[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2890]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3961. Mr. MANCHIN 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; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 471, as amended by 
     this subtitle, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety 
       repairs

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation may make 
     project grants under this subchapter to an airport described 
     in subsection (b) from funds under section 47114 apportioned 
     to that airport or funds available for discretionary grants 
     to that airport under section 47115 to conduct airport 
     development to repair the runway safety area of the airport 
     damaged as a result of a natural disaster in order to 
     maintain compliance with the regulations of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration relating to runway safety areas, 
     without regard to whether construction of the runway safety 
     area damaged was carried out using amounts the airport 
     received under this subchapter.
       ``(b) Airports Described.--An airport is described in this 
     subsection if--
       ``(1) the airport is a public-use airport;
       ``(2) the airport is listed in the National Plan of 
     Integrated Airport Systems of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration;
       ``(3) the runway safety area of the airport was damaged as 
     a result of a natural disaster;
       ``(4) the airport was denied funding under the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) with respect to the disaster;
       ``(5) the operator of the airport has exhausted all legal 
     remedies, including legal action against any parties (or 
     insurers thereof) whose action or inaction may have 
     contributed to the need for the repair of the runway safety 
     area;
       ``(6) there is still a demonstrated need for the runway 
     safety area to accommodate current or imminent aeronautical 
     demand; and
       ``(7) the cost of repairing or replacing the runway safety 
     area is reasonable in relation to the anticipated operational 
     benefit of repairing the runway safety area, as determined by 
     the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.''.
       (b) The analysis for chapter 471, as amended by this 
     subtitle, is further amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 47143 the following:

``47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety repairs.''.
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