S.Amdt. 2515

SA 2515. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

At the appropriate place, please insert the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE NEED FOR THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

(a) Findings--The Senate finds that--

(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that simply to maintain the current physical conditions and congestion levels of the nation's highway and transit network an annual federal surface transportation investment of $53.6 billion is necessary, and that improving the system would require $75 billion in annual federal investment in highways and transit;

(2) the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Senate Commerce Committee have authorized a substitute amendment that provides $318 billion over six years to help address these considerable surface transportation infrastructure needs; and

(3) the United States Department of Transportation estimates that each $1 billion in surface transportation investment supports more than 47,000 jobs.

(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the Sense of the Senate that the Senate should insist that the conference report on S. 1072 provide for a six-year federal investment in highway, transit, and rail infrastructure totaling at least $318 billion.