[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1092 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1092

 To make certain regulations, directives, and orders issued under the 
      Federal Aviation Act of 1958 applicable to public aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 1993

 Mr. Pressler introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make certain regulations, directives, and orders issued under the 
      Federal Aviation Act of 1958 applicable to public aircraft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--After the expiration of the 90-day period 
following the date of the enactment of this Act, all regulations, 
directives, and orders issued pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) relating to airworthiness, supplemental 
type certificates, and technical standard orders in connection with 
civil aircraft, including such regulations, directives and orders in 
effect on the 90th day following such date of enactment, shall be 
applicable to public aircraft.
    (b) Waiver.--In the case of any regulation, directive or order 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation, at the 
request of any State, territory or possession of the United States, or 
the District of Columbia, may exempt such State, territory, possession, 
or the District of Columbia from compliance with such regulation, 
directive, or order, if the Secretary determines that it has in effect, 
and is enforcing, a regulation, directive or order equally as stringent 
as that referred to in subsection (a).
    (c) Regulations.--The Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION BY INDEPENDENT PARTY.

    (a) Reporting of Accidents.--After the expiration of the 90-day 
period following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to 
require each State to report any accident involving a public use 
aircraft which occurs in such State to the National Transportation 
Safety Board.
    (b) Jurisdiction of National Transportation Safety Board.--The 
National Transportation Safety Board shall investigate, determine 
probable cause, make safety recommendations and report the facts and 
circumstances of public aircraft accidents, reported pursuant to 
subsection (a), in the same manner and to the same extent as that 
required in connection with United States civil aviation accidents.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``public aircraft'' has the same 
meaning as that provided by section 101(36) of the Federal Aviation Act 
of 1958, except that for purposes of this Act, the term ``public 
aircraft'' does not include military aircraft.

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