To extend by 1 year the deadline for expenditure for transportation projects awarded funding from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2012 and 2013 discretionary grant programs of the Department of Transportation.

SA 3666. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 414, line 24, strike ``determines'' and insert the
following: ``determines: Provided further, That funds
provided for national infrastructure investments for
passenger rail transportation projects under title I of
division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641),
may be expended until September 30, 2019: Provided further,
That funds provided for national infrastructure investment
for port infrastructure projects under title VIII of division
F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6; 127 Stat. 432) shall be
available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of
the unobligated balances of contract authority for the TIFIA
program (as defined in section 601(a) of title 23, United
States Code), $13,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded, and
the associated obligation limitation shall be reduced by an
equal amount.''.
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