[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2995-S2996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4048. Mr. WARNER 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, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall 
     establish a program to evaluate unmanned aircraft system 
     detection and mitigation technologies that--
       (1) may be used by airports to locate and track unmanned 
     aircraft systems and the operators of such systems;
       (2) do not interfere with existing airport operations, 
     navigation, or communications systems;
       (3) cannot be disabled or overridden by the owner or 
     operator of an unmanned aircraft system;
       (4) do not rely on the compliance of the manufacturer, 
     owner, or operator of an unmanned aircraft system.
       (b) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall--
       (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the program 
     required by subsection (a);
       (2) establish pilot programs at not more than 3 airports to 
     deploy and test the most promising technology identified in 
     the report required by paragraph (1); and
       (3) not later than 90 days after such date of enactment, 
     submit to Congress a report that includes--
       (A) the results of the pilot programs established under 
     paragraph (2); and
       (B) recommendations for national unmanned aircraft system 
     detection and mitigation protocols at airports in the United 
     States.

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       (c) Of amounts in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund 
     established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, not more than $5,000,000 shall be available to carry 
     out the pilot programs required by subsection (b)(2).
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