3.0.0 1405 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z Senate S 2017-06-22 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2018-05-09T20:58:33Z Markup by 2017-06-29T13:00:00Z Referred to 2017-06-22T16:39:17Z S. Rept. 115-243 TICKETS Act 115 947 S 2017-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Aircraft Avionics Systems Cybersecurity Act 115 7045 HR 2018-10-05 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Related bill CRS Fairness for Pilots Act 115 2107 HR 2017-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS NextGen Accountability Act 115 320 S 2017-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S746-747; text of measure as introduced: CR S747) Related bill CRS FLIGHT Act of 2017 115 1320 S 2017-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 21st Century SCASDP Act 115 973 HR 2017-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017 115 2375 HR 2017-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 115 3644 HR 2017-09-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017 115 1110 S 2017-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Commercial Flight Courtesy Act of 2017 115 1450 S 2017-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 115 1755 S 2017-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Fairness for Pilots Act 115 755 S 2017-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017 115 1394 S 2017-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Air Travel Ticketing Transparency and Protection Act 115 3183 S 2018-07-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 115 4319 HR 2017-11-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017 115 4102 HR 2017-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS FLIGHT Act of 2017 115 2879 HR 2017-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS 2018-05-09 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407. Calendars 2018-05-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-243. Supplemental views filed. Committee 2018-05-09 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-243. Supplemental views filed. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2017-06-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2017-06-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-06-22 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-06-22 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-06-22 True 2017-08-31T13:23:45Z S. 1405, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53054 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 29, 2017 Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Aviation and airports Child health Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Transportation Disability and paralysis Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Judicial review and appeals Licensing and registrations Natural disasters Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Right of privacy Rural conditions and development Small towns Telephone and wireless communication Transportation costs Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security User charges and fees Women's health Worker safety and health Transportation and Public Works 00 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-09T16:36:13Z Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017

This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and specified FAA programs.

The bill revises requirements for the airport improvement program and pilot program for passenger facility charges at nonhub airports.

Forward Looking Investment in General Aviation, Hangars, and Tarmacs Act of 2017 or the FLIGHT Act of 2017

The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall implement an expedited and coordinated environmental review process for general aviation airport construction or improvement projects.

DOT shall 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 Government Accountability Office shall review privacy issues and concerns associated with the operation of unmanned aircraft (drones) in the national airspace system.

The FAA shall establish a process for the acceptance of risk-based, consensus safety standards for the safe integration of small drones into such system.

DOT shall issue guidance for the operation of public drones.

The FAA shall develop a plan for the deployment of technologies to detect and mitigate potential airspace safety threats posed by drones.

Drone Operator Safety Act

The bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to operate a drone that knowingly or recklessly interferes with or disrupts the operation of an aircraft carrying one or more occupants in U.S. airspace.

DOT shall establish a Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee.

The FAA shall take specified actions to improve airline passenger safety.

Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017

The bill directs the FAA to revise federal regulations to apply medical certificate of physical fitness requirements that are applicable to pilot flight crewmembers to operators of air balloons.

Fairness for Pilots Act

The bill amends the Pilot's Bill of Rights to revise the authorization for appeal to a federal court by a substantially affected individual from a decision of the National Transportation Safety Board to uphold an adverse FAA order or final decision. The bill specifies the suspension or revocation of an airman certificate as the punitive civil action which may be appealed.

A U.S. district court shall review de novo an FAA denial, suspension, or revocation of an airman certificate.

The bill prescribes certain requirements with respect to improving passenger air service.

Transparency Improvements and Compensation to Keep Every Ticketholder Safe Act of 2017 or the TICKETS Act

The bill prescribes requirements to prohibit an air carrier from denying an air passenger from boarding a flight without the consent of the passenger cleared to board such flight unless such passenger presents a safety, security, or health risk, to oneself or others, or engages in obscene, disruptive, or unlawful behavior.

The bill reauthorizes through FY2021 the essential air service program and the small community air service development program.

NextGen Accountability Act

The bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the FAA to establish annual NextGen (i.e., Next Generation Air Transportation System) performance goals for each of the national airspace system performance metrics to meet identified performance metric baselines with respect to NextGen projects.

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017

The FAA shall issue an order requiring the installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on each new aircraft that is manufactured for delivery to a U.S. passenger air carrier.

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