September 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 143 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S5366-S5367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REVIVING AMERICA'S SCENIC BYWAYS ACT

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 116, S. 349.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 349) to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to request nominations for, and make determinations 
     regarding, roads to be designated under the national scenic 
     byways program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and 
insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Reviving America's Scenic 
     Byways Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 2. NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.

       (a) Request for Nominations.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall issue a request for nominations with 
     respect to roads to be designated under the national scenic 
     byways program, as described in section 162(a) of title 23, 
     United States Code. The Secretary shall make the request for 
     nominations available on the appropriate website of the 
     Department of Transportation.
       (b) Designation Determinations.--Not later than 1 year 
     after the date on which the request for nominations required 
     under subsection (a) is issued, the Secretary shall make 
     publicly available on the appropriate website of the 
     Department of Transportation a list specifying the roads, 
     nominated pursuant to such request, to be designated under 
     the national scenic byways program.

  Mr. PORTMAN. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be 
considered read the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. PORTMAN. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, 
Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 349), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. PORTMAN. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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