[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1920. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1911 submitted by Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz, 
Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) and intended to be proposed to the bill 
H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and 
improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of section 712, insert the following:

     SEC. 712A. SPECIAL RULE FOR APPORTIONMENTS.

       Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, as 
     amended by section 712, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(G) Special rule for fiscal years 2025 through 2027.--
     Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
     apportion to the sponsor of an airport under that 
     subparagraph, for each of fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, 
     an amount based on the number of passenger boardings at the 
     airport during calendar year 2019, 2020, or 2021, whichever 
     had the highest number of passenger boardings, if the airport 
     had--
       ``(i) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the 
     calendar year used to calculate the apportionment for fiscal 
     year 2025, 2026, or 2027, as applicable, under subparagraph 
     (A); and
       ``(ii) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar 
     year 2019.''.
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