S.Amdt. 3720

SA 3720. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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:

On page 116, strike line 21 and all that follows through
page 117, line 6, and insert the following:
``(a) Prohibition.--Any person who operates an aircraft
and, in doing so, knowingly or recklessly interferes with
firefighting, law enforcement, or emergency response
activities, shall be subject to the penalties provided under
subsections (b) and (c).
``(b) Criminal Penalties.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
whoever commits or attempts to commit an offense under
subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for
not more than 5 years, or both.
``(2) Serious bodily injury or death.--Whoever attempts to
cause, or knowingly or recklessly causes, serious bodily
injury or death during the commission of an offense under
subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for
any term of years or for life, or both.
``(c) Civil Penalty.--Whoever operates an aircraft as
described in subsection (a) is liable to the United States
for a civil penalty of not more than $20,000.
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