[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3136 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3136

 To develop and implement a plan to allow general aviation aircraft to 
                        fly using certain rules.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To develop and implement a plan to allow general aviation aircraft to 
                        fly using certain rules.

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

SECTION 1. PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Plan.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Authority 
shall work with the Secretary of Transportation, the National Security 
Council, and the Director of the Office of Homeland Security to prepare 
and publish in the Federal Register an interim plan to allow general 
aviation aircraft to fly using visual flight rules inside the 15 
enhanced class B airspace areas not later than 10 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Plan Elements.--The interim plan described in subsection (a) 
may include a recommendation to allow piston engine aircraft weighing 
6,000 pounds gross takeoff weight or less to resume operations.
    (c) Implementation.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which 
the interim plan is published, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall implement a final plan to fly general 
aviation aircraft using visual flight rules inside the 15 enhanced 
class B airspace areas.
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