[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1285 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1285

 To amend section 40102(37) of title 49, United States Code, to modify 
 the definition of the term ``public aircraft'' to provide for certain 
           law enforcement and emergency response activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 1999

 Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Feingold) 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 section 40102(37) of title 49, United States Code, to modify 
 the definition of the term ``public aircraft'' to provide for certain 
           law enforcement and emergency response activities.

    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 ``Law Enforcement Public Aviation 
Reform Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AIRCRAFT.

    The flush sentence following subparagraph (B)(ii) of section 
40102(37) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``if 
the unit of government on whose behalf the operation is conducted 
certifies to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
that the operation was necessary to respond to a significant and 
imminent threat to life or property (including natural resources) and 
that no service by a private operator was reasonably available to meet 
the threat'' and inserting ``if the operation is conducted for law 
enforcement, search and rescue, or responding to an imminent threat to 
life, property, or natural resources''.
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