[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 57 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2103-S2105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3789. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3725 submitted by Mr. Flake and intended to be proposed to 
the 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 end, add the following:
       (d) Limitation on Effect Until Criminals Extradited.--This 
     section shall not apply until the President certifies to 
     Congress that the Government of Cuba has extradited or 
     otherwise rendered to the United States all individuals in 
     Cuba who are sought by the Department of Justice for crimes 
     committed in the United States, including--
       (1) General Ruben Martinez Puente, Colonel Lorenzo Alberto 
     Perez-Perez, and Colonel Francisco Perez-Perez; and
       (2) fugitive hijackers residing in Cuba, including Charlie 
     Hill.
       (e) Limitation on Effect Until Compensation Provided for 
     Confiscated Property.--This section shall not apply until the 
     President certifies to Congress that the Government of Cuba 
     has--
       (1) returned to all United States citizens, and entities 
     for which United States citizens have an ownership interest 
     of 50 percent or more, property confiscated from those 
     citizens and entities by the Government of Cuba on or after 
     January 1, 1959; or
       (2) provided equitable compensation to those citizens and 
     entities for such confiscated property.

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       (f) Limitation on Effect Until Compensation Provided for 
     Judgments in United States.--This section shall not apply 
     until the President certifies to Congress that the Government 
     of Cuba has provided compensation to resolve all outstanding 
     judgments against the Government of Cuba issued by a court in 
     the United States.
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  SA 3790. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3557 submitted by Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Collins, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Whitehouse) and 
intended to be proposed 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 end, add the following:
       (d) Limitation on Effect Until Criminals Extradited.--This 
     section shall not apply until the President certifies to 
     Congress that the Government of Cuba has extradited or 
     otherwise rendered to the United States all individuals in 
     Cuba who are sought by the Department of Justice for crimes 
     committed in the United States, including--
       (1) General Ruben Martinez Puente, Colonel Lorenzo Alberto 
     Perez-Perez, and Colonel Francisco Perez-Perez; and
       (2) fugitive hijackers residing in Cuba, including Charlie 
     Hill.
       (e) Limitation on Effect Until Compensation Provided for 
     Confiscated Property.--This section shall not apply until the 
     President certifies to Congress that the Government of Cuba 
     has--
       (1) returned to all United States citizens, and entities 
     for which United States citizens have an ownership interest 
     of 50 percent or more, property confiscated from those 
     citizens and entities by the Government of Cuba on or after 
     January 1, 1959; or
       (2) provided equitable compensation to those citizens and 
     entities for such confiscated property.
       (f) Limitation on Effect Until Compensation Provided for 
     Judgments in United States.--This section shall not apply 
     until the President certifies to Congress that the Government 
     of Cuba has provided compensation to resolve all outstanding 
     judgments against the Government of Cuba issued by a court in 
     the United States.
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  SA 3791. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3568 submitted by Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. King) 
and intended to be proposed to the amendment SA 3464 proposed 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 end, add the following:
       (f) Limitation on Effect Until Criminals Extradited.--This 
     section shall not apply until the President certifies to 
     Congress that the Government of Cuba has extradited or 
     otherwise rendered to the United States all individuals in 
     Cuba who are sought by the Department of Justice for crimes 
     committed in the United States, including--
       (1) General Ruben Martinez Puente, Colonel Lorenzo Alberto 
     Perez-Perez, and Colonel Francisco Perez-Perez; and
       (2) fugitive hijackers residing in Cuba, including Charlie 
     Hill.
       (g) Limitation on Effect Until Compensation Provided for 
     Confiscated Property.--This section shall not apply until the 
     President certifies to Congress that the Government of Cuba 
     has--
       (1) returned to all United States citizens, and entities 
     for which United States citizens have an ownership interest 
     of 50 percent or more, property confiscated from those 
     citizens and entities by the Government of Cuba on or after 
     January 1, 1959; or
       (2) provided equitable compensation to those citizens and 
     entities for such confiscated property.
       (h) Limitation on Effect Until Compensation Provided for 
     Judgments in United States.--This section shall not apply 
     until the President certifies to Congress that the Government 
     of Cuba has provided compensation to resolve all outstanding 
     judgments against the Government of Cuba issued by a court in 
     the United States.
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  SA 3792. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3754 submitted by Mr. Hatch and intended to be proposed to 
the 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. 5033. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL SLOT EXEMPTIONS.

       (a) In General.--In addition to the provisions of section 
     5032 of this Act and notwithstanding sections 49104(a)(5), 
     49109, and 41714 of title 49, United States Code, not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall, by order, grant exemptions from the 
     requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, to enable air carriers to operate 
     limited frequencies and aircraft on routes between Ronald 
     Reagan Washington National Airport and airports located 
     beyond the perimeter restriction.
       (b) Beyond-perimeter Operations.--The Secretary shall make 
     available, upon request, not more than 2 exemptions made 
     available under subsection (a) to each air carrier that--
       (1) sells flights in its own name;
       (2) has daily scheduled service at Ronald Reagan Washington 
     National Airport as of the date of the enactment of this Act; 
     and
       (3) commits, in using such an exemption--
       (A) to discontinue the use of a slot for service between 
     Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a large hub 
     airport within the perimeter restriction and to operate, in 
     place of such service, service between Ronald Reagan 
     Washington National Airport and a medium hub airport or small 
     hub airport located beyond the perimeter restriction that has 
     no daily nonstop air service to Ronald Reagan Washington 
     National Airport as of the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (B) to operate an aircraft, not to include a multi-aisle or 
     wide body aircraft, with equal or lesser passenger capacity 
     when compared to the aircraft used on service discontinued 
     under subparagraph (A); and
       (C) to file a notice of intent with the Secretary to inform 
     the Secretary of any change in circumstances concerning the 
     use of the exemption that specifies the airport to be served 
     using the exemption, the type of aircraft to be used, and the 
     slot the carrier is discontinuing under subparagraph (A).
       (c) Air Carrier Discretion.--Except with respect to the 
     requirements of subsection (b), an air carrier that receives 
     an exemption under subsection (a) shall have sole discretion 
     concerning the use of the exemption, including the selection 
     of the initial airport and any subsequent airports to be 
     served.
       (d) Return of Within-perimeter Slots.--An air carrier shall 
     be entitled to the return by the Secretary of a slot for 
     flights within the perimeter restriction if the use of an 
     exemption made available to the air carrier under subsection 
     (a) is discontinued.
       (e) Prohibition Against Transfers.--In accordance with 
     section 41714(j) of title 49, United States Code, an 
     exemption granted under subsection (a) to an air carrier may 
     not be bought, sold, leased, or otherwise transferred by the 
     air carrier.
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  SA 3793. Mr. SASSE 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:

       Strike section 1215 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1215. REPORT ON NON-MOVEMENT AREA SURVEILLANCE PILOT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall submit to Congress a report--
       (1) assessing the feasibility and advisability of a pilot 
     program to support non-Federal acquisition and installation 
     of qualifying non-movement area surveillance surface display 
     systems and sensors;
       (2) evaluating if--
       (A) acquisition and installation of qualifying non-movement 
     area surveillance surface display systems and sensors improve 
     safety or capacity in the National Airspace System; and
       (B) the non-movement area surveillance surface display 
     systems and sensors are supplemental to existing movement 
     area systems and sensors at the selected airports established 
     under other programs administered by the Administrator; and
       (3) making recommendations with respect to the content of 
     the pilot program described in paragraph (1), including with 
     respect to procurement procedures and the possibility of 
     establishing data exchange processes to allow airport 
     participation in the Federal Aviation Administration's 
     Airport Collaborative Decision Making process and fusion of 
     the non-movement surveillance data with the Administration's 
     movement area systems.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Non-movement area.--The term ``non-movement area'' is 
     the portion of the airfield surface that is not under the 
     control of air traffic control.
       (2) Non-movement area surveillance surface display system 
     and sensors.--The term ``non-movement area surveillance 
     surface display system and sensors'' is a non-Federal 
     surveillance system that uses on-airport sensors that track 
     vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders in 
     the non-movement area.
       (3) Qualifying non-movement area surveillance surface 
     display system and sensors.--The term ``qualifying non-
     movement area surveillance surface display system and 
     sensors'' is a non-movement area surveillance surface display 
     system that--
       (A) provides the required transmit and receive data formats 
     consistent with the National Airspace System architecture at 
     the appropriate service delivery point;

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       (B) is on-airport; and
       (C) is airport operated.
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  SA 3794. Mr. SASSE 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:

       Beginning on page 59, strike line 18 and all that follows 
     through page 60, line 2, and insert the following:
       (c) Deadline.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress the consensus 
     identification standards, and the Administrator shall issue 
     legislative recommendations for codifying such standards.
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  SA 3795. Mr. SASSE 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:

       On page 131, strike lines 11 through 19, and insert the 
     following:
       (C) Considerations.--In making a determination whether to 
     grant or deny an application for a designation, the 
     Administrator shall consider--
       (i) aviation safety;
       (ii) personal safety of the uninvolved public;
       (iii) national security; and
       (iv) homeland security.
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  SA 3796. Mr. SASSE 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:

       Strike section 2303 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2303. AIRCRAFT TRACKING AND FLIGHT DATA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration shall assess current performance 
     standards and submit to Congress recommendations for revising 
     the standards to improve near-term and long-term aircraft 
     tracking and flight data recovery, including retrieval, 
     access, and protection of such data after an incident or 
     accident.
       (b) Considerations.--In assessing the performance standards 
     under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider--
       (1) various methods for improving detection and retrieval 
     of flight data, including--
       (A) low frequency underwater locating devices; and
       (B) extended battery life for underwater locating devices;
       (2) automatic deployable flight recorders;
       (3) triggered transmission of flight data, and other 
     satellite-based solutions;
       (4) distress-mode tracking; and
       (5) protections against disabling flight recorder systems.
       (c) Coordination.--In assessing the possibility of revising 
     performance standards under subsection (a), the Administrator 
     shall consult with international regulatory authorities and 
     the International Civil Aviation Organization to assess how 
     to ensure that any new international standard for aircraft 
     tracking and flight data recovery is consistent with a 
     performance based approach and is implemented in a globally 
     harmonized manner.
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  SA 3797. Mr. SASSE 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:

       Strike section 3109 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3109. REFUNDS FOR DELAYED BAGGAGE.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
     recommendations to Congress with respect to the feasibility 
     and advisability of requiring a covered air carrier to 
     promptly provide an automatic refund to a passenger in the 
     amount of any applicable ancillary fees paid if the covered 
     air carrier has charged the passenger an ancillary fee for 
     checked baggage but the covered air carrier fails to deliver 
     the checked baggage to the passenger not later than 6 to 12 
     hours after the arrival of a domestic flight or 12 to 24 
     hours after the arrival of an international flight.

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