[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3939. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, add the following:
       Sec. __. (a) During the 3-year period beginning on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and carry out a 
     scalable aerospace additive manufacturing demonstration 
     initiative, which shall focus on developing research and 
     training to support certification of a range of aircraft 
     components that are representative of industry applications 
     to address barriers to the use of additive manufacturing in 
     United States civil aerospace.
       (b) The demonstration initiative required by subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) promote and facilitate collaboration among institutions 
     of higher education, the commercial aircraft industry 
     (including manufacturers, suppliers, and commercial air 
     carriers), Manufacturing Innovation Institutes of the 
     National Network for Manufacturing Innovation administered by 
     the Department of Commerce, and Manufacturing Innovation 
     Institutes administered by the Federal Aviation 
     Administration;
       (2) identify and promote opportunities for collaboration 
     and technical exchange among agencies involved in research 
     related to scalable additive manufacturing, including the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
     Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, and the Department of Energy;
       (3) develop a research and training program for basic and 
     applied technical advances related to additively manufactured 
     aerospace components, including safety-critical applications; 
     and
       (4) develop and undertake research related to additive 
     manufacturing processing supporting the certification of 
     additively manufactured components with institutions of 
     higher education, industry, non-profit research institutes, 
     and the Manufacturing Innovation Institutes described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (c) The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on 
     the initiative required by subsection (a).
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