[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2440 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2440

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                               AMENDMENT
                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                 May 12 (legislative day, May 2), 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2440) entitled ``An Act to amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 
1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, 
and for other purposes'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Safety Board Act 
Amendments of 1994''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Sec. 309(a) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 (49 App. 
U.S.C. 1907(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of 
this Act not to exceed $37,580,000 for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1994, $44,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
and $45,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996. Such 
sums shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS TO THE 
              OPERATION OF PUBLIC AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Definition of Public Aircraft.--Section 101(36) of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301(36)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``persons or'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``persons, or engaged in carrying'';
            (2) by inserting ``(A)'' immediately after ``For purposes 
        of this paragraph,''; and
            (3) by striking the period at the end of the second 
        sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``, and (B) `engaged in 
        carrying persons' includes the provision of passenger 
        transportation but does not include (i) the carriage of 
        crewmembers or of other persons abroad an aircraft whose 
        presence is required to perform, or is associated with the 
        performance of, a governmental function such as firefighting, 
        search and rescue, law enforcement, aeronautical research, or 
        biological or geological resource management, or (ii) the 
        carriage of persons (for other than commercial purposes) aboard 
        aircraft operated by the Armed Forces or an intelligence agency 
        of the United States.''.
    (b) Exemptions.--Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610(a) 
of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1430(a)), the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may grant 
exemptions pursuant to section 601(c) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1421(c)) to a governmental entity with respect to 
an aircraft which, before the date of enactment of this Act and while 
owned or operated by such governmental entity, was engaged in carrying 
persons. For purposes of this subsection, the term ``engaged in 
carrying persons'' has the meaning given that term under section 
101(36) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301(36)), 
as amended by this Act.
    (c) Investigative Authority of Board.--(1) Section 304(a)(1)(A) of 
the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 (49 App. U.S.C. 1903(a)(1)(A)) 
is amended by inserting ``, or any aircraft accident involving a public 
aircraft as defined under section 101(36) of the Federal Aviation Act 
of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301(36)) other than an aircraft operated by 
the Armed Forces or by an Intelligence Agency'' immediately before the 
semicolon at the end.
    (2) Section 304(b) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 (49 
App. U.S.C. 1903(b)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (12) as 
paragraph (13) and by inserting immediately after paragraph (11) the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(12) The Board, in furtherance of its investigative 
        duties with respect to public aircraft accidents under 
        subsection (a)(1)(A), shall have the same duties and powers as 
        are specified for civil aircraft accidents under sections 
        701(a)(1), 701(c), and 701(d) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
        1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1411(a)(1), (c), and (d)).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (c) 
shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. ADVANCED LANDING SYSTEM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall consider for 
approval under subpart C of part 171 of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations, the new generation, low cost, advanced landing system 
being developed by the Department of Defense. The charter for approval 
of such system shall be considered and acted upon expeditiously by the 
Regional Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the 
region where such system is being developed.

            Attest:






                                                             Secretary.