S.Amdt. 718

SA 718. Mr. STEVENS 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 944, after line 21 insert the following:

SEC. __. FUNDING FOR FERRY BOATS.

Section 5309(i)(5) of title 49, United States Code, as
amended by section 6011(j) of this Act, is amended to read as
follows:
``(5) Funding for ferry boats.--Of the amounts described in
paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)--
``(A) $10,400,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2005
for capital projects in Alaska and Hawaii for new fixed
guideway systems and extension projects utilizing ferry
boats, ferry boat terminals, or approaches to ferry boat
terminals;
``(B) $15,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal
years 2006 through 2009 for capital projects in Alaska and
Hawaii for new fixed guideway systems and extension projects
utilizing ferry boats, ferry boat terminals, or approaches to
ferry boat terminals; and
``(C) $5,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years
2006 through 2009 for payments to the Denali Commission under
the terms of section 307(e) of the Denali Commission Act of
1998, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3121 note), for docks, waterfront
development projects, and related transportation
infrastructure.''.
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