[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1627. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Daines, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 141. C-130 FLEET MODERNIZATION.

       (a) Affirmation of Authority To Modernize.--Congress 
     affirms that, for the purposes of modernizing the C-130 
     aircraft fleet, the Air Force has authority to undertake 
     safety and compliance upgrades in lieu of the C-130 aircraft 
     avionics modernization program of record to meet applicable 
     regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration by 2020.
       (b) Replacement of Limitation.--Section 134 of the Carl 
     Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 
     128 Stat. 3317) is amended by striking subsection (b) and 
     inserting the following new subsection (b):
       ``(b) Coordination With FAA in Implementation of 
     Alternative Program.--If the Secretary of the Air Force 
     implements in accordance with subsection (a)(2) the 
     alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air 
     traffic management program described in subsection (a)(1)(3), 
     the Secretary shall coordinate with the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration in the implementation of such 
     program in order to meet or otherwise satisfy applicable 
     safety and compliance airspace regulations.''
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