[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1675]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3458. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 636, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased 
expensing limitations, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 5010 and insert the following:

     SEC. 5010. SECONDARY COCKPIT BARRIERS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2016''.
       (b) Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration shall issue an order requiring 
     installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on each aircraft 
     that is manufactured for delivery to a passenger air carrier 
     in the United States operating under the provisions of part 
     121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
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  SA 3459. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 636, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased 
expensing limitations, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 5010 and insert the following:

     SEC. 5010. SECONDARY COCKPIT BARRIERS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2016''.
       (b) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration shall issue an order that requires--
       (1) on each covered aircraft the installation of a barrier, 
     other than the cockpit door, that prevents access to the 
     flight deck of the aircraft; and
       (2) for a covered aircraft--
       (A) that is equipped with a cockpit door, that the barrier 
     required under paragraph (1) remain locked while--
       (i) the aircraft is in flight; and
       (ii) the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the 
     passenger area is open; and
       (B) that is not equipped with a cockpit door, that the 
     barrier required under paragraph (1) remain locked as 
     determined appropriate by the pilot in command.
       (c) Covered Aircraft Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered aircraft'' means a commercial aircraft--
       (1) operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal 
     Regulations;
       (2) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats; and
       (3) with a maximum gross takeoff weight that exceeds 75,000 
     pounds.

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