[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8791-S8792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4049. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
Kim, and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        After section 194 of title I of division E, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 195.  For amounts made available in any appropriations 
     Act enacted prior to the date of enactment of this Act for 
     ``Department of Transportation--Federal Transit 
     Administration--Capital Investment Grants'', the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall make disbursements of obligations to 
     recipients with existing full funding grant agreements under 
     sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, 
     for which the Secretary paused disbursements of obligations 
     on or after September 30, 2025:  Provided, That such 
     disbursements shall be made at the request of the recipient:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall not withhold any 
     disbursements of obligations as a result of the interim final 
     rule titled ``Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and 
     Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Airport Concessions 
     Program Implementation Modifications'' published in the 
     Federal Register by the Office of the Secretary of the 
     Department of Transportation on October 3, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 
     47969).

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