3.0.0 2941 2022-02-03T05:09:23Z 2022-02-03T05:09:23Z Senate S S 2008-04-30 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-30T18:16:13Z 2008-04-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2008-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N Transportation and Public Works Accident prevention Administrative procedure Air traffic Airports Aviation safety Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Transportation Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Federal aid to transportation Fire prevention Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Infrastructure Law Lighting Navigation (Aeronautics) Private aviation Rescue work Standards Transportation planning Transportation and Public Works 00 2008-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-26T15:49:04Z Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and submit to Congress: (1) a strategic runway safety plan; as well as (2) a plan and schedule for installation and deployment of systems to alert air traffic controllers and flight crews of potential runway incursions at commercial airports and general aviation airports that are most at risk of such incursions.

Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to review and report annually to Congress on the installation of each advanced surface movement system funded by the Administrator.

Authorizes appropriations for the purchase and installation of certain runway incursion avoidance systems.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) review runway and taxiway lighting (both at daytime and nighttime) and markings at certain airports for compliance with FAA standards; (2) identify runways on which nonstandard lighting and markings may contribute, or may have contributed, to operational errors or incidents; and (3) submit such review to Congress along with a plan for remedying variance in lighting conditions and markings at nonstandard runways.

Directs the Administrator to evaluate for Congress the potential for improving safety and accident investigations through the use of systems that monitor and record the status of lighting systems on the movement areas of, or that are critical to the safe operations at, certain airports.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) initiate a rulemaking to revise federal aircraft rescue and firefighting standards to improve the protection of the public from fires and hazardous materials incidents; (2) collect data on aircraft runway overruns that do not result in fatalities or property damage; and (3) report to Congress on potential safety risks identified by such data, including actions taken by airports and the FAA to reduce those risks.

]]> Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve airport runway safety, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2941is/xml/BILLS-110s2941is.xml 2008-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.