[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

            [Omitted from the Record of September 20, 2001]

                               H.R. 2891

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title I of the bill, add the 
     following:

     SEC. __. ASSISTANCE FOR CHAUFFEURED GROUND TRANSPORTATION 
                   COMPANIES.

       (a) In General.--Before providing assistance to air 
     carriers under section 101, the President may set aside a 
     portion of the sums made available to provide such assistance 
     for providing assistance to chauffeured ground transportation 
     companies that incurred losses as a result of the terrorist 
     attacks on the United States that occurred on September 11, 
     2001.
       (b) Eligibility.--A chauffeured ground transportation 
     company shall be eligible for assistance under subsection (a) 
     if, in the 3-year period ending on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the company derived at least 50 percent of its 
     revenues from providing transportation to or from an airport.
       (c) Types of Assistance.--In providing assistance under 
     this section, the President is authorized--
       (1) subject to such terms and conditions as the President 
     deems necessary, to extend lines of credit and make 
     guarantees and loans to chauffeured ground transportation 
     companies; and
       (2) to compensate chauffeured ground transportation 
     companies for losses incurred by the companies as a direct 
     result of the attacks.
       (d) Chauffeured Ground Transportation Company Defined.--In 
     this section, the term ``chauffeured ground transportation 
     company'' means a company that provides transportation 
     reliant upon a motor vehicle used in the business of carrying 
     passengers for hire to provide prearranged passenger 
     transportation at a premium fare on a dedicated, 
     nonscheduled, charter basis that is not conducted on a 
     regular route and with a seating capacity in no event more 
     than 15 passengers, including the driver. This shall not 
     include taxicabs, hotel, or airport shuttles and buses.

                     [Submitted September 21, 2001]

                               H.R. 2926

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new title:

                 TITLE V--ANCILLARY AIRLINE INDUSTRIES

     SEC. 501. RELIEF FROM LOSSES RESULTING FROM TERRORIST 
                   ATTACKS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the President shall take the following actions to 
     compensate business concerns in the ancillary airline 
     industry for incremental losses incurred by the business 
     concerns as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United 
     States that occurred on September 11, 2001.
       (b) Compensation.--Under subsection (a), the President 
     shall compensate business concerns in an aggregate amount 
     equal to $4,000,000,000 for incremental losses incurred 
     beginning September 11, 2001, and ending December 31, 2001, 
     by the business concerns as a direct result of such attacks.
       (c) Emergency Designation.--Congress designates the amount 
     of new budget authority and outlays in all fiscal years 
     resulting from this title as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(e)). Such 
     amount shall be available only to the extent that a request, 
     that includes designation of such amount as an emergency 
     requirement as defined in such Act, is transmitted by the 
     President to Congress.

     SEC. 502. SPECIAL RULES FOR COMPENSATION.

       (a) Documentation.--The amount of compensation payable to a 
     business concern in the ancillary airline industry under 
     section 501 may not exceed the amount of losses described in 
     section 501 that the business concern demonstrates to the 
     satisfaction of the President, using sworn financial 
     statements or other appropriate data, that the business 
     concern incurred.
       (b) Payments.--The President may provide compensation to 
     business concerns under section 501 in 1 or more payments up 
     to the amount authorized by this title.

     SEC. 503. REPORTS.

       (a) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2001, the President 
     shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the 
     Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Budget 
     of the Senate a report on the financial status of the 
     ancillary airline industry and the amounts of assistance 
     provided under this title to business concerns.
       (b) Update.--Not later than the last day of the 7-month 
     period following the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     President shall update and transmit the report to the 
     Committees.

     SEC. 504. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title, the following definitions apply:
       (1) Ancillary airline industry.--The term ``ancillary 
     airline industry'' means business concerns whose ability to 
     derive revenues are directly affected by the airline 
     industry, including travel agencies, car rental companies 
     operating at airports, and other business concerns identified 
     by the President, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Transportation.
       (2) Incremental loss.--The term ``incremental loss'' does 
     not include any loss that the President determines would have 
     been incurred if the terrorist attacks on the United States 
     that occurred on September 11, 2001, had not occurred.

                               H.R. 2926

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 2: Page __, after line __, insert the 
     following new section:

       Sec. __. No funds appropriated in this Act may be made 
     available to any person or entity that violates the Buy 
     American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).

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September 21, 2001