S.Amdt. 1988

SA 1988. Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1911 submitted by Ms. Cantwell
(for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) and intended to
be proposed to the bill H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States
Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration
and other civil aviation programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. APPROPRIATION FOR AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM.

Section 904(i)(2) of division N of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1752(i)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``There is'' and inserting the following:
``(A) Fiscal year 2021.--There is''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Fiscal year 2024.--There is appropriated to the
Affordable Connectivity Fund, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,000,000,000 for
fiscal year 2024, to remain available until expended.''.
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