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(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, after pro-
viding notice and an opportunity for public com-
ment,’’ after ‘‘if the Secretary decides’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION
OF
DECISIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register any deci-
sion to waive a term under paragraph (1) and the
reasons for the decision.’’.
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 47153 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In deciding whether to
waive a term required by section 47152 or add another
term, the Secretary shall consider the current and future
needs of the users of the airport and the interests of the
owner of the property.’’.
(f) REFERENCES
TO
GIFTS.—Chapter 471 is
amended—
(1) in section 47151—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1) by striking ‘‘give’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
vey to’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking
‘‘gift’’ and inserting ‘‘conveyance’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘giving’’ and inserting
‘‘conveying’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘gift’’ and inserting
‘‘conveyance’’; and
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) in the subsection heading by strik-
ing ‘‘GIVEN’’ and inserting ‘‘CONVEYED’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘given’’ and inserting
‘‘conveyed’’;
(2) in section 47152—
(A) in the section heading by striking
‘‘gifts’’ and inserting ‘‘conveyances’’; and
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking ‘‘gift’’ and inserting ‘‘conveyance’’;
(3) in section 47153(a)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘gift’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘conveyance’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘given’’ and inserting
‘‘conveyed’’; and
(4) in the analysis for such chapter by striking
the item relating to section 47152 and inserting the
following:
‘‘47152. Terms of conveyances.’’.
SEC. 120. CONSTRUCTION OF RUNWAYS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law that specifically
restricts the number of runways at a single international
airport, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate
funds made available under chapters 471 and 481 of title
49, United States Code, for any project to construct a new
runway at such airport, unless this section is expressly re-
pealed.
SEC. 121. GENERAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
(a) CONTINUATION OF ILS INVENTORY PROGRAM.—
Section 44502(a)(4)(B) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 1995 and
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 1999
through 2004’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘under new or existing con-
tracts’’ after ‘‘including acquisition’’.
(b) LORAN-C NAVIGATION
FACILITIES.—Section
44502(a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE OF LORAN-
C
NAVIGATION
FACILITIES.—The Secretary shall
maintain and upgrade Loran-C navigation facilities
throughout the transition period to satellite-based
navigation.’’.
SEC. 122. DENIAL OF AIRPORT ACCESS TO CERTAIN AIR
CARRIERS.
Section 44706 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) INCLUDED CHARTER AIR TRANSPORTATION.—
For the purposes of subsection (a)(2), a scheduled pas-
senger operation includes charter air transportation for
which the general public is provided in advance a schedule
containing the departure location, departure time, and ar-
rival location of the flights.
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO PRECLUDE SCHEDULED PAS-
SENGER OPERATIONS.—The Administrator shall permit
an airport that will be subject to certification under sub-
section (a)(2) to preclude scheduled passenger operations
(including public charter operations described in sub-
section (g)) at the airport if the airport notifies the Ad-
ministrator, in writing, that it does not intend to obtain
an airport operating certificate.’’.
SEC. 123. BUDGET SUBMISSION.
The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives a copy of the annual
budget estimates of the Federal Aviation Administration,
including line item justifications, at the same time the an-
nual budget estimates are submitted to the Committees
the date on which the application for an exemption
is filed.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM
NUMBER
OF
EXEMP-
TIONS.—No more than two exemptions per
hour and no more than 6 exemptions per day
may be granted under this subsection for slots
at Ronald Reagan Washington National Air-
port.
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF FLIGHTS.—
An exemption may be granted under this sub-
section for a slot at Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport only if the flight utilizing such
slot begins or ends within 1,250 miles of the
Airport and a stage 3 aircraft is used for such
flight.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An air carrier interested
in an exemption under this subsection shall submit
to the Secretary an application for such exemption.
No application may be submitted to the Secretary
before the last day of the 30-day period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this paragraph.
‘‘(4) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
make a decision with regard to granting an exemp-
tion under this subsection on or before the 120th
day following the date of the application for the ex-
emption. If the Secretary does not make the decision
on or before such 120th day, the air carrier applying
for the service may provide such service until the
Secretary makes the decision or the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration determines that
providing such service would have an adverse effect
on air safety.
‘‘(5) PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.—An exemp-
tion granted under this subsection may remain in ef-
fect only while the air carrier for whom the exemp-
tion is granted continues to provide nonstop air
transportation between the airport that the Sec-
retary determined was not receiving sufficient air
carrier service and Ronald Reagan Washington Na-
tional Airport.
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COMMUTER AIR CAR-
RIERS.—The Secretary shall treat all commuter air car-
riers that have cooperative agreements, including code
share agreements with other air carriers, equally for deter-
mining eligibility for exemptions under this section regard-
less of the form of the corporate relationship between the
commuter air carrier and the other air carrier.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating
subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g),
respectively.
SEC. 202. FUNDING FOR AIR CARRIER SERVICE TO AIR-
PORTS NOT RECEIVING SUFFICIENT SERV-
ICE.
(a) FUNDING FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERV-
ICE.—Section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) FUNDING FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERV-
ICE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, from moneys credited to the ac-
count established under section 45303(a), including
the funds derived from fees imposed under the au-
thority contained in section 45301(a)—
‘‘(A) not to exceed $45,000,000 for each
fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1999,
shall be used to carry out the essential air serv-
ice program under this subchapter; and
‘‘(B) not to exceed $5,000,000 for such fis-
cal year shall be used—
‘‘(i) for assisting an air carrier to sub-
sidize service to and from an underserved
airport for a period not to exceed 3 years;
and
‘‘(ii) for assisting an underserved air-
port to obtain jet aircraft service (and to
promote passenger use of that service) to
and from the underserved airport.
‘‘(2) RURAL AIR SAFETY.—Any funds that are
made available by paragraph (1) for a fiscal year
and that the Secretary determines will not be obli-
gated or expended before the last day of such fiscal
year shall be available to the Administrator for use
under this subchapter in improving rural air safety
at airports with less than 100,000 annual boardings.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—
If, for a fiscal year beginning after September 30,
1999, more than $50,000,000 is made available
under subsection (a) to carry out the small commu-
nity air service program, 1⁄2 of the amounts in excess
of $50,000,000 shall be used for the purposes speci-
fied in paragraph (1)(B), in addition to amounts
made available for such purposes under paragraph
(1)(B).
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to amounts made available under paragraph
(1), there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of Transportation for each fiscal year be-
ginning after September 30, 1999, $15,000,000—
‘‘(A) to provide assistance to an air carrier
to subsidize service to and from an underserved
airport for a period not to exceed 3 years; and
‘‘(B) to provide assistance to an under-
served airport to obtain jet aircraft service (and
to promote passenger use of that service) to
and from the underserved airport.
‘‘(5) PRIORITY CRITERIA FOR ASSISTING AIR-
PORTS
NOT
RECEIVING
SUFFICIENT
SERVICE.—In
providing assistance to airports under paragraphs
(1)(B) and (4), the Administrator shall give priority
to those airports for which a community will provide,
from local sources (other than airport revenues), a
portion of the cost of the activity to be assisted.
‘‘(6) UNDERSERVED
AIRPORT
DEFINED.—In
this subsection, the term ‘underserved airport’
means a nonhub airport or small hub airport (as
such terms are defined in section 41714(e)) that the
Secretary determines is not receiving sufficient air
carrier service.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 417 of
such title is amended—
(1) section 41742 is amended—
(A) in the section heading by striking ‘‘Es-
sential’’ and inserting ‘‘Small commu-
nity’’; and
(B) in each of subsections (a) and (c) by
striking ‘‘essential air’’ and inserting ‘‘small
community’’; and
(2) in the analysis for such chapter by striking
the item relating to section 41742 and inserting the
following:
‘‘41742. Small community air service authorization.’’.
SEC. 203. WAIVER OF LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
Section 41736(b) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Paragraph (4) shall not apply to any place for which a
proposal was approved or that was designated as eligible
under this section in the period beginning on October 1,
1991, and ending on December 31, 1997.’’.
SEC. 204. POLICY FOR AIR SERVICE TO RURAL AREAS.
Section 40101(a) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(16) ensuring that consumers in all regions of
the United States, including those in small commu-
nities and rural and remote areas, have access to af-
fordable, regularly scheduled air service.’’.
Subtitle B—Regional Air Service
Incentive Program
SEC. 211. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL AIR SERVICE IN-
CENTIVE PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 417 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL AIR SERVICE
INCENTIVE PROGRAM
‘‘§ 41761. Purpose
‘‘The purpose of this subchapter is to improve service
by jet aircraft to underserved markets by providing assist-
ance, in the form of Federal credit instruments, to com-
muter air carriers that purchase regional jet aircraft for
use in serving those markets.
‘‘§ 41762. Definitions
‘‘In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
‘‘(1) AIR
CARRIER.—The term ‘air carrier’
means any air carrier holding a certificate of public
convenience and necessity issued by the Secretary of
Transportation under section 41102.
‘‘(2) AIRCRAFT PURCHASE.—The term ‘aircraft
purchase’ means the purchase of commercial trans-
port aircraft, including spare parts normally associ-
ated with the aircraft.
‘‘(3) CAPITAL
RESERVE
SUBSIDY
AMOUNT.—
The term ‘capital reserve subsidy amount’ means the
amount of budget authority sufficient to cover esti-
mated long-term cost to the Federal Government of
a Federal credit instrument, calculated on a net
present value basis, excluding administrative costs
and any incidental effects on government receipts or
outlays in accordance with provisions of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq).
‘‘(4) COMMUTER
AIR
CARRIER.—The term
‘commuter air carrier’ means an air carrier that pri-
marily operates aircraft designed to have a maxi-
mum passenger seating capacity of 75 or less in ac-
cordance with published flight schedules.
‘‘(5) FEDERAL
CREDIT
INSTRUMENT.—The
term ‘Federal credit instrument’ means a secured
loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit authorized to
be made under this subchapter.
‘‘(6) FINANCIAL
OBLIGATION.—The term ‘fi-
nancial obligation’ means any note, bond, debenture,
or other debt obligation issued by an obligor in con-
nection with the financing of an aircraft purchase,
other than a Federal credit instrument.
‘‘(7) LENDER.—The term ‘lender’ means any
non-Federal qualified institutional buyer (as defined
by section 230.144A(a) of title 17, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any successor regulation) known as
Rule 144A(a) of the Security and Exchange Com-
mission and issued under the Security Act of 1933
(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.)), including—
‘‘(A) a qualified retirement plan (as de-
fined in section 4974(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) that is a qualified institutional
buyer; and
‘‘(B) a governmental plan (as defined in
section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) that is a qualified institutional buyer.
‘‘(8) LINE OF CREDIT.—The term ‘line of cred-
it’ means an agreement entered into by the Sec-
retary with an obligor under section 41763(d) to
provide a direct loan at a future date upon the oc-
currence of certain events.
‘‘(9) LOAN GUARANTEE.—The term ‘loan guar-
antee’ means any guarantee or other pledge by the
Secretary under section 41763(c) to pay all or part
of any of the principal of and interest on a loan or
other debt obligation issued by an obligor and fund-
ed by a lender.
‘‘(10) NEW ENTRANT AIR CARRIER.—The term
‘new entrant air carrier’ means an air carrier that
has been providing air transportation according to a
published schedule for less than 5 years, including
any person that has received authority from the Sec-
retary to provide air transportation but is not pro-
viding air transportation.
‘‘(11) NONHUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘nonhub
airport’ means an airport that each year has less
than .05 percent of the total annual boardings in the
United States.
‘‘(12) OBLIGOR.—The term ‘obligor’ means a
party primarily liable for payment of the principal of
or interest on a Federal credit instrument, which
party may be a corporation, partnership, joint ven-
ture, trust, or governmental entity, agency or instru-
mentality.
‘‘(13) REGIONAL JET AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘re-
gional jet aircraft’ means a civil aircraft—
‘‘(A) powered by jet propulsion; and
‘‘(B) designed to have a maximum pas-
senger seating capacity of not less than 30 nor
more than 75.
‘‘(14) SECURED
LOAN.—The term ‘secured
loan’ means a direct loan or other debt obligation
issued by an obligor and funded by the Secretary in
connection with the financing of an aircraft purchase
under section 41763(b).
‘‘(15) SMALL HUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘small
hub airport’ means an airport that each year has at
least .05 percent, but less than .25 percent, of the
total annual boardings in the United States.
‘‘(16) UNDERSERVED MARKET.—The term ‘un-
derserved market’ means a passenger air transpor-
tation market (as defined by the Secretary) that—
‘‘(A) is served (as determined by the Sec-
retary) by a nonhub airport or a small hub air-
port;
‘‘(B) is not within a 40-mile radius of an
airport that each year has at least .25 percent
of the total annual boardings in the United
States; and
‘‘(C) the Secretary determines does not
have sufficient air service.
‘‘§ 41763. Federal credit instruments
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to this section, the Sec-
retary of Transportation may enter into agreements with
1 or more obligors to make available Federal credit instru-
ments, the proceeds of which shall be used to finance air-
craft purchases.
‘‘(b) SECURED LOANS.—
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tunity to submit to the Secretary of Labor a
written response to the complaint and an oppor-
tunity to meet with a representative of the Sec-
retary to present statements from witnesses,
the Secretary of Labor shall conduct an inves-
tigation and determine whether there is reason-
able cause to believe that the complaint has
merit and notify, in writing, the complainant
and the person alleged to have committed a vio-
lation of subsection (a) of the Secretary’s find-
ings. If the Secretary of Labor concludes that
there is a reasonable cause to believe that a vio-
lation of subsection (a) has occurred, the Sec-
retary shall accompany the Secretary’s findings
with a preliminary order providing the relief
prescribed by paragraph (3)(B). Not later than
30 days after the date of notification of find-
ings under this paragraph, either the person al-
leged to have committed the violation or the
complainant may file objections to the findings
or preliminary order, or both, and request a
hearing on the record. The filing of such objec-
tions shall not operate to stay any reinstate-
ment remedy contained in the preliminary
order. Such hearings shall be conducted expedi-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1000
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 16, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize pro-
grams of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(36) ‘customs canine enforcement officer’
means an employee of the United States Customs
Service, the duties of whose position are primarily to
work directly with a dog in an effort to—
‘‘(A) enforce laws and regulations gov-
erning the importing and exporting of merchan-
dise;
‘‘(B) process and control passengers and
baggage;
‘‘(C) interdict smuggled merchandise and
contraband; and
‘‘(D) apprehend (if warranted) persons in-
volved in violations of customs laws,
including an employee engaged in this activity who
is transferred to a supervisory or administrative po-
sition;
‘‘(37) ‘Immigration and Naturalization inspec-
tor’ means an employee of the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service, the duties of whose position are
primarily the controlling and guarding of the bound-
aries and borders of the United States against the
illegal entry of aliens, including an employee en-
gaged in this activity who is transferred to a super-
visory or administrative position;
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1002
To amend the Act popularly known as the Declaration of Taking Act to
require that all condemnations of property by the Government proceed
under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1999
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mrs.
BONO, Mr. METCALF, Mr. POMBO, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. CALVERT, Mr.
GARY MILLER of California, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. PETERSON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. ISTOOK, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Act popularly known as the Declaration of
Taking Act to require that all condemnations of property
by the Government proceed under that Act.
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 ‘‘Prompt Compensation
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. CONDEMNATIONS REQUIRED TO PROCEED UNDER
THE DECLARATION OF TAKING ACT.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to expe-
dite the construction of public buildings and works outside
the District of Columbia by enabling possession and title
of sites to be taken in advance of final judgment in pro-
ceedings for the acquisition thereof under the power of
eminent domain’’, approved February 26, 1931 (Chapter
307; 40 U.S.C. 258a), popularly known as the Declaration
of Taking Act, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the peti-
tioner may file in the cause, with the petition or at
any time before judgment,’’ and inserting ‘‘the peti-
tioner shall file in the cause, by not later than 90
days after the filing of the petition,’’;
(2) in the second full paragraph, by striking
‘‘Upon the filing of said declaration’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘shall vest in the United States of
America’’ and inserting ‘‘Upon filing the declaration
of taking, the petitioner shall deposit with the court
the amount of the estimated compensation stated in
the declaration. Upon such filing and deposit, title
to the lands in fee simple absolute, or such less es-
tate or interest therein as specified in the declara-
tion, shall vest in the United States’’; and
(3) in the third full paragraph, by striking ‘‘the
court may order that the money deposited’’ and
inserting ‘‘the court shall order that the money
deposited’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1003
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the filing deadline for
certain claims under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1999
Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the filing
deadline for certain claims under the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program.
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 ‘‘Vaccine Injury Com-
pensation Reform Act’’.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to prevent the unfair denial
of compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Com-
pensation Program to certain individuals who are diag-
nosed as having vaccine-related injuries more than 36
months after the first symptom, manifestation of onset,
or significant aggravation of such injuries.
SEC. 3. REVISION OF FILING DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN
CLAIMS UNDER NATIONAL VACCINE INJURY
COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
Paragraph (2) of section 2116(a) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–16(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘no petition’’ and all that follows in such para-
graph and inserting the following: ‘‘no petition may be
filed for compensation under the Program for such injury
after the expiration of 36 months after the date on which
such injury is diagnosed, except that, if such injury is first
diagnosed before the date of the enactment of the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Reform Act, no petition may be filed
for compensation under the Program for such injury after
the expiration of 36 months after the latest of—
‘‘(A) the date on which such injury is diag-
nosed,
‘‘(B) the date of the occurrence of the first
symptom or manifestation of onset or of the
significant aggravation of such injury, or
‘‘(C) the date of the enactment of the Vac-
cine Injury Compensation Reform Act, if such
injury is first diagnosed after the expiration of
36 months after the date referred to in sub-
paragraph (B), and’’.
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