[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 7, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2020. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1911 proposed by Ms. 
Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) to the 
bill H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize 
and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil 
aviation programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       In section 360, strike subsection (b) and insert the 
     following:
       (b) Surplus Military Aircraft.--In issuing a rule under 
     subsection (a), the Administrator may not enable any aircraft 
     of a type that has been manufactured in accordance with the 
     requirements of, and accepted for use by, the armed forces 
     (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) 
     and later modified to be used for wildfire suppression 
     operations, unless--
       (1) such aircraft is later type-rated by the Administrator;
       (2) such aircraft was manufactured after 1970;
       (3) such aircraft is equipped with redundant hydraulic 
     systems (2 or more);
       (4) such aircraft is equipped with 2 engines; and
       (5) the engines are equipped with Full-Authority Digital 
     Engine Control (FADEC) technology.
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