S.Amdt. 2020

SA 2020. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1911 proposed by Ms.
Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) to the
bill H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize
and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil
aviation programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

In section 360, strike subsection (b) and insert the
following:
(b) Surplus Military Aircraft.--In issuing a rule under
subsection (a), the Administrator may not enable any aircraft
of a type that has been manufactured in accordance with the
requirements of, and accepted for use by, the armed forces
(as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code)
and later modified to be used for wildfire suppression
operations, unless--
(1) such aircraft is later type-rated by the Administrator;
(2) such aircraft was manufactured after 1970;
(3) such aircraft is equipped with redundant hydraulic
systems (2 or more);
(4) such aircraft is equipped with 2 engines; and
(5) the engines are equipped with Full-Authority Digital
Engine Control (FADEC) technology.
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