[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3461. Mr. THUNE 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:

       Beginning on page 302, strike line 17 and all that follows 
     through page 304, line 21 and insert the following:
       (a) Assessment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Transportation shall assess--
       (1) Administration and industry readiness to meet the ADS-B 
     mandate by 2020;
       (2) changes to ADS-B program since May 2010; and
       (3) additional options to comply with the mandate and 
     consequences, both for individual system users and for the 
     overall safety and efficiency of the national airspace 
     system, for noncompliance.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date the 
     assessment under subsection (a) is complete, the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Transportation shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
     progress made toward meeting the ADS-B mandate by 2020, 
     including any recommendations of the Inspector General to 
     carry out such mandate.
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