S.Amdt. 4503

SA 4503. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1247. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING UNITED STATES AIR
CARRIERS TO COMPLY WITH AIR DEFENSE
IDENTIFICATION ZONES DECLARED BY THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
may not require, or provide instruction or guidance to, an
air carrier that holds an air carrier certificate issued
under chapter 411 of title 49, United States Code, to comply
with any air defense identification zone declared by the
People's Republic of China that is inconsistent with United
States policy, overlaps with preexisting air identification
zones, covers disputed territory, or covers a specific
geographic area over the East China Sea or South China Sea.
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