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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2000

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LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 1678

Mr. LAUTENBERG proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 2084) making
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:
Sec. . It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary
should expeditiously amend Title 14, Chapter II, Part 250,
Code of Federal Regulations, so as to double the applicable
penalties for involuntary denied boardings and allow those
passengers that are involuntarily denied boarding the option
of obtaining a prompt cash refund for the full value of their
airline ticket.

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DASCHLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1679

Ms. LANDRIEU (for Mr. Daschle (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr.
Wyden)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2084, supra; as
follows:

On page 65, line 22, before the period at the end of the
line, insert the following ``: Provided it is the sense of
the Senate, That the funds made available under this heading
shall be used for the submission to the appropriate
committees of Congress by the Inspector General, not later
than July 15, 2000, of a report on the extent to which air
carriers and foreign carriers deny travel to airline
consumers with non-refundable tickets from one carrier to
another, including recommendations to develop a passenger-
friendly and cost-effective solution to ticket transfers
among airlines when seats are available.
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SHELBY (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 1680

Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to
the bill, H.R. 2084, supra; as follows:

On page 7, line 22, before the period, insert the
following: ``: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Transportation shall use any surplus funds that are made
available to the Secretary, to the maximum extent
practicable, to provide for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard''.
On page 18, lines 4 and 5, strike ``notwithstanding Public
Law 105-178 or any other provision of law,''.
On page 18, line 24, insert after ``Code:'' insert the
following: ``Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the funds
made available under 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,
shall be made available to carry out section 5113 of Public
Law 105-178:''
On page 19, lines 12 and 13, strike ``notwithstanding any
other provision of law,''.
On page 20, lines 7 and 8, strike ``notwithstanding any
other provision of law,''.
On page 20, line 12, strike all after ``That'' through ``of
law,'' on line 21.
On page 20, line 22, strike ``not less than'' and insert
the following: $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry
out the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
program, and''.
On page 22, line 15, strike ``Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for'' and insert the following: ``For''.
On page 24, lines 4 through 8, strike: ``: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available under this Act
may be obligated or expended to implement section 656(b) of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 405 note)''.
On page 40, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
``Gees Bend Ferry facilities, Wilcox County, Alabama''.
On page 40, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
``Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, Southern
Crescent Transit bus service between Clayton County and MARTA
rail stations, Georgia''.
On page 42, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
``Jasper buses, Alabama''.
On page 43, line 16, insert after ``Lane County, Bus Rapid
Transit'' the following: ``buses and facilities''.
On page 44, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
``Los Angeles/City of El Segundo Douglas Street Green Line
connection''.
On page 47, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
``Newark intermodal center, New Jersey''.
On page 48, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
``Parkersburg intermodal transportation facility, West
Virginia''.
On page 56, strike line 18, and insert the following:
``Dane County/Madison East-West Corridor''.
On page 57, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
``Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail project;''.
On page 59, line 10, strike ``and the''.
On page 59, line 11, after ``projects'' insert the
following: ``; and the Washington Metro Blue Line extension--
Addison Road''.
On page 61, strike lines 1 and 2, 11 and 12.
On page 62, strike lines 1 and 2.
On page 62, line 4, strike ``and the'' and insert:
``Wilmington, DE downtown transit connector; and the''.
On page 80, line 24, strike ``; and'' and inserts``.''.
On page 81, strike lines 1 through 8.
On page 90, strike lines 4 through 22, and insert the
following:
``Sec. . (a) None of the funds in this act shall be
available to execute a project agreement for any highway
project in a state that sells drivers' license personal
information as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) (excluding
individual photograph), or motor vehicle record, as defined
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), unless that state has established and
implemented an opt-in process for the use of personal
information or motor vehicle record in surveys, marketing
(excluding insurance rate setting), or solicitations.
``(b) None of the funds in this act shall be available to
execute a project agreement for any highway project in a
state that sells individual's drivers' license photographs,
unless that state has established and implemented an opt-in
process for such photographs.''
On page 91, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
``Sec. . Of funds made available in this Act, the
Secretary shall make available not less than $2,000,000, to
remain available until expended, for planning, engineering,
and construction of the runway extension of Eastern West
Virginia Regional Airport, Martinsburg, West Virginia:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall make available not
less than $400,000 for the Concord, New Hampshire
transportation planning project: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall make available not less than $2,000,000 for
an explosive detection system demonstration at a cargo
facility at Huntsville International Airport.
``Sec. . Section 656(b) of Division C of the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 is repealed.
``Sec. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
amount made available pursuant to Public Law 105-277 for the
Pittsburgh North Shore central business district transit
options MIS project may be used to fund any aspect of
preliminary engineering, costs associated with an
environmental impact statement, or a major investment study
for that project.
``Sec. . For necessary expenses for engineering, design
and construction activities to enable the James A. Farley
Post Office in New York City to be used as a train station
and commercial center, to become available on October 1 of
the fiscal year specified and remain available until
expended: fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000.''.

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