[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 471 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 471

  To preserve State authority to regulate air carriers providing air 
                           ambulance service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2017

  Mr. Tester 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 preserve State authority to regulate air carriers providing air 
                           ambulance service.

    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 ``Isla Rose Life Flight Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AIR AMBULANCE 
              SERVICE.

    Section 41713(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Savings provision.--Nothing in this subsection may be 
        construed as affecting or in any way interfering with the 
        ability of any State, political subdivision of a State, or 
        political authority of at least 2 States to enact or enforce a 
        law, regulation, or other provision having the force and effect 
        of law relating to network participation, reimbursement and 
        balance billing, or transparency for an air carrier that 
        provides air ambulance service.''.
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