[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S11790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORZINE:
  S. 1682. A bill to designate buildings 315, 318, and 319 located at 
the William J. Hughes Technical Center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the ``Frank R. 
Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex''; to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation.
  Mr. CORZINE. Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to 
honor one of the finest Senators to represent my State of New Jersey, 
Frank R. Lautenberg. My bill would designate specific buildings located 
at the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. Hughes Technical 
Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg 
Aviation Security Complex.''
  Designating these buildings as the Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation 
Security Complex would be an appropriate tribute to Senator Lautenberg. 
No one has been a greater champion for transportation interests in the 
United States Senate. Senator Lautenberg consistently made 
transportation a top priority and served for many years as Chairman of 
the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, as well as serving on 
the Environment and Public Works Committee. Over the years, he 
accumulated a long list of related accomplishments.
  For example, he authored legislation to ban smoking on all flights 
within the United States, which provides relief from secondhand smoke 
to thousands of air travelers annually. He was a staunch defender of 
Amtrak, successfully led efforts to protect its funding in the face of 
those who oppose our national passenger rail system, and developed 
landmark legislation to authorize the issuance of bonds to support high 
speed rail. He also wrote the law that increases the legal drinking age 
from 18 to 21, which has been credited with saving countless lives on 
our nation's highways.
  I also would note that Senator Lautenberg played an important role in 
supporting the Technical Center in Atlantic City, so it is especially 
appropriate that he be honored at the Center.
  Senator Lautenberg always worked hard to steer Federal funds to New 
Jersey for both road and rail projects, and had considerable success. 
These projects have been immensely important in easing traffic 
congestion in New Jersey, our Nation's most densely populated State. As 
a member of the committees that will reauthorize the transportation 
bill, the Environment and Public Works and Banking Committees, I hope 
to continue Senator Lautenberg's legacy in this area. In particular, I 
am hoping to work for funding of a new commuter rail tunnel across the 
Hudson River that would link New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan.
  Beyond his many successes in the area of transportation, Frank 
Lautenberg had many other accomplishments during his 18-year career in 
the Senate. He authored legislation barring people convicted of 
domestic violence from owning a gun. He wrote the Right-to-Know Act, 
which requires companies to disclose the chemicals they produce and 
store. He wrote the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act, 
which has made a huge difference in improving the lives of residents of 
public housing. Also, as the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget 
Committee, he played a major role in debates over fiscal policy, and in 
the development of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which helped lead 
to our first budget surpluses after a long history of deficits.
  Designating these buildings as the Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation 
Security Complex is a small but important way we can pay tribute to a 
man who has contributed so much to our State and our Nation. I 
personally am honored to serve as his successor in the Senate, and I 
hope that the Congress will act quickly on this important legislation.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1682

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF FRANK R. LAUTENBERG AVIATION 
                   SECURITY COMPLEX.

       Buildings 315, 318, and 319 located at the William J. 
     Hughes Technical Center of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration in Atlantic City, New Jersey, shall be known 
     and designated as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security 
     Complex''.

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the buildings 
     referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to 
     the Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex.
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