[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3010 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3010

    To require the Federal Aviation Administration to implement the 
  recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board 
 following the Board's investigation of the loss of control of Colgan 
     Air Flight 3407 on February 12, 2009, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2010

Mrs. Gillibrand 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 the Federal Aviation Administration to implement the 
  recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board 
 following the Board's investigation of the loss of control of Colgan 
     Air Flight 3407 on February 12, 2009, 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 ``Flight 3407 Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL 
              TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.

    (a) Implementation of Certain Recommendations.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall implement the recommendations 
of the National Transportation Safety Board contained in the Aircraft 
Accident Report on the Loss of Control on Approach of Colgan Air, 
Incorporated, Operating as Continental Connections Flight 3407 at 
Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009 (NTSB/AAR-10-01).
    (b) Determinations With Respect to Pending and Future 
Recommendations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the National 
        Transportation Safety Board provides the Administrator of the 
        Federal Aviation Administration with a safety recommendation, 
        the Administrator shall submit to Congress a notification--
                    (A) indicating whether or not the Administrator has 
                determined to implement the recommendation; and
                    (B)(i) if the Administrator determines to implement 
                the recommendation, describing the actions the 
                Administrator plans to take to implement the 
                recommendation; or
                    (ii) if the Administrator determines not to 
                implement the recommendation, describing the reasons 
                for that determination.
            (2) Pending recommendations.--Not later than 180 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
        Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to Congress the 
        notification described in paragraph (1) with respect to each 
        recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board--
                    (A) made before the date of the enactment of this 
                Act; and
                    (B) that is not implemented before such date of 
                enactment.
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