S.Amdt. 3796

SA 3796. 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 2303 and insert the following:

SEC. 2303. AIRCRAFT TRACKING AND FLIGHT DATA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall assess current performance
standards and submit to Congress recommendations for revising
the standards to improve near-term and long-term aircraft
tracking and flight data recovery, including retrieval,
access, and protection of such data after an incident or
accident.
(b) Considerations.--In assessing the performance standards
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider--
(1) various methods for improving detection and retrieval
of flight data, including--
(A) low frequency underwater locating devices; and
(B) extended battery life for underwater locating devices;
(2) automatic deployable flight recorders;
(3) triggered transmission of flight data, and other
satellite-based solutions;
(4) distress-mode tracking; and
(5) protections against disabling flight recorder systems.
(c) Coordination.--In assessing the possibility of revising
performance standards under subsection (a), the Administrator
shall consult with international regulatory authorities and
the International Civil Aviation Organization to assess how
to ensure that any new international standard for aircraft
tracking and flight data recovery is consistent with a
performance based approach and is implemented in a globally
harmonized manner.
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