S.Amdt. 1800

SA 1800. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1761 proposed by Mr. Reid 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:

On page 1454, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
(c) Agency Approvals for Positive Train Control.--
(1) Coordination.--The Secretary and the Chairman shall
coordinate to expedite approvals of associated technology
essential to implementing a positive train control system
pursuant to section 20157(a) of title 49, United States Code.
(2) Approval process.--
(A) In general.--The Chairman shall give priority to all
actions essential to implementing the system described in
paragraph (1).
(B) Spectrum applications.--The Chairman--
(i) shall approve or deny applications for spectrum
necessary to implement positive train control not later than
180 days after the submission of a complete application,
unless additional time is sought by the applicant; and
(ii) in determining whether to grant an application
described in subparagraph (A), shall consider the interests
of public safety.
(C) Extension of time for approving or denying
applications.--The Chairman may extend the time for approving
or denying an application under subparagraph (B)(i) for 1
additional period of 180 days for good cause if the Chairman
provides to the applicant--
(i) a statement of the grounds for the extension; and
(ii) a target date for approving or denying the
application.
(3) Semi-annual report.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter,
the Secretary and the Chairman shall jointly submit a report
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that
describes--
(A) the status of the applications described in paragraph
(2)(B);
(B) any additional agency approvals or actions that may be
necessary; and
(C) the additional agency resources that will be required
to facilitate expeditious approvals and actions.
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