S.Amdt. 72

1. Adds SEC. 733. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO WILDLIFE STRIKES ON AIRCRAFT at the end of title VII

   Adds a section

   In S. 223 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (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 airlines who volunteer, for the purpose of taking measurements to improve weather forecasting.

   Inserted: SEC. 733. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO WILDLIFE STRIKES ON AIRCRAFT.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Chapter 447, as amended by sections 521, 558, and 562, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 44733. Notification of wildlife strikes "The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall be notified, by the most expeditious means available--

   Inserted: "(1) by the operator of a civil aircraft or a public aircraft (other than a public aircraft operated by the armed forces or by an intelligence agency of the United States), if the aircraft collides with 1 or more birds or other wildlife;

   Inserted: "(2) by airport personnel or personnel of the operator of an aircraft described in paragraph (1), if such personnel see such a collision; and

   Inserted: "(3) by aircraft maintenance personnel, if such personnel identify damage to an aircraft resulting from such a collision.".

   Inserted: (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 447, as amended, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "44733. Notification of wildlife strikes.".

   Original wording

   At the end of title VII, add the following:

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