[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3486. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       In title I of division D, insert the following after 
     section 119F:
       Sec. __. Improving the Essential Air Service Program.----
     Section 41731 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Exception for Certain Locations With High Military 
     Use.--Subparagraph (D) of subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 
     with respect to any location that--
       ``(1) is certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of 
     Federal Regulations;
       ``(2) is not owned by the Federal government; and
       ``(3) for which not less than 10 percent of airport 
     operations in 2017 were by aircraft of the Armed Forces.''.
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