S.Amdt. 2755

SA 2755. Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Thune) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe
(for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill
H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 C of title III, add the following:

SEC. 323. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USE OF AIRSPACE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration and the Secretary of Defense shall
provide a report documenting efforts made toward improving
processes to resolve persistent challenges for special use
airspace requests in support of, or associated with, short
notice testing requirements at Major Range and Test Facility
Bases, specifically, establishment of Temporary Military
Operations Areas used for conducting short term, scheduled
exercises.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) Analysis of previous efforts to streamline internal
processes associated with the designation of Temporary
Military Operations Areas at Major Range and Test Facility
Bases and for scheduled exercises.
(2) Analysis of progress made to ensure consistency of
environmental review, including impact analysis, associated
environmental studies, or consultation, while complying with
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) and other environmental requirements.
(3) Identification of challenges to creating common
National Environmental Policy Act Categorical Exclusions.
(4) A description of airspace requirements, current Test/
Training Space Needs Statements completed in the last 10
years, and future 5 year requirements, including all
Temporary Military Operating Areas, Special Use Airspaces,
Instrument Routes, Visual Routes, and unfulfilled user
requirements.
(5) Proposed options and solutions to overcome identified
challenges, including identifying whether--
(A) a solution or solutions can be incorporated within the
existing Federal Aviation Administration and Department of
Defense Memorandum of Understanding; or
(B) changes to current legislation are required.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Major range and test facility base.--The term ``Major
Range and Test Facility Base'' has the meaning given the term
in section 196(i) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) Special use airspace.--The term ``special use
airspace'' means certain designations of airspace designated
by the Federal Aviation Administration, as administered by
the Secretary of the Air Force.
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