S.Amdt. 3709

SA 3709. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for 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:

Strike section 2153(a) and insert the following:
(a) In General.--Small unmanned aircraft systems may use
spectrum for wireless control link, tracking, diagnostics,
payload communication, and collaborative-collision avoidance,
such as vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and other uses,
consistent with the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151
et seq.), Federal Communications Commission rules, and the
safety-of-life determination made by the Federal Aviation
Administration, and through voluntary commercial arrangements
with service providers, whether they are operating within a
UTM system under section 2138 of this Act or outside such a
system.
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