[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3534 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3534

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 treat certain aircraft as amateur-built aircraft for the purposes of 
 issuing experimental certificates for the operation of such aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 treat certain aircraft as amateur-built aircraft for the purposes of 
 issuing experimental certificates for the operation of such aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF AIRCRAFT AS AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--In issuing experimental certificates for the 
operation of amateur-built aircraft under part 21 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall treat as an amateur-built aircraft any aircraft, 
the major portion of which has been fabricated and assembled by--
            (1) persons who undertook the construction project solely 
        for their own education or recreation; or
            (2) the agents of such persons, if the fabrication and 
        assembly work of the agents is inspected and approved--
                    (A) by an airframe and powerplant mechanic 
                certified by the Administrator; and
                    (B) by an inspector, designated by the 
                Administrator, located at a manufacturing inspection 
                district office or a flight standards district office 
                of the Administration.
    (b) Designation of Inspectors.--For each manufacturing inspection 
district office and each flight standards district office, the 
Administrator shall designate not less than 1 inspector to perform 
inspections and grant approvals under subsection (a)(2).
    (c) Rights, Privileges, and Obligations.--The employment by a 
person described in subsection (a)(1) of any agent for the fabrication 
and assembly of an aircraft as described in subsection (a) shall not 
alter the rights, privileges, or obligations, of that person under 
Federal law.
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