[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8042 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8042

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to rescind certain no fly 
               zone restrictions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2022

   Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Clyde, Mr. 
  LaMalfa, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to rescind certain no fly 
               zone restrictions, 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 ``Airlines Independent of Restrictions 
Act'' or the ``AIR Act''.

SEC. 2. NO FLY ZONE REPEAL.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall rescind the Federal Aviation Administration 
Notices to Airmen FDC 4/3634 and FDC 4/3635 and stop maintaining the 
restrictions imposed under such notices.
    (b) Limitation of Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
        and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
        Transportation may not issue a regulation or a Notice to Air 
        Missions to impose a no fly zone over the covered airspace for 
        a period longer than 30 days.
            (2) Exception.--The Secretary may issue a regulation or 
        Notice to Air Missions to impose a no fly zone over the covered 
        airspace for a period longer than 30 days if the Secretary of 
        Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 
        Secretary of Defense transmits to Congress a justification 
        identifying the national security concerns and rationale for 
        imposing such a no fly zone of the covered airspace for longer 
        than 30 days.
    (c) Covered Airspace Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
airspace'' means the airspace covered under the no fly zone imposed 
under the Federal Aviation Administration Notices to Airmen FDC 4/3634 
and FDC 4/3635.
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