S.Amdt. 4701

SA 4701. Mrs. MURRAY submitted 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 95, strike lines 7 through 21, and insert the following:

(b) Funding.--Subparagraph (E) of section 47124(b)(3) is amended--

(1) by striking “and” after “2006,”; and

(2) by inserting “$9,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $9,500,000 for fiscal year 2009, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $10,500,000 for fiscal year 2011” after “2007,”; and

(3) by inserting after “paragraph.” the following: “If the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount made available under this subparagraph is not required during a fiscal year to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary may use during such fiscal year the amount not so required to carry out the program continued under paragraph (b)(1) of this section.”.

(c) Limitation on Local Share.--Section 47124(b)(3) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(F) Limitation on local share for certain airports.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the case of an airport that is certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and that has more than 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 passenger enplanements per year, the local share of the costs of carrying out the Contract Tower Program shall not exceed 20 percent.”.