S.Amdt. 3547

SA 3547. 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 44, after line 25, add the following:

SEC. 219. STUDY ON APPORTIONING AMOUNTS FOR AIRPORT
IMPROVEMENT IN PROPORTION TO AMOUNTS OF AIR
TRAFFIC.

(a) Study and Report Required.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--
(1) complete a study on the feasibility and advisability of
apportioning amounts under section 47114(c)(1) of title 49,
United States Code, to the sponsor of each primary airport
for each fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to
the amount subject to the apportionment for fiscal year 2009
as the number of passenger boardings at the airport during
the prior calendar year bears to the aggregate of all
passenger boardings at all primary airports during that
calendar year; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the study completed
under paragraph (1).
(b) Report Contents.--The report required by subsection
(a)(2) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the study carried out under subsection
(a)(1).
(2) The findings of the Administrator with respect to such
study.
(3) A list of each sponsor of a primary airport that
received an amount under section 47114(c)(1) of title 49,
United States Code, in 2009.
(4) For each sponsor listed in accordance with paragraph
(3), the following:
(A) The amount such sponsor received, if any, in 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 under such section 47114(c)(1).
(B) An explanation of how the amount awarded to such
sponsor was determined.
(C) The average number of air passenger flights serviced
each month at the airport of such sponsor in 2009.
(D) The number of enplanements for air passenger
transportation at such airport in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and
2009.
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