3.0.0 5250 2023-01-14T22:48:41Z 2023-01-14T22:48:41Z House H HR 2004-10-07 108 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-07T14:03:10Z 2004-10-07 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2004-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 N M000689 Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] JOHN MICA R FL L. 7 2004-10-07 True Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Aircraft pilots Airline employees Airlines Aviation agreements Aviation safety Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Department of Transportation Electronic government information Executive reorganization Federal law enforcement officers Firearms Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government travel Governmental investigations International Affairs Internet Labor and Employment Law Leave of absence Licenses Police communication systems Police training Science, Technology, Communications Signs and symbols Standards Terrorism Travel costs Web sites Workers' compensation Transportation and Public Works 00 2004-10-07 Introduced in House 2004-12-21T15:48:12Z Federal Flight Deck Officer Improvement Act of 2004 - Instructs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) study and report to certain congressional committees on the feasibility of conducting Federal flight deck officer initial training; (2) ensure that eligible pilots are offered a choice of training dates, and given advance notice of them; (3) establish a program to improve travel access to Federal flight deck officer training facilities through the use of charter flights or improved scheduled air carrier service; (4) establish qualification standards for facilities where Federal flight deck officers can receive requalification and recurrent training; and (5) provide Federal flight deck officer training, requalification training, and recurrent training at no cost to the pilots or the air carriers that employ them.

Directs the Secretary to establish a secure means for personnel of the Transportation Security Administration to communicate with Federal flight deck officers, and for Federal flight deck officers to communicate with each other.

Directs the Secretary to implement a pilot program to allow pilots participating in the Federal flight deck officer program to transport their firearms on their persons.

Encourages the President to pursue aggressively agreements with foreign governments to allow maximum deployment of Federal flight deck officers on international flights.

Requires the Secretary to work with relevant Federal agencies to obtain compensation for the death or injury of a Federal flight deck officer sustained while in the performance of his or her duties under the program.

Expresses the sense of Congress that air carriers should permit Federal flight deck officers to take a leave of absence from their employment as required to attend initial and requalification Federal flight deck officer training.

]]> Federal Flight Deck Officer Improvement Act of 2004 Display Title Federal Flight Deck Officer Improvement Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifications to the Federal flight deck officer program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Federal Flight Deck Officer Improvement Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-10-07T04:00:00Z 2004-10-07 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.