[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D757-D761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 4725-
4761; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 601-603 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3859-60
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1501, to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from 
operating or procuring certain foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-151);
  H.R. 3254, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a 
process to review applications for certain grants to purchase equipment 
or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary 
consensus standards, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-152); and
  H.R. 4470, to extend the authorization of the Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards Program

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of the Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
118-153, Part 1).                                            
Page H3856
Recess: The House recessed at 9:03 a.m. for the purpose of receiving 
His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India. 
The House reconvened at 12:37 p.m., and agreed that the proceedings had 
during the Joint Meeting be printed in the Record.       
  Pages H3703-07
Recess: The House recessed at 5:23 p.m. and reconvened at 9 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3839
Schools Not Shelters Act: The House passed H.R. to prohibit the use of 
the facilities of a public elementary school, a public secondary 
school, or an institution of higher education to provide shelter for 
aliens who have not been admitted into the United States, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 222 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 340. Consideration began 
yesterday, July 18th.                                    
  Pages H3839-40
  Rejected the Vasquez motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, by a yea-and-nay vote of 200 yeas to 212 
nays, Roll No. 339.                                      
Pages H3839-40
  H. Res. 597, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3935) and (H.R. 3941) was agreed to yesterday, July 18th.
  Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act: The 
House considered H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other 
civil aviation programs. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, 
July 20th.                                  
  Pages H3707-H3839, H3840-54
Agreed to:
  Graves (MO) amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that makes technical, conforming, and clarifying changes throughout the 
bill;                                                        
Page H3805
  Graves (MO) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147: Bean (FL) (No. 2) 
that would expand eligibility to include connecting taxiways under Sec. 
685. AIP Eligibility For Certain Spaceport Infrastructure; Brown (No. 
5) that requires air carriers and foreign air carriers to provide 
complementary drinking water to all passengers on all domestic and 
international flights over 1 hour; Cammack (No. 8) that makes catchment 
area analyses eligible for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds; 
Carbajal (No. 9) that directs the FAA to start a pilot program for 
mobile clearance for general aviation and Part 135 air carriers; Case 
(No. 11) that directs the Federal Aviation Administration, in 
consultation with the Department of State, to submit a report to 
Congress on airports of strategic importance in the Indo-Pacific 
region; Case (No. 12) that directs GAO to conduct a study on grant 
implementation at airports in the Freely Associated States; Castro (TX) 
(No. 13) that requires the Department of Transportation to make 
publicly available the Uniform report of DBE awards commitments and 
payment for each airport sponsor beginning with fiscal year 2024; 
Ciscomani (No. 14) that directs the FAA to prioritize funding for 
certain projects and details how they should go about dispensing funds; 
Ciscomani (No. 15) that creates new priority criteria for the secretary 
to consider regarding air traffic controllers; Cloud (No. 16) that 
requires energy project applicants submitted to the FAA to submit a 
foreign agent and principal disclosure; Davids (KS) (No. 17) that 
revises language in Section 507 to change the deadline in Section 
507(2)(b) from 30 days to 60 days; DelBene (No. 18) that expands the 
Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment (ASCENT) 
to conduct research on hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization, 
in addition to other research authorized to be carried out by ASCENT; 
Deluzio (No. 19) that directs GAO to conduct a report on the effect of 
airline mergers for consumers; DeSaulnier (No. 20) that creates a Task 
Force on Human Factors in Aviation Safety to analyze current risks 
related to human factors and identify recommendations to decrease the 
risks; Donalds (No. 21) that expresses the Sense of Congress that 
Congress encourages the FAA to welcome the use of drones to bolster and 
augment traditional manual inspection, survey, and maintenance 
operations (e.g. operations relating to electric transmission 
infrastructure, water quality and detecting harmful algal blooms, 
transportation infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, 
etc.); Donalds (No. 22) that directs the Comptroller General to consult 
with FAA-certified airports and industry stakeholders to evaluate the 
airports' emergency response plans and determine whether such plans 
appropriately assess electricity-related considerations relating to 
primary power source disruption events stemming from natural disasters; 
Eshoo (No. 24) that requires the FAA to solicit feedback from 
communities impacted by aircraft noise as part of the Community 
Collaboration Program; and Espaillat (No. 25) that requires the FAA to 
consider vulnerabilities of in-flight wifi that may lead to the 
exposure of passenger data;                              
Pages H3806-08
  Graves (MO) en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147: Feenstra (No. 26) 
that directs the Secretary of Transportation to take such actions as 
are necessary to respond with an approval or denial of any application 
for the provision of essential air service to the greatest extent 
practicable no later than 6 months after receiving such application;

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Fitzpatrick (No. 28) that makes alterations to the structure and 
timeframe of the aviation rulemaking committee established by Sec. 522; 
Robert Garcia (CA) (No. 30) that modifies cockpit voice recording 
preservation requirements to include real-world nearly catastrophic 
closecall incidents (for example, almost landing on another plane when 
lined up on a
taxiway rather than a runway at SFO in 2017; Gonzalez-Colon (No. 31) 
    that authorizes a GAO study on air cargo operations in Puerto Rico; 
    Gooden (TX) (No. 32) that applies equal NOTAM prohibitions to air 
    carriers and foreign air carriers landing in or taking off from a 
    U.S. airport from overflying Russian airspace; Gottheimer (No. 34) 
    that requires a GAO study on flight delays at airports in New York, 
    New Jersey, and Connecticut and possible causes; Hageman (No. 37) 
    that includes language that requires the Administrator, when 
    implementing and updating the acquisition management system, to 
    take into account the life cycle, reliability, performance, service 
    support, and costs to guarantee the acquisition of equipment that 
    is of high quality and reliability resulting in greater performance 
    and cost-related benefits for airports; Hageman (No. 38) that 
    requires the FAA to take necessary actions to provide easily 
    accessible and streamlined non-federal weather observer training to 
    airport personnel in that such personnel can manually provide 
    weather observations when automated surface observing systems and 
    automated weather observing systems experience outages and errors; 
    Hageman (No. 39) that requires the Comptroller General of the 
    United States to conduct a study on methods related to the 
    recruitment, retention, employment, education, training, and well-
    being of the aviation workforce specifically within rural 
    communities, and report the findings to Congress; Higgins (LA) (No. 
    40) that directs the Inspector General of the Department of 
    Transportation to conduct and submit an assessment on the 
    mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems at the border; Hill (No. 
    41) that requires the FAA to brief the Senate and House Committees 
    of jurisdiction on the status of the Little Rock VORTAC relocation 
    project; Houlahan (No. 42) that requires FAA to provide 
    notification and financial reimbursement to specified aviation 
    entities for financial losses incurred because of closures due to 
    Presidential Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) related to any 
    residence of the President which is secured by the U.S. Secret 
    Service, subject to an audit of the financial losses incurred; 
    Hoyle (No. 43) that requires the FAA to develop and publish safety 
    training materials for airport ground crew workers (including 
    supervisory employees) to help prevent accidents involving aircraft 
    engine ingestion and jet blast hazards; Huizenga (No. 45) that 
    prevents Secretary of Transportation from requiring that an airport 
    shorten or narrow their runway, apron, or taxiway as a condition 
    for funding if the airport supports an Air Force or Air National 
    Guard base at the airport, regardless of stationing of military 
    aircraft; Johnson (SD) (No. 49) that encourages the FAA to utilize 
    cloud-based, interactive digital platforms to meet community 
    engagement and agency coordination requirements in the 
    environmental review process; Kean (NJ) (No. 51) that directs the 
    FAA to consult the DOD regarding powered-lift aircraft operating 
    regulations; Kilmer (No. 52) that revises the expansion of AIP for 
    resiliency improvements to include Incident Support Bases, defines 
    natural disasters, and clarifies the full scope of AIP improvement 
    projects for eligible airports; Lee (No. 55) (NV) that adds 
    research to sections on use of UAS in wildfire prevention, response 
    and mitigation, as well as agricultural uses, to make clear that 
    processes to allow for research into wildfires and agriculture must 
    be considered in any federal rulemaking process related to UAS; 
    Lynch (No. 57) that revises the representative in the task force on 
    Aviation and Airport Community Engagement to ensure that multiple 
    airport communities and communities around airports are included; 
    and Lynch (No. 58) that ensures deliberate engagement with local 
    community groups for the Community Collaboration Program; 
                                                         Pages H3808-10
  Graves (MO) en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147: Lawler (No. 54) that 
directs the GAO to conduct a study on the shortage of pilots faced by 
air carriers; Lucas (No. 56) that ensures FAA's future plans to expand 
air traffic controller training facilities focuses on improving staff 
training without duplicating existing federal investments; Magaziner 
(No. 59) that allows Airport Improvement Program funds to be used for 
projects to comply with cybersecurity standards and recommendations 
from the Civil Aviation Cybersecurity Rulemaking Committee; Meng (No. 
63) that clarifies that as part of the Part 150 Noise Standard Update, 
feedback should be solicited from individuals living in overflight 
communities; Neguse (No. 66) that requires the Community Collaboration 
Program to directly interview impacted residents; Peltola (No. 72) that 
adds extensions needed for fuel/firefighting operations/etc. that are 
often pushed out as ineligible, yet very much needed to allow Alaska's 
aviation system to function more smoothly and allow for heavier 
payloads to remote locations; Pettersen (No. 78) that strikes ``in 
decision-making processes'' in Sec. 135 to allow more avenues for the 
public to have their concerns relayed to the Aviation Noise Officer to 
provide to the Administrator; Pettersen (No. 79) that

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requires the FAA, within 1 year of enactment, to develop guidance on 
what medications should be readily available without additional 
approval on the in-flight medical kits; Pettersen (No. 80) that 
requires the Pilot Mental Health Task Group to review protocols of 
allowable antidepressants for a pilot's medical certification; 
Pettersen (No. 81) that directs the Pilot Mental Health Task Force to 
consider implementing the recommendations from the Department of 
Transportation Inspector General's report on Comprehensive Evaluations 
of Pilots with Mental Health Challenges; Pfluger (No. 82) that provides 
a sense of Congress that route structures to rural airports serve a 
critical function to our Nation by connecting many of our military 
installations to major regional airline hubs; Porter (No. 83) that 
requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
study on the response time of the FAA Administrator in regard to 
congressional inquiries and requests, in addition to requiring the FAA 
Administrator to annually testify before Congress on the agency's 
efforts, activities, objectives, plans, and efforts to engage with 
Congress and the public; Pressley (No. 84) that requires GAO study on 
transit access to airports; Rose (No. 86) that requires a GAO to issue 
a report to Congress on the recent mass flight cancellations that 
occurred over the Fourth of July holiday; Van Drew (No. 95) that adds 
large UAS operators as a member of the Unmanned and Autonomous Flight 
Advisory Committee; Westerman (No. 96) that makes technical corrections 
to Section 204 to ensure data privacy and enhance the safety of general 
aviation aircraft personnel and passengers; Westerman (No. 97) that 
clarifies that BVLOS rulemaking should ensure the safety of manned 
aircraft in the national airspace;                       
Pages H3810-14
  Donalds amendment (No. 23 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
directs the FAA Secretary to consult with Part 141 flight schools and 
industry stakeholders to establish an apprenticeship program
to bolster the qualified pilot pipeline;                 
Pages H3816-17
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 53 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
requires the FAA to promulgate a rule which will allow for restricted 
category aircraft performing a wildfire suppression operation to 
transport firefighters to and from the site of a wildfire if those 
firefighters are performing ground wildfire suppression; 
                                                         Pages H3825-26
  Obernolte amendment (No. 67 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that requires the FAA to implement an accountability system that 
ensures students can schedule an airman practical test in no more than 
fourteen (14) calendar days after the test is requested; 
                                                         Pages H3829-30
  Langworthy amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that strikes Sec. 546 to maintain current training requirements for a 
person who is applying for an airline transport certificate with an 
airplane category and class rating (by a recorded vote of 243 ayes to 
139 noes, Roll No. 341);                          
Pages H3814-16, H3841
  Fitzpatrick amendment (No. 29 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that requires the FAA to implement as a rule the recommendations issued 
by the aviation rulemaking committee for commercial passenger aircraft 
established by Sec. 522 (by a recorded vote of 392 ayes to 41 noes, 
Roll No. 343);                                 
Pages H3817-18, H3842-43
  Huizenga amendment (No. 44 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that requires the Secretary of Transportation--in the process for 
prioritizing awarding grants under the Advanced Air Mobility 
Infrastructure Pilot Program established and described in P.L. 119-
328--to also prioritize eligible entities that collaborate with the DOD 
or National Guard (by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 215 noes, Roll No. 
347);                                             
Pages H3820-22, H3845
  Kean (NJ) amendment (No. 50 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that requires the Secretary of Transportation to refine the reporting 
directives to provide more detailed information about the cause of a 
commercial passenger flight cancellation or delay, allowing greater 
transparency to the traveling public regarding the cause of a canceled 
or delayed flight (by a recorded vote of ayes to noes, Roll No. 350); 
and                                                
Page H3824-25, H3847
  Obernolte amendment (No. 68 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that allows FAA approved high-octane unleaded aviation gasoline to be 
sold at airports in lieu of 100 octane low-lead aviation gasoline (by a 
recorded vote of 229 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 354). 
                                                Page H3830-31, H3849-50
Rejected:
  Feenstra amendment (No. 27 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to exempt nonhub airports from the requirement to have at 
least one individual who maintains certification as an emergency 
medical technician during air carrier operations (by a recorded vote of 
203 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 342);              
Pages H3817, H3841-42
  Gosar amendment (No. 33 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to prohibit changes to existing National Park air tour 
management plans (by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 
344);                                             
Pages H3818-19, H3843
  Miller (IL) amendment (No. 35 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to require the Inspector General to investigate the FAA's 
decision to broaden the acceptable EKG range for pilots to fly (by a 
recorded vote of 177 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 345); 
                                               Pages H3819-20, H3843-44

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  Miller (IL) amendment (No. 36 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to require airlines to reinstate pilots who were fired or 
forced to resign because of vaccine mandates (by a recorded vote of 141 
ayes to 294 noes, Roll No. 346);                  
                                                  Pages H3820, H3844-45
  Issa amendment (No. 47 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to require the FAA Administrator to make an objective, 
independent assessment of a NOTAM request when the request comes from 
outside the FAA (by a recorded vote of ayes to noes, Roll No. 348); 
                                               Pages H3822-23, H3845-46
  Jackson (TX) amendment (No. 48 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to revise Section 608 to add concentrated animal feeding 
operations and eligible meat and food processing facilities to the list 
of Applications for Designation (by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 224 
noes, Roll No. 349);                           
                                               Pages H3823-24, H3846-47
  McClintock amendment (No. 62 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to strike authorization for the Essential Air Service (by a 
recorded vote of 49 ayes to 386 noes, Roll No. 351); 
                                               Pages H3826-28, H3847-48
  Miller (IL) amendment (No. 64 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to require a report on the Secretary of Transportation 
flight records (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 
352);                                             
                                                  Pages H3828, H3848-49
  Miller (IL) amendment (No. 65 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) 
that sought to restrict funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion 
officials or training (by a recorded vote 181 ayes to 254 noes, Roll 
No. 353);                                         
Pages H3828-29, H3849
  Ogles amendment (No. 69 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to strike ``social'' from the scope of factors examined under 
the FAA Beyond Program (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 244 noes, 
Roll No. 355);                                 
Pages H3831-32, H3850-51
  Ogles amendment (No. 70 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to clarify that a study of turbulence should include a focus on 
weather conditions rather than climate change since weather is the 
proximate cause (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 
356);                                             
Pages H3832-33, H3851
  Owens amendment (No. 71 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to protect all existing flights at Ronald Reagan National 
Airport (DCA) (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 
357);                                          
Pages H3833-35, H3851-52
  Perry amendment (No. 73 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to strike sec. 1132 (CLEEN) (by a recorded vote of 127 ayes to 
308 noes, Roll No. 358);                       
Pages H3835-36, H3852-53
  Perry amendment (No. 74 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to reduce the authorization levels in sections 101, 103, and 
1111 (by a recorded vote of 52 ayes to 381 noes, Roll No. 359); and 
                                                  Pages H3836-37, H3853
  Perry amendment (No. 75 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-147) that 
sought to strike vertiport from the AIP definitions section (by a 
recorded vote of 45 ayes to 387 noes, Roll No. 360). 
                                               Pages H3837-38, H3853-54
  H. Res. 597, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3935) and (H.R. 3941) was agreed to yesterday, July 18th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, July 20th.     
  Page H3854
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13581 with respect to significant transnational criminal 
organizations is to continue in effect beyond July 24, 2023--referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
118-56).                                                     
  Page H3839
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and twenty recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3839-40, 
H3840, H3841, H3841-42, H3842-43, H3843, H3843-44,H3844-45, H3845, 
H3845-46, H3846-47, H3847, H3847-48, H3848-49, H3849, H3849-50, H3850-
51, H3851, H3851-52, H3852-53, H3853, and H3853-54.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11 p.m.