S.Amdt. 2057

SA 2057. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Cardin, and Mr. Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1911 proposed by Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz,
Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) 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 end of section 502, add the following:
(d) Requirement to Consider Impact on Flight Delays,
Cancellations, and Passenger Safety.--Subsection (i) of
section 41718 of title 49, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(6) Required determinations.--Notwithstanding the
preceding provisions of this subsection, the Secretary may
only grant any of the slot exemptions authorized under this
subsection if the Secretary determines for each of the slot
exemptions that the granting of the slot exemption will not
increase flight delays, cancellations, or compromise
passenger safety for existing flight service at Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport. In making this determination,
the Secretary shall take into consideration--
``(A) current operational performance at Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport, as of the date on which the
Secretary makes the determinations required under this
paragraph prior to granting the slot exemption under
paragraph (1);
``(B) the most recent projections based on the Annual
Service Volume Delay Model , as of the date applicable under
subparagraph (A); and
``(C) current landside and airside constraints, such as
gate capacity, as of the date applicable under subparagraph
(A).''.
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