103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 904

AN ACT

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 Transpor-
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 904

AN ACT

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

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

9 is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be

2 composed of 15 voting members and 7 nonvoting

3 members as follows:

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

5 member appointed by the President.

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

7 members appointed by the Speaker of the

8 House of Representatives.

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

10 member appointed by the minority leader of the

11 House of Representatives.

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

13 members appointed by the majority leader of

14 the Senate.

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

16 member appointed by the minority leader of the

17 Senate.’’.

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

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

20 follows:

21 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Voting members ap22 pointed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be ap23 pointed from among individuals who are experts in

24 aviation economics, finance, international trade, and

25 related disciplines and who can represent airlines,
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1 passengers, shippers, airline employees, aircraft

2 manufacturers, general aviation, and the financial

3 community.’’.

4 (c) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Paragraph (5) of sub5 section (e) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘sec6 tions 5702 and 5703’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter I of

7 chapter 57’’.

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

9 such section is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(6) CHAIRMAN.—The President, in consulta11 tion with the Speaker of the House of Representa12 tives and the majority leader of the Senate, shall

13 designate the Chairman of the Commission from

14 among its voting members.’’.

15 (e) COMMISSION PANELS.—

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

17 amended by inserting after subsection (e) the follow18 ing new subsection:

19 ‘‘(f) COMMISSION PANELS.—The Chairman shall es20 tablish such panels consisting of voting members of the

21 Commission as the Chairman determines appropriate to

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

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsections

24 (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) of such section are re-
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1 designated as subsections (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), and

2 (m), respectively.

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

4 further amended by inserting after subsection (i) (as re5 designated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) the follow6 ing new subsection:

7 ‘‘(j) STAFF AND OTHER SUPPORT.—Upon the re8 quest of the Commission or a panel of the Commission,

9 the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the Commis10 sion or panel with staff and other support to assist the

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

12 (g) REPORT.—Subsection (l) of such section (as re13 designated by subsection (e)(2) of this section) is amended

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

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

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

17 amended—

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

19 ‘‘30th day’’; and

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

21 ‘‘subsection (l)’’.

22 (i) COMMISSION EXPENDITURES.—Such section is

23 further amended by adding at the end the following new

24 subsection:
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1 ‘‘(n) COMMISSION EXPENDITURES.—Amounts ex2 pended to carry out this section shall not be considered

3 expenses of advisory committees for purposes of section

4 312 of the Department of Transportation and Related

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993.’’.

6 (j) PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Such sec7 tion is further amended by adding at the end the following

8 new subsection:

9 ‘‘(o) PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Any ap10 pointment made to the Commission before the date of the

11 enactment of this subsection shall not be effective after

12 such date of enactment.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2,

1993.

Attest:

Clerk.