[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 985 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 985

  To amend title 49, United States Code, concerning the treatment of 
                  certain aircraft as public aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1999

Mr. Gallegly (for himself, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. Tauscher, 
 Mr. Herger, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
 Mr. Foley, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Walsh, Mr. English, Mr. Hobson, Ms. Danner, 
 Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
Boyd, and Mr. Saxton) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, concerning the treatment of 
                  certain aircraft as public 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 ``Public Services Aviation Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AIRCRAFT DEFINED.

    Section 40102(a)(37) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, administration, or support'' 
                after ``performance''; and
                    (B) by striking ``such as'' and inserting ``such 
                as, but not limited to, public safety,''; and
            (2) by striking the last sentence and inserting the 
        following:
        ``A government-owned aircraft shall be considered to be a 
        public aircraft for the purposes of this part if the aircraft 
        is operated in the performance of a governmental function 
        (including any function referred to in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)) 
        by a unit of government on behalf of another unit of government 
        pursuant to a cost reimbursement agreement between the units of 
        government. In this paragraph, the term `commercial purposes' 
        does not include the operation of an aircraft pursuant to a 
        cost reimbursement agreement.''.
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