[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3403 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3403

 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final regulation 
prohibiting certain aircraft departing from John F. Kennedy Airport in 
  Queens County, New York, from flying over the Rockaway Peninsula in 
                        Queens County, New York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final regulation 
prohibiting certain aircraft departing from John F. Kennedy Airport in 
  Queens County, New York, from flying over the Rockaway Peninsula in 
                        Queens County, New York.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, not later than 
the 30th day following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall issue a final regulation that--
            (1) in all instances practicable and safe, prohibits, after 
        such 30th day, aircraft departing from runways 31L and 31R at 
        John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens County, New York, from flying 
        over the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens County, New York;
            (2) imposes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 on an 
        operator of an aircraft who knowingly deviates from the rule 
        described in paragraph (1) by flying over the Rockaway 
        Peninsula; and
            (3) excepts from the civil penalty an operator of an 
        aircraft who deviates from the rule described in paragraph (1) 
        in order to ensure safety.
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