[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3680. Mr. THUNE proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3679 
proposed by Mr. McConnell (for 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; as follows:

       Strike section 4105 and insert the following:

     SEC. 4105. ADS-B MANDATE ASSESSMENT.

       (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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