[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4102 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4102

To apply certain medical requirements to an operator of an air balloon.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2017

Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Farenthold, and Mr. Hurd) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To apply certain medical requirements to an operator of an air balloon.

    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 ``Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY FOR MEDICAL CERTIFICATION STANDARDS TO OPERATORS 
              OF AIR BALLOONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall revise section 61.3(c) of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to second-class medical certificates), to 
apply to an operator of an air balloon to the same extent such 
regulations apply to a pilot flight crewmember of other aircraft.
    (b) Air Balloon Defined.--In this Act, the term ``air balloon'' has 
the meaning given the term ``balloon'' in section 1.1 of title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or 
ruling).
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