S.Amdt. 3727

SA 3727. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray) 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON ALTERNATIVE JET FUEL TECHNOLOGY
FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT.

Section 911 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
(Public Law 112-95; 49 U.S.C. 44504 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``to assist in'' and
inserting ``with the objective of accelerating'';
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by inserting ``and ability to
prioritize researchable constraints'' after ``with
experience''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Collaboration and Report.--
``(1) Collaboration.--The Administrator, in coordination
with the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Energy, and
the Secretary of Agriculture, shall continue research and
development activities into the development and deployment of
jet fuels described in subsection (a).
``(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of the Federal Aviation Administration
Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Administrator, in
coordination with the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of
Energy, and the Secretary of Agriculture, and after
consultation with the heads of other relevant agencies, shall
submit to Congress a joint plan to carry out the research
described in paragraph (1).''.
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