3.0.0 3260 2023-01-11T13:33:11Z 2023-01-11T13:33:11Z Senate S 2016-07-14 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-14T20:22:31Z 2016-07-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2016-07-14 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2016-07-14 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2016-07-14 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2016-09-22 False Law Aviation and airports Civil actions and liability Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Transportation employees Transportation safety and security Law 00 2016-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-21T19:50:57Z Volunteer Pilot Protection Act of 2016

This bill amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to provide liability protection to volunteers of a volunteer pilot nonprofit organization that arranges flights for public benefit in the case of harm caused by an act or omission of a volunteer on behalf of the organization. Volunteers shall not be liable if they: (1) were operating an aircraft in furtherance of the purpose of, and acting within the scope of their volunteer responsibilities on behalf of, the nonprofit organization; (2) were properly licensed and insured for the operation of the aircraft; (3) were in compliance with all requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration for recent flight experience; and (4) did not cause the harm through willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed by the volunteer.

]]> Volunteer Pilot Protection Act of 2016 Display Title Volunteer Pilot Protection Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Volunteer Pilot Protection Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide liability protection for volunteer pilots who fly for the public benefit, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3260is/xml/BILLS-114s3260is.xml 2016-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.