[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3727. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON ALTERNATIVE JET FUEL TECHNOLOGY 
                   FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT.

       Section 911 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
     (Public Law 112-95; 49 U.S.C. 44504 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``to assist in'' and 
     inserting ``with the objective of accelerating'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by inserting ``and ability to 
     prioritize researchable constraints'' after ``with 
     experience''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Collaboration and Report.--
       ``(1) Collaboration.--The Administrator, in coordination 
     with the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Energy, and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, shall continue research and 
     development activities into the development and deployment of 
     jet fuels described in subsection (a).
       ``(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Administrator, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of 
     Energy, and the Secretary of Agriculture, and after 
     consultation with the heads of other relevant agencies, shall 
     submit to Congress a joint plan to carry out the research 
     described in paragraph (1).''.
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