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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 904

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 House Administration

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,

3 SECTION 1. NATIONAL COMMISSION TO ENSURE A STRONG

4 COMPETITIVE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.

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

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

7 Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal
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1 Transportation Act of 1992 (49 U.S.C. App. 1371 note)

2 is amended to read as follows:

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

4 composed of 15 voting members and 7 nonvoting

5 members as follows:

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

7 member appointed by the President.

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

9 members appointed by the Speaker of the

10 House of Representatives.

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

12 member appointed by the minority leader of the

13 House of Representatives.

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

15 members appointed by the majority leader of

16 the Senate.

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

18 member appointed by the minority leader of the

19 Senate.’’.

20 (b) QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.—Paragraph (2)

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

22 follows:

23 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Voting members ap24 pointed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be ap25 pointed from among individuals who are experts in
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1 aviation economics, finance, international trade, and

2 related disciplines and who can represent airlines,

3 passengers, shippers, airline employees, aircraft

4 manufacturers, general aviation, and the financial

5 community.’’.

6 (c) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Paragraph (5) of sub7 section (e) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘sec8 tions 5702 and 5703’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter I of

9 chapter 57’’.

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

11 such section is amended to read as follows:

12 ‘‘(6) CHAIRMAN.—The President, in consulta13 tion with the Speaker of the House of Representa14 tives and the majority leader of the Senate, shall

15 designate the Chairman of the Commission from

16 among its voting members.’’.

17 (e) COMMISSION PANELS.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Such section is further

19 amended by inserting after subsection (e) the follow20 ing new subsection:

21 ‘‘(f) COMMISSION PANELS.—The Chairman shall es22 tablish such panels consisting of voting members of the

23 Commission as the Chairman determines appropriate to

24 carry out the functions of the Commission.’’.
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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsections

2 (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) of such section are re3 designated as subsections (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), and

4 (m), respectively.

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

6 further amended by inserting after subsection (i) (as re7 designated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) the follow8 ing new subsection:

9 ‘‘(j) STAFF AND OTHER SUPPORT.—Upon the re10 quest of the Commission or a panel of the Commission,

11 the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the Commis12 sion or panel with staff and other support to assist the

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

14 (g) REPORT.—Subsection (l) of such section (as re15 designated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) is amended

16 by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’.

17 (h) TERMINATION.—Subsection (m) of such section

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

19 amended—

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

21 ‘‘30th day’’; and

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

23 ‘‘subsection (l)’’.
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1 (i) COMMISSION EXPENDITURES.—Such section is

2 further amended by adding at the end the following new

3 subsection:

4 ‘‘(n) COMMISSION EXPENDITURES.—Amounts ex5 pended to carry out this section shall not be considered

6 expenses of advisory committees for purposes of section

7 312 of the Department of Transportation and Related

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993.’’.

9 (j) PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Such sec10 tion is further amended by adding at the end the following

11 new subsection:

12 ‘‘(o) PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Any ap13 pointment made to the Commission before the date of the

14 enactment of this subsection shall not be effective after

15 such date of enactment.’’.

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