S.Amdt. 3939

SA 3939. Mr. CASEY 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:

At the appropriate place in division A, add the following:
Sec. __. (a) During the 3-year period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and carry out a
scalable aerospace additive manufacturing demonstration
initiative, which shall focus on developing research and
training to support certification of a range of aircraft
components that are representative of industry applications
to address barriers to the use of additive manufacturing in
United States civil aerospace.
(b) The demonstration initiative required by subsection (a)
shall--
(1) promote and facilitate collaboration among institutions
of higher education, the commercial aircraft industry
(including manufacturers, suppliers, and commercial air
carriers), Manufacturing Innovation Institutes of the
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation administered by
the Department of Commerce, and Manufacturing Innovation
Institutes administered by the Federal Aviation
Administration;
(2) identify and promote opportunities for collaboration
and technical exchange among agencies involved in research
related to scalable additive manufacturing, including the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National
Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, and the Department of Energy;
(3) develop a research and training program for basic and
applied technical advances related to additively manufactured
aerospace components, including safety-critical applications;
and
(4) develop and undertake research related to additive
manufacturing processing supporting the certification of
additively manufactured components with institutions of
higher education, industry, non-profit research institutes,
and the Manufacturing Innovation Institutes described in
paragraph (1).
(c) The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on
the initiative required by subsection (a).
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