[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 999 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 999

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals 
   seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked 
 against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of 
   Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or 
 nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or 
 nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2013

  Mrs. Black introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals 
   seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked 
 against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of 
   Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or 
 nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or 
 nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training, 
                        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. REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS SEEKING FLIGHT TRAINING ARE 
              CHECKED AGAINST IMMIGRATION RECORDS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 44939 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) of 
        paragraph (1) as clauses (i) through (vi), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
            (3) by striking ``12,500 pounds'' and inserting ``12,500 
        pounds--'';
            (4) by inserting before subparagraph (A), as redesignated 
        by paragraph (2) of this subsection, a new paragraph (2);
            (5) by moving the text beginning with ``to an'' and all 
        that follows through ``only if--'' to such paragraph (2);
            (6) by inserting before such paragraph (2) the following 
        new paragraph (1):
            ``(1) an individual seeking such training only upon receipt 
        of information from the Assistant Secretary that the individual 
        has been checked against databases available to the Assistant 
        Secretary and the Assistant Secretary has determined that the 
        individual is--
                    ``(A) a citizen of the United States;
                    ``(B) a national of the United States;
                    ``(C) an alien lawfully admitted to the United 
                States for permanent residence; or
                    ``(D) an alien temporarily admitted to the United 
                States as a nonimmigrant for the purpose of obtaining 
                such training; and''; and
            (7) in the subsection heading by striking ``Waiting 
        Period.--'' and inserting ``Requirements; Waiting Period.--''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of 
subsection (a) of section 44949, as redesignated by subsection (a), is 
amended by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subparagraph 
(A)''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to an individual seeking flight training on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING FLIGHT SCHOOLS TO BE CERTIFIED BY FAA.

    Section 44939 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) Certification by FAA.--The Secretary shall require flight 
schools to be certified by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration pursuant to part 141 or part 142 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or similar successor regulations).''.
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