To fund the procurement of HC-130J aircraft by the Coast Guard, and to provide an offset by striking National Railroad Passenger Corporation grant funding for the Northeast Corridor.

SA 1395. Mr. SCOTT of Florida proposed an amendment to amendment SA
891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester,
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to
the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II
of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 7101 and insert the following:

SEC. 7101. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION.

(a) National Network Appropriation.--In addition to amounts
otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year
2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $729,611,840, to remain available until
September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under section
11101(b) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94) to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(b) Long-distance Service Restoration and Employee
Recalls.--Not less than $165,926,000 of the amounts made
available under subsection (a) shall be for use by the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to--
(1) restore, not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the frequency of rail service on long-
distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49,
United States Code) that the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation reduced the frequency of on or after July 1,
2020, and continue to operate such service at such frequency;
and
(2) recall and manage employees furloughed on or after
October 1, 2020, as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare
for, and respond to coronavirus.
(c) Use of Funds for State Payments for State-supported
Routes.--
(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under
subsection (a), $174,850,000 shall be for use by the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation to offset amounts required to
be paid by States for covered State-supported routes.
(2) Funding share.--The share of funding provided under
paragraph (1) with respect to a covered State-supported route
shall be distributed as follows:
(A) Each covered State-supported route shall receive 7
percent of the costs allocated to the route in fiscal year
2019 under the cost allocation methodology adopted pursuant
to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432).
(B) Any remaining amounts after the distribution described
in subparagraph (A) shall be apportioned to each covered
State-supported route in proportion to the passenger revenue
of such route and other revenue allocated to such route in
fiscal year 2019 divided by the total passenger revenue and
other revenue allocated to all covered State-supported routes
in fiscal year 2019.
(3) Covered state-supported route defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``covered State-supported route'' means
a State-supported route, as such term is defined in section
24102 of title 49, United States Code, but does not include a
State-supported route for which service was terminated on or
before February 1, 2020.
(d) Use of Funds for Debt Repayment or Prepayment.--Not
more than $100,885,000 of the amounts made available under
subsection (a) shall be--

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(1) for the repayment or prepayment of debt incurred by the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under financing
arrangements entered into prior to the date of enactment of
this Act; and
(2) to pay required reserves, costs, and fees related to
such debt, including for loans from the Department of
Transportation and loans that would otherwise have been paid
from National Railroad Passenger Corporation revenues.
(e) Project Management Oversight.--Not more than $2,000,000
of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be
for activities authorized under section 11101(c) of the FAST
Act (Public Law 114-94).

SEC. 7101A. COAST GUARD PROCUREMENT OF HC-130J AIRCRAFT.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $970,388,160, to remain available until
September 30, 2024, for the procurement of HC-130J aircraft
for the Coast Guard.
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