[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1758]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3474. Mr. NELSON 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. SECURING AIRCRAFT AVIONICS SYSTEMS.

       The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     shall revise Federal Aviation Administration regulations 
     regarding aircraft-airworthiness certification to include 
     assurance that cybersecurity for avionics systems, including 
     software components, is addressed and require that aircraft 
     avionics systems used for flight guidance or aircraft control 
     be isolated and separate from other networking platforms such 
     as by using an air gap or such other means as the 
     Administrator determines appropriate, except firewall, to 
     protect the avionics systems from unauthorized external and 
     internal access.
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