S.Amdt. 2067

SA 2067. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intendd to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 243, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 244, line 8, and insert the following:

Sec. 121. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April 28, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350), with respect to--

(1) the operators of utility service vehicles (as defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations);

(2) maximum daily hours of service for drivers engaged in the transportation of property or passengers to or from a motion picture or television production site located within a 100-air mile radius of the work reporting location of such drivers; or

(3) maximum daily hours of service for any driving activities reasonably related to derailment services if such rail restoration is initiated in response to a request for derailment vehicles to move wrecked or disabled train cars or locomotives, or make emergency repairs to track, locomotives or other rolling stock made by a railroad, Federal, State or local police official, or an elected official of the State or locality, in which the rail emergency has occurred.