[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 156 (Thursday, September 28, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6231-S6232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1107. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 3823, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure 
authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to provide disaster tax 
relief, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:


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       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FEDERAL AUTHORITY OVER INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 14501(c) of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Paragraph (1)'' and 
     inserting ``Paragraphs (1) and (6)'';
       (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``Paragraph (1)'' and 
     inserting ``Paragraphs (1) and (6)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Additional limitations.--
       ``(A) In general.--A State, a political subdivision of a 
     State, or a political authority composed of 2 or more States 
     may not enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other 
     provision having the force and effect of law relating to meal 
     or rest breaks applicable to employees whose hours of service 
     are subject to regulation by the Secretary under section 
     31502.
       ``(B) Savings provision.--Nothing in this paragraph may be 
     construed to limit the provisions under paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall have the force and effect as if enacted on the date of 
     the enactment of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     Authorization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-305).
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