[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 75 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2793]
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SA 3907. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms.
Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill
H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation,
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 30, strike lines 3 through 11 and insert the
following:
Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of
Transportation shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for--
(A) administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code;
(B) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; and
(C) the programs under sections 203 and 204 of title 23,
United States Code;
On page 37, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
(f) Additional Funds for National Park Service.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Reservation of funds.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of distribution of the obligation limitation under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve for the use of
the National Park Service any funds that--
(i) are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year
for the programs under sections 203 and 204 of title 23,
United States Code; and
(ii) but for subsection (a)(1)(C), the Secretary would have
distributed to the States under subsection (e).
(B) Availability of funds.--Funds reserved under
subparagraph (A) shall be available for any purpose described
in section 203 of title 23, United States Code.
(2) Obligation limitation.--Of the obligation limitation
that the Secretary reserves under subsection (a)(1)(C), the
Secretary shall make available for use with the funds under
paragraph (1) an amount of obligation limitation equal to the
amount of funds reserved under that paragraph.
(3) Other funds and obligation limitation.--Any funds
reserved under paragraph (1), and any obligation limitation
made available under paragraph (2), shall be in addition to
funds or an obligation limitation otherwise made available to
the National Park Service under section 203 or 204 of title
23, United States Code.
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