S.Amdt. 1614

SA 1614. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Rounds, and Mr. Markey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1049. REQUIREMENT THAT PASSENGER AIRCRAFT IN CIVIL
RESERVE AIR FLEET HAVE SECONDARY COCKPIT
BARRIERS.

(a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
require for any passenger aircraft participating in the Civil
Reserve Air Fleet--
(1) the installation of a barrier, other than the cockpit
door, that prevents access to the flight deck of the
aircraft; and
(2) for any such aircraft--
(A) that is equipped with a cockpit door, that the barrier
required under paragraph (1) remain locked while--
(i) the aircraft is in flight; and
(ii) the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the
passenger area is open; and
(B) that is not equipped with a cockpit door, that the
barrier required under paragraph (1) remain locked as
determined appropriate by the pilot in command.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Civil reserve air fleet.--The term ``Civil Reserve Air
Fleet'' has the meaning given such term in section 9511 of
title 10, United States Code.
(2) Passenger aircraft.--The term ``passenger aircraft''
means a passenger aircraft, as such term is defined in such
section 9511, that--
(A) has 75 or more seats; and
(B) has a gross take-off weight of 75,000 pounds or more.
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