[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 169 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1115. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Gillibrand, and 
Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        In title I of division D, after section 191, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 192. (a) Section 603(b) of title 23, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(8) Non-federal share.--Notwithstanding paragraph (9) and 
     section 117(j)(2), the proceeds of a secured loan under the 
     TIFIA program shall be considered to be part of the non-
     Federal share of project costs required under this title or 
     chapter 53 of title 49, if the loan is repayable from non-
     Federal funds.''.
       (b) Section 502(j) of the Railroad Revitalization and 
     Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(j)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Non-federal share.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the proceeds of a direct loan under this 
     section shall be considered to be part of the non-Federal 
     share of project costs required under this section, if the 
     loan is repayable from non-Federal funds.''.
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