3.0.0 2626 2025-12-05T09:10:28Z 2025-12-05T09:10:28Z House H HR 2023-04-13 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2626 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 62 (Thursday, April 13, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. TOKUDA:H.R. 2626.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United StatesConstitution.The single subject of this legislation is:To reform Federal Aviation Administration safetyrequirements for commercial air tour operators, and for otherpurposes.[Page H1728]</pre> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2023-04-14T20:24:22Z Referred To 2023-04-13T15:06:30Z 118 1032 S 2023-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Identical bill CRS 118 1939 S 2024-02-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335. Related bill CRS 2023-04-14 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2023-04-13 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2023-04-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 N C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2023-04-13 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2023-04-19T21:00:18Z

00 2023-04-13 Introduced in House 2024-02-12T18:58:30Z <p><b>Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update safety standards for commercial air tour operators (i.e., sightseeing airplane and helicopter flights).</p> <p>Within three years of the bill's enactment, all commercial air tour operators, with exceptions, must hold an air carrier certificate or commercial operator certificate. The FAA must implement procedures to improve the process for obtaining these certificates. </p> <p>The FAA must also issue regulations requiring commercial air tour operators and other specified operators to implement appropriate safety management systems. This is a formal, organization-wide approach to safety risk that includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies.</p> <p>The FAA must issue new or revised regulations requiring that all certificated commercial air tour operators incorporate into their training programs avoidance training for controlled flight into terrain and in-flight loss of control.</p> <p>The FAA must also convene aviation rulemaking committees and, within three years of the bill's enactment, issue final regulations </p> <ul> <li>establishing a performance-based standard for flight data monitoring for all commercial air tour operators,</li> <li>requiring all commercial air tour operators to install flight data recording devices and implement a flight data monitoring program, </li> <li> establishing methods to provide effective traffic avoidance in identified high-traffic tour areas (e.g., requiring air tour operators to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology), and </li> <li>governing specified issues related to sports parachute operations conducted in the United States.</li> </ul>

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