S.Amdt. 3968

SA 3968. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:
Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be obligated or expended to
regulate, either directly or indirectly and including by
requiring an environmental impact statement or similar
analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the acquisition, use,
transfer, or disposal of property at an airport for airfield
or non-airfield development activities if--
(a) the property was not financed with Federal funding;
and
(b) the acquisition, use, transfer, or disposal of the
property does not impair the safety, utility, or efficiency
of aircraft operations at the airport.
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