3.0.0 2650 2023-01-11T13:39:43Z 2023-01-11T13:39:43Z Senate S 2018-04-11 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-04-11T19:09:52Z 2018-04-11 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Department of Transportation Licensing and registrations Transportation employees Transportation and Public Works 00 2018-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-30T19:49:47Z Aviation Empowerment Act

This bill adds to transportation law the definitions of "common carrier" and "personal operator."

The Department of of Transportation shall issue or revise regulations to ensure that: (1) a person who holds a pilot certificate may communicate with the public, in any manner the person determines appropriate, to facilitate an aircraft flight for which the pilot and passengers share aircraft operating expenses and that such flight-sharing operations shall not be deemed a common carrier or a commercial operation requiring a commercial certificate; and (2) a personal operator shall not be subject to certain regulations relating to aeronautics and space.


]]> Aviation Empowerment Act Display Title Aviation Empowerment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to add definitions for the terms "common carrier" and "personal operator", and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Aviation Empowerment Act Introduced in Senate 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2650is/xml/BILLS-115s2650is.xml 2018-04-11 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.