[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3420. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 title X, add the following new subtitle:

  Subtitle H--ADS-B In and ADS-B Out Equipment Required for Aircraft 
     Operating in Class B Airspace in the National Airspace System

     SEC. 1091. ADS-B IN AND ADS-B OUT EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR 
                   AIRCRAFT OPERATING IN CLASS B AIRSPACE IN THE 
                   NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM.

       (a) Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, no aircraft, including military aircraft, shall be 
     operated in Class B airspace in the national airspace system 
     unless the aircraft has ADS-B In and ADS-B Out equipment that 
     meets such performance requirements as the Administrator 
     shall specify, and is installed, activated, and receiving 
     whenever the aircraft is taxiing or in flight.
       (2) Limitation on regulations.--Neither the Secretary of 
     Transportation nor the Administrator shall implement, 
     administer, enforce, or otherwise give effect to any 
     regulation that exempts aircraft, including military 
     aircraft, from the requirements of paragraph (1).
       (b) Repeal of Exemption to Requirement To Install Automatic 
     Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Equipment on Certain 
     Aircraft of Department of Defense.--Section 1046 of the John 
     S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2019 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is repealed.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
       (2) ADS-B in.--The term ``ADS-B In'' means onboard avionics 
     technology that periodically receives ADS-B Out broadcasts of 
     an aircraft's state vector (3-dimensional position and 3-
     dimensional velocity) and other required information as 
     described in part 91.277 of title 14, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       (3) ADS-B out.--The term ``ADS-B Out'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 91.227 of title 14, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       (4) Aircraft.--The term ``aircraft'' means fixed wing 
     aircraft, rotorcraft, powered-lift aircraft, and any other 
     form of manned aircraft.
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