S.Amdt. 3420

SA 3420. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 title X, add the following new subtitle:

Subtitle H--ADS-B In and ADS-B Out Equipment Required for Aircraft
Operating in Class B Airspace in the National Airspace System

SEC. 1091. ADS-B IN AND ADS-B OUT EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR
AIRCRAFT OPERATING IN CLASS B AIRSPACE IN THE
NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM.

(a) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act, no aircraft, including military aircraft, shall be
operated in Class B airspace in the national airspace system
unless the aircraft has ADS-B In and ADS-B Out equipment that
meets such performance requirements as the Administrator
shall specify, and is installed, activated, and receiving
whenever the aircraft is taxiing or in flight.
(2) Limitation on regulations.--Neither the Secretary of
Transportation nor the Administrator shall implement,
administer, enforce, or otherwise give effect to any
regulation that exempts aircraft, including military
aircraft, from the requirements of paragraph (1).
(b) Repeal of Exemption to Requirement To Install Automatic
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Equipment on Certain
Aircraft of Department of Defense.--Section 1046 of the John
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2019 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is repealed.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) ADS-B in.--The term ``ADS-B In'' means onboard avionics
technology that periodically receives ADS-B Out broadcasts of
an aircraft's state vector (3-dimensional position and 3-
dimensional velocity) and other required information as
described in part 91.277 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations (or a successor regulation).
(3) ADS-B out.--The term ``ADS-B Out'' has the meaning
given such term in section 91.227 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
(4) Aircraft.--The term ``aircraft'' means fixed wing
aircraft, rotorcraft, powered-lift aircraft, and any other
form of manned aircraft.
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