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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Perlmutter amendment No. 49.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Perlmutter, numbered 49 printed in Part A of House Report 115-650 to implement recommendations from the FAA's Rotorcraft Occupant Protection Working Group to require all newly manufactured helicopters to meet certain standards to improve helicopter fuel system crash resistance within 18 months.

On agreeing to the Burgess amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Burgess amendment No. 47.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Burgess, numbered 47 printed in Part A of House Report 115-650 to establish prohibitions to prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as a weapon while operating in the national airspace.

On agreeing to the Cohen amendment; as modified Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cohen amendment No. 46, as modified.

Cohen amendment; modified by unanimous consent.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Cohen, numbered 46 printed in Part A of House Report 115-650 to alleviate delays in compliance with existing federal regulations to vet prospective pilots, by enabling 3rd party access to the National Driver Register.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeFazio amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. DeFazio demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment No. 42.

An amendment, offered by Mr. DeFazio, numbered 42 printed in Part A of House Report 115-650 to repeal a prohibition on U.S. regulation of air transportation of flammable lithium batteries unless there has been an accident. The amendment restores the DOT's authority to regulate lithium batteries beyond international baselines, without waiting for an accident to occur.

On agreeing to the Higgins (LA) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

Amendments en bloc offered by Mr. Shuster, printed in Part A of House Report 115-650 consisting of amendments numbered 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, and 65.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Higgins (LA) amendment No. 41.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Higgins (LA), numbered 41 printed in Part A of House Report 115-650 to require the Administrator of the FAA to initiate a pilot program to permit the operator of a State 2 airplane to operate that airplane in non-revenue service into medium hub airports or non-hub airports if certain parameters are met.

On agreeing to the Shuster amendments; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Shuster En bloc amendment No. 2.

On agreeing to the Denham amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 839, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Denham amendment No. 17.