[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 100 (Thursday, July 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8944]
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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1999

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               SHELBY (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 3324

  Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to 
the bill (S. 2307) making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as follows;

       On page 19 of the bill in line 2, strike ``: Provided, That 
     $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
     Commission''.
       On page 26 of the bill, line 15, insert the following 
     before the period: ``Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for grants authorized under title 49 United States 
     Code section 22301''.
       On page 20 of the bill, in line 17, after the colon, 
     insert: ``Provided further, That within the $20,000,000 made 
     available for refuge roads in fiscal year 1999 by section 204 
     of title 23, United States Code, as amended, $700,000 shall 
     be made available to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 
     determine the feasibility of providing reliable access 
     connecting King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska and $1,500,000 
     shall be made available for improvements to the Crooked Creek 
     access road in the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife 
     Refuge, Montana:''.
       On page 28 of the bill, amend the figure in line 5 to read 
     ``7,500,000''.
       On page 44 of the bill, insert at the beginning of line 1 
     the following: ``New York City NY Midtown west ferry 
     terminal''.
       On page 51 of the bill, insert after line 19 the following: 
     ``Whittier, AK intermodal facility and pedestrian overpass''.
       On pages 86 and 87 of the bill, strike all of section 336 
     (lines 16-24 and lines 1-10).
       On page 88 of the bill, in line 18, after the semicolon 
     insert the following:
       (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``(including an 
     exemption under subsection (b)(3)(B)(i) relating to a bumper 
     standard referred to in subsection (b)(1))'' after 
     ``subsection (b)(3)(B)(i) of this section''; and.
       And on page 88 of the bill, in line 19, amend the ``(3)'' 
     subsection number to read ``(4)''.
       On page 90 of the bill, in line 1, after the semicolon 
     insert the following: ``$3,500,000 is provided for the 
     Providence-Boston commuter rail project;''.
       On page 92 of the bill, after line 25, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 351. Item 1132 in section 1602 of the Transportation 
     Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 298), relating to 
     Mississippi, is amended by striking ``Pirate Cove'' and 
     inserting ``Pirates' Cove and 4-lane connector to Mississippi 
     Highway 468''.
       On page 78 of the bill, strike lines 8-15, and insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 322. None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
     used to compel, direct or require agencies of the Department 
     of Transportation in their own construction contract awards, 
     or recipients of financial assistance for construction 
     projects under this Act, to use a project labor agreement on 
     any project, nor to preclude use of a project labor agreement 
     in such circumstances.

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