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[CITE: 49USC48111]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                            PART C--FINANCING
 
        CHAPTER 481--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND AUTHORIZATIONS
 
Sec. 48111. Funding proposals

    (a) Introduction in the Senate.--Within 15 days (not counting any 
day on which the Senate is not in session) after a funding proposal is 
submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of Transportation under section 
274(c) of the Air Traffic Management System Performance Improvement Act 
of 1996, an implementing bill with respect to such funding proposal 
shall be introduced in the Senate by the majority leader of the Senate, 
for himself and the minority leader of the Senate, or by Members of the 
Senate designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the 
Senate.
    (b) Consideration in the Senate.--An implementing bill introduced in 
the Senate under subsection (a) shall be referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation shall report the bill with its 
recommendations within 60 days following the date of introduction of the 
bill. Upon the reporting of the bill by the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, the reported bill shall be referred 
sequentially to the Committee on Finance for a period of 60 legislative 
days.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions apply:
        (1) Implementing bill.--The term ``implementing bill'' means 
    only a bill of the Senate which is introduced as provided in 
    subsection (a) with respect to one or more Federal Aviation 
    Administration funding proposals which contain changes in existing 
    laws or new statutory authority required to implement such funding 
    proposal or proposals.
        (2) Funding proposal.--The term ``funding proposal'' means a 
    proposal to provide interim or permanent funding for operations of 
    the Federal Aviation Administration.

    (d) Rules of the Senate.--The provisions of this section are 
enacted--
        (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and as 
    such they are deemed a part of the rules of the Senate and they 
    supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent 
    therewith; and
        (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the 
    Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of 
    the Senate) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent 
    as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.

(Added Pub. L. 104-264, title II, Sec. 275(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3246.)

                       References in Text

    Section 274(c) of the Air Traffic Management System Performance 
Improvement Act of 1996, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 274(c) 
of Pub. L. 104-264, which is set out as a note under section 40101 of 
this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on date that is 30 days after Oct. 9, 1996, see 
section 203 of Pub. L. 104-264, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 
Amendment note under section 106 of this title.
    Except as otherwise specifically provided, section applicable only 
to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1996, and not to be construed 
as affecting funds made available for a fiscal year ending before Oct. 
1, 1996, see section 3 of Pub. L. 104-264, set out as an Effective Date 
of 1996 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.
