[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1162 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1162

  To require notification of the Federal Aviation Administration with 
          respect to wildlife strikes, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2009

  Mr. Schumer 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 require notification of the Federal Aviation Administration with 
          respect to wildlife strikes, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Wildlife Strike Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO WILDLIFE STRIKES ON 
              AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44730. Notification of wildlife strikes
    ``The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall be 
notified, by the most expeditious means available--
            ``(1) by the operator of a civil aircraft or a public 
        aircraft (other than a public aircraft operated by the armed 
        forces or by an intelligence agency of the United States), if 
        the aircraft collides with 1 or more birds or other wildlife;
            ``(2) by airport personnel or personnel of the operator of 
        an aircraft described in paragraph (1), if such personnel see 
        such a collision; and
            ``(3) by aircraft maintenance personnel, if such personnel 
        identify damage to an aircraft resulting from such a 
        collision.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 447 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``44730. Notification of wildlife strikes.''.
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