S.Amdt. 92

SA 92. Mr. REED of Rhode Island submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 54, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

SEC. 224. ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF INTENT FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN STATES WITH HIGH RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

Upon request of a sponsor for a letter of intent under section 47110(e) of title 49, United States Code, relating to an airport development project at a primary or reliever airport, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a letter of intent under such section that covers 80 percent of the Government's share of allowable project costs for the project if--

(1) the project is conducted in a State that had an average monthly unemployment rate on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act that was in the highest quartile of average monthly unemployment rates for States;

(2) the record of decision for the project is issued in calendar year 2011; and

(3) all other requirements under section 47110 of such title are satisfied.