S.Amdt. 1627

SA 1627. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Daines, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 A of title V, add the following:

SEC. 141. C-130 FLEET MODERNIZATION.

(a) Affirmation of Authority To Modernize.--Congress
affirms that, for the purposes of modernizing the C-130
aircraft fleet, the Air Force has authority to undertake
safety and compliance upgrades in lieu of the C-130 aircraft
avionics modernization program of record to meet applicable
regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration by 2020.
(b) Replacement of Limitation.--Section 134 of the Carl
Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291;
128 Stat. 3317) is amended by striking subsection (b) and
inserting the following new subsection (b):
``(b) Coordination With FAA in Implementation of
Alternative Program.--If the Secretary of the Air Force
implements in accordance with subsection (a)(2) the
alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air
traffic management program described in subsection (a)(1)(3),
the Secretary shall coordinate with the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration in the implementation of such
program in order to meet or otherwise satisfy applicable
safety and compliance airspace regulations.''
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