[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 57 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2104-S2105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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