[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 20 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1362]
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      THE INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1998

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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 1690

  Mr. CHAFEE (for Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 
1676 proposed by Mr. Chafee to the bill, S. 1173, supra; as follows:

       On page 191, line 12, strike the semicolon at the end and 
     insert ``, except that if the State has a higher Federal 
     share payable under section 120(b) of title 23, United States 
     Code, the State shall be required to contribute only an 
     amount commensurate with the higher Federal share;''.
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                DOMENICI (AND HARKIN) AMENDMENT NO. 1691

  Mr. CHAFEE (for Mr. Domenici, for himself and Mr. Harkin) proposed an 
amendment to amendment No. 1676 proposed by Mr. Chafee to the bill, S. 
1173, supra; as follows:

       On page 371, line 6, strike ``and'' after the semicolon.
       On page 371, line 10, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 371, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       ``(6) the development of new nondestructive bridge 
     evaluation technologies and techniques.
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                      MOYNIHAN AMENDMENT NO. 1692

  Mr. BAUCUS (for Mr. Moynihan) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 
1676 proposed by Mr. Chafee to the bill, S. 1173, supra; as follows:

       On page 98, line 7, amend subparagraph 1116(d)(2)(A) by 
     striking ``of commercial vehicle traffic'' each place it 
     appears and substituting ``and value of commercial traffic''.
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             MOSELEY-BRAUN (AND DURBIN) AMENDMENT NO. 1693

  Mr. BAUCUS (for Ms. Moseley-Braun, for herself and Mr. Durbin) 
proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1676 proposed by Mr. Chafee to 
the bill, S. 1173, supra; as follows:

       On page 249, strike lines 5 through 11 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(2) Redesignation.--
       ``(A) Procedures.--A metropolitan planning organization may 
     be redesignated by agreement between the Governor and units 
     of general purpose local government that together represent 
     at least 75 percent of the affected population (including the 
     central city or cities as defined by the Bureau of the 
     Census) as appropriate to carry out this section.
       ``(B) Certain requests to redesignate.--A metropolitan 
     planning organization shall be redesignated upon request of a 
     unit or units of general purpose local government 
     representing at least 25 percent of the affected population 
     (including the central city or cities as defined by the 
     Bureau of the Census) in any urbanized area--
       ``(I) whose population is more than 5,000,000 but less than 
     10,000,000, or
       ``(ii) which is an extreme nonattainment area for ozone or 
     carbon monoxide as defined under the Clean Air Act.

     Such redesignation shall be accomplished using procedures 
     established by subparagraph (A).
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                BOXER (AND WELLSTONE) AMENDMENT NO. 1694

  Mr. BAUCUS (for Mrs. Boxer, for herself and Mr. Wellstone) proposed 
an amendment to amendment No. 1676 proposed by Mr. Chafee to the bill, 
S. 1173, supra; as follows:

       On page 345, line 6, strike ``and''.
       On page 345, line 9, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 345, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       ``(H) research on telecommuting, research on the linkages 
     between transportation, information technology, and community 
     development, and research on the impacts of technological 
     change and economic restructuring on travel demand.
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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1695

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to amendment No. 1676 proposed by Mr. Chafee to the bill, S. 1173, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 309, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

     SEC. 18  . DESIGNATIONS OF ABANDONED RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

       Section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1247(d)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Local government approval.--A railroad right-of-way 
     may be designated for interim use as a trail under this 
     subsection or any other provision of law only if the 
     designation first is approved by the appropriate local 
     government entity, as identified by the State in which the 
     right-of-way is located.''.

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