S.Amdt. 3646

SA 3646. Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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:

On page 215, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
(b) Helicopter Crash-resistant Fuel Systems.--Not later 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance
with the safety recommendations of the National
Transportation Safety Board, dated July 23, 2015 (A-15-12),
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall issue regulations to ensure that the requirements of
sections 27.952 and 29.952 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, are met by requiring that all newly manufactured
helicopters, regardless of the original certification dates
of the designs for such helicopters, have fuel systems that
meet the crash-worthiness requirements of such sections.
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