On the recordApril 7, 2016
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up and reported by number: Wyden No. 3499, as modified; Collins No. 3508; and Tester No. 3505. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendments by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune], for others, proposes amendments numbered 3499, as modified; 3508; and 3505 to amendment No. 3464. The amendments are as follows: Amendment No. 3499, as modified (Purpose: To require a review of heads-up guidance system displays) At the end of subtitle D of title II, add the following: SEC. 2405. HEADS-UP GUIDANCE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall initiate a review of heads-up guidance system displays (in this section referred to as ``HGS''). (b) Contents.--The review required by subsection (a) shall-- (1) evaluate the impacts of single- and dual-installed HGS technology on the safety and efficiency of aircraft operations within the national airspace system; (2) review a sufficient quantity of commercial aviation accidents or incidents in order to evaluate if HGS technology would have produced a better outcome in that accident or incident; and (3) update previous HGS studies performed by the Flight Safety Foundation in 1991 and 2009.…





