[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 120 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 120

To commend the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association on its proactive 
            commitment to the security of general aviation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2003

Mr. Oberstar submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To commend the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association on its proactive 
            commitment to the security of general aviation.

Whereas the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is the largest civil aviation 
        organization in the world with more than 60 percent of the pilot 
        population in the United States of America;
Whereas the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association was founded in 1939 by five 
        businessmen in Philadelphia to represent the interests of general 
        aviation pilots;
Whereas general aviation represents all flying except scheduled airline service 
        and military flight;
Whereas the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has worked diligently to 
        inform and instruct its membership and the pilot population on proactive 
        security measures since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001;
Whereas these measures undertaken by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 
        have included a set of recommendations to enhance security at flight 
        schools and fixed base operations and a successful petitioning of the 
        Federal Aviation Administration to require pilots to carry a government 
        issued identification in conjunction with their pilot and medical 
        certificates;
Whereas the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has partnered with the 
        Transportation Security Administration to develop a nationwide aviation 
        initiative known as the ``Airport Watch Program'' that includes a toll-
        free hotline with a centralized system for reporting and acting on 
        information supplied by general aviation pilots;
Whereas the Airport Watch Program will enlist the support of some 550,000 
        general aviation pilots to watch for and report suspicious activities 
        that might have security implications; and
Whereas the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has enlisted the support of 
        the Government and aviation community at large and will distribute 
        Airport Watch Program materials to the 5,400 public-use airports in the 
        Nation, pilot groups, and individual pilots: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is hereby 
commended for its excellence in taking proactive measures to solve the 
new security challenges that face the Nation and for partnering with 
the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation 
Administration to create immediate, innovative, and common sense 
solutions to those challenges.
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