[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1400-S1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1395. Mr. SCOTT of Florida proposed an amendment to amendment SA 
891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, 
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to 
the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II 
of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 7101 and insert the following:

     SEC. 7101. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
                   CORPORATION.

       (a) National Network Appropriation.--In addition to amounts 
     otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 
     2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $729,611,840, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under section 
     11101(b) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94) to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
       (b) Long-distance Service Restoration and Employee 
     Recalls.--Not less than $165,926,000 of the amounts made 
     available under subsection (a) shall be for use by the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation to--
       (1) restore, not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the frequency of rail service on long-
     distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
     United States Code) that the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation reduced the frequency of on or after July 1, 
     2020, and continue to operate such service at such frequency; 
     and
       (2) recall and manage employees furloughed on or after 
     October 1, 2020, as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to coronavirus.
       (c) Use of Funds for State Payments for State-supported 
     Routes.--
       (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under 
     subsection (a), $174,850,000 shall be for use by the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation to offset amounts required to 
     be paid by States for covered State-supported routes.
       (2) Funding share.--The share of funding provided under 
     paragraph (1) with respect to a covered State-supported route 
     shall be distributed as follows:
       (A) Each covered State-supported route shall receive 7 
     percent of the costs allocated to the route in fiscal year 
     2019 under the cost allocation methodology adopted pursuant 
     to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and 
     Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432).
       (B) Any remaining amounts after the distribution described 
     in subparagraph (A) shall be apportioned to each covered 
     State-supported route in proportion to the passenger revenue 
     of such route and other revenue allocated to such route in 
     fiscal year 2019 divided by the total passenger revenue and 
     other revenue allocated to all covered State-supported routes 
     in fiscal year 2019.
       (3) Covered state-supported route defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``covered State-supported route'' means 
     a State-supported route, as such term is defined in section 
     24102 of title 49, United States Code, but does not include a 
     State-supported route for which service was terminated on or 
     before February 1, 2020.
       (d) Use of Funds for Debt Repayment or Prepayment.--Not 
     more than $100,885,000 of the amounts made available under 
     subsection (a) shall be--

[[Page S1401]]

       (1) for the repayment or prepayment of debt incurred by the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation under financing 
     arrangements entered into prior to the date of enactment of 
     this Act; and
       (2) to pay required reserves, costs, and fees related to 
     such debt, including for loans from the Department of 
     Transportation and loans that would otherwise have been paid 
     from National Railroad Passenger Corporation revenues.
       (e) Project Management Oversight.--Not more than $2,000,000 
     of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be 
     for activities authorized under section 11101(c) of the FAST 
     Act (Public Law 114-94).

     SEC. 7101A. COAST GUARD PROCUREMENT OF HC-130J AIRCRAFT.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal 
     year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $970,388,160, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, for the procurement of HC-130J aircraft 
     for the Coast Guard.
                                 ______