[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 121 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11060-S11061]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2000

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                     LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 1678

  Mr. LAUTENBERG proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 2084) making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:
       Sec.   . It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary 
     should expeditiously amend Title 14, Chapter II, Part 250, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, so as to double the applicable 
     penalties for involuntary denied boardings and allow those 
     passengers that are involuntarily denied boarding the option 
     of obtaining a prompt cash refund for the full value of their 
     airline ticket.

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                DASCHLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1679

  Ms. LANDRIEU (for Mr. Daschle (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
Wyden)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2084, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 65, line 22, before the period at the end of the 
     line, insert the following ``: Provided it is the sense of 
     the Senate, That the funds made available under this heading 
     shall be used for the submission to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress by the Inspector General, not later 
     than July 15, 2000, of a report on the extent to which air 
     carriers and foreign carriers deny travel to airline 
     consumers with non-refundable tickets from one carrier to 
     another, including recommendations to develop a passenger-
     friendly and cost-effective solution to ticket transfers 
     among airlines when seats are available.
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               SHELBY (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 1680

  Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, H.R. 2084, supra; as follows:

       On page 7, line 22, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall use any surplus funds that are made 
     available to the Secretary, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, to provide for the operation and maintenance of 
     the Coast Guard''.
       On page 18, lines 4 and 5, strike ``notwithstanding Public 
     Law 105-178 or any other provision of law,''.
       On page 18, line 24, insert after ``Code:'' insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the funds 
     made available under 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
     shall be made available to carry out section 5113 of Public 
     Law 105-178:''
       On page 19, lines 12 and 13, strike ``notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law,''.
       On page 20, lines 7 and 8, strike ``notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law,''.
       On page 20, line 12, strike all after ``That'' through ``of 
     law,'' on line 21.
       On page 20, line 22, strike ``not less than'' and insert 
     the following: $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry 
     out the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System 
     program, and''.
       On page 22, line 15, strike ``Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for'' and insert the following: ``For''.
       On page 24, lines 4 through 8, strike: ``: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be obligated or expended to implement section 656(b) of 
     the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
     Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 405 note)''.
       On page 40, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following: 
     ``Gees Bend Ferry facilities, Wilcox County, Alabama''.
       On page 40, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following: 
     ``Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, Southern 
     Crescent Transit bus service between Clayton County and MARTA 
     rail stations, Georgia''.
       On page 42, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following: 
     ``Jasper buses, Alabama''.
       On page 43, line 16, insert after ``Lane County, Bus Rapid 
     Transit'' the following: ``buses and facilities''.
       On page 44, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following: 
     ``Los Angeles/City of El Segundo Douglas Street Green Line 
     connection''.
       On page 47, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following: 
     ``Newark intermodal center, New Jersey''.
       On page 48, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following: 
     ``Parkersburg intermodal transportation facility, West 
     Virginia''.
       On page 56, strike line 18, and insert the following: 
     ``Dane County/Madison East-West Corridor''.
       On page 57, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following: 
     ``Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail project;''.
       On page 59, line 10, strike ``and the''.
       On page 59, line 11, after ``projects'' insert the 
     following: ``; and the Washington Metro Blue Line extension--
     Addison Road''.
       On page 61, strike lines 1 and 2, 11 and 12.
       On page 62, strike lines 1 and 2.
       On page 62, line 4, strike ``and the'' and insert: 
     ``Wilmington, DE downtown transit connector; and the''.
       On page 80, line 24, strike ``; and'' and inserts``.''.
       On page 81, strike lines 1 through 8.
       On page 90, strike lines 4 through 22, and insert the 
     following:
       ``Sec.   . (a) None of the funds in this act shall be 
     available to execute a project agreement for any highway 
     project in a state that sells drivers' license personal 
     information as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) (excluding 
     individual photograph), or motor vehicle record, as defined 
     in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), unless that state has established and 
     implemented an opt-in process for the use of personal 
     information or motor vehicle record in surveys, marketing 
     (excluding insurance rate setting), or solicitations.
       ``(b) None of the funds in this act shall be available to 
     execute a project agreement for any highway project in a 
     state that sells individual's drivers' license photographs, 
     unless that state has established and implemented an opt-in 
     process for such photographs.''
       On page 91, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       ``Sec.   . Of funds made available in this Act, the 
     Secretary shall make available not less than $2,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for planning, engineering, 
     and construction of the runway extension of Eastern West 
     Virginia Regional Airport, Martinsburg, West Virginia: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall make available not 
     less than $400,000 for the Concord, New Hampshire 
     transportation planning project: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall make available not less than $2,000,000 for 
     an explosive detection system demonstration at a cargo 
     facility at Huntsville International Airport.
       ``Sec.   . Section 656(b) of Division C of the Omnibus 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 is repealed.
       ``Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     amount made available pursuant to Public Law 105-277 for the 
     Pittsburgh North Shore central business district transit 
     options MIS project may be used to fund any aspect of 
     preliminary engineering, costs associated with an 
     environmental impact statement, or a major investment study 
     for that project.
       ``Sec.   . For necessary expenses for engineering, design 
     and construction activities to enable the James A. Farley 
     Post Office in New York City to be used as a train station 
     and commercial center, to become available on October 1 of 
     the fiscal year specified and remain available until 
     expended: fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000.''.

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