S.Amdt. 3518

SA 3518. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3452 proposed by Mr. Rockefeller to the bill H.R. 1586,
to impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP
recipients; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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At the end of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 723. PLAN FOR FLYING SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ON
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS.

(a) Plan Development.--Not later than 270 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation
with interested representatives of the aviation industry and
other relevant agencies, shall develop a plan and process to
allow Federal agencies to fly scientific instruments on
commercial flights with willing commercial aviation industry
partners, for the purpose of taking measurements to improve
weather forecasting.
(b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary of Transportation
and the Secretary of Commerce shall provide a copy of the
plan to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on
Science and Technology of the House of Representatives.
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