[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1454 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1454

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
             from closing certain flight service stations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 1997

  Mr. Riggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
             from closing certain flight service stations.

    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 ``Community Flight Safety Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CLOSING OF CERTAIN FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration may not close any flight service 
station that--
            (1) is located in the contiguous United States and within 
        50 miles from the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of 
        Mexico, or one of the Great Lakes;
            (2) on an average of 180 or more days in a calendar year, 
        as determined by the Administrator, provides services to 
        aircraft operating under instrument flight rules; or
            (3) meets the requirements of both paragraphs (1) and (2).
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