[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                  NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 1993

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               KASSEBAUM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1477

  Mrs. KASSEBAUM (for herself, Mr. Dole, Mr. Danforth, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
Gorton, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Coverdell) proposed an amendment to the bill 
(S. 4) to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic growth of 
the United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian 
technology programs of the Department of Commerce, amending the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance the 
development and nationwide deployment of manufacturing technologies, 
and authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration of the 
Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards 
Technology, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the committee substitute, add the following:

               TITLE VII--GENERAL AVIATION REVITALIZATION

     SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``General Aviation 
     Revitalization Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 702. TIME LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST AIRCRAFT 
                   MANUFACTURERS.

       Title XI of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 
     App. 1510-1518) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:

     ``SEC. 1119. TIME LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST 
                   AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS.

       ``(a) In General.--No civil action for damages for death or 
     injury to persons or damage to property arising out of an 
     accident involving a general aviation aircraft may be brought 
     against the manufacturer of the aircraft or the manufacturer 
     of any component, system, subassembly, or other part of the 
     aircraft, if the accident occurred--
       ``(1) more than 15 years after--
       ``(A) the date of delivery of the aircraft to its first 
     purchaser or lessee, if delivered directly from the 
     manufacturer; or
       ``(B) the date of first delivery of the aircraft to a 
     person engaged in the business of selling or leasing such 
     aircraft; or
       ``(2) with respect to any component, system, subassembly, 
     or other part which replaced another product originally in, 
     or which was added to, the aircraft, and which is alleged to 
     have caused the claimant's damages, more than 15 years after 
     the date of the replacement or addition.
       ``(b) General Aviation Aircraft Defined.--For the purposes 
     of this section, the term `general aviation aircraft' means 
     any aircraft for which a type certificate or an airworthiness 
     certificate has been issued by the Administrator, which, at 
     the time such certificate was originally issued, had a 
     maximum seating capacity of fewer than 20 passengers, and 
     which was not, at the time of the accident, engaged in 
     scheduled passenger carrying operations as defined under 
     regulations issued under this Act.
       ``(c) Relationship to Other Laws.--This section supersedes 
     any Federal or State law to the extent that such law permits 
     a civil action described in subsection (a) to be brought 
     after the applicable deadline for such civil action 
     established by subsection (a).''.

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