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SEC. 413. LAND ACQUISITION COSTS.
Notwithstanding section 512 of the Airport and Air-
way Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2211), the
Secretary of Transportation may approve an upward ad-
justment not to exceed $750,000, in the maximum obliga-
tion of the United States under an Airport Improvement
Program grant issued to a reliever airport after September
1, 1989, and before October 1, 1989, in order to assist in
funding increased land acquisition costs (as determined in
judicial proceedings) and associated eligible project costs.
SEC. 414. MONROE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT.
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT RELEASES.—Notwith-
standing section 16 of the Federal Airport Act (as in effect
on the date of transfer of Selman Field, Louisiana, from
the United States to the city of Monroe, Louisiana), the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is au-
thorized, subject to the provisions of section 4 of the Act
of October 1, 1949 (50 App. U.S.C. 1622c), and the provi-
sions of subsection (b) of this section, to grant releases from
any of the terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions
contained in the 1949 deed of conveyance, or any other deed
of conveyance occurring subsequent to that initial trans-
ference and before the date of enactment of this Act, under
which the United States conveyed certain property then
constituting Selman Field, Louisiana, to the city of Monroe,
Louisiana, for airport purposes.
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(b) CONDITIONS.—Any release granted under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The city of Monroe, Louisiana, shall agree
that, in conveying any interest in the property which
the United States conveyed to the city by a deed de-
scribed in subsection (a), the city will receive an
amount for such interest which is equal to the fair
market value (as determined pursuant to regulations
issued by the Secretary of Transportation).
(2) Any such amount so received by the city
shall be used by the city for the development, improve-
ment, operation, or maintenance of a public airport.
SEC. 415. NORTH KOREA.
(a) FINDINGS.—(1) President Clinton stated in No-
vember of 1993, it is the official policy of the United States
that North Korea cannot be allowed to become a nuclear
power.
(2) The United States seeks to compel North Korea,
through the imposition of sanctions or other means, to act
in accordance with its freely undertaken obligations under
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to abandon its
efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
(3) North Korea has repeatedly threatened to withdraw
from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has resisted ef-
forts of the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct
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effective inspections of its nuclear program, and has stated
that it would consider the imposition of economic sanctions
as a declaration of war and has threatened retaliatory ac-
tion.
(4) The North Korean government has constructed and
has operated a reprocessing facility at Yongbyon solely de-
signed to convert spent nuclear fuel into plutonium with
which to make nuclear weapons. Further, the existence of
this facility and the development of these weapons gravely
threatens security in the region and increases the likelihood
of worldwide nuclear terrorism.
(5) The Secretary of Defense stated that the United
States must act on the assumption that there will be some
increase in the risk of war if sanctions are imposed on
North Korea.
(6) It is incumbent on the United States to take all
necessary and prudent action to act together with the Re-
public of Korea to ensure the preparedness of United States
and Republic of Korea forces to repel as quickly as possible
any attack from North Korea and to protect the safety and
security of United States and Republic of Korea forces, as
well as the safety and security of the civilian population
of the peninsula.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the United States should immediately take all nec-
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essary and prudent actions to enhance the preparedness and
safety of United States forces and urge and assist the Re-
public of Korea to do likewise in order to deter and, if nec-
essary, repel an attack from North Korea.
SEC. 416. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUATION OF RADAR
APPROACH CONTROL ACTIVITIES.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the President’s
Five-Point Plan for Revitalizing Base Closure Commu-
nities dated July 2, 1993, encourages all Federal agencies
to marshall the resources of such agencies in order to pro-
vide coordinated assistance to communities that experience
adverse economic circumstances as the result of the closure
of a military installation under a base closure law.
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall carry out on-going radar
approach control activities at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base,
Michigan. The Administrator shall carry out such activities
in the most cost-effective manner using any funds available
to the Administrator.
SEC. 417. SENSE OF THE SENATE.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Inspector General
of the Department of Transportation in carrying out the
duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General Act of
1978 has oversight responsibilities and may conduct and
supervise audits and investigations relating to any funds
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appropriated by the Congress and made available for any
programs or operations at Washington National Airport
and Dulles International Airport, and that the Inspector
General shall—
(1) provide leadership and coordination and rec-
ommend policies for activities designed to promote the
economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of such pro-
grams and operations; and
(2) act to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in
such programs and operations; and
(3) inform the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation and the Congress about problems and
deficiencies relating to the administration of such
programs and operations.
SEC. 418. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the liberties protected by our Constitution in-
clude religious liberty protected by the first amend-
ment;
(2) citizens of the United States profess the be-
liefs of almost every conceivable religion;
(3) Congress has historically protected religious
expression even from governmental action not in-
tended to be hostile to religion;
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(4) the Supreme Court has written that ‘‘the free
exercise of religion means, first and foremost, the
right to believe and profess whatever religious doc-
trine one desires’’;
(5) the Supreme Court has firmly settled that
under our Constitution the public expression of ideas
may not be prohibited merely because the content of
the ideas is offensive to some;
(6) Congress enacted the Religious Freedom Res-
toration Act of 1993 to restate and make clear again
our intent and position that religious liberty is and
should forever be granted protection from unwar-
ranted and unjustified government intrusions and
burdens;
(7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission has written proposed guidelines to title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, published in the Fed-
eral Register on October 1, 1993, that may result in
the infringement of religious liberty;
(8) such guidelines do not appropriately resolve
issues related to religious liberty and religious expres-
sion in the workplace;
(9) properly drawn guidelines for the determina-
tion of religious harassment should provide appro-
priate guidance to employers and employees and as-
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the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 are
not to be restricted and do not constitute proof of har-
assment;
(3) the Commission should hold public hearings
on such new proposed guidelines; and
(4) the Commission should receive additional
public comment before issuing similar new regula-
tions.
SEC. 419. INFORMATION ON DISINSECTION OF AIRCRAFT.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—In the interest
of protecting the health of air travelers, the Secretary of
Transportation shall publish a list of the countries (as de-
termined by the Secretary) that require disinsection of air-
craft landing in such countries while passengers and crew
are on board such aircraft.
(b) REVISION.—The Secretary shall revise the list re-
quired under subsection (a) on a periodic basis.
(c) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish the list
required under subsection (a) not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall
publish a revision to the list not later than 30 days after
completing the revision under subsection (b).
SEC. 420. CONTRACT TOWER ASSISTANCE.
The Secretary of Transportation shall take appro-
priate action to assist Chandler, Arizona, Aberdeen, South
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Dakota, and other communities where the Secretary deems
such assistance appropriate, in obtaining the installation
of a Level I Contract Tower for those communities.
SEC. 421. SENSE OF SENATE ON ISSUANCE OF REPORT ON
USAGE OF RADAR AT THE CHEYENNE, WYO-
MING AIRPORT.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of
Transportation—
(1) should take such action as may be necessary
to revise the cost/benefit analysis process of the De-
partment of Transportation to fully take projected
military enplanement and cost savings figures into
consideration with regard to radar installations at
joint-use civilian/military airports;
(2) should require the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration to reevaluate the air-
craft radar needs at the Cheyenne, Wyoming Airport,
and enter into an immediate dialogue with officials
of the Wyoming Air Guard, F.E. Warren Air Force
Base, and Cheyenne area leaders in the phase II
radar installation reevaluation of the Administration
and adjust cost/benefit determinations based to some
appropriate degree on already provided military fig-
ures and concerns and other enplanement projections
in the region; and
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(3) should report to Congress within 60 days fol-
lowing the date of the enactment of this Act on the
results of the reevaluation of the aircraft radar needs
of the Cheyenne, Wyoming Airport, and of Southeast
Wyoming, and explain how military figures and con-
cerns will be appropriately solicited in future radar
decisions involving joint-use airport facilities.
TITLE V—AIRPORT-AIR CARRIER
DISPUTES 
REGARDING
RATES, FEES, AND CHARGES
SEC. 501. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Section 502(a) of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982 (49 App. U.S.C. 2201(a)), as amended
by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:
‘‘(16) airport fees, rates, and charges must be
reasonable and may only be used for purposes not
prohibited by this Act; and
‘‘(17) airports should be as self-sustaining as
possible under the circumstances existing at each par-
ticular airport; and in establishing new fees, rates,
and charges, and generating revenues from all
sources, airport owners and operators should not seek
to create revenue surpluses that exceed the amounts to
be used for airport system purposes and for other pur-
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poses for which airport revenues may be spent under
section 511(a)(12), including reasonable reserves and
other funds to facilitate financing and cover contin-
gencies.’’.
SEC. 502. AIRPORT FINANCIAL REPORTING.
(a) FORMAT FOR REPORTING.—Within 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe a uniform simplified format for reporting that is ap-
plicable to airports. Such a format shall be designed to en-
able the public to understand readily how funds are col-
lected and spent at airports, and to provide sufficient infor-
mation relating to total revenues, operating expenditures,
capital expenditures, debt service payments, contributions
to restricted funds, accounts, or reserves required by financ-
ing agreements or covenants or airport lease or use agree-
ments or covenants. Such format shall require each commer-
cial service airport to report the amount of any revenue
surplus, the amount of concession-generated revenue, and
other information as required by the Secretary.
(b) REQUIREMENT TO USE FORMAT.—Within 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act and once each year
thereafter, each airport which is subject to any grant assur-
ance under section 511(a) of the Airport and Airway Im-
provement Act of 1982 (49 App. U.S.C. 2210(a)) shall file
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reports to the Secretary in the format prescribed by the Sec-
retary under this section.
(c) ANNUAL SUMMARIES.—The Secretary shall provide
annual summaries of such reports to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and
the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the
House of Representatives.
SEC. 503. ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ILLEGAL
DIVERSION OF AIRPORT REVENUE.
(a) NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Section 511
of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49
App. U.S.C. 2210) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(i) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE EN-
FORCEMENT AGAINST ILLEGAL DIVERSION OF AIRPORT
REVENUE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall establish policies and procedures that will assure
the prompt and effective enforcement of subsections
(a)(9) and (a)(12) and grant assurances made under
such subsections. Such policies and procedures shall
recognize the exemption provision in subsection
(a)(12), and shall respond to the information con-
tained in the reports of the Inspector General of the
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Department of Transportation on airport revenue di-
version and such other relevant information as the
Secretary may by law consider.
‘‘(2) REVENUE DIVERSION.—Such policies and
procedures shall prohibit, at a minimum, the diver-
sion of airport revenues (except as authorized under
subsection (a)(12)) through—
‘‘(A) direct payments or indirect payments,
other than payments reflecting the value of serv-
ices and facilities provided to the airport;
‘‘(B) use of airport revenues for general eco-
nomic development, marketing, and promotional
activities unrelated to airports or airport sys-
tems;
‘‘(C) payments in lieu of taxes or other as-
sessments that exceed the value of services pro-
vided; or
‘‘(D) 
payments 
to 
compensate
nonsponsoring governmental bodies for lost tax
revenues exceeding stated tax rates.
‘‘(3) EFFORTS TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING.—With
respect to subsection (a)(9), such policies and proce-
dures shall take into account, at a minimum, whether
owners and operators of airports, when entering into
new or revised agreements or otherwise establishing
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rates, charges, and fees, have undertaken reasonable
efforts to make their particular airports as self-sus-
taining as possible under the circumstances existing
at such airports.
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE SAFEGUARDS.—Such poli-
cies and procedures shall mandate internal controls,
auditing requirements, and increased levels of Depart-
ment of Transportation personnel sufficient to re-
spond fully and promptly to complaints received re-
garding possible violations of subsections (a)(9) and
(a)(12) and related grant assurances and to alert the
Secretary to such possible violations.’’.
(b) JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.—If any airport sponsor
violates section 511(a)(12) of the Airport and Airway Im-
provement Act of 1982 (49 App. U.S.C. 2210(a)(12)) or any
grant assurance thereunder, or violates section 536(d) of
such Act, the Secretary may apply to the district court of
the United States, for any district in which such airport
sponsor carries on business or in which the violation oc-
curred, for the enforcement of such section or assurance; and
such court shall have jurisdiction to enforce obedience there-
to by a writ of injunction or other process, mandatory or
otherwise, restraining such airport sponsor from further
violation of such section or assurance and requiring their
obedience thereto.
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(c) WITHHOLDING OF APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS
FOR GRANTS OR PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES.—Sec-
tion 519 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of
1982 (49 App. U.S.C. 2218) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) ACTION ON GRANT ASSURANCES CONCERNING
AIRPORT REVENUES.—If after notice and opportunity for
a hearing the Secretary finds a violation of section
511(a)(12), as further defined by the Secretary under sec-
tion 511(i), or a violation of an assurance under section
511(a)(12), and the Secretary has provided an opportunity
for the airport sponsor to take corrective action to cure such
violation and such corrective action has not been taken
within the period of time set by the Secretary, the Secretary
shall withhold approval of any new grant application for
funds under this Act, or any proposed modification to an
existing grant that would increase the amount of funds
made available under this Act to the airport sponsor, and
withhold approval of any new application to impose a fee
under section 1113(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958
(49 App. U.S.C. 1513(e)). Such applications may thereafter
be approved only upon a finding by the Secretary that such
corrective action as the Secretary requires has been taken
to address the violation and that the violation no longer
exists.’’.
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(d) CIVIL PENALTIES.—(1) Section 901(a)(1) of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1471(a)(1))
is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or (C) section 511(a)(12) of the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49
App. U.S.C. 2210(a)(12)) or any assurance there-
under,’’ immediately after ‘‘under this Act,’’ in the
first sentence; and
(B) by inserting a semicolon and ‘‘except that in
the case of a violation of section 511(a)(12) of the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49
App. U.S.C. 2210(a)(12)), the maximum civil penalty
for a continuing violation shall not exceed $50,000’’
immediately before the period at the end of the second
sentence.
(2) Section 901(a)(3)(A) of the Federal Aviation Act
of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1471(a)(3)(A)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, or a violation of section 511(a)(12) of the Airport
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 App. U.S.C.
2210(a)(12)), as further defined by the Secretary under sec-
tion 511(i) of such Act, or a violation of an assurance under
such section 511(a)(12)’’ immediately before the period at
the end.
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(3) Section 901(a)(3)(E) of the Federal Aviation Act
of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1471(a)(3)(E)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(iv) CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF AIRPORT
AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1982.—In
the case of a violation of section 511(a)(12) of
the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of
1982 or an assurance thereunder—
‘‘(I) a civil penalty shall not be as-
sessed against an individual;
‘‘(II) a civil penalty may be com-
promised as provided under paragraph (2)
of this section; and
‘‘(III) judicial review of any order as-
sessing a civil penalty may be obtained only
pursuant to section 1006 of this Act.’’.
SEC. 504. RESOLUTION OF AIRPORT-AIR CARRIER DISPUTES
CONCERNING AIRPORT FEES.
The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49
App. U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 536. RESOLUTION OF AIRPORT-AIR CARRIER DIS-
PUTES CONCERNING AIRPORT FEES.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO REQUEST SECRETARY’S DETER-
MINATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue a
determination as to whether a fee imposed upon one
or more air carriers by the owner or operator of an
airport is reasonable, if—
‘‘(A) a written request for such determina-
tion is filed with the Secretary by such owner or
operator; or
‘‘(B) a written complaint requesting such
determination is filed with the Secretary by an
affected air carrier within 60 days after such
carrier receives written notice of the establish-
ment, or increase, of such fee.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION OF FEE.—A fee subject to a
determination of reasonableness under this section
may be calculated pursuant to either a compensatory
or residual fee methodology or any combination there-
of.
‘‘(3) SECRETARY NOT TO SET FEE.—In deter-
mining whether a fee is reasonable under this section,
the Secretary may only determine whether the fee is
reasonable or unreasonable and shall not set the level
of the fee.
‘‘(b) PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this sec-