[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3671. Mr. BARRASSO 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. __. CARRYING OF FIREARMS BY FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICERS
ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS.
Paragraph (3) of section 44921(f) is amended to read as
follows:
``(3) Carrying firearms outside united states.--In
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall take such action as may be necessary
to ensure that a Federal flight deck officer may carry a
firearm--
``(A) on any international flight on which a Federal air
marshal may be deployed under section 44917; and
``(B) in foreign country as is necessary to allow the
Federal flight deck officer to carry a firearm as authorized
by subparagraph (A).''.
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