To require a report on the economic and infrastructure effects on airports of collegiate aviation flight training operations.

SA 3903. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 26, after line 21, add the following:
Sec. 119J. (a) Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to Congress a report assessing the
importance of collegiate aviation flight training operations
and the effect of such operations on the economy and
infrastructure of airports in the National Plan of Integrated
Airport Systems.
(b) In the report required by subsection (a), the
Comptroller General shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the total capacity of collegiate
aviation flight training programs in the United States to
meet the needs of the United States to train commercial
pilots.
(2) An assessment of the footprint of collegiate aviation
flight training operations at the airports in the United
States.
(3) An assessment of whether infrastructure beyond that
necessary for operations of commercial air carriers is needed
at airports at which collegiate aviation flight training
operations are conducted.
(4) If such infrastructure is needed, an estimate of the
cost of such infrastructure.
(5) An identification of funding sources, available before
the date of the enactment of this Act or that may become
available after such date of enactment, that may be used to
construct such infrastructure.
(6) Recommendations for improving technical and financial
assistance to airports to construct such infrastructure.
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