as follows:

       On page 51, after line 25, add the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING REAUTHORIZATION OF 
                   HIGHWAY AND MASS TRANSIT PROGRAMS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) on October 1, 1997, authorization for most of the 
     programs authorized by the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240), including mass 
     transit programs, will expire;
       (2) States, local governments, and the national economy 
     depend on Federal investment in the transportation 
     infrastructure of the United States;
       (3) it is the duty of Congress to reauthorize the programs 
     to ensure that the investment continues to flow and that 
     there is no interruption of critical transportation services 
     or construction; and
       (4) the public and Congress should have a substantial 
     opportunity to review, comment on, and comprehensively debate 
     committee-reported proposals to reauthorize the programs well 
     in advance of their expiration to ensure that the programs 
     adequately reflect the needs of the United States and the 
     contributions of the States.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that this Act should not be considered to be a substitute for 
     a comprehensive measure reauthorizing highway and mass 
     transit spending programs and should not be interpreted to 
     authorize or otherwise direct the distribution of funds to 
     the States under expiring formulas under title 23 or 49, 
     United States Code, in fiscal year 1998.
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                JOHNSON (AND DASCHLE) AMENDMENT NO. 1044

  Mr. SHELBY (for Mr. Johnson, for himself and Mr. Daschle) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1048, supra; as follows:

       On page 4, line 11, strike the numeral and insert 
     ``$2,435,400,000''.
       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 3. (a) As soon as practicable after
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Transportation, acting for the Department of Transportation, 
     may take receipt of such equipment and sites of the Ground 
     Wave Emergency Network (referred

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     to in this section as ``GWEN'') as the Secretary of 
     Transportation determines to be necessary for the 
     establishment of a nationwide system to be known as the 
     ``Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System'' 
     (referred to in this section as ``NDGPS'').
       (b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may establish the 
     NDGPS. In establishing the NDGPS, the Secretary of 
     Transportation may--
       (1) if feasible, reuse GWEN equipment and sites transferred 
     to the Department of Transportation under subsection (a);
       (2) to the maximum extent practicable, use contractor 
     services to install the NDGPS;
       (3) modify the positioning system operated by the Coast 
     Guard at the time of the establishment of the NDGPS to 
     integrate the reference stations made available pursuant to 
     subsection (a);
       (4) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure 
     that the reference stations referred to in paragraph (3) are 
     compatible with, and integrated into, the Continuously 
     Operating Reference Station (commonly referred to as 
     ``CORS'') system of the National Geodetic Survey of the 
     Department of Commerce; and
       (5) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, 
     investigate the use of the NDGPS reference stations for the 
     Global Positioning System Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor 
     System of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration.
       (c) The Secretary of Transportation may--
       (1) manage and operate the NDGPS;
       (2) ensure that the service of the NDGPS is provided 
     without the assessment of any user fee; and
       (3) in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, ensure 
     that the use of the NDGPS is denied to any enemy of the 
     United States.
       (d) In any case in which the Secretary of Transportation 
     determines that contracting for the maintenance of 1 or more 
     NDGPS reference stations is cost-effective, the Secretary of 
     Transportation may enter into a contract to provide for that 
     maintenance.
       (e) The Secretary of Transportation may--
       (1) in cooperation with appropriate representatives of 
     private industries and universities and officials of State 
     governments--
       (A) investigate improvements (including potential 
     improvements) to the NDGPS;
       (B) develop standards for the NDGPS; and
       (C) sponsor the development of new applications for the 
     NDGPS; and
       (2) provide for the continual upgrading of the NDGPS to 
     improve performance and address the needs of--
       (A) the Federal Government;
       (B) State and local governments; and
       (C) the general public.

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