James Oberstar: “I would add that the manager's amendment does include two very important provisions offered by the gentleman from Oregon…”

“I would add that the manager's amendment does include two very important provisions offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) to promote intermodalism. The first requires airports that undertake major construction projects to share their planes with MPOs, and the second requires the FAA to clarify, consolidate, and publish its current policy for PFC for ground transportation projects that provide access to airports. These are long-standing issues that we attempted to deal with going back to the beginning of the PFC era in 1990, and this a very important clarification. Just to expand on the point raised by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the flight attendants self-defense training provision will require carriers to provide all flight attendants with the basic security training program, and those who opt for more advanced training to do so under the auspices of the TSA. There is a very interesting provision borrowed from our experience in the Federal Aid to Highway program that allows AIP funds to pay interest on debt incurred for AIP-eligible projects.”