Union Calendar No. 11

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 904

[Report No. 103–22]

A BILL

To amend the Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity,

Strong Competitive Airline Industry.ment of the National Commission to Ensure atation Act of 1992 with respect to the establishNoise Improvement, and Intermodal TransporMARCH 1, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 11

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 904

[Report No. 103–22]

To amend the Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement,

and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 with respect to the establishment of the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline

Industry.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 16, 1993

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. MINETA, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr.

CARR, and Mr. CLINGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

MARCH 1, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend the Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise

Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of

1992 with respect to the establishment of the National

Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline

Industry.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. NATIONAL COMMISSION TO ENSURE A STRONG

2 COMPETITIVE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.

3 (a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—Paragraph (1) of

4 subsection (e) of section 204 of the Airport and Airway

5 Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal

6 Transportation Act of 1992 (49 U.S.C. App. 1371 note)

7 is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be

9 composed of 15 voting members and 7 nonvoting

10 members as follows:

11 ‘‘(A) 5 voting members and 1 nonvoting

12 member appointed by the President.

13 ‘‘(B) 3 voting members and 2 nonvoting

14 members appointed by the Speaker of the

15 House of Representatives.

16 ‘‘(C) 2 voting members and 1 nonvoting

17 member appointed by the minority leader of the

18 House of Representatives.

19 ‘‘(D) 3 voting members and 2 nonvoting

20 members appointed by the majority leader of

21 the Senate.

22 ‘‘(E) 2 voting members and 1 nonvoting

23 member appointed by the minority leader of the

24 Senate.’’.
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1 (b) QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.—Paragraph (2)

2 of subsection (e) of such section is amended to read as

3 follows:

4 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Voting members ap5 pointed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be ap6 pointed from among individuals who are experts in

7 aviation economics, finance, international trade, and

8 related disciplines and who can represent airlines,

9 passengers, shippers, airline employees, aircraft

10 manufacturers, general aviation, and the financial

11 community.’’.

12 (c) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Paragraph (5) of sub13 section (e) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘sec14 tions 5702 and 5703’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter I of

15 chapter 57’’.

16 (d) CHAIRMAN.—Paragraph (6) of subsection (e) of

17 such section is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(6) CHAIRMAN.—The President, in consulta19 tion with the Speaker of the House of Representa20 tives and the majority leader of the Senate, shall

21 designate the Chairman of the Commission from

22 among its voting members.’’.

23 (e) COMMISSION PANELS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Such section is further

2 amended by inserting after subsection (e) the follow3 ing new subsection:

4 ‘‘(f) COMMISSION PANELS.—The Chairman shall es5 tablish such panels consisting of voting members of the

6 Commission as the Chairman determines appropriate to

7 carry out the functions of the Commission.’’.

8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsections

9 (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) of such section are re10 designated as subsections (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), and

11 (m), respectively.

12 (f) STAFF AND OTHER SUPPORT.—Such section is

13 further amended by inserting after subsection (i) (as re14 designated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) the follow15 ing new subsection:

16 ‘‘(j) STAFF AND OTHER SUPPORT.—Upon the re17 quest of the Commission or a panel of the Commission,

18 the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the Commis19 sion or panel with staff and other support to assist the

20 Commission or panel in carrying out its responsibilities.’’.

21 (g) REPORT.—Subsection (l) of such section (as re22 designated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) is amended

23 by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’.
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1 (h) TERMINATION.—Subsection (m) of such section

2 (as redesignated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) is

3 amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘180th day’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘30th day’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘subsection (j)’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘subsection (l)’’.

8 (i) COMMISSION EXPENDITURES.—Such section is

9 further amended by adding at the end the following new

10 subsection:

11 ‘‘(n) COMMISSION EXPENDITURES.—Amounts ex12 pended to carry out this section shall not be considered

13 expenses of advisory committees for purposes of section

14 312 of the Department of Transportation and Related

15 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993.’’.

16 (j) PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Such sec17 tion is further amended by adding at the end the following

18 new subsection:

19 ‘‘(o) PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Any ap20 pointment made to the Commission before the date of the

21 enactment of this subsection shall not be effective after

22 such date of enactment.’’.