[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1881 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1881

To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the installation of 
              emergency locator transmitters on aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 1998

 Mr. Lieberman 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 amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the installation of 
              emergency locator transmitters on aircraft.

    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 ``Airplane Emergency Locator Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) on December 24, 1996, a plane piloted by Johan Schwartz 
        and Patrick Hayes disappeared near Lebanon, New Hampshire;
            (2) an extensive search was conducted by the States of New 
        Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Maine, and 
        Massachusetts, in cooperation with the Federal Government, in 
        an unsuccessful effort to locate the plane and any survivors;
            (3) the plane described in paragraph (1) was not required 
        under law to carry an emergency locator transmitter; and
            (4) emergency locator transmitters have been found to be 
        very helpful in locating downed aircraft and saving lives.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT.

    Section 44712(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(b) Nonapplication.--Subsection (a) does not apply to aircraft 
when used in--
            ``(1) flight operations related to the design and testing, 
        manufacture, preparation, and delivery of aircraft; or
            ``(2) the aerial application of a substance for an 
        agricultural purpose.''.
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