[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1394 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1394

 To apply the medical certification standards of the Federal Aviation 
              Administration to operators of air balloons.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2017

   Mr. Cruz 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 apply the medical certification standards of the Federal Aviation 
              Administration to operators of air balloons.

    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 OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATION STANDARDS TO OPERATORS 
              OF AIR BALLOONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall revise part 61.3(c) of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (relating to medical certificates), to apply to operators 
of air balloons to the same extent such regulations apply to operators 
of other aircraft.
    (b) Air Balloon Defined.--In this section, 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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