S.Amdt. 2492

SA 2492. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Stevens) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 80, strike line 7 and all that follows through page 81, line 3, and insert the following:

SEC. 1204. CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL AND MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Section 147 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 147. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal

and maintenance facilities

“(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal and maintenance facilities in accordance with section 129(c).

“(b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of construction of ferry boats and ferry terminals and maintenance facilities under this section shall be 80 percent.

“(c) Allocation of Funds.--The Secretary shall give priority in the allocation of funds under this section to those ferry systems, and public entities responsible for developing ferries, that--

“(1) carry the greatest number of passengers and vehicles;

“(2) carry the greatest number of passengers in passenger-only service; or

“(3) provide critical access to areas that are not well-served by other modes of surface transportation.

“(d) Set-Aside.--Of the amounts made available under section 1101(a)(14) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003, $112,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be made available to carry out this section.

“(e) Rule of Construction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--

“(1) paragraph (13) of section 1101(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 shall be applied by substituting ‘$1,328,000,000' for ‘$2,000,000,000'; and

“(2) paragraph (14) of section 1101(a) of that Act shall be applied by substituting ‘$150,000,000' for ‘$38,000,000'.”.

(b) Conforming Amendments.--

(1) Section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “and maintenance” after “terminal”; and

(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting “or maintenance” after “terminal” each place it appears.

(2) The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 147 and inserting the following:

“147. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal and maintenance facilities.”.

(3) Section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2005) is repealed.