SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER FOR H.R. 1000 – THE AVIATION INVESTMENT AND REFORM ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (AIR21)

Part A - Amendment Modifying the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

Archer: Extends the general expenditure authority and purposes of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through FY 2004.

Part B - Amendments Made in Order Under the Rule

Shuster: Manager's amendment (includes 40 specific provisions). Eliminates all slot restrictions at O'Hare Airport on March 1, 2002 and at LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports on January 1, 2007, but makes additional slots available for new airlines; makes intermodal connections, including capital equipment, eligible for AIP grants; amends section 508 to add the additional penalty on unruly passengers of a ban for 1 year from flying; allows the sale of Blue Ash Airport; adds language to the definition of public aircraft; allows surplus military aircraft to be sold and used for emergency oil dispersing services; prohibits landfills within 6 miles of a small airport; adds a new purpose for which noise money can be spent; allows an AIP grant to an airport to buy land for noise mitigation purposes even when military aircraft cause the noise; requires foreign airlines to comply with the prohibition on discrimination against the handicap only when that is consistent with our international obligations; permits U.S. based computer reservation systems to file unfair competition complaints against foreigners; requires that methodologies used to assess air tour noise in any unit of the National Park System (including the Grand Canyon) shall be based on reliable scientific methods; increases the number of state block grant states from 9 to 10; clarifies that the discretionary budget authority and outlays from the aviation trust fund that are moved off budget are removed from the discretionary budget caps for FY 2001 and 2002; makes the loan guarantee program in section 211 subject to appropriation; and includes several other small provisions. (10 minutes)

Young (FL)/Kasich/Obey/Spratt: Strikes section 103(b) (authorization of appropriations from the Trust Fund) and strikes titles IX and X (Truth in Budgeting and Aviation Spending Guarantee) of the bill. (60 minutes)

Jackson/Hyde: Diverts 50 percent of the future Passenger Facilities Charges (PFCs) collected by Chicago's airports from the Chicago Airport Authority to he Illinois Department of Transportation. (10 minutes)

Graham: Strikes section 105 (which allows the increase in the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC)). (40 minutes)

Andrews: Waives any matching fund airports are currently required to supply when receiving a grant from the FAA if they enter into an agreement with FEMA or a state or local emergency response agency to allow their airport to be run by that agency in a time of emergency. (10 minutes)

Moran (VA): Conditions new air service at Reagan National, JFK, LaGuardia, and O'Hare airports on Department of Transportation approval of an airport noise reduction program that must include local public input and can include restrictions on the use of aircraft originally built for stage II compliance. (10 minutes)

Hyde/Morella: Strikes section 201 (which eliminates the slot restrictions at O'Hare, LaGuardia, and Kennedy airports and allows for slot increases at Reagan National airport). (40 minutes)