113 HR 4520 IH: Aircraft Positioning Modernization Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-04-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4520 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2014 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require passenger aircraft to transmit GPS location data.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Aircraft Positioning Modernization Act.

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Congressional findings

Congress finds that when an aircraft crashes in an area far from radar, the aircraft and its flight recorder can be difficult to find, necessitating expensive search and rescue operations.

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General authorization

Section 91.609(c) of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be amended to require that the Global Positioning System coordinate information shall be periodically transmitted to a receiving facility at a time frequency of 30 minutes.

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Effective date

The provisions of this Act shall take effect three years following enactment.