S.Amdt. 1778

SA 1778. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 601(a)(11) of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 3002), strike subparagraph (C) and all that follows through “(D) a project that--” and insert the following:

“(C) a project for intercity passenger bus or rail facilities and vehicles, including facilities and vehicles owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and components of magnetic levitation transportation systems;

“(D) a project for the acquisition of plant and wildlife habitat pursuant to a conservation plan that--

(i) has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539); and

(ii) in the judgment of the Secretary, would mitigate the environmental impacts of transportation infrastructure projects otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter; and

“(E) a project that--