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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3035
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct an assessment of
terrorist-related threats to all forms of public transportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2001
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct an
assessment of terrorist-related threats to all forms of
public transportation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorism Threat to
Public Transportation Assessment Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. TERRORIST-RELATED THREATS TO PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Transportation,
in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Fed-
eral departments and agencies, shall conduct an assess-
ment of terrorist-related threats to all forms of public
transportation, including public gathering areas related to
public transportation.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
the President and Congress a report on the results of the
assessment conducted under this section, including the
Secretary’s recommendations for legislative and adminis-
trative actions.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3036
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a memorial on the
Arlington Naval Annex to the victims of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2001
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. WOLF,
Mr. HOYER, Mr. SCHROCK, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. JO ANN
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. BOU-
CHER, Mr. CANTOR, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. GOODE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and
in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a memo-
rial on the Arlington Naval Annex to the victims of
the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF ATTACK ON THE
PENTAGON.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish and maintain a memorial dedicated to the men and
women who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist at-
tack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
(b) LOCATION.—The memorial shall be established
on the Arlington Naval Annex, a parcel of Federal land
located in Arlington County, Virginia, which is subject to
transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary
of the Army under section 2881 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (division B
of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 879).
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS.—The siting, design, and construction of
the memorial shall be in accordance with sections 7 and
8 of the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1007–
1008). The memorial shall not be subject to any other re-
quirements of that Act.
SEC. 2. FUNDING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may ac-
cept funds from private sources to design, construct, and
maintain the memorial.
(b) ACCOUNT IN TREASURY.—The Secretary shall
deposit amounts that are accepted under this section into
a separate account in the Treasury established for such
purpose. Amounts deposited into the account shall be
available for expenditure without further appropriation to
carry out this Act.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To the
extent necessary to supplement amounts received from pri-
vate sources under this section, there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense such sums
as may be necessary for carrying out this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3038
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasi-
bility of designating Camp Security, located in Springettsbury, York
County, Pennsylvania, as a unit of the National Park System.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2001
Mr. PLATTS (for himself, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. GEKAS, Ms. HART,
Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. COYNE, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr.
ENGLISH, and Mr. BORSKI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suit-
ability and feasibility of designating Camp Security, lo-
cated in Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, as
a unit of the National Park System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Camp Security Na-
tional Historic Site Study Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Camp Security is believed to be the only un-
disturbed prisoner-of-war camp from the Revolu-
tionary War remaining in the United States.
(2) Built at the direction of the Continental
Congress, Camp Security housed over 1,000 British
prisoners of war between 1781 and 1783.
(3) The vast majority of British soldiers impris-
oned at Camp Security were captured as a result of
the Continental Army’s pivotal victories at the Bat-
tles of Saratoga and Yorktown.
(4) Large portions of Camp Security were built
along a steep hill using terraces, a unique architec-
tural and earthwork feature.
(5) Upon the 1783 adoption of the Treaty of
Paris, Camp Security was closed and those prisoners
who did not marry local women and settle in the
area returned to their families in Great Britain.
(6) Recent excavations and surveys of the site
identified intact archeological deposits and recovered
numerous domestic and military artifacts.
SEC. 3. STUDY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall
submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a study of the suitability and
feasibility of designating Camp Security, located in
Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, as
a unit of the National Park System.
(b) PROCESS.—Section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383
(16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall apply to the conduct of the
study required by this section, except that the study shall
be submitted pursuant to subsection (a) not later than 18
months after the date on which funds are first made avail-
able for the study.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3039
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the maximum
capital gains rate from 20 percent to 15 percent.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2001
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce
the maximum capital gains rate from 20 percent to 15
percent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN CAPITAL GAINS RATE.
(a) REDUCTION IN MAXIMUM RATE.—The following
sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each
amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 per-
cent’’:
(1) Section 1(h)(1)(C).
(2) Section 55(b)(3)(C).
(3) Section 1445(e)(1).
to which loss may be carried) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) TRAVEL
AND
TOURISM
INDUSTRY
LOSSES.—In the case of a taxpayer which has
a travel or tourism loss (as defined in sub-
section (j)) for a taxable year that includes any
portion of the period beginning on or after Sep-
tember 12, 2001, and ending before January 1,
2002, such travel or tourism loss shall be a net
operating loss carryback to each of the 5 tax-
able years preceding the taxable year of such
loss.’’.
(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR TRAVEL AND TOURISM IN-
DUSTRY LOSSES.—Section 172 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to net operating loss deduction)
is amended by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection
(k) and by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(j) RULES RELATING TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM IN-
DUSTRY LOSSES.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘travel or tourism
loss’ means the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the amount which would be the net
operating loss for the taxable year if only in-
(4) 
The 
second 
sentence 
of 
section
7518(g)(6)(A).
(5) The second sentence of section 607(h)(6)(A)
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 1(h) of such Code
is amended by striking subparagraph (B).
(2) Paragraph (3) of section 55(b) of such Code
is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and
(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’.
(3) Paragraph (7) of section 57(a) of such Code
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘42 percent’’ and inserting
‘‘6 percent’’, and
(B) by striking the last sentence.
(c) TRANSITION RULES FOR TAXABLE YEARS WHICH
INCLUDE DATE OF ENACTMENT.—For purposes of apply-
ing section 1(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in
the case of a taxable year which includes the date of the
enactment of this Act—
(1) The amount of tax determined under sub-
paragraph (C) of section 1(h)(1) of such Code shall
be the sum of—
(A) 15 percent of the lesser of—
(i) the net capital gain taking into ac-
count only gain or loss properly taken into
account for the portion of the taxable year
on or after such date (determined without
regard to collectibles gain or loss, gain de-
scribed in section (1)(h)(7)(A)(i) of such
Code, and section 1202 gain), or
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (with-
out regard to this subsection), plus
(B) 20 percent of the excess (if any) of—
(i) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (with-
out regard to this subsection), over
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under subparagraph (A).
(2) For purposes of applying section 55(b)(3)
of such Code, rules similar to the rules of paragraph
(1) of this subsection shall apply.
(3) In applying this subsection with respect to
any pass-thru entity, the determination of when
gains and loss are properly taken into account shall
be made at the entity level.
(4) Terms used in this subsection which are
also used in section 1(h) of such Code shall have the
respective meanings that such terms have in such
section.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years ending on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) WITHHOLDING.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(3) shall apply to amounts paid after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
STOCK.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (b)(3) shall apply to dis-
positions on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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plan for the establishment of the surrogate radio broad-
casting described in subsection (a).
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) FISCAL YEARS 2002 AND 2003.—In addition
to such sums as are authorized to be appropriated
for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for
‘‘International 
Broadcasting 
Operations’’,
$8,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the
fiscal year 2002 and $6,000,000 is authorized to be
appropriated for the fiscal year 2003 for ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ to be available
only for the surrogate radio broadcasting described
in subsection (a).
(2) TRANSMITTER.—Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by paragraph (1) for the fiscal
year 2002, $1,500,000 shall be available only for a
new transmitter for the surrogate radio broadcasting
described in subsection (a).
SEC. 7. COMPLIANCE WITH MEASURES DIRECTED AGAINST
THE TALIBAN BY THE UNITED NATIONS SE-
CURITY COUNCIL.
(a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one
month after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
every three months thereafter until the President deter-
mines and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
‘‘(h) FRAUD ALERTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of a con-
sumer and upon receiving proper identification, a
consumer reporting agency shall include a fraud
alert in the file of that consumer.
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO USERS.—A consumer reporting
agency shall notify each person procuring consumer
credit information with respect to a consumer of the
existence of a fraud alert in the file of that con-
sumer, regardless of whether a full credit report,
credit score, or summary report is requested.
‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—Any user of a consumer re-
port that fails to comply with preauthorization pro-
cedures contained in a fraud alert and issues or ex-
tends credit in the name of the consumer to a per-
son other than the consumer, shall be in violation of
this section.
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘fraud alert’ means a clear and conspicuous state-
ment in the file of a consumer that notifies all pro-
spective users of a consumer report made with re-
spect to that consumer that the consumer does not
authorize the issuance or extension of credit in the
name of the consumer unless—
agencies and the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey.
(d) PRESENTMENT CEREMONY.—The President shall
consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the majority
leader and the minority leader of the House of Represent-
atives, and the majority leader and the minority leader of
the Senate with regard to the ceremony for presenting the
gold medals under subsection (a).
SEC. 3. DUPLICATIVE GOLD MEDALS FOR DEPARTMENTS
AND DUTY STATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall strike duplicates in gold of the gold medals struck
pursuant to section 2 for presentation to each of the fol-
lowing:
(1) The Governor of the State of New York.
(2) The Mayor of the City of New York.
(3) The Commissioner of the New York Police
Department, the Commissioner of the New York
Fire Department, the head of emergency medical
services for the City of New York, and the Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey.
(4) Each precinct house, fire house, emergency
response station, or other duty station or place of
gard to the provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States
Code)—
(1) prohibiting access to the flight deck of com-
mercial aircraft engaged in interstate or intrastate
transportation while the aircraft is so engaged by
any person other than a member of the flight deck
crew;
(2) requiring the strengthening of the flight
deck door and locks on any such aircraft operating
under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, that has a door in a bulkhead between the
flight deck and the passenger area to prevent them
from being forced open from inside the aircraft;
(3) requiring that such flight deck doors be
locked by airport security personnel and remain
locked while any such aircraft is in flight except
when the pilot orders that the door be opened;
(4) prohibiting the possession of a key to any
such flight deck door by any member of the flight
crew who is not assigned to the flight deck;
(5) requiring that the passenger area be
equipped with video surveillance equipment and be
subject to video surveillance that is displayed to the
pilot in real time on a monitor on the flight deck;
(11) Legislation is required to enact the resolu-
tion reached by the Forest Service, the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to ratify
an agreement between the Department of Agriculture, the
Department of the Interior, and Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, UNITED
STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND
COOK INLET REGION, INC.
(a) RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms, conditions, cov-
enants, and procedures set forth in the document
entitled ‘‘Russian River Section 14(h)(1) Selection
Agreement’’, which was executed by Cook Inlet Re-
gion, Inc., the United States Department of Agri-
culture, and the United States Department of the
Interior on July 26, 2001, (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Agreement’’), are hereby incor-
porated in this section, and are ratified, as to the
duties and obligations of the United States and the
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., as a matter of Federal law.
(2) SECTION 5.—The ratification of section 5 of
the Agreement is subject to the following conditions:
research, and the ethical conduct of research involving
children.
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(7) The Taliban have, since 1996, harbored and
protected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and
members of his terrorist al Qaeda network.
(8) Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda associ-
ates were indicted for the August 7, 1998, bombings
of the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya,
and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, as a result of which
the United Nations Security Council adopted Reso-
lution 1267 (1999), demanding that the Taliban
surrender Osama bin Laden for trial and deter-
mining that the Taliban’s continued provision of
sanctuary to international terrorist organizations
constitutes a threat to international peace and secu-
rity.
(9) In order to compel the Taliban to surrender
Osama bin Laden and terminate support for inter-
national terrorist organizations, the United Nations
Security Council has imposed progressively more
comprehensive sanctions on the Taliban under Reso-
lutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), and 1363 (2001),
which sanctions are binding on all members of the
United Nations under Chapter VII of the Charter of
the United Nations.
(10) As a result of the Taliban’s failure to com-
ply with the demands of the United States and the
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3050
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make effective as of January
1, 2001, all of the individual income tax rate reductions, and to amend
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to
repeal the sunset of such rate reductions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 2001
Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make
effective as of January 1, 2001, all of the individual
income tax rate reductions, and to amend the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to
repeal the sunset of such rate reductions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATE REDUCTIONS
MADE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2001.
Paragraph (2) of section 1(i) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) REDUCTIONS IN RATES AFTER DECEMBER
31, 2000.—In the case of taxable years beginning in
a calendar year after 2000, the corresponding per-
centage specified for such calendar year in the fol-
lowing table shall be substituted for the otherwise
applicable tax rate in the tables under subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).
‘‘In the case of taxable years
beginning during calendar year:
The corresponding percentages
shall be substituted for
the following percentages:
28%
31%
36%
39.6%
2001 and thereafter ....................................................
25.0%
28.0%
33.0%
35.0%
SEC. 2. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATE REDUCTIONS MADE
PERMANENT.
Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–16) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATE REDUCTIONS
MADE PERMANENT.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not
apply to the provisions of, and amendments made by, title
I.’’
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3051
To designate ‘‘God Bless America’’ as the national hymn of the United
States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 2001
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. FROST, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BENTSEN,
Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr.
ORTIZ, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. REYES, Mr. JOHN, Mr. TURNER, Mr.
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. UPTON, Ms. MCCARTHY of
Missouri, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. CARSON of Indi-
ana, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BACA, Mr. WATKINS of
Oklahoma, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. SAWYER,
Mr. DOYLE, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. CLEMENT) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate ‘‘God Bless America’’ as the national hymn
of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL HYMN.
The composition consisting of the words and music
known as ‘‘God Bless America’’ is designated as the na-
tional hymn of the United States.
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any other significant portion or segment of such
markets, or (II) the transmission or processing
of securities transactions.
‘‘(B) An order of the Commission under this
paragraph (2) shall continue in effect for the period
specified by the Commission, and may be extended.
Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the Com-
mission’s action may not continue in effect for more
than 30 business days, including extensions. If the
actions described in subparagraph (A) involve a se-
curity futures product, the Commission shall consult
with and consider the views of the Commodity Fu-
tures Trading Commission. In exercising its author-
ity under this paragraph, the Commission shall not
be required to comply with the provisions of section
553 of title 5, United States Code, or with the provi-
sions of section 19(c) of this title.
‘‘(C) An order of the Commission under this
paragraph (2) may be extended to continue in effect
for more than 30 business days if, at the time of the
extension, the Commission finds that the emergency
still exists and determines that the continuation of
the order beyond 30 business days is necessary in
the public interest and for the protection of investors
to attain an objective described in clause (i), (ii), or
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3055
To preserve the continued viability of certain businesses which are an integral
part of the air transportation system.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 2001
Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
A BILL
To preserve the continued viability of certain businesses
which are an integral part of the air transportation system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Car Rental Firms Sta-
bilization Act’’.
SEC. 2. DISASTER RELIEF.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President and the Air Transportation Sta-
bilization Board (established under section 102 of the Air
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act),
shall take the following actions to compensate car rental
firms for losses incurred as a result of the terrorist attacks
that occurred on September 11, 2001, and the resulting
decline in air travel. Subject to such terms and conditions
as the President and the Air Transportation Stabilization
Board may determine, issue Federal credit instruments to
car rental firms that do not, in the aggregate, exceed
$1,500,000,000 and provide the subsidy amounts nec-
essary for such instruments in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (20
U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
(b) 
EMERGENCY
DESIGNATION.—Congress 
des-
ignates the amount of new budget authority and outlays
in all fiscal years resulting from this title as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 252(e) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(e)). Such amount shall be available only to the
extent that a request, that includes designation of such
amount as an emergency requirement as defined in such.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘car rental firms’’
means persons or companies in the business of renting or
leasing motor vehicles for 60 days or less operating at
commercial airports.
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