[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3267 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H.R. 3267


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 1996

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit individuals who do 
   not hold a valid private pilots certificate from manipulating the 
  controls of aircraft in an attempt to set a record or engage in an 
 aeronautical competition or aeronautical feat, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Child Pilot Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. MANIPULATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44724. Manipulation of flight controls
    ``(a) Prohibition.--No pilot in command of an aircraft may allow an 
individual who does not hold--
            ``(1) a valid private pilots certificate issued by the 
        Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under part 
        61 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and
            ``(2) the appropriate medical certificate issued by the 
        Administrator under part 67 of such title,
to manipulate the controls of an aircraft if the pilot knows or should 
have known that the individual is attempting to set a record or engage 
in an aeronautical competition or aeronautical feat, as defined by the 
Administrator.
    ``(b) Revocation of Airmen Certificates.--The Administrator shall 
issue an order revoking a certificate issued to an airman under section 
44703 of this title if the Administrator finds that while acting as a 
pilot in command of an aircraft, the airman has permitted another 
individual to manipulate the controls of the aircraft in violation of 
subsection (a).
    ``(c) Pilot in Command Defined.--In this section, the term `pilot 
in command' has the meaning given such term by section 1.1 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

``44724. Manipulation of flight controls.''.

SEC. 3. CHILDREN FLYING AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Study.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall conduct a study of the impacts of children flying 
aircraft.
    (b) Considerations.--In conducting the study, the Administrator 
shall consider the effects of imposing any restrictions on children 
flying aircraft on safety and on the future of general aviation in the 
United States.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue a report 
containing the results of the study, together with recommendations on--
            (1) whether the restrictions established by the amendments 
        made by section 2 should be modified or repealed; and
            (2) whether certain individuals or groups should be exempt 
        from any age, altitude, or other restrictions that the 
        Administrator may impose by regulation.
    (d) Regulations.--As a result of the findings of the study, the 
Administrator may issue regulations imposing age, altitude, or other 
restrictions on children flying aircraft.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.