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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 97
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding
the right of all citizens of the United States to an education of equal
high quality.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 2000
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois introduced the following joint resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States regarding the right of all citizens of the United
States to an education of equal high quality.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
States:
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 99
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c)
of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2000
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following joint resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained
in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect
to Vietnam.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Congress does not approve the extension of the au-
thority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of
1974 recommended by the President to Congress on June
2, 2000, with respect to Vietnam.
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Union Calendar No. 460
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 99
[Report No. 106–794]
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c)
of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2000
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following joint resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
JULY 26, 2000
Reported adversely from the Committee on Ways and Means, committed to
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained
in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect
to Vietnam.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Congress does not approve the extension of the au-
thority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of
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1974 recommended by the President to Congress on June
2, 2000, with respect to Vietnam.
Union Calendar No. 460
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 99
[Report No. 106–794]
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority
contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of
1974 with respect to Vietnam.
JULY 26, 2000
Reported adversely from the Committee on Ways and
Means, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
printed
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 9
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow
an item veto of appropriation bills.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. BALDACCI) introduced the
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to allow an item veto of appropriation bills.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
States within seven years after the date of its submission
for ratification:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘The President may disapprove any item of appro-
priation in any bill. If any bill is approved by the Presi-
dent, any item of appropriation contained therein which
is not disapproved shall become law. The President shall
return with his objections any item of appropriation dis-
approved to the House in which the bill containing such
item originated. The Congress may, in the manner pre-
scribed under section 7 of article I for bills disapproved
by the President, reconsider any item disapproved under
this article.’’.
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SEC. 702. PUBLIC AIRCRAFT.
(a) RESTATEMENT OF DEFINITION OF PUBLIC AIR-
CRAFT
WITHOUT
SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGE.—Section
40102(a)(38) (as redesignated by section 301 of this Act)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(38) ‘public aircraft’ means an aircraft—
‘‘(A) used only for the United States Gov-
ernment, and operated under the conditions
specified by section 40125(b) if owned by the
Government;
‘‘(B) owned by the United States Govern-
ment, operated by any person for purposes re-
lated to crew training, equipment development,
or demonstration, and operated under the con-
ditions specified by section 40125(b);
‘‘(C) owned and operated by the govern-
ment of a State, the District of Columbia, a
territory or possession of the United States, or
a political subdivision of one of these govern-
ments, under the conditions specified by section
40125(c); or
‘‘(D) exclusively leased for at least 90 con-
tinuous days by the government of a State, the
District of Columbia, a territory or possession
of the United States, or a political subdivision
‘‘(A) offer or market, directly or through
any arrangement, any product or service of a
company whose activities are conducted or
whose shares are owned or controlled by the fi-
nancial holding company pursuant to this sub-
section or subparagraph (H) or (I) of sub-
section (c)(3); or
‘‘(B) permit any of its products or services
to be offered or marketed, directly or through
any arrangement, by or through any company
described in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(6) TRANSACTIONS WITH NONFINANCIAL AF-
FILIATES.—A depository institution controlled by a
financial holding company may not engage in a cov-
ered transaction (as defined by section 23A(b)(7) of
the Federal Reserve Act) with any affiliate con-
trolled by the company pursuant to section 10(c),
this subsection, or subparagraph (H) or (I) of sub-
section (c)(3).
‘‘(7) SUNSET OF GRANDFATHER.—A financial
holding company engaged in any activity, or retain-
ing direct or indirect ownership or control of shares
of a company, pursuant to this subsection, shall ter-
minate such activity and divest ownership or control
of the shares of such company before the end of the
years beginning after September 30, 2000, to fund the ac-
tivities of the Office of Airline Information in the Bureau
of Transportation Statistics of the Department of Trans-
portation.
SEC. 104. AIP FORMULA CHANGES.
(a) DISCRETIONARY
FUND.—Section 47115 is
amended by striking subsections (g) and (h) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(g) PRIORITY FOR LETTERS OF INTENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Secretary shall fulfill intentions to obligate under
section 47110(e) with amounts available in the fund
established by subsection (a) and, if such amounts
are not sufficient for a fiscal year, with amounts
made available to carry out sections 47114(c)(1)(A),
47114(c)(2), 47114(d), and 47117(e) on a pro rata
basis.
‘‘(2) PROCEDURE.—Before apportioning funds
under 
sections 
47114(c)(1)(A), 
47114(c)(2),
47114(d), and 47117(e) of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall determine the amount of funds that will
be necessary to fulfill intentions to obligate under
section 47110(e) in such fiscal year. If such amount
is greater than the amount of funds that will be
available in the fund established by subsection (a)
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SEC. 518. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Appropriations Committees of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided from any
10-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of the Financial Services Act of 1999. The
Board may, upon application by a financial holding
company, extend such 10-year period by a period not
to exceed an additional 5 years if such extension
would not be detrimental to the public interest.
‘‘(g) DEVELOPING ACTIVITIES.—A financial holding
company may engage directly or indirectly, or acquire
shares of any company engaged, in any activity that the
Board has not determined to be financial in nature or inci-
dental to financial activities under subsection (c) if—
‘‘(1) the holding company reasonably concludes
that the activity is financial in nature or incidental
to financial activities;
‘‘(2) the gross revenues from all activities con-
ducted under this subsection represent less than 5
percent of the consolidated gross revenues of the
holding company;
‘‘(3) the aggregate total assets of all companies
the shares of which are held under this subsection
do not exceed 5 percent of the holding company’s
consolidated total assets;
‘‘(4) the total capital invested in activities con-
ducted under this subsection represents less than 5
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (32),
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and
inserting a period, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(34) ‘revenue officer’ means an employee of
the Internal Revenue Service, the duties of whose
position are primarily the collection of delinquent
taxes and the securing of delinquent returns, includ-
ing an employee engaged in this activity who is
transferred to a supervisory or administrative posi-
tion;
‘‘(35) ‘customs inspector’ means an employee of
the United States Customs Service, the duties of
whose position are primarily 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;
H. R. 1000
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal
Aviation Administration, 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 ‘‘Wendell H.
Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Applicability.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Funding
Sec. 101. Airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Airway facilities improvement program.
Sec. 103. FAA operations.
Sec. 104. AIP formula changes.
Sec. 105. Passenger facility fees.
Sec. 106. Funding for aviation programs.
Sec. 107. Adjustment to AIP program funding.
Sec. 108. Reprogramming notification requirement.
Subtitle B—Airport Development
Sec. 121. Runway incursion prevention devices and emergency call boxes.
Sec. 122. Windshear detection equipment and adjustable lighting extensions.
Sec. 123. Pavement maintenance.
Sec. 124. Enhanced vision technologies.
Sec. 125. Public notice before waiver with respect to land.
Sec. 126. Matching share.
Sec. 127. Letters of intent.
Sec. 128. Grants from small airport fund.
Sec. 129. Discretionary use of unused apportionments.
Sec. 130. Designating current and former military airports.
Sec. 131. Contract tower cost-sharing.
Sec. 132. Innovative use of airport grant funds.
Sec. 133. Inherently low-emission airport vehicle pilot program.
Sec. 134. Airport security program.
Sec. 135. Technical amendments.
Sec. 136. Conveyances of airport property for public airports.
Sec. 137. Intermodal connections.
Sec. 138. State block grant program.
Sec. 139. Design-build contracting.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Sec. 151. Treatment of certain facilities as airport-related projects.
Sec. 152. Terminal development costs.
Sec. 153. Continuation of ILS inventory program.
‘‘(1) TERMS AND LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A secured loan under
this section with respect to an aircraft purchase
shall be on such terms and conditions and con-
tain such covenants, representatives, warran-
ties, and requirements (including requirements
for audits) as the Secretary determines appro-
priate.
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—No secured
loan may be made under section—
‘‘(i) extending to more than 50 per-
cent of the purchase price of the aircraft,
including spare parts, to be purchased; or
‘‘(ii) exceeding $100,000,000.
‘‘(C) MATURITY DATE.—The final matu-
rity date of the secured loan shall not be later
than 18 years after the date of execution of the
loan agreement.
‘‘(D) SUBORDINATION.—The secured loan
may be subordinate to claims of other holders
of obligations in the event of bankruptcy, insol-
vency, or liquidation of the obligor as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary.
‘‘(E) FEES.—The Secretary may establish
fees at the level sufficient to cover all the costs
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Administrator defined.
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 101. Airport improvement program.
Sec. 102. Airway facilities improvement program.
Sec. 103. FAA operations.
Sec. 104. Aviation safety accelerated program.
Sec. 105. AIP formula changes.
Sec. 106. Discretionary use of unused apportionments.
Sec. 107. Designating current and former military airports.
Sec. 108. Eligibility of runway incursion prevention devices; emergency call
boxes.
Sec. 109. Passenger facility fees.
Sec. 110. Competition plans.
Sec. 111. Grants from small airport fund.
Sec. 112. Contract tower cost-sharing.
Sec. 113. Innovative use of airport grant funds.
Sec. 114. Airport security program.
Sec. 115. Matching share.
Sec. 116. Passenger facility fees and letters of intent.
Sec. 117. Treatment of certain facilities as airport-related projects.
Sec. 118. Terminal development costs.
Sec. 119. Conveyances of surplus property for public airports.
Sec. 120. Construction of runways.
Sec. 121. General facilities authority.
Sec. 122. Denial of airport access to certain air carriers.
Sec. 123. Budget submission.
Sec. 124. Technical amendments.
Sec. 125. Use of recycled materials.
Sec. 126. Pavement maintenance.
TITLE II—AIRLINE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A—Service to Airports Not Receiving Sufficient Service
Sec. 201. Access to high density airports.
Sec. 202. Funding for air carrier service to airports not receiving sufficient
service.
Sec. 203. Waiver of local contribution.
Sec. 204. Policy for air service to rural areas.
Subtitle B—Regional Air Service Incentive Program
Sec. 211. Establishment of regional air service incentive program.
Sec. 212. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—FAA MANAGEMENT REFORM
Sec. 301. Air traffic control system defined.
Sec. 302. Air traffic control oversight board.
Sec. 303. Chief operating officer.
Sec. 304. Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council.
Sec. 305. Environmental streamlining.
Sec. 306. Clarification of regulatory approval process.
Sec. 307. Independent study of FAA costs and allocations.
‘‘(i) may not be used for the construc-
tion of a building or other facility; and
‘‘(ii) may only be awarded on the
basis of open competition; and
‘‘(G) such sums as may be necessary may
be used to develop or improve training pro-
grams (including model training programs and
curriculum) for security screeners at airports.’’;
and
(4) by indenting paragraph (1) (as designated
by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and aligning
such paragraph (1) with paragraph (2) (as added by
paragraph (2) of this subsection).
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
TRUST FUND.—Section 48104 is amended by striking
subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) LIMITATION
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.—The
amount appropriated from the Trust Fund for the pur-
poses of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for fiscal
year 1999 may not exceed the lesser of—
‘‘(1) 50 percent of the amount of funds made
available under sections 48101 through 48103 for
such fiscal year; or
(4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) AIRPORTS
ELIGIBLE
FOR
FUNDS.—An
amount apportioned under this subsection may be
used for any public airport in Alaska.’’; and
(5) by indenting paragraph (1) and aligning it
and paragraph (2) with paragraph (3) (as amended
by paragraph (4) of this subsection).
(j) REPEAL
OF APPORTIONMENT LIMITATION
ON
COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS IN ALASKA.—Section
47117 is amended by striking subsection (f) and by redes-
ignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g),
respectively.
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 106. DISCRETIONARY USE OF UNUSED APPORTION-
MENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47117(f) (as redesignated
by section 105(j) of this Act) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(f) DISCRETIONARY USE OF APPORTIONMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
if the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount
of an apportionment under section 47114 is not re-
quired during a fiscal year to fund a grant for which
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
of clause (iii) the following: ‘‘, including closed cir-
cuit weather surveillance equipment’’.
SEC. 109. PASSENGER FACILITY FEES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE HIGHER FEE.—Section
40117(b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary
may authorize under this section an eligible agency to im-
pose a passenger facility fee in whole dollar amounts of
more than $3 on each paying passenger of an air carrier
or foreign air carrier boarding an aircraft at an airport
the agency controls to finance an eligible airport-related
project, including making payments for debt service on in-
debtedness incurred to carry out the project, if the Sec-
retary finds—
‘‘(A) that the project will make a significant
contribution to improvement in air safety, increase
in competition among air carriers, reduction in cur-
rent or anticipated congestion, or reduction in the
impact of aviation noise on people living near the
airport;
‘‘(B) that the project cannot be paid for from
funds reasonably expected to be available for the
programs referred to in sections 48103 and 48112;
and
‘‘(B) PROGRAM
COMPONENTS.—In carry-
ing out the pilot program established under
subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall—
‘‘(i) utilize for purposes of cost-benefit
analyses, current, actual, site-specific data,
forecast estimates, or airport master plan
data provided by a facility owner or opera-
tor and verified by the Administrator;
‘‘(ii) approve for participation only fa-
cilities willing to fund a pro rata share of
the operating costs of the air traffic con-
trol tower to achieve a 1 to 1 benefit-to-
cost ratio, as required for eligibility under
the Contract Tower Program; and
‘‘(iii) approve for participation no
more than 2 facilities willing to fund up to
50 percent, but not less than 25 percent,
of construction costs for an air traffic con-
trol tower built by the airport operator and
for each of such facilities the Federal share
of construction cost does not exceed
$1,100,000.
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In selecting facilities to
participate in the program under this para-
SEC. 117. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AS AIR-
PORT-RELATED PROJECTS.
Section 40117(a)(3) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) to construct a terminal building (and
aircraft fueling facilities adjacent to that build-
ing), including structural foundations and floor
systems, exterior building walls and load-bear-
ing interior columns or walls, windows, door
and roof systems, and building utilities (includ-
ing 
heating, 
air 
conditioning, 
ventilation,
plumbing and electrical service), but excluding
the construction necessary for improvement or
final completion of revenue-producing areas and
nonpublic use areas within such terminal build-
ings unless permitted under section 47110(d), if
an air carrier not yet serving the airport or ac-
counting for less than 40 percent of passenger
boardings at the airport will initiate or increase
scheduled air transportation passenger service
at the airport and will occupy such terminal fa-
cilities or equivalent terminal facilities otherwise
made available as a result of such terminal con-
struction not more than 2 years from the date
that construction of such terminal facilities is
complete.’’.
SEC. 118. TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
Section 40117(a)(3) is further amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D),
(E), and (F) as subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and
(G), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(C) for costs of terminal development re-
ferred to in subparagraph (B) incurred after
August 1, 1986, at an airport that did not have
more than .25 percent of the total annual pas-
senger boardings in the United States in the
most recent calendar year for which data is
available 
and 
at 
which 
total 
passenger
boardings declined by at least 16 percent be-
tween calendar year 1989 and calendar year
1997;’’.
SEC. 119. CONVEYANCES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY FOR PUB-
LIC AIRPORTS.
(a) 
PROJECT
GRANT
ASSURANCES.—Section
47107(h) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including an assur-
ance with respect to disposal of land by an airport owner
or operator under subsection (c)(2)(B) without regard to
whether or not the assurance or grant was made before
December 29, 1987)’’ after ‘‘1987,’’.
(b) CONVEYANCES
OF UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT LAND.—Section 47125(a) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary may only release
an option of the United States for a reversionary interest
under this subsection after providing notice and an oppor-
tunity for public comment. The Secretary shall publish in
the Federal Register any decision of the Secretary to re-
lease a reversionary interest and the reasons for the deci-
sion.’’.
(c) REQUESTS
BY
PUBLIC
AGENCIES.—Section
47151 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) REQUESTS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES.—Except with
respect to a request made by another department, agency,
or instrumentality of the executive branch of the United
States Government, such a department, agency, or instru-
mentality shall give priority consideration to a request
made by a public agency (as defined in section 47102)
for surplus property described in subsection (a) for use
at a public airport.’’.
(d) NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT; PUBLICATION
OF DECISIONS.—Section 47153(a) is amended—