[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4643 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4643

 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the duties of 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2017

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the duties of 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 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 ``Safe Air Transport of Hazardous 
Materials Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DUTIES AND POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR.

    Section 106(g)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``aviation safety (except those related to transportation, 
packaging, marking, or description of hazardous material)'' and 
inserting ``aviation safety (including those related to transportation, 
packaging, marking, or description of hazardous material)''.

SEC. 3. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FORUMS.

    Section 5120(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration (or the designee of the Administrator) shall 
serve as the primary official representative of the United States on 
the Dangerous Goods Panel of the International Civil Aviation 
Organization.''.

SEC. 4. AIR TRANSPORTATION OF LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES.

    Section 828 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 
U.S.C. 44701 note), and the item relating to that section in the table 
of contents in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.
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