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Union Calendar No. 207
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2029
[Report No. 104–421]
A BILL
To amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide
regulatory relief.
DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 15), 1995
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2036
AN ACT
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make
certain adjustments in the land disposal program
to provide needed flexibility, and for other pur-
poses.
H. R. 2739
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
To amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Avia-
tion Administration Authorization Act of 1994’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Amendment of title 49, United States Code.
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENT
Sec. 101. Airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Airway improvement program.
Sec. 103. Operations of FAA.
Sec. 104. Innovative technology policy.
Sec. 105. Inclusion of explosive detection devices and universal access systems.
Sec. 106. Submission and approval of project grant applications.
Sec. 107. Preventive maintenance.
Sec. 108. Repeal of general aviation airport project grant application approval.
Sec. 109. Reports on impacts of new airport projects.
Sec. 110. Airport fees policy.
Sec. 111. Airport financial reports.
Sec. 112. Additional enforcement against illegal diversion of airport revenue.
Sec. 113. Resolution of airport-air carrier disputes concerning airport fees.
Sec. 114. Terminal development.
Sec. 115. Letters of intent.
Sec. 116. Military airport program.
Sec. 117. Terminal development costs.
Sec. 118. Airport safety data collection.
Sec. 119. Soundproofing and acquisition of certain residential buildings and prop-
erties.
Sec. 120. Landing aids and navigational equipment inventory pool.
Sec. 121. Review of passenger facility charge program.
TITLE II—OTHER AVIATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 201. Term of office of FAA Administrator.
Sec. 202. Assistance to foreign aviation authorities.
Sec. 203. Use of passenger facility charges to meet Federal mandates.
Sec. 204. Passenger facility charges.
Sec. 205. Gambling on commercial aircraft.
Sec. 206. Slots for air carriers at airports.
Sec. 207. Air service termination notice.
Sec. 208. State taxation of air carrier employees.
Sec. 209. Foreign fee collection.
TITLE III—RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Aviation research authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 303. Joint aviation research and development program.
density airport are available for providing such
service.
‘‘(B) MAKING SLOTS AVAILABLE.—If basic
essential air service is to be provided to and
from a high density airport, the Secretary shall
ensure that a sufficient number of slots at such
airport are available to the air carrier providing
or selected to provide such service. If necessary
to carry out the objectives of this subsection,
the Secretary shall take such action as may be
necessary to have such slots transferred or oth-
erwise made available to the air carrier; except
that the Secretary shall not be required to
make slots available at O’Hare International
Airport in Chicago, Illinois, if the number of
slots available for basic essential air service to
and from such airport is at least 132 slots.’’.
(b) TRANSFERS OF SLOTS AT HIGH DENSITY AIR-
PORTS.—Section 419(b)(7) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App.
1389(b)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘TRANSFER OF OPERATIONAL
AUTHORITY
AT
CERTAIN’’ and inserting ‘‘TRANS-
FERS OF SLOTS AT’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘an airport at which the Admin-
istrator limits the number of instrument flight rule
may be necessary to ensure (A) that all laborers and
mechanics employed by contractors or subcontrac-
tors in the performance of construction work at the
airports shall be paid wages at rates not less than
those prevailing on similar construction in the local-
ity as determined by the Secretary of Labor in ac-
cordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40
U.S.C. 276a–276a–5), and (B) that the Airports
Authority shall not approve any contract for any
such construction work without first obtaining ade-
quate assurance that such wages will be paid under
such contract for the construction work.’’.
SEC. 209. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986
(49 U.S.C. App. 2451–2461) is amended—
(1) in section 6007(c)(5) by striking ‘‘to the ex-
tent that the Federal Aviation Administration is so
authorized on the date of enactment of this title’’;
(2) by redesignating sections 6011 and 6012 as
sections 6012 and 6013, respectively; and
(3) by inserting after section 6009 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 6010. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LABOR LAWS.—Ex-
cept as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions
the resolution of labor disputes as provided in subsection
(d) of this section.’’.
SEC. 210. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 9130 of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Ex-
pansion Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2226b) is amended
by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2739
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995,
and 1996, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Aviation Infrastructure
Investment Act of 1993’’.
use of innovative concrete and other materials in the
construction of airport facilities to minimize initial
laydown costs, minimize time out of service, and
maximize lifecycle durability.’’.
SEC. 110. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 503(a)(2)(B) of the Air-
port and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C.
App. 2202(a)(2)(B)) is amended by moving clauses (vii)
and (viii) 2 ems to the right.
(b) AIRPORT PLANS.—Section 504(a)(1) of such Act
(49 U.S.C. App. 2203(a)(1)) is amended by redesignating
clauses (1), (2), and (3) as clauses (A), (B), and (C), re-
spectively.
(c) AIP OTHER EXPENSES.—Section 506(c)(3)(B)(i)
of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2205(c)(3)(B)(i)) is amended
by striking ‘‘and,’’ and inserting ‘‘, and’’.
SEC. 111. LETTERS OF INTENT.
Section 513(d)(1) of the Airport and Airway Im-
provement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2212(d)(1)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(H) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CON-
STRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prohibit the obligation of amounts
pursuant to a letter of intent under this para-
graph in the same fiscal year as the letter of in-
tent is issued.’’.
SEC. 112. PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
(a) AUTHORITY TO GRANT RELEASE.—Notwith-
standing section 4 of the Act of October 1, 1949 (50
U.S.C. App. 1622c), and subject to the provisions of sub-
section (b), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall grant releases from all of the terms,
conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in the
deed of conveyance dated September 15, 1949, under
which the United States conveyed certain property to
Palm Springs, California, for airport purposes. The re-
leases shall apply only to approximately 11 acres of lot
16 of section 13, and approximately 39.07 acres of lots
19 and 20 of section 19, used by the city of Palm Springs,
California, for general governmental purposes.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any release granted by the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under
subsection (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The Administrator shall waive any require-
ment that there be credited to the account of the
airport any amount attributable to the city’s use for
governmental purposes of any land conveyed under
the deed of conveyance referred to in subsection (a)
before the date of the enactment of this section.
(2) The city shall abandon all claims, against
income of the Palm Springs Regional Airport or
other assets of that airport, for reimbursement of
general revenue funds that the city may have ex-
pended before the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion for acquisition of 523.39 acres of land conveyed
August 28, 1961, for airport purposes and for ex-
penses incurred at any time in connection with such
acquisition, and such claims shall not be eligible for
reimbursement under the Airport and Airway Im-
provement Act or any successor Act.
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. PROTECTION OF SMALL COMMUNITY AIRLINE
PASSENGERS.
(a) ACCESS TO HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS.—Section
419(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C.
App. 1389(b)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(10) ACCESS TO HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS.—
‘‘(A) NONCONSIDERATION OF SLOT AVAIL-
ABILITY.—In determining what is basic essen-
tial air service and in selecting an air carrier to
provide such service, the Secretary shall not
give consideration to whether slots at a high
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (17) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(18) the airport owner or operator will submit
to the Administrator and make available to the public
an annual report listing in detail (A) all amounts
paid by the airport to any other unit of government
and the purposes for which each such payment was
made, and (B) all services and property provided to
other units of government and the amount of com-
pensation received for provision of each such service
and property.’’.
SEC. 107. INCLUSION OF TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT AS A
PROJECT COST.
Section 513(b)(2) of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2212(b)(2)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the second sentence by inserting after
‘‘may be used’’ the following: ‘‘, subject to the ap-
proval of the Secretary,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘All or
any portion of the sums to be distributed at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary under sections 507(c) and
507(d) for any fiscal year may be distributed for use
by primary airports each of which annually has .05
cipient a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (a) by the Congress.
TITLE IV—EXTENSION OF AIR-
PORT 
AND 
AIRWAY 
TRUST
FUND 
EXPENDITURE 
AU-
THORITY
SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST
FUND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY.
Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to expenditures from Airport
and Airway Trust Fund) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘October 1, 1996’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘(as such Acts were in effect on
the date of the enactment of the Airport and Airway
Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Inter-
modal Transportation Act of 1992)’’ and inserting
‘‘or the Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise
Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of
1992, or the Aviation Infrastructure Investment Act
of 1993 (as such Acts are in effect on the date of
the enactment of the Aviation Infrastructure Invest-
ment Act of 1993)’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 13,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘an offense or civil
wrong involving conduct proscribed by chapter 109A
of title 18, United States Code, whether or not the
conduct occurred in the special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Fed-
eral prison,’’;
(3) in subdivision (a) by striking ‘‘victim of
such offense’’ and inserting ‘‘victim of such con-
duct’’;
(4) in subdivision (c)—
(A) by striking in paragraph (1) ‘‘the per-
son accused of committing an offense under
chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code’’
and inserting ‘‘the accused’’; and
(B) by inserting at the end of paragraph
(3): ‘‘An order admitting evidence under this
paragraph shall explain the reasoning leading to
the finding of relevance, and the basis of the
finding that the probative value of the evidence
outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice not-
withstanding the potential of the evidence to
humiliate and embarrass the alleged victim and
to result in unfair or biased inferences.’’; and
(5) in subdivision (d) by striking ‘‘an offense
under chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code’’
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 273
To deem the Florida Panther to be an endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. SHAW, Mr. BILI-
RAKIS, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Mr. GOSS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr.
STEARNS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To deem the Florida Panther to be an endangered species
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FLORIDA PANTHER DECLARED ENDANGERED
SPECIES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the spe-
cies commonly known as the ‘‘Florida Panther’’ is deemed
to be an endangered species for purposes of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531).
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SEC. 2. LISTING OF FLORIDA PANTHER.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall include the species known as
the ‘‘Florida Panther’’ in the list published under section
4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533(d)).
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2740
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like airports
under the exempt facility bond rules.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1993
Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. GIB-
BONS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Mr. MICA, Mr.
HUFFINGTON, Mr. WALKER, and Mr. MILLER of Florida) 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 treat
spaceports like airports under the exempt facility bond rules.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SPACEPORTS TREATED LIKE AIRPORTS UNDER
EXEMPT FACILITY BOND RULES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 142(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exempt
facility bond) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) airports and spaceports,’’.
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(b) TREATMENT OF GROUND LEASES.—Paragraph
(1) of section 142(b) of such Code is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SPACEPORT
GROUND
LEASES.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A), spaceport property which is located
on land owned by the United States and which
is leased to a governmental unit shall be treated
as owned by such unit if—
‘‘(i) the lease term (as defined in sec-
tion 168(i)(3)) is at least 15 years, and
‘‘(ii) such unit would be treated as
owning such property if such lease term
were equal to the useful life of such prop-
erty.’’.
(c) Paragraph (3) of section 149(b) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(E) EXCEPTION
FOR
SPACEPORTS.—
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any exempt fa-
cility bond issued as part of an issue described
in paragraph (1) of section 142(a) to provide a
spaceport in situations where—
‘‘(i) the guarantee of the United
States (or an agency or instrumentality
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thereof) is the result of payment of rent,
user fees, or other charges by the United
States (or any agency or instrumentality
thereof), and
‘‘(ii) the payment of the rent, user
fees, or other charges is for, and condi-
tioned upon the use of the spaceport by the
United States (or any agency or instru-
mentality thereof).’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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Calendar No. 565
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1271
[Report No. 104–351]
AN ACT
To provide protection for family privacy.
AUGUST 2, 1996
Reported without amendmente
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2036
AN ACT
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make certain
adjustments in the land disposal program to provide
needed flexibility, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2742
To amend the Small Business Act to reduce the interest rates on disaster
loans provided by the Small Business Administration for losses resulting
from flooding in Midwest communities participating in the national flood
insurance program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1993
Mr. WHEAT (for himself and Ms. DANNER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to reduce the interest
rates on disaster loans provided by the Small Business
Administration for losses resulting from flooding in Mid-
west communities participating in the national flood in-
surance program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF INTEREST RATES ON SBA DIS-
ASTER LOANS.
(a) INTEREST RATE.—Section 7(c) of the Small
Business Act (16 U.S.C. 636(c)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8)(A)(i) The interest rate on the Federal share of
any loan made under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) to a
homeowner or business or other concern, including agri-
cultural cooperatives, unable to obtain credit elsewhere for
losses resulting from flooding in the Midwest during the
period beginning on June 1, 1993, and ending on May
31, 1994, shall be 1 percent per year.
‘‘(ii)(I) Except as provided by subclause (II), with re-
spect to any loan described in clause (i) which is outstand-
ing on the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the
Administrator shall make such change in the interest rate
on the balance of such loan as is required under clause
(i) effective as of such date of enactment.
‘‘(II) Notwithstanding clause (i), the recipient of a
loan described in clause (i) which is outstanding on the
date of the enactment of this paragraph may elect that
the Administrator not make any change in the interest
rate on the balance of such loan. In any such case, the
loan shall not be considered to be a loan received pursuant
to this paragraph for purposes of subparagraph (C).
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply only to loans with
respect to losses on property located in communities par-
ticipating in the national flood insurance program.
‘‘(C) No person receiving a loan pursuant to this
paragraph may receive any disaster assistance under this
Act or any other Federal law for losses resulting from any
subsequent flooding disaster, unless such person (if eligi-
ble) has obtained flood insurance under the national flood
insurance program for the property involved.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7(c)(5) of
such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘except as provided by
paragraph (8),’’ after ‘‘October 1, 1982,’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2744
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade of the United States for the vessel SWELL DANCER.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1993
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade of the
United States for the vessel SWELL DANCER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886
(46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title 46,
United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation may
issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate en-
dorsement for employment in the coastwise trade of the
United States for the vessel SWELL DANCER (official
number 622046).
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SEC. 1002. PERMIT FOR KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President, acting through the Secretary 
of State, shall grant a permit under Executive Order 
13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to issuance of permits 
with respect to certain energy-related facilities and land 
transportation crossings on the international boundaries 
of the United States) for the Keystone XL pipeline project 
application filed on September 19, 2008 (including amend-
ments). 
(b) EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall not be 
required to grant the permit under subsection (a) if 
the President determines that the Keystone XL 
pipeline would not serve the national interest. 
(2) REPORT.—If the President determines that 
the Keystone XL pipeline is not in the national in-
terest under paragraph (1), the President shall, not 
later than 15 days after the date of the determina-
tion, submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives, the majority leader of 
the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2745
For the relief of Wayne T. Alderson.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1993
Mr. SANTORUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
For the relief of Wayne T. Alderson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.
The time limitations set forth in section 3744(b) of
title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect
to the awarding of the medal of honor to Wayne T.
Alderson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in recognition of
acts performed at the risk of his life and beyond the call
of duty while serving as a private first class in the United
States Army in Germany during World War II.
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