3.0.0 3634 2024-07-24T15:21:33Z 2024-07-24T15:21:33Z House H HR 2023-05-24 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COHEN:H.R. 3634.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:Aviation[Page H2597]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2023-05-25T20:46:14Z Referred to 2023-05-24T14:01:10Z 2023-05-25 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2023-05-24 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2023-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 N B001309 Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] Tim Burchett R TN 2 2023-05-24 True C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2023-06-06 False D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 10 2023-06-06 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2023-06-06 False Transportation and Public Works Accidents 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Administrative law and regulatory procedures 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Aviation and airports 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Department of Transportation 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Emergency communications systems 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Transportation safety and security 2023-10-17T12:45:17Z Transportation and Public Works 2023-07-17T12:00:30Z 00 2023-05-24 Introduced in House 2024-02-14T19:21:34Z Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2023

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations requiring all newly manufactured commercial aircraft used in certain extended overwater operations to have additional data recovery features.

Specifically, commercial aircraft that are required to have a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and a flight data recorder (FDR) must be equipped with

  • a means to recover flight data that does not require underwater retrieval,
  • a tamper-resistant method to broadcast to a ground station sufficient information to establish the flight termination location within six nautical miles of the point of impact, and
  • an airframe low-frequency underwater locating device that will function for at least 90 days and that is detectable by current search and rescue systems.

Further, the commercial aircraft must be equipped to retain at least the last 25 hours of recorded information.

Commercial aircraft that are ordered by an air carrier on or after January 1, 2027, must have the additional recorder system installed.

The bill specifies that a third combination CVR/FDR recording mechanism is not required to satisfy the bill's requirements. Compliant technologies may include (1) an automatic deployable flight recorder system (i.e., a CVR, FDR, and emergency locator transmitter housed in one crash-protected, floatable unit), and (2) transmission of flight recorder data (i.e., a system capable of providing satellite transmission of critical flight data that can also assist in identifying the location of a downed aircraft).

]]> Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:21:33Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:38:40Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to improve flight recorder and aircraft crash location requirements on certain commercial passenger aircraft by requiring the installation of a second combination digital flight data and cockpit voice recorder system that enables data recovery without an underwater search and recovery. 2024-03-18T20:52:46Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3634ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3634ih.xml 2023-05-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. 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.