S.Amdt. 680

SA 680. Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 605 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, 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:

On page 91, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
(c) Ferry Discretionary Grant Program.--For purposes of
section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code, a private
owner and operator that has entered into a license-fee
arrangement with a public transportation authority to provide
essential year-round public transportation services to the
islands off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts shall be considered
publicly operated and shall not be subject to paragraph (4)
of such subsection.
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