[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3653. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SCALABLE AEROSPACE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 
                   DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall develop a scalable aerospace additive 
     manufacturing demonstration initiative which shall focus on 
     developing research and training on a certification framework 
     for a range of aircraft components, including safety-critical 
     applications, to address barriers to the scalable adoption of 
     additive manufacturing in United States civil aerospace.
       (b) Initiative Components.--The demonstration initiative 
     required by subsection (a) shall--
       (1) promote and facilitate collaboration among academia, 
     the commercial aircraft industry, including manufacturers, 
     suppliers and commercial air carriers, Centers for 
     Manufacturing Innovation in the Network for Manufacturing 
     Innovation Program administered by the Department of 
     Commerce, and national manufacturing innovation institutes 
     administered by the Federal Aviation Administration;
       (2) identify and promote opportunities for collaboration 
     and technical exchange among agencies involved in research 
     related to the safety and certification of scalable additive 
     manufacturing, including the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, the National Science Foundation, the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of 
     Energy;
       (3) develop a research and training program for basic and 
     applied technical advances in technologies related to the 
     safety and certification of additively manufactured aerospace 
     components, including safety critical applications; and
       (4) develop and undertake research on technologies related 
     to improving the certification of additive manufactured 
     components with academia, industry, non-profit research 
     institutes, and manufacturing innovation institutes.
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