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110 STAT. 3246 PUBLIC LAW 104-264—OCT. 9, 1996 (ii) a draft bill containing the changes in law necessary to implement the Secretary's recommendations. Federal Register, (D) PUBLICATION.— The Secretary shall cause a copy publication. of the report to be printed in the Federal Register upon its transmittal to Congress under subparagraph (B). (2) REPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR BASED ON FINAL REPORT OF AVIATION SAFETY TASK FORCE. —Not later than 30 days after receiving the report of the aviation safety task force, the Administrator shall transmit the report to Congress, together with the Administrator's recommendations for improving aviation safety in the United States. (d) GAG AUDIT OF COST ALLOCATION.—The Comptroller General shall conduct an assessment of the manner in which costs for air traffic control services are allocated between the Administration and the Department of Defense. The Comptroller General shall report the results of the assessment, together with any recommendations the Comptroller General may have for reallocation of costs and for opportunities to increase the efficiency of air traffic control services provided by the Administration and by the Department of Defense, to the Commission, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) GAG ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Commission and Congress an independent assessment of airport development needs. SEC. 275. PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN FUNDING PROPOSALS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Chapter 481 is amended by adding at the end the following:

    • § 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 mnding 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 xinder subsection (a) shall be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trgmsportation 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