[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 14 (Friday, February 6, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S689-S690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2272. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, 
highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 880, between the item following line 6 and line 7, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 16__. AIR QUALITY CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE.

       Section 104 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by 
     section 1607(b)), is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(o) Air Quality Capacity Building Initiative.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and the 
     Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration and in 
     consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, shall establish an air quality capacity 
     building initiative to support State, regional, and local 
     governments in--
       ``(A) assisting air quality regions in developing the 
     technical capacity to perform air quality conformity 
     analysis;
       ``(B) providing training in areas such as modeling and data 
     collection to support air quality planning and analysis;
       ``(C) developing materials to explain air quality issues to 
     decisionmakers and the public; and
       ``(D) carrying out other activities necessary to assist 
     State, regional, and local governments in better achieving 
     clean air requirements.
       ``(2) Use of funds.--
       ``(A) In general.--Funds authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this subsection may be used for--
       ``(i) research;
       ``(ii) program development;
       ``(iii) information collection and dissemination;
       ``(iv) technical assistance; and
       ``(v) training.
       ``(B) Cooperation.--To carry out this subsection, the 
     Secretary may--
       ``(i) use funds under this section independently; or
       ``(ii) make grants to, enter into contracts or cooperative 
     agreements with, and carry out other transactions involving--

       ``(I) Federal, State, and local agencies;
       ``(II) federally-recognized Indian tribal governments and 
     tribal consortia, authorities, associations, and nonprofit 
     and for-profit corporations; or
       ``(III) institutions of higher education.

       ``(3) Funding.--
       ``(A) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this subsection 
     $20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, 
     to remain available until expended.
       ``(B) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
     project or activity carried out using funds made available 
     under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 100 percent.''.

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