[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1477 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1477

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
  prevent the dissemination to the public of certain information with 
    respect to noncommercial flights of private aircraft owners and 
                               operators.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2011

Mr. Roberts (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
  prevent the dissemination to the public of certain information with 
    respect to noncommercial flights of private aircraft owners and 
                               operators.

    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 ``BARR Preservation Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISSEMINATION OF CERTAIN PRIVATE AIRCRAFT 
              REGISTRATION NUMBERS TO THE PUBLIC.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Federal Government's dissemination to the public of 
        information relating to a noncommercial flight carried out by a 
        private owner or operator of an aircraft, whether during or 
        following the flight, does not serve a public policy objective.
            (2) Upon the request of a private owner or operator of an 
        aircraft, the Federal Government should not disseminate to the 
        public information relating to noncommercial flights carried 
        out by that owner or operator, as the information should be 
        private and confidential.
    (b) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the request of a private owner or 
        operator of an aircraft, the Administrator of the Federal 
        Aviation Administration shall require that, with respect to the 
        noncommercial flights of that owner or operator, the display of 
        that owner or operator's aircraft registration number is 
        blocked in aircraft situational display data available to the 
        public.
            (2) Availability of information to government agencies.--
        Paragraph (1) does not affect the authority of the 
        Administrator to make aircraft registration numbers available 
        to Federal, State, or local government agencies.
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