[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 146 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6304-S6305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RELEASING THE CITY OF ST. CLAIR, MISSOURI, FROM ALL RESTRICTIONS, 
 CONDITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE, ENCUMBRANCE, CONVEYANCE, AND 
               CLOSURE OF THE ST. CLAIR REGIONAL AIRPORT

  Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 609, S. 
2759.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2759) to release the City of St. Clair, 
     Missouri, from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations 
     on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. 
     Clair Regional Airport.


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  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2759) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2759

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

     SECTION 1. RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND 
                   LIMITATIONS ON THE USE, ENCUMBRANCE, 
                   CONVEYANCE, AND CLOSURE OF THE ST. CLAIR 
                   REGIONAL AIRPORT.

       (a) In General.--The United States, acting through the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall 
     release the City of St. Clair, Missouri, from all 
     restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use, 
     encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair 
     Regional Airport, as described in the most recent airport 
     layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     to the extent such restrictions, conditions, and limitations 
     are enforceable by the Administrator.
       (b) Limitation.--The release under subsection (a) shall not 
     be executed before the City of St. Clair, or its designee, 
     transfers to the Department of Transportation of the State of 
     Missouri--
       (1) the amounts described in subsection (c), to be used for 
     capital improvements within the meaning of airport 
     development (as defined in section 47102(3) of title 49, 
     United States Code) and consistent with the obligations of 
     the Department of Transportation of the State of Missouri 
     under the State block grant program of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration; and
       (2) for no consideration, all airport and aviation-related 
     equipment of the St. Clair Regional Airport owned by the City 
     of St. Clair and determined by the Department of 
     Transportation of the State of Missouri to be salvageable for 
     use.
       (c) Amounts Described.--The amounts described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) An amount equal to the fair market value for the 
     highest and best use of the St. Clair Regional Airport 
     property determined in good faith by an independent and 
     qualified real estate appraiser on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) An amount equal to the unamortized portion of any 
     Federal development grants other than land paid to the City 
     of St. Clair for use at the St. Clair Regional Airport, which 
     may be paid with, and shall be an allowable use of, airport 
     revenue notwithstanding section 47107 or 47133 of title 49, 
     United States Code.
       (3) An amount equal to the airport revenues remaining in 
     the airport account for the St. Clair Regional Airport as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and otherwise due to or 
     received by the City of St. Clair after such date of 
     enactment pursuant to sections 47107(b) and 47133 of title 
     49, United States Code.
       (d) Requirement To Remove Runway Lighting System.--The 
     Federal Aviation Administration shall remove the runway end 
     indicator lighting system at St. Clair Regional Airport.
       (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to limit the applicability of--
       (1) the requirements and processes under section 46319 of 
     title 49, United States Code;
       (2) the requirements under the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
       (3) the requirements and processes under part 157 of title 
     14, Code of Federal Regulations; or
       (4) the public notice requirements under section 
     47107(h)(2) of title 49, United States Code.

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