S.Amdt. 3653

SA 3653. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SCALABLE AEROSPACE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE.

(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall develop a scalable aerospace additive
manufacturing demonstration initiative which shall focus on
developing research and training on a certification framework
for a range of aircraft components, including safety-critical
applications, to address barriers to the scalable adoption of
additive manufacturing in United States civil aerospace.
(b) Initiative Components.--The demonstration initiative
required by subsection (a) shall--
(1) promote and facilitate collaboration among academia,
the commercial aircraft industry, including manufacturers,
suppliers and commercial air carriers, Centers for
Manufacturing Innovation in the Network for Manufacturing
Innovation Program administered by the Department of
Commerce, and national manufacturing innovation institutes
administered by the Federal Aviation Administration;
(2) identify and promote opportunities for collaboration
and technical exchange among agencies involved in research
related to the safety and certification of scalable additive
manufacturing, including the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the National Science Foundation, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of
Energy;
(3) develop a research and training program for basic and
applied technical advances in technologies related to the
safety and certification of additively manufactured aerospace
components, including safety critical applications; and
(4) develop and undertake research on technologies related
to improving the certification of additive manufactured
components with academia, industry, non-profit research
institutes, and manufacturing innovation institutes.
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