3.0.0 1320 2023-01-11T13:37:38Z 2023-01-11T13:37:38Z Senate S 2017-06-08 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-08T19:06:28Z Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 115 1405 S 2018-05-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407. Related bill CRS FLIGHT Act of 2017 115 2879 HR 2017-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS 2017-06-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2017-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-06-08 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-06-20 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-06-20 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-06-20 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2017-06-20 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-06-21 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-06-28 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2018-04-24 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2018-06-18 False Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Government trust funds Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Natural disasters Public-private cooperation Transportation programs funding Transportation and Public Works 00 2017-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-27T14:14:47Z Forward Looking Investment in General Aviation, Hangars, and Tarmacs Act of 2017 or the FLIGHT Act of 2017

This bill revises general aviation apportionments by: (1) providing at least 4% of entitlement funding to airports designated as disaster relief airports, (2) increasing the period of availability of apportioned funds, (3) increasing the federal government's share of project costs for certain airports to 95%, and (4) allowing the use of non apportioned funds for general aviation airport grants.

DOT shall: (1) implement an expedited and coordinated environmental review process for general aviation airport construction or improvement projects; and (2) establish a public-private partnership program for building or improving hangars, businesses, or other facilities at general aviation airports and privately owned airports for public use that do not have scheduled air service.

The bill requires DOT to designate certain airports as disaster relief airports, including regional reliever airports, airports within a reasonable distance of a hospital or transplant or trauma center, or airports in a region prone to natural disasters.

The bill treats the construction of certain aircraft used exclusively for recreational purposes as an "aeronautical activity" for purposes of airport improvement grants.

]]> FLIGHT Act of 2017 Display Title FLIGHT Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reform apportionments to general aviation airports under the airport improvement program, to improve project delivery at certain airports, and to designate certain airports as disaster relief airports, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FLIGHT Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Forward Looking Investment in General Aviation, Hangars, and Tarmacs Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1320is/xml/BILLS-115s1320is.xml 2017-06-08 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.