On the recordApril 12, 2016
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To strike and replace section 4105) Strike section 4105 and insert the following: SEC. 4105. ADS-B MANDATE ASSESSMENT. (a) Assessment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall assess-- (1) Administration and industry readiness to meet the ADS-B mandate by 2020; (2) changes to ADS-B program since May 2010; and (3) additional options to comply with the mandate and consequences, both for individual system users and for the overall safety and efficiency of the national airspace system, for noncompliance. (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date the assessment under subsection (a) is complete, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a. report on the progress made toward meeting the ADS-B mandate by 2020, including any recommendations of the Inspector General to carry out such mandate. ____________________
