S.Amdt. 4657

SA 4657. 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:

Amendment No. 4657

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
shall not promulgate a special rule that requires 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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