[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3114]
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  SA 4114. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. ELIGIBILITY FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS OF 
                   AIRPORTS THAT ENTER INTO CERTAIN LEASES WITH 
                   COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(t) Airports That Enter Into Certain Leases With the 
     Armed Forces.--The Secretary of Transportation may not 
     disapprove a project grant application under this subchapter 
     for an airport development project at an airport solely 
     because the airport renews a lease for the use, at a nominal 
     rate, of airport property by a regular or reserve component 
     of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard, without 
     regard to whether that component operates aircraft at the 
     airport.''.
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