3.0.0 1407 2022-02-08T23:21:47Z 2022-02-08T23:21:47Z Senate S 2019-05-09 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-09T19:02:01Z 2019-05-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-05-09 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 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-28T19:15:55Z Aviation Empowerment Act

This bill modifies regulations for pilots within the aviation sector.

Specifically, the bill

  • sets forth definitions for the terms "common carrier" and "personal operator;" and
  • directs the Department of Transportation to issue regulations authorizing (1) a pilot who wants to share aircraft operating expenses to communicate with the public regarding an aircraft flight; and (2) a pilot who has a private pilot certificate to receive compensation for flying persons or property, and not be subject to certain common carrier or commercial airliner regulations as long as the private pilot flies an aircraft with eight or fewer seats.
]]> Aviation Empowerment Act Display Title Aviation Empowerment Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Aviation Empowerment Act Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1407is/xml/BILLS-116s1407is.xml 2019-05-09 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.