[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4616. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1247. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING UNITED STATES AIR 
                   CARRIERS TO COMPLY WITH AIR DEFENSE 
                   IDENTIFICATION ZONES DECLARED BY THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     may not require an air carrier that holds an air carrier 
     certificate issued under chapter 411 of title 49, United 
     States Code, to comply with any air defense identification 
     zone declared by the People's Republic of China that is 
     inconsistent with United States policy, overlaps with 
     preexisting air identification zones, covers disputed 
     territory, or covers a specific geographic area over the East 
     China Sea or South China Sea.
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