To continue the contract weather observers program through the end of fiscal year 2017 and to require the FAA report to identify the process through which the FAA analyzed the safety hazards associated with the elimination of the contract weather observer program.

SA 3508. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Inhofe, and Mr. Moran) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr.
Nelson) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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(3) indicating how airports can comply with applicable
Federal Aviation Administration orders governing weather
observations given the current documented limitations of
automated surface observing systems; and
(4) identifying the process through which the Federal
Aviation Administration analyzed the safety hazards
associated with the elimination of the contract weather
observer program.
(b) Continued Use of Contract Weather Observers.--The
Administrator may not discontinue the contract weather
observer program at any airport until October 1, 2017.
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