[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 54 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3606. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) 
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 2153(a) and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--Small unmanned aircraft systems may use 
     spectrum for wireless control link, tracking, diagnostics, 
     payload communication, and collaborative-collision avoidance, 
     such as vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and other uses, 
     consistent with the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 
     et seq.), Federal Communications Commission rules, and the 
     safety-of-life determination made by the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, and through voluntary commercial arrangements 
     with service providers, whether they are operating within a 
     UTM system under section 2138 of this Act or outside such a 
     system.
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