S.Amdt. 3793

SA 3793. Mr. SASSE 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:

Strike section 1215 and insert the following:

SEC. 1215. REPORT ON NON-MOVEMENT AREA SURVEILLANCE PILOT
PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall submit to Congress a report--
(1) assessing the feasibility and advisability of a pilot
program to support non-Federal acquisition and installation
of qualifying non-movement area surveillance surface display
systems and sensors;
(2) evaluating if--
(A) acquisition and installation of qualifying non-movement
area surveillance surface display systems and sensors improve
safety or capacity in the National Airspace System; and
(B) the non-movement area surveillance surface display
systems and sensors are supplemental to existing movement
area systems and sensors at the selected airports established
under other programs administered by the Administrator; and
(3) making recommendations with respect to the content of
the pilot program described in paragraph (1), including with
respect to procurement procedures and the possibility of
establishing data exchange processes to allow airport
participation in the Federal Aviation Administration's
Airport Collaborative Decision Making process and fusion of
the non-movement surveillance data with the Administration's
movement area systems.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Non-movement area.--The term ``non-movement area'' is
the portion of the airfield surface that is not under the
control of air traffic control.
(2) Non-movement area surveillance surface display system
and sensors.--The term ``non-movement area surveillance
surface display system and sensors'' is a non-Federal
surveillance system that uses on-airport sensors that track
vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders in
the non-movement area.
(3) Qualifying non-movement area surveillance surface
display system and sensors.--The term ``qualifying non-
movement area surveillance surface display system and
sensors'' is a non-movement area surveillance surface display
system that--
(A) provides the required transmit and receive data formats
consistent with the National Airspace System architecture at
the appropriate service delivery point;

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(B) is on-airport; and
(C) is airport operated.
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