To authorize the FAA to provide financial assistance for NextGen equipage of aircraft.

SA 3543. Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr.
Dorgan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
3452 proposed by Mr. Rockefeller to the bill H.R. 1586, to impose an
additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. __. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR NEXTGEN EQUIPAGE.

(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration may enter into agreements to fund the costs of
equipping aircraft with communications, surveillance,
navigation, and other avionics to enable NextGen air traffic
control capabilities.
(b) Funding Instrument.--The Administrator may make grants
or other instruments authorized under section 106(l)(6) of
title 49, United States Code, to carry out subsection (a).
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