S.Amdt. 3546

SA 3546. Mr. COBURN 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:

On page 10, after the matter following line 5, insert the
following:
(c) Passenger Enplanement Report.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall prepare a report on every airport in the
United States that reported between 10,000 and 15,000
passenger enplanements during each of the 2 most recent years
for which such data is available.
(2) Report objectives.--In carrying out the report under
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall document the methods
used by each subject airport to reach the 10,000 passenger
enplanement threshold, including whether airports subsidize
commercial flights to reach such threshold.
(3) Review.--The Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation shall review the process of the Adminstrator
in developing the report under paragraph (1).
(4) Report.--The Administrator shall submit the report
prepared under paragraph (1) to Congress and the Secretary of
Transportation.
(5) Rulemaking.--After reviewing the report prepared under
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall
promulgate regulations for measuring passenger enplanements
at airports that--
(A) include the method for determining which airports
qualify for Federal funding under the Airport Improvement
Program (AIP);
(B) exclude artificial enplanements resulting from efforts
by airports to trigger increased AIP funding; and
(C) sets forth the consequences for tampering with the
number of passenger enplanements.
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