[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1099-1102]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 5. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 311, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

     SEC. 733. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE SECURITY SCREENING 
                   OPT-OUT PROGRAM.

       Section 44920(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``The Under Secretary may approve any 
     application submitted under subsection (a).'' and inserting 
     ``Not later than 30 days after receiving an application 
     submitted under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall 
     approve the application.''
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  SA 6. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, insert the following:

     SECTION 732. LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEER 
                   PILOTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2011''.
       (b) Findings and Purpose.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (A) Many volunteer pilot nonprofit organizations fly for 
     public benefit and provide valuable services to communities 
     and individuals.
       (B) In calendar year 2006, volunteer pilot nonprofit 
     organizations provided long-distance, no-cost transportation 
     for more than 58,000 people during times of special need.
       (C) Such nonprofit organizations are no longer able to 
     purchase non-owned aircraft liability insurance to provide 
     liability protection at a reasonable price, and therefore 
     face a highly detrimental liability risk.
       (D) Such nonprofit organizations have supported the 
     homeland security of the United States by providing volunteer 
     pilot services during times of national emergency.
       (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to promote the 
     activities of volunteer pilot nonprofit organizations that 
     fly for public benefit and to sustain the availability of the 
     services that such nonprofit organizations provide, including 
     the following:
       (A) Transportation at no cost to financially needy medical 
     patients for medical treatment, evaluation, and diagnosis.
       (B) Flights for humanitarian and charitable purposes.
       (C) Other flights of compassion.
       (c) Liability Protection for Volunteer Pilot Nonprofit 
     Organizations That Fly for Public Benefit and to Pilots and 
     Staff of Such Nonprofit Organizations.--Section 4 of the 
     Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14503) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(4)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
     (i) and (ii), respectively;
       (B) by striking ``the harm'' and inserting ``(A) except in 
     the case of subparagraph (B), the harm'';
       (C) in subparagraph (A)(ii), as redesignated by this 
     paragraph, by striking the period at the end and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) the volunteer--
       ``(i) was operating an aircraft in furtherance of the 
     purpose of a volunteer pilot nonprofit organization that 
     flies for public benefit; and
       ``(ii) was properly licensed and insured for the operation 
     of such aircraft.''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``Nothing in this section'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     nothing in this section''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Exception.--A volunteer pilot nonprofit organization 
     that flies for public benefit, the staff, mission 
     coordinators, officers, and directors (whether volunteer or 
     otherwise) of such nonprofit organization, and a referring 
     agency of such nonprofit organization shall not be liable for 
     harm caused to any person by a volunteer of such nonprofit 
     organization while such volunteer--
       ``(A) is operating an aircraft in furtherance of the 
     purpose of such nonprofit organization;
       ``(B) is properly licensed for the operation of such 
     aircraft; and
       ``(C) has certified to such nonprofit organization that 
     such volunteer has insurance covering the volunteer's 
     operation of such aircraft.''.
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  SA 7. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 230, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

     SEC. 565. RESTRICTION ON ALTERATION OF FLIGHT TIME 
                   LIMITATIONS AND REST REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The flight time limitations and rest 
     requirements for supplemental operations under subpart S of 
     part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
     effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act), shall remain in effect unless and until the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration issues a 
     final rule in a rulemaking proceeding described in subsection 
     (b).
       (b) Rulemaking Proceeding Described.--A rulemaking 
     proceeding described in this subsection is a rulemaking 
     proceeding--
       (1) with respect to modernizing the flight time limitations 
     and rest requirements only with respect to supplemental 
     operations under subpart S of part 121 of title 14, Code of 
     Federal Regulations; and
       (2) that is not a part of, or otherwise connected to, the 
     rulemaking proceeding under Docket No. FAA-2009-1093, as 
     described in the notice of proposed rulemaking published in 
     the Federal Register on September 14, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
     55852).
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section requires 
     the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
     conduct a rulemaking proceeding with respect to the flight 
     time limitations and rest requirements for supplemental 
     operations under subpart S of part 121 of title 14, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, if the Administrator determines that the 
     flight time limitations and rest requirements under that 
     subpart (as in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act) are sufficient to ensure the safety of 
     supplemental operations.
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  SA 8. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Kirk, and Mrs. Boxer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
223, to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, 
reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United 
States, provide modernization of the air traffic control system, 
reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 733. PROHIBITION AGAINST AIMING A LASER POINTER AT AN 
                   AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Offense.--Chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 39A. Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft

       ``(a) Whoever knowingly aims the beam of a laser pointer at 
     an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the 
     United States, or at the flight path of such an aircraft, 
     shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 
     years, or both.
       ``(b) As used in this section, the term `laser pointer' 
     means any device designed or used to amplify electromagnetic 
     radiation by stimulated emission that emits a beam designed 
     to be used by the operator as a pointer or highlighter to 
     indicate, mark, or identify a specific position, place, item, 
     or object.
       ``(c) This section does not prohibit aiming a beam of a 
     laser pointer at an aircraft, or the flight path of such an 
     aircraft, by--
       ``(1) an authorized individual in the conduct of research 
     and development or flight test operations conducted by an 
     aircraft manufacturer, the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     or any other person authorized by the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to conduct such research and development or 
     flight test operations;
       ``(2) members or elements of the Department of Defense or 
     Department of Homeland Security acting in an official 
     capacity for the purpose of research, development, 
     operations, testing or training; or
       ``(3) by an individual using a laser emergency signaling 
     device to send an emergency distress signal.
       ``(d) The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Transportation, may provide by regulation, after 
     public notice and comment, such additional exceptions to this 
     section, as may be necessary and appropriate. The Attorney 
     General shall provide written notification of any proposed 
     regulations under this section to the Committees

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     on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science and 
     Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives, not less than 90 days before such 
     regulations become final.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 39 
     the following new item:

``39A. Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.''.
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  SA 9. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. 
McCaskill, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Webb) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
223, to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, 
reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United 
States, provide modernization of the air traffic control system, 
reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 335, after line 20, insert the following:

  TITLE XI--REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

     SEC. 1101. REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 9006 of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act, and the amendments made thereby, are 
     hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 
     be applied as if such section, and amendments, had never been 
     enacted.
       (b) Rescission of Unspent Federal Funds to Offset Loss in 
     Revenues.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, of all available unobligated funds, $44,000,000,000 in 
     appropriated discretionary funds are hereby rescinded.
       (2) Implementation.--The Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall determine and identify from which 
     appropriation accounts the rescission under paragraph (1) 
     shall apply and the amount of such rescission that shall 
     apply to each such account. Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the 
     Secretary of the Treasury and Congress of the accounts and 
     amounts determined and identified for rescission under the 
     preceding sentence.
       (3) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply to the 
     unobligated funds of the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Social Security 
     Administration.   
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  SA 10. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 278, line 2, strike ``5 years'' and insert ``3 
     years''.
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  SA 11. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 408. SMOKING PROHIBITION.

       (a) In General.--Section 41706 is amended--
       (1) in the section heading by striking ``scheduled'' and 
     inserting ``passenger''; and
       (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) Smoking Prohibition in Intrastate and Interstate 
     Transportation by Aircraft.--An individual may not smoke in 
     an aircraft--
       ``(1) in scheduled passenger interstate air transportation 
     or scheduled passenger intrastate air transportation; and
       ``(2) in nonscheduled intrastate or interstate 
     transportation of passengers by aircraft for compensation, if 
     a flight attendant is a required crewmember on the aircraft 
     (as determined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration).
       ``(b) Smoking Prohibition in Foreign Air Transportation.--
     The Secretary of Transportation shall require all air 
     carriers and foreign air carriers to prohibit smoking in an 
     aircraft--
       ``(1) in scheduled passenger foreign air transportation; 
     and
       ``(2) in nonscheduled passenger foreign air transportation, 
     if a flight attendant is a required crewmember on the 
     aircraft (as determined by the Administrator or a foreign 
     government).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 417 is 
     amended by striking the item relating to section 41706 and 
     inserting the following:

``41706. Prohibitions against smoking on flights.''.
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  SA 12. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 733. STAFFING OF NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall staff the Newark Liberty Airport air 
     traffic control tower with a minimum of 35 certified 
     professional controllers.
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  SA 13. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 223, to 
modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, 
reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United 
States, provide modernization of the air traffic control system, 
reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

            TITLE __--REPEAL OF JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE LAW

     SEC. _01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Repealing the Job-Killing 
     Health Care Law Act''.

     SEC. _02. REPEAL OF THE JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE LAW AND 
                   HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH 
                   CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010.

       (a) Job-Killing Health Care Law.--Effective as of the 
     enactment of Public Law 111-148, such Act is repealed, and 
     the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are 
     restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.
       (b) Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and 
     Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.--Effective as of the 
     enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 
     of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), title I and subtitle B of title 
     II of such Act are repealed, and the provisions of law 
     amended or repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, 
     are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had not 
     been enacted.

     SEC. _03. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS TITLE.

       The budgetary effects of this title, for the purpose of 
     complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall 
     be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
     ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this title, 
     submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
     Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
     Representatives, as long as such statement has been submitted 
     prior to the vote on passage of this title.
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  SA 14. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXCLUSION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE TRANSPORTATION 
                   SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FROM THE COLLECTIVE 
                   BARGAINING RIGHTS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Termination of Collective Bargaining for Transportation 
     Security Administration Employees Act of 2011''.
       (b) In General.--Section 7103(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in clause (iv), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) in clause (v), by striking the semicolon and inserting 
     ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vi) an officer or employee of the Transportation 
     Security Administration of the Department of Homeland 
     Security;''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(I) the Transportation Security Administration of the 
     Department of Homeland Security;''.

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       (c) Amendments to Title 49.--
       (1) Transportation security administration.--Section 114(n) 
     of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding ``This 
     subsection shall be subject to the amendments made by the 
     Termination of Collective Bargaining for Transportation 
     Security Administration Employees Act of 2011.'' at the end.
       (2) Personnel management system.--Section 40122 of title 
     49, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
       ``(j) Transportation Security Administration.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this section 
     (including subsection (g)(2)(C)), this section shall be 
     subject to the amendments made by the Termination of 
     Collective Bargaining for Transportation Security 
     Administration Employees Act of 2011.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     apply to any collective bargaining agreement (as defined 
     under section 7103(a)(8) of title 5, United States Code) 
     entered into on or after that date, including the renewal of 
     any collective bargaining agreement in effect on that date.
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  SA 15. Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air 
traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and 
availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide 
modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the 
Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.     . REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 9006 of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act, and the amendments made thereby, are 
     hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 
     be applied as if such section, and amendments, had never been 
     enacted.
       (b) Rescission of Unspent Federal Funds to Offset Loss in 
     Revenues.--
       (1) In general--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     of all available unobligated funds, $39,000,000,000 are 
     hereby rescinded.
       (2) Implementation.--The Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall determine and identify from which 
     accounts the rescission under paragraph (1) shall apply and 
     the amount of such rescission that shall apply to each such 
     account. Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Secretary 
     of the Treasury and Congress of the accounts and amounts 
     determined and identified for rescission under the preceding 
     sentence.
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  SA 16. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, insert the following:

     SEC. 733. AGREEMENTS GRANTING THROUGH-THE-FENCE ACCESS TO 
                   GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 47107 of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(t) Agreements Granting Through-the-fence Access to 
     General Aviation Airports.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a sponsor of a 
     general aviation airport shall not be considered to be in 
     violation of this subtitle, or to be in violation of a grant 
     assurance made under this section or under any other 
     provision of law as a condition for the receipt of Federal 
     financial assistance for airport development, solely because 
     the sponsor enters into an agreement that grants to a person 
     that owns residential real property adjacent to the airport 
     access to the airfield of the airport for the following:
       ``(A) Aircraft of the person.
       ``(B) Aircraft authorized by the person.
       ``(2) Through the fence agreements.--
       ``(A) In general.--An agreement described in paragraph (1) 
     between an airport sponsor and a property owner shall be a 
     written agreement that prescribes the rights, 
     responsibilities, charges, duration, and other terms the 
     airport sponsor determines are necessary to establish and 
     manage the airport sponsor's relationship with the property 
     owner.
       ``(B) Terms and conditions.--An agreement described in 
     paragraph (1) between an airport sponsor and a property owner 
     shall require the property owner, at minimum--
       ``(i) to pay airport access charges that, as determined by 
     the airport sponsor, are comparable to those charged to 
     tenants and operators on-airport making similar use of the 
     airport;
       ``(ii) to bear the cost of building and maintaining the 
     infrastructure that, as determined by the airport sponsor, is 
     necessary to provide aircraft located on the property 
     adjacent to the airport access to the airfield of the 
     airport;
       ``(iii) to maintain the property for residential, 
     noncommercial use for the duration of the agreement; and
       ``(iv) to prohibit access to the airport from other 
     properties through the property of the property owner.
       ``(3) General aviation airport defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term `general aviation airport' means a 
     public airport that is located in a State and that, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Transportation--
       ``(A) does not have scheduled service; or
       ``(B) has scheduled service with less than 2,500 passenger 
     boardings each year.''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to an agreement between an airport sponsor and a 
     property owner entered into before, on, or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
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  SA 17. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Full 
     Faith and Credit Act''.
       (b) Prioritize Obligations on the Debt Held by the 
     Public.--In the event that the debt of the United States 
     Government, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United 
     States Code, reaches the statutory limit, the authority of 
     the Department of the Treasury provided in section 3123 of 
     title 31, United States Code, to pay with legal tender the 
     principal and interest on debt held by the public shall take 
     priority over all other obligations incurred by the 
     Government of the United States.
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  SA 18. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 509.
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  SA 19. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page _, between lines _ and _, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NONAPPLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON.

       None of the funds made available under this Act (or an 
     amendment made by this Act) may be used to administer or 
     enforce the wage-rate requirements of subchapter IV of 
     chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United 
     States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Davis-Bacon Act'') 
     with respect to any project or program funded under this Act 
     (or amendment).
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  SA 20. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 54, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

     SEC. 224. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR 
                   GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION 
                   ADMINISTRATION TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT.

       The unobligated balance of the amount appropriated under 
     the heading ``grants-in-aid for airports'' under the heading 
     ``Federal Aviation Administration'' in title XII of division 
     A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
     (Public Law 111-5; 123

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     Stat. 205) is rescinded and shall be deposited in the 
     Treasury and used for deficit reduction.
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  SA 21. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by 
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic 
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL 
                   AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AT FISCAL YEAR 2008 
                   LEVELS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of, or amendment made 
     by, this title, the total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by this title to the Federal Aviation 
     Administration for fiscal year 2011 is $14,719,000,000.

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