S.Amdt. 4616

SA 4616. 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 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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