,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ijb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ba1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,administrator of the 
,federal ,aviation ,administration to   
designate an overland supersonic and    
hypersonic testing corridor in the      
,united ,states to test military        
passenger and non-passenger aircraft1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,supersonic and ,hypersonic ,aircraft   
,testing ,corridor ,act4  #b4           
,designation of overland supersonic and 
hypersonic testing corridor  7a7        
,designation  7#a7 ,in general          
,notwithstanding section #ia4hag of     
title #ad1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 not later than #ahj days  
after the date of enactment of this     
section1 the ,administrator of the      

,federal ,aviation ,administration 7in  
this section referred to as the         
,administrator71 in consultation with   
the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall       
designate an overland supersonic and    
hypersonic testing corridor in the      
,united ,states that runs from ,edwards 
,air ,force ,base1 ,california to the   
,utah ,test and ,training ,range and    
,dugway ,proving ,ground in ,utah for   
the purposes described in subsection    
7b74  7#b7 ,requirements  7,a7 ,military
 operation areas ,in designating the    
corridor under paragraph 7#a71 the      
,administrator shall-- 7i7 to the extent
 practicable1 designate the corridor    
within existing military operation areas
 7in this section referred to as ,,moa7 
in the area described in such paragraph2
 or  7ii7 if necessary1 designate new   
,,moa airspace to complete the corridor 
and ensure that the corridor is suitable
 for testing4  7,b7 ,increased altitude 
,the ,administrator shall-- 7i7 set the 
vertical limits in the corridor         

designated under paragraph 7#a7 at ,,fl 
#ajjj2 and  7ii7 increase1 as necessary1
 the vertical limit of any existing     
,,moa in the corridor to ,,fl #ajjj4    
7b7 ,purposes of designated corridor    
,the corridor designated under          
subsection 7a77#a7 shall be used for the
 following purposes3 7#a7 ,to test      
supersonic and hypersonic military      
passenger aircraft and military         
non-passenger aircraft4  7#b7 ,to test  
supersonic and hypersonic civil aircraft
 subject to subsection 7e74  7c7        
,testing requirements ,any supersonic or
 hypersonic aircraft testing in the     
corridor designated under subsection    
7a77#a7 shall meet the following        
requirements3 7#a7 ,the testing shall   
only occur from sunrise to sunset4  7#b7
 ,the testing shall not include any     
commercial passengers or commercial     
cargo4  7d7 ,special flight             
authorization requirements ,with respect
 to special flight authorizations under 
section #ia4hah7;c7 of title #ad1 ,code 

of ,federal ,regulations1 for civil     
aircraft testing as described in        
subsection 7b77#b71 the ,administrator  
shall do the following3 7#a7 ,permit    
sonic boom overpressure ,in considering 
the environmental findings to grant a   
special flight authorization1 the       
,administrator shall permit a measurable
 amount of sonic boom overpressure      
outside of the corridor designated under
 subsection 7a77#a71 as long as the     
available data is sufficient for the    
,administrator to determine that the    
sonic boom overpressure does not        
significantly affect the quality of the 
human environment4  7#b7 ,noise impact  
data  7,a7 ,in general ,subject to      
subparagraph 7,b71 in considering the   
environmental findings to grant a       
special flight authorization1 the       
,administrator shall not require any    
additional environmental impact analysis
 regarding noise impact if-- 7i7 an     
applicant presents data generated from  
,,faa-approved software2 and  7ii7 such 

data reasonably demonstrates that there 
is no additional noise impact due to the
 applicant's testing of supersonic or   
hypersonic civil aircraft4  7,b7        
,exception ,the ,administrator may      
require an additional environmental     
impact analysis regarding noise impact  
if the ,administrator certifies that    
extraordinary circumstances exist to    
justify such additional analysis4  7#c7 
,reuse of research and findings ,the    
,administrator shall reuse any          
applicable research and findings from a 
prior supersonic or hypersonic civil    
aircraft test and incorporate such      
research and findings into any          
applicable analysis necessary to grant a
 special flight authorization if the    
prior supersonic or hypersonic civil    
aircraft test-- 7,a7 was under similar  
conditions to the testing proposed by   
the applicant for the special flight    
authorization2 and  7,b7 considered     
similar issues or decisions as the      
testing proposed by the applicant for   

the special flight authorization4  7e7  
,civil ,testing ,the ,secretary of      
,defense shall allow civil aircraft     
testing as described in subsection      
7b77#b71 unless-- 7#a7 such testing     
would interfere with any military       
operations or testing in the corridor2  
or  7#b7 the ,administrator has not     
granted a special flight authorization  
under section #ia4hah7;c7 of title #ad1 
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 for such
 testing4