[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3765. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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:

       Strike subtitle F of title II and insert the following:

     Subtitle F--Exemption From Medical Certification Requirements

     SEC. 2601. REPORTING BY PILOTS EXEMPT FROM MEDICAL 
                   CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall require any 
     pilot who is exempt from medical certification requirements 
     to submit, not less frequently than once every 180 days, a 
     report to the Department of Transportation that--
       (1) identifies the pilot's status as an active pilot; and
       (2) includes a summary of the pilot's recent flight hours.

     SEC. 2602. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT ASSESSING 
                   EFFECT ON PUBLIC SAFETY OF EXEMPTION FOR SPORT 
                   PILOTS FROM REQUIREMENT FOR A MEDICAL 
                   CERTIFICATE.

       Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives that assesses the effect of section 
     61.23(c)(ii) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
     (permitting a person to exercise the privileges of a sport 
     pilot certificate without holding a medical certificate), on 
     public safety since 2004.
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