[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 444

To require a study and report on the safety of the Juneau International 
               Airport, with recommendations to Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 25 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Stevens (for himself and Mr. Murkowski) 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 require a study and report on the safety of the Juneau International 
               Airport, with recommendations to Congress.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juneau International Airport Safety 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    (a) Within thirty days of the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the National 
Transportation Safety Board, the National Guard, and the Juneau 
International Airport, shall undertake a study of the safety of the 
approaches to the Juneau International Airport.
    (b) Such study shall examine--
            (1) the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on September 
        4, 1971;
            (2) the crash of a Lear Jet on November 12, 1985;
            (3) the crash of an Alaska Air National Guard aircraft on 
        November 12, 1992;
            (4) the adequacy of NAVAIDs in the vicinity of the Juneau 
        International Airport;
            (5) the possibility of confusion between the Sisters Island 
        directional beacon and the Coghlan Island directional beacon;
            (6) the need for a singular Approach Surveillance Radar 
        site on top of Heintzleman Ridge;
            (7) the need for a Terminal Visual Omni Range radar in 
        Gastineau Channel;
            (8) any other matters any of the parties named in 
        subsection (a) think appropriate to the safety 
of aircraft approaching or leaving the Juneau International Airport.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    (a) Within six months of the date of enactment of this Act the 
Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Public 
Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives a report 
which--
            (1) details the matters considered by the study;
            (2) summarizes any conclusions reached by the participants 
        in the study;
            (3) proposes specific recommendations to improve or enhance 
        the safety of aircraft approaching or leaving the Juneau 
        airport, or a detailed explanation of why no recommendations 
        are being proposed;
            (4) estimates the cost of any proposed recommendations; and
            (5) includes any other matters the Secretary deems 
        appropriate.
    (b) The report shall include any minority views if consensus is not 
reached among the parties listed in subsection 2(a).

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