S.Amdt. 4667

SA 4667. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of May 2, 2008, an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2881, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 99, after line 25, add the following:

(d) Exception to Certain Beyond-Perimeter Exemptions.--Section 41718 is amended--

(1) in subsection (a), as amended, by striking “exemptions from the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93,” and insert “from the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of title 14,”; and

(2) in subsection (c), as amended, by adding at the end the following:

“(5) Exception to certain beyond-perimeter exemptions.--Of the exemptions granted under subsection (a), 4 shall be granted without regard to the competition requirement under subsection (a)(2) to air carriers for select routes originating from or terminating at a medium hub airport that is located--

“(A) outside the perimeter established for civil aircraft operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport under section 49109; and

“(B) within a State that contains not fewer than 2 large hub airports that are located within such perimeter.”.