AERONAUTICS see also Federal Aviation Administration

Addresses

Aerospace Industries Association: Thomas J. Murrin, 27710 [7NO]

Infrastructure on the Front Burner—Why Rebuilding Can't Wait: James R. Thompson, Governor of Illinois, 31762 [21NO]

International Aviation Security: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 3040 [28FE]

Let the Marketplace Prevail: Bob Crandall, 8868 [10MY]

Amendments

Airports: improving security (H.R. 1659), 20442 [14SE], 20775 [19SE]

———improving security (H.R. 1659), committee amendment, 20965, 20966 [20SE]

———improving security (H.R. 1659), consideration (H. Res. 236), 20970, 20972, 20973, 20975 [20SE]

Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program: extend (H.R. 3671), 31194 [21NO], 31379, 31640 [21NO]

Eastern Airlines: Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), 25425, 25434 [23OC], 26043 [25OC]

Securities: review of certain acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers (H.R. 3443), 26497 [30OC], 26561 [31OC], 26826, 26832, 26836, 26837 [1NO]

Sioux City, IA: commend citizens for assistance in crash of United Airlines flight 232 (H.J. Res. 379), 19121 [4AU]

Analyses

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act (S. 640), 4615 [16MR]

Improving Communications Relative to Aircraft Accident Prevention (H.R. 3555), 26719 [31OC]

Suspension of Airworthiness Certificates at the End of the Economic Design Life of Aircraft (H.R. 3774), 30698 [21NO]

Articles and editorials

ABE Airport—Lehigh Valley's Front Porch, 9576 [17MY]

America's Infrastructure—The Key to Our Quality of Life, 31799-31801 [21NO]

Assessing the V-22 Osprey—Three Different Perspectives, 17629-17630 [2AU]

Aviation Pioneer C.R. Smith Marks 90th Birthday Today, 20585 [14SE]

Ban Smoking on All Airline Flights, 20000 [12SE]

Blame the Law, Not the Strike, 4737 [17MR]

Blast That Killed 329 Laid to India's Secret Service, 18702 [4AU]

Blue Sky—Plane of the Future Would Fly Into Orbit, Cross U.S. in an Hour, 13399 [23JN]

Boeing Bows Out of HSCT, 20373 [13SE]

Bombing of Pan American Flight 103, 8357 [4MY]

Braniff Cutback—What to Do With Tickets, 27990 [8NO]

Braniff Puts Itself on Auction Block, 27990 [8NO]

Briar Cliff Opens Arms To Walking Wounded, 16002 [25JY]

Bureaucrats, Strangling an Airline, 4169 [15MR]

Bush Opposes Intervention in Eastern Airlines Strike, 4173 [15MR]

Bush Should Duck the Eastern Fight, 4172 [15MR]

Controversial Israeli Jet Inferior to U.S. Aircraft, Weinberger Says, 9058 [12MY]

Don't Disclose Jets' Age, United Urges Attendants, 7696 [1MY]

Eastern in Bankruptcy, 4172 [15MR]

Eastern on Strike, 4021 [13MR]

Eastern Strike Leaves Island Resorts in Lurch, 5453 [4AP]

Eastern Strike—Walkout Shouldn't Include Secondary Boycotts, 4171 [15MR]

Eastern's Crash—Should Two Pig-Headed Men Really Be Allowed to Destroy an Airline?, 4168 [15MR]

End Holding Pattern, 2989 [28FE], 4171 [15MR]

FSX Deal OK for Japan, Not United States, 11168 [7JN]

Heroes in Sioux City, 16001 [25JY]

High-Tech Firms Rethinking Foreign Ties—U.S. Companies Worry That Partners May Become Competitors Later, 15219 [19JY]

Hostage to Union, 4173 [15MR]

House of Mirrors—Lorenzo's Texas Air Keeps Collecting Fees From Airline Units That Have Continuing Losses, 22895 [3OC]

How Not To Fix the Eastern Airlines Impasse, 4172 [15MR]

How Politics Buried a Good Airplane Design, 17101 [31JY]

Indian Secret Service Blamed for Terrorist Jetliner Bombing, 18703 [4AU]

Israelis Will Scrap Costly Warplane Project, 9058 [12MY]

Judge Delays Hearing on Eastern Sale, 7330 [19AP]

Keep Government Out of Eastern Strike, 4736 [17MR]

Keep the Public Interest Flying, 4737 [17MR]

Keeping it an Eastern Matter, 4171 [15MR]

Labor Threatens the President, 4053 [13MR], 4169 [15MR], 4739 [17MR]

Labor's Crash Landing?, 4170 [15MR]

Let the Osprey Fly—It's Expensive and Worth Every Dollar It Costs—Here's Why, 25375 [20OC]

Lockerbie Lesson, 7357 [19AP]

Man Who Wouldn't Let Airport Project Be Grounded, 2008 [8FE]

Mr. Kirkland's Words, Mr. Bush's Test, 4022 [13MR], 4169 [15MR]

1989 Isn't 1934, 4170 [15MR]

No Emergency, 4172 [15MR], 4738 [17MR]

Northwest Deal Seen Changing—Move by United States May Reduce KLM's Stake, 22299 [28SE]

Pilot Gains Recognition for One-Engine Landing, 2642 [23FE]

Preserve the X-30 NASP, 23632 [5OC]

Showdown for Eastern, 4053 [13MR], 4737 [17MR]

Showdown in ``Sue City'', 19033 [4AU]

Sioux City Shows ``Me'' Decade Is Dead, 19065 [4AU]

Six Proposals on Airplane Terrorism, 2009 [8FE]

Smoking on Aircraft, Michael Brown, 4834 [17MR]

Space Council Should Fuel NASP, 8289 [4MY]

Support for Eastern Airline Union, 4459 [15MR]

Teamwork, Quick Response Save Lives, 16002 [25JY]

Thatcher Reported To Protest, 22300 [28SE]

Trump Makes $7 Billion Bid for American Airlines, 24021 [11OC]

U.S. Is Pressing Israelis To Drop Costly Jet Effort, 9057 [12MY]

U.S. Jolted by Israeli Vote, Urges Warplane's Cancellation, 9058 [12MY]

U.S. Steps Up Efforts To Get Israel To Scrap Jet Project, 9058 [12MY]

Union-Bashing, 4173 [15MR]

Unwarranted Intervention, 4170 [15MR]

What Lay Behind the Air-India Disaster, 18703 [4AU]

Won't Be Any Real Winners in Eastern Airlines Strike, 4173 [15MR]

X-Ray Backscatter Equipment Provides Automatic Screening for Explosives, 8586 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions

Adoption: reduced rate air transportation to U.S. for persons adopted by U.S. resident (see H.R. 227)

Air Force: expand Civil Reserve air fleet (see S. 548)

Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act: enact (see S. 341)

Aircraft: require certain repair work to be done domestically (see S. 344; H.R. 1741)

Aircraft generators (see H.R. 1894)

Airline Reregulation Act: enact (see S. 1854)

Airlines: increase competition (see S. 1741)

———impact of acquisitions on safety (see H.R. 2891)

———limitations on the duty time for flight attendants (see S. 1170)

———minimum efficiency standards for passenger services (see H.R. 3528)

———safety and service (see H.R. 531)

———safety impact of acquisitions (see S. 1277)

———authorize State and local governments to regulate advertising flights (see H.R. 1016)

Airport Security Technology and Research Act: enact (see H.R. 1534)

Airports: clarify fees that may be collected relative to foreign trade zones at certain small facilities (see S. 24; H.R. 2900)

———improving security (see H.R. 1659)

———increase fiscal obligation ceiling for grants-in-aid (see H.R. 2169, 2203)

———passengers access to certain groundtransportation and information (see H.R. 3325)

———repayment of financing used to expand certain facilities (see H.R. 3779)

———require carriers to schedule operations so as to not exceed the capacity of facility (see H.R. 484)

———revolving loan fund for development of wayports to relieve air traffic (see H.R. 1638)

———use of dogs for detection of plastic explosives and other devices (see H.R. 617)

Air-Space America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 402)

Airspace Protection Act: enact (see S. 903)

Alcohol and drug abuse: testing for commercial operators (see S. 561)

Armed Forces: availability of confidential investigation report on aircraft accident to Committees on Armed Services (see H.R. 2286)

Aviation Security and Terrorism Commission Act: enact (see S. 1043)

Aviation Security Threat Notification Act: enact (see S. 596)

Bankruptcy: consumer protection relative of airlines (see S. 1858)

———transportation plans (see H.R. 1292)

Budget: receipt and disbursement of Airport and Airway Trust Fund not to be included in calculations (see H.R. 1352)

Busey, James B.: appointment as Administrator of the FAA (see H.R. 2444)

Children: require the use of restraint systems on commercial aircraft (see S. 1913)

Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program: extend (see H.R. 3671)

Collective bargaining: agreements (see S. 544)

Commission on Security and Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 2507)

Communications: improve relative to aircraft accident prevention (see H.R. 3555)

Comprehensive policy: establish (see S. Con. Res. 56)

Corporations: acquisitions of air carriers (see H.R. 2321)

Dallas, TX: amend International Air Transportation Competition Act relative to Love Field (see S. 1333)

Eastern Airlines: Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (see H.R. 1231)

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), consideration (see H. Res. 108)

———resolution of labor dispute (see H. Res. 162)

———restoration of full operations (see S. Res. 114; H. Res. 141)

El Toro, CA: prohibit joint use of the Marine Corps air station with civil aviation (see H.R. 2683)

Employment: recruitment and retention of airways systems specialists (see H.R. 485)

Essential Air Service Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1412)

Essential Air Service Program (see H. Con. Res. 3)

———funding reductions (see S. Con. Res. 6)

FAA: accelerated implementation of a demonstration project for employees at certain facilities (see S. 467)

———establish aviation research grant program (see H.R. 2581)

———foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145)

———improve effectiveness (see H.R. 261)

———issuance of an environmental impact statement and conducting an air safety investigation (see H.R. 707)

———limit age restrictions imposed upon aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3498)

———prohibit designation of airspace near Wilmington, OH, as restricted (see H.R. 3808)

———promote safety and protect airline employees (see S. 48)

———roll back expanded east coast plan (see H.R. 1339, 1496)

———7-year term of service for the administrator (see H.R. 483)

———transfers of instrument landing systems (see H.R. 3025)

FAA Independent Establishment Act: enact (see S. 1600)

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 91; H.J. Res. 186)

Flight attendants: limit duty time (see H.R. 638)

Flying Tigers: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 180)

Foreign air transportation certificates: moratorium on transfer (see H.R. 3149)

Foreign trade: charges and fees collected relative to zones at certain small airports (see H.R. 1001)

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act: enact (see S. 640)

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307)

Government trust funds: receipts and disbursements be excluded in budget totals (see H.R. 286)

Handicapped: prohibit discrimination against blind in restrictions on seating in aircraft (see H.R. 563)

———transportation on military aircraft for certain totally disabled former Armed Forces members (see H.R. 2814)

Health care: liability for emergency medical care by licensed physicians on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 676)

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 2911)

Labor: deny crew member status in the case of certain strikes and lockouts (see S. 1459; H.R. 285)

Local government: operation of airports (see S. 1822)

National Aerospace Plane Program: establish under joint control of Dept. of Defense and NASA (see H.R. 2241)

National aviation policy (see H. Con. Res. 162)

National Helicopter Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 191)

National Learn To Fly Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 212)

Noise pollution: reduction (see H.R. 546)

Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act: enact (see S. 376)

Oakland International Airport, CA: receipt of airport development grants relative to air traffic agreements (see H.R. 555)

Pan American World Airways: bombing of flight 103 (see H. Res. 133)

———designate national day of mourning for victims of flight 103 (see H.J. Res. 243)

———establish a joint congressional committee to coordinate investigations of the flight 103 bombing (see H. Con. Res. 105)

———Presidential commission to investigate bombing of flight 103 (see S. Res. 86)

Peninsula Airport Commission: Dept. of Transportation release of restrictions on conveyed property (see H.R. 838)

Rural areas: essential air service (see H.R. 3274)

Safety: installation of engine condition monitoring systems on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 3290)

———improve international travel (see H.R. 2488)

———schedule for installation of a collision avoidance system in certain civil aircraft (see H.R. 2151)

———security at U.S. and international airports (see H. Con. Res. 52)

———suspension of airworthiness certificates at the end of the economic design life of aircraft (see H.R. 3774)

Securities: review of certain acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers (see H.R. 3443)

Smithsonian Institution: development of plan to expand National Air and Space Museum at airport site (see H.R. 889)

Smoking: prohibit on all domestic flights (see S. 519; H.R. 817)

———prohibit on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 160, 561, 598)

Smyrna, TN: authorizing appropriations for the operation of the air traffic control tower (see H.R. 2471)

Special use airspace: environmental compliance relative to designations (see H.R. 3515)

Subsonic aircraft: takeoff and landing exceeding certain noise limits (see H.R. 1226)

Taxation: deductibility of certain flight training expenses (see H.R. 2314)

———deny business deduction for amount paid exceeding normal tourist class fare (see H.R. 229)

———deny deductions relative to certain aircraft maintenance expenses incurred outside the U.S. (see H.R. 2075)

———interest deduction for indebtedness incurred in certain airline takeovers (see H.R. 2354)

———nonrefundable credit for purchase of Mode C equipment for transponders used in aircraft (see S. 1843)

Terrorism: funding for research on detection of explosives at airports (see H.R. 2365)

Truth in Aviation Act: enact (see S. 877)

United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for crash of flight 232 (see S. Res. 157, 174; H.J. Res. 379)

Wayport Development Act: enact (see S. 713)

Bulletins

Bombing of Pan American airliner: FAA, 5341, 5342 [3AP]

Cloture motions

Eastern Airlines: Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), 22555 [29SE], 25648 [24OC]

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), motion to proceed to consideration, 4746 [17MR]

Colloquies

Control of airborne drug traffickers: Senator Nunn and David L. Westrate, 23485 [5OC]

Commentaries

Wayport concept: John Chancellor, 7712 [1MY]

Documents

Lavatory Fire Protection, 4835 [17MR]

Essays

Katherine Stinson—The School Girl Who Outflew the Men: Lauren Garrett, 8593-8595 [9MY]

Eulogies

Foreign Service officers killed in terrorist bombing of Pan American World Airways Flight 103: Robert E. Lamb, 4128 [14MR]

Explanations

Airport slot fees, 24305 [12OC]

International departure fees, 24305 [12OC]

Letters

Aviation user taxes: Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association, 15078 [18JY]

———American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 16213 [25JY]

Bombing of Pan American airliner: Representative Collins, 5342 [3AP]

Commend Sioux City, IA, citizens for in crash of United Airlines flight 232: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 19120 [4AU]

Distance between Danville, VA, and Greensboro, NC, airport as it pertains to the receipt of air subsidies: Danville, VA, Dept. of Police, 26524 [31OC]

Eastern Airlines strike: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 4736 [17MR], 22559 [29SE]

———Senator Metzenbaum, 22894 [3OC]

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act: B. Wayne Vance, 4617 [16MR]

———Robert A. Mosbacher, Sec. of Commerce, 4617 [16MR]

———Thomas M. Boyd, 4617 [16MR]

International drug control policies: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 17397 [1AU]

Investigation of 1985 crash of chartered plane in Gander, NF: Dana L. Edmonds and Constance Farmer, 15423 [20JY]

———Representative Tallon (sundry), 15422 [20JY]

Presidential commission to investigate the bombing of Pan American flight 103: Senator Lautenberg, 4778 [17MR]

Smoking ban on domestic flights: American Cancer Society, 20007 [12SE]

———American Chiropractic Association, 20008 [12SE]

———American Heart Association, 20008 [12SE]

———American Lung Association, 20005, 20006, 20008 [12SE]

———American Society of Internal Medicine, 20006 [12SE]

———Anna Carroll, 4834 [17MR]

———Association of Flight Attendants, 20007 [12SE]

———Association of Professional Flight Attendants, 20006 [12SE]

———Coalition on Smoking OR Health, 20006 [12SE]

———Flight Attendant Non-Smokers (organization), 20005 [12SE]

———Georgia Schafer, 4834 [17MR]

———Gerald and Sharon Campbell, 4834 [17MR]

———Gregory S. Dole, 20462 [14SE]

———Independent Union of Flight Attendants, 20007 [12SE]

———James Burnley IV, 20462 [14SE]

———Loretta M. Skewes, 4834 [17MR]

———Senator Lautenberg, 20461 [14SE]

———several Senators, 20461 [14SE]

———Wanda F. Tozer, 4834 [17MR]

Tribute to flight controllers at Chicago's O'Hare Airport: Bruce S. Blietz, 10165 [24MY]

Visa waiver privileges to airline crews: Trans World Airlines, 14563 [13JY]

William H. Conrad—first man to fly airplane exclusively on liquid hydrogen: Ronald Reagan, 21133 [20SE]

Lists

Aviation security measures, 18803 [4AU]

Essential Air Service Program's subsidized communities, 10116 [24MY]

Groups supporting the airline smoking ban, 20001 [12SE]

Hercules retirees: pension information, 16065 [25JY]

Organizations, citizens, and Members of Congress supporting smoking ban on commercial airline flights, 26522 [31OC]

Subsidized Essential Air Service communities, 10524 [1JN]

Memorandums

National Aerospace Plane Program: President's National Space Council, 21621 [26SE]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 8916 [11MY]

Arizona, 9996 [22MY], 10958 [6JN]

Florida, 14147 [11JY]

Massachusetts, 3101 [1MR], 5394 [4AP], 10957 [6JN]

Nevada, 7544 [26AP]

New York, 17334 [1AU]

Pennsylvania, 10160 [24MY], 14991 [18JY], 16671 [27JY]

South Carolina, 5379 [4AP]

Washington, 11896 [15JN]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 1231, Presidential Emergency Board To Investigate Eastern Airlines Dispute With Collective Bargaining Units: President Bush, 31129 [21NO]

Papers

Essential Air Service Program, 10523 [1JN]

Petitions

Air Transport Association of America, 21500 [25SE]

Alan Armstrong, 19964 [11SE]

Irvin, TX, City Council, 7546 [26AP]

Reading, PA, residents, 14018 [10JY]

Press releases

Terrorist bombing of Pan American Flight 103: family members of victims, 3164 [1MR]

Trust fund diversion called skyway robbery: Coalition of National Aviation Associations, 17099 [31JY]

Questions

Investigation of 1985 crash of chartered plane in Gander, NF: Zona Phillips, 15422 [20JY]

Ratification

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, 31383 [21NO]

Regulations

Lavatory fire protection: FAA, 20003 [12SE]

Passive smoking in the workplace: OTA (excerpts), 20003 [12SE]

Remarks in House

Advertising: ban illegal, 15425 [20JY]

Aerospace Opportunities Clearinghouse: conference on New and Emerging Business and Career Opportunities, 28955 [14NO]

Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act: enact (H.R. 563), 274 [19JA]

Aircraft: mode C buffer proposal, 5648 [5AP]

Airlines: impact of acquisitions on safety (H.R. 2891), 14622 [13JY]

———leveraged buyout, 23657 [6OC], 24032 [11OC], 25563-25570 [24OC]

———merger and takover policy, 12423 [20JN]

———minimum efficiency standards for passenger services (H.R. 3528), 25906 [25OC]

———smoking restriction, 24768, 24770 [17OC]

Airport Security Technology and Research Act: enact (H.R. 1534), 5118 [21MR]

Airports: bomb-sniffing dogs, 20951 [20SE]

———improving security (H.R. 1659), 20957 [20SE], 20974 [22SE]-20978 [20SE]

———improving security (H.R. 1659), consideration (H. Res. 236), 20953-20957 [20SE]

———improving security (H.R. 1659), corrections in engrossment, 20978 [20SE]

———increase fiscal obligation ceiling for grants-in-aid (H.R. 2169), 7886 [2MY]

———international safety, 5340-5342 [3AP]

———passengers access to certain ground transportation and information (H.R. 3325), 21362, 21364 [21SE]

———repayment of financing used to expand certain facilities (H.R. 3779), 30702 [21NO]

Aloha Island Air Lines: crash of flight 1712, 26516 [31OC]

Aviation: career improvements, 5132 [22MR]

Boeing Corp.: coproduction of 300-seat jetliner with Japan, 30402 [20NO]

Budget: receipt and disbursement of Airport and Airway Trust Fund not to be included in calculations (H.R. 1352), 3844 [9MR]

Canadian Supreme Court: findings on airline crash, 16457 [27JY]

Children: regulations relative to seating on airplanes, 28285 [9NO]

Civil Air Patrol: tribute, 5675 [6AP]

Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program: extend (H.R. 3671), 29933 [17NO], 29934 [21NO], 31194 [21NO]

Commission on Security and Terrorism: establish (H.R. 2507), 10259 [25MY], 15103 [19JY]

Communications: improve relative to aircraft accident prevention (H.R. 3555), 26516 [31OC], 26718 [31OC]

Comprehensive Aircraft Noise Act: enact (H.R. 546), 1183 [27JA]

Denver, CO: construction of new international airport, 9457 [17MY], 22194 [27SE]

Deregulation: effects, 27989 [8NO]

Doolittle, Jimmy: anniversary of 1929 instrument flight at Mitchell Field, Long Island, 21177 [20SE]

East Coast Aircraft Noise Abatement Act: enact (H.R. 707), 1181 [27JA]

Eastern Airlines: labor strike, 3396, 3414, 3416 [2MR], 3403 [2MR], 3496 [6MR], 3549 [6MR], 3560, 3563 [7MR], 4151, 4154, 4157 [15MR], 4459 [15MR], 5199 [22MR], 5486 [5AP], 6762 [17AP], 10255 [25MY], 19448 [4AU]

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), 3220-3223 [2MR], 4020, 4022 [13MR], 4154, 4163, 4182, 4183, 4186 [15MR], 5116 [21MR], 27740 [7NO]

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), consideration (H. Res. 108), 4158-4163 [15MR]

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), permission to file reports, 4022 [13MR]

———restoration of full operations (H. Res. 141), 7583 [26AP], 7634 [27AP]

———sale of international routes, 19077 [4AU]

El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, CA: commercial use, 5186 [22MR]

Essential Air Service Program: funding (H. Con. Res. 3), 223 [4JA]

FAA: establish research grant program (H.R. 2581), 29946, 29948 [17NO]

———foreign repair station rules (H.R. 145), 179 [3JA], 1169 [27JA], 13871 [28JN]

———improve effectiveness (H.R. 261), 184 [3JA]

———safety requirements for children, 19688 [7SE]

———transfers of instrument landing systems (H.R. 3025), 16991 [31JY]

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate, 7711 [1MY]

Flight attendants: limit duty time (H.R. 638), 356 [24JA]

Foreign trade: charges and fees collected relative to zones at certain small airports (H.R. 1001), 2209 [9FE]

Gander, NF: controversial findings of investigation of 1985 crash of chartered plane carrying U.S. servicemen, 15421 [20JY]

———new investigation of airline crash, 25063 [18OC], 25169 [19OC]

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1307), 3675, 3678 [8MR]

In-Flight Emergency Medical Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 676), 1166 [27JA]

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (H.R. 2911), 14899 [17JY]

Iran: compensation for U.S. downing of civilian airliner, 14930 [18JY], 15103 [19JY]

Japan: U.S. access to commercial airline routes, 10820 [6JN]

Kentucky: plane crash, 20641 [18SE]

Leesburg, VA: air traffic control difficulties, 27770 [7NO]

Lorenzo, Frank: salary increase, 19679 [6SE]

National Aerospace Plane: development, 25520 [24OC]

———funding, 15401 [20JY]

National Aerospace Plane Program: establish under joint control of Dept. of Defense and NASA (H.R. 2241), 8402 [4MY]

———tribute, 23632 [5OC]

National aviation policy: establish (H. Con. Res. 162), 13858 [28JN], 13971 [29JN]

National Learn To Fly Month: designate (H.J. Res. 212), 5104 [21MR]

New Jersey: FAA aircraft noise reduction plan, 1369 [31JA]

Noise pollution: Federal reimbursement of local abatement funds (H.R. 968), 9331-9334 [16MY]

Oakland International Airport, CA: noise reduction (H.R. 555), 196 [4JA]

———receipt of airport development grants relative to air traffic agreements (H.R. 555), 256 [19JA]

Peninsula Airport Commission: Dept. of Transportation release ofd restrictions on conveyed property (H.R. 838), 9334 [16MY], 30318-30320 [20NO]

Pensacola, FL: anniversary of first Navy aeronautical station, 14898 [17JY]

Rural areas: essential air service (H.R. 3274), 20589 [14SE]

Safety: installation of engine condition monitoring systems on commercial aircraft (H.R. 3290), 20724, 20760 [19SE]

———mode C buffer proposal, 5648 [5AP]

———schedule for installation of a collision avoidance system in certain civil aircraft (H.R. 2151), 16989-16991 [31JY]

———suspension of airworthiness certificates at the end of the economic design life of aircraft (H.R. 3774), 30383 [20NO], 30697 [21NO]

Securities: review of certain acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers (H.R. 3443), 24811 [17OC], 26518, 26546-26565 [31OC], 26826-26843 [1NO], 26899 [1NO]

———review of certain acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers (H.R. 3443), correct enrollment, 26843 [1NO]

Smoking: ban provisions of Dept. of Transportation appropriations, 26545 [1NO]

———prohibit on certain scheduled passenger flights (H.R. 160), 187 [3JA]

———prohibit on certain scheduled passenger flights (H.R. 598), 330 [20JA]

———report on health effects for certain passengers, 2203 [9FE]

Supersonic aircraft: U.S. companies nonparticipation in development, 20372 [13SE]

Taxation: diversion of aviation user taxes, 15077 [18JY]

———interest deduction for indebtedness incurred in certain airline takeovers, 9412 [16MY]

Terrorism: bombing of Pan American flight 103, 170 [3JA], 5012 [21MR], 5340-5342 [3AP], 5677 [6AP], 28178 [9NO]

———foreign countries involvement in bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, 5487 [5AP]

———funding for air safety, 7590 [27AP]

———research on detection of explosives at airports (H.R. 2365), 21481-21483 [25SE]

———use of dogs to search for plastic explosives, 9645 [18MY]

Texas Air Corp.: use of Eastern Airlines assets, 5092 [21MR]

Trust fund: utilization, 5908 [10AP]

United Airlines: commend Sioux City, IA, citizens for assistance in crash of flight 232 (H.J. Res. 379), 15421 [20JY], 16442 [26JY], 19119-19121 [4AU]

———crew of flight 81 recipients of Sec. of Transportation's Award for Heroism, 8810 [10MY]

User fees: trust fund, 21556, 21565-21567 [26SE], 21765, 21767, 22044-22053 [27SE]

Wayport concept: reduction of traffic, 7712 [1MY]

Remarks in Senate

Air Force: expand Civil Reserve air fleet (S. 548), 3949 [9MR]

Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act: enact (S. 341), 1545 [2FE]

Aircraft: require certain repair work to be done domestically (S. 344), 1550 [2FE], 2478 [22FE]

Airline Reregulation Act: enact (S. 1854), 27897, 27899 [8NO]

Airlines: increase competition (S. 1741), 23848 [6OC]

———improve efficiency and effectiveness, 11532 [13JN]

———limitations on the duty time for flight attendants (S. 1170), 11519 [13JN]

———review acquisition proposals, 23933 [7OC]

———safety impact of acquisitions (S. 1277), 13436 [23JN], 23933 [7OC], 29313 [16NO]

Airports: clarify fees that may be collected relative to foreign trade zones at certain small facilities (S. 24), 570 [25JA]

———security detection devices, 8586 [9MY], 10952 [6JN]

Airspace Protection Act: enact (S. 903), 7960 [3MY]

Albuquerque, NM: tribute to Civil Air Patrol, 8593 [9MY]

Alcohol and drug abuse: testing for commercial operators (S. 561), 3940 [9MR], 28155 [9NO]

Aloha Island Air Lines: crash of flight 1712, 27120 [3NO]

Aviation Security and Terrorism Commission Act: enact (S. 1043), 9838, 9840 [18MY]

Aviation Security Threat Notification Act: enact (S. 596), 4393 [15MR]

Bankruptcy: consumer protection relative to airlines (S. 1858), 27901 [8NO]

Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program: extend (H.R. 3671), 31379-31382, 31712 [21NO]

Coffey County, KS: dedication of airport, 30425 [20NO]

Collective bargaining: agreements (S. 544), 3778 [8MR], 3867 [9MR]

Commission to examine competitive environment and mergers: establish, 22880 [3OC], 24021 [11OC]

Comprehensive policy: establish (S. Con. Res. 56), 16062 [25JY]

Corporations: study impact of highly leveraged acquisitions of control of U.S. carriers, 10606 [1JN]

Dallas, TX: amend International Air Transportation Competition Act relative to Love Field (S. 1333), 14829 [17JY]

Denver, CO: airport construction, 22139 [27SE]

Drug abuse: agreement with Mexico on the interdiction of airborne narcotics smugglers, 23529 [5OC]

———control of airborne drug traffickers, 23477-23485 [5OC], 23868 [6OC]

———law enforcement officer authority over airborne trafficking, 17393-17398 [1AU]

Eastern Airlines: labor strike, 4719 [17MR], 5806 [7AP], 6061 [11AP], 9945 [18MY]

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), 4551-4557 [16MR], 4732-4746 [17MR], 5389, 5391, 5452 [4AP], 22893-22898, 22985 [3OC], 24910 [17OC], 25418-25427, 25431 [23OC], 25624-25631 [24OC], 26116, 26141, 26146-26160 [26OC]

———Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), motion to proceed to consideration, 22555-22559 [29SE]

———restoration of service (S. Res. 114), 7330, 7331 [19AP], 10564-10568 [1JN]

Essential Air Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1412), 16327-16330 [26JY]

Essential Air Service Program: funding, 10567 [1JN], 10902 [6JN]

———funding reductions (S. Con. Res. 6), 1066-1072 [25JA], 10513 [1JN]

FAA: accelerated implementation of a demonstration project for employees at certain facilities (S. 467), 2973 [28FE]

———installation and evaluation of collision avoidance systems, 31380 [21NO]

———pay demonstration project, 10536 [1JN]

———promote safety and protect airline employees (S. 48), 629 [25JA]

FAA Independent Establishment Act: enact (S. 1600), 20059 [12SE], 31248 [21NO]

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (S.J. Res. 91), 5416 [4AP], 7376 [19AP]

Foreign trade: importation of defense articles from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, 21074 [20SE]

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act: enact (S. 640), 4614, 4617-4619 [16MR], 8581 [9MY]

Labor: deny crew member status in the case of certain strikes and lockouts (S. 1459), 17507 [1AU]

Local government: operation of airports (S. 1822), 26667 [31OC]

Michigan: transportation projects, 20009 [12SE]

Midway Airlines: anniversary, 27148 [3NO], 27700 [7NO]

National aerospace plane program: funding, 8288 [4MY], 20857 [19SE], 21621, 21622 [26SE]

Noise pollution: soundproofing private schools near airports, 20285 [13SE]

Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act: enact (S. 376), 1939 [8FE]

Pan American World Airways: anniversary of transatlantic service, 14362 [12JY]

———bombing of flight 103, 8 [3JA], 2009 [8FE], 3163 [1MR], 7357 [19AP], 17338-17340 [1AU], 18801-18804, 18825 [4AU]

———Presidential commission to investigate the bombing of flight 103 (S. Res. 86), 4776-4781 [17MR], 6606 [13AP]

Peninsula Airport Commission: Dept. of Transportation release of restrictions on conveyed property (H.R. 838), 22647 [2OC]

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, 31383-31389 [21NO]

Rural areas: essential air service, 20009, 20012 [12SE], 20298, 20303 [13SE]

Safety: funding research and development, 4939 [17MR]

———priority, 15852 [24JY]

San Juan, PR: proposed control tower at Luis Munoz-Marin International Airport, 20300 [13SE]

Smoking: ban on all domestic flights, 19999-20009, 20011 [12SE], 20249-20258, 20305 [13SE], 20457-20464, 20466 [14SE]

———ban on all domestic flights (S. 519), 3625 [7MR]

Taxation: nonrefundable credit for purchase of Mode C equipment for transponders used in aircraft (S. 1843), 27205 [6NO]

Terrorism: Dept. of Transportation's measures, 5717 [6AP]

———detection of plastic explosives, 15530 [20JY]

Truth in Aviation Act: enact (S. 877), 7695 [1MY]

United Airlines: commend crew of flight 232 and FAA personnel for life-saving efforts (S. Res. 174), 15671 [20JY], 19025 [4AU], 19832 [7SE], 26178 [26OC]

———tribute to Sioux City, IA, volunteers assisting in rescue operations for crash of flight 232 (H.J. Res. 379), 19064 [4AU]

———tribute to Sioux City, IA, volunteers assisting in rescue operations for crash of flight 232 (S. Res. 157), 16000-16004 [25JY]

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: national aerospace plane project, 10877 [6JN]

Walker County, AL: airport safety equipment funding, 22138 [27SE]

Wayport Development Act: enact (S. 713), 5732, 5735 [6AP]

Whitman Air Force Base: B-2 bomber facility, 17690 [2AU]

X-30 supersonic aircraft: development, 13398 [23JN]

Reports

Airliner Cabin Environment, Air Quality and Safety: National Research Council (excerpts), 4833 [17MR]

Cost Estimate of International Departure Fees and Airport Slot Fees Provisions of Budget Reconciliation: OMB, 24311 [12OC]

Expansion of Civil Reserve Air Fleet: John J. Welch, Jr., 3949-3952 [9MR]

Japan's Emerging Aerospace Industry—Implications for Global Markets: John R. Harbison, 9062 [12MY]

Lorenzo Earned $1.25 Million in 1988, 19679 [6SE]

Reports filed

Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 341) (S. Rept. 101-45), 11507 [13JN]

Airspace Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 903), 30531 [20NO]

Appointment of James B. Busey as Administrator of the FAA: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 2444) (H. Rept. 101-108), 13279 [23JN]

Aviation Security Equipment: Committee on Foreign Affairs (H.R. 1659) (H. Rept. 101-59), 10442 [31MY]

Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program Extension: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3671) (H. Rept. 101-371), 30032 [17NO]

Dept. of Transportation Release of Restrictions on Property Conveyed to Peninsula Airport Commission (H.R. 838) (H. Rept. 101-52), 9405 [16MY]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 838) (S. Rept. 101-118), 19612 [6SE]

FAA Research Grant Program: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 2581) (H. Rept. 101-320), 26497 [30OC]

Federal Reimbursement of Local Noise Pollution Abatement Funds: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 968) (H. Rept. 101-51), 9405 [16MY]

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 640) (S. Rept. 101-223), 31451 [21NO]

General Aviation Standards Act: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 1307) (H. Rept. 101-218), 19327 [4AU]

Improvement of Aviation Security With Installation of Explosive Detection Equipment at Foreign Airports (H.R. 1659), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 236) (H. Rept. 101-230), 19781 [7SE]

Presidential Emergency Board To Investigate Eastern Airlines Dispute With Collective Bargaining Units: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 1231) (H. Rept. 101-3), 4032 [13MR]

———Consideration: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1231; H. Res. 108) (H. Rept. 101-6), 4097, 4110 [14MR]

Prohibit Smoking on Some Scheduled Passenger Flights: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 598) (H. Rept. 101-212), 18187 [2AU]

Prohibiting Acquisition of a Controlling Interest in an Air Carrier: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1277) (S. Rept. 101-169), 24993 [18OC]

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aaviation: Committee on Foreign Relations (Exec. Rept. 101-17), 30182 [19NO]

Research on Detection of Explosives at Airports: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 2365) (H. Rept. 101-246), 20773 [19SE]

Review of Certain Acquisitions of Voting Securities of Air Carriers: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3443) (H. Rept. 101-303), 25614 [24OC]

———Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 272) (H. Rept. 101-304), 25614 [24OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3443) (H. Rept. 101-314), 26344 [26OC]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 275) (H. Rept. 101-314), 26307 [26OC]

Schedule for Installation of a Collision Avoidance System in Certain Civil Aircraft: Committee on Commerce, Science, Transportation (H.R. 2151) (H. Rept. 101-188), 27028 [2NO]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 2152) (H. Rept. 101-174), 16427 [26JY]

Transfer of Instrument Landing Systems to the FAA: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3025) (H. Rept. 101-199), 17096 [31JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Aviation trigger tax: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 16213 [25JY]

Statements

Bombing of Pan American Flight 103: families of victims, 4394 [15MR], 4464 [15MR]

Eastern Airlines Labor Strike: AFL-CIO, 3403 [2MR]

———(minority views), 4052 [13MR]

———President Bush, 4738 [17MR]

———Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 4740 [17MR]

Effects of Second-Hand Smoke on Airline Passengers: National Cancer Institute, 3626 [7MR]

Essential Air Service Program Funding Reductions, 10513 [1JN]

Improving FAA Efficiency and Effectiveness: Robert J. Aaronson, 11532 [13JN]

Presidential Commission to Investigate the Bombing of Pan American Flight 103: Bert Ammerman, 4778 [17MR]

Presidential Emergency Board To Investigate Labor Dispute at Eastern Airlines, 4020 [13MR]

United Airlines Flight 232 Crash: President Bush, 16002 [25JY]

Studies

Terrorist Group Profiles: Dept. of Defense (excerpt), 5341 [3AP]

Summaries

Air Passengers Access to Certain Ground Transportation and Information (H.R. 3325), 21363 [21SE]

FAA Independent Establishment Act (S. 1600), 20064 [12SE]

Tables

Funding under the dire emergency supplemental appropriation, 14032 [11JY]

Operating results for airlines controlled by Frank Lorenzo, 26154 [26OC]

Testimonies

FAA Foreign Repair Station Rules: Representative Lantos, 13871 [28JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 108, consideration of H.R. 1231, Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with Eastern Airlines' collective bargaining units, 4158 [15MR]

H. Res. 236, consideration H.R. 1659, Airport Security Act, 20953 [20SE]

H. Res. 275, consideration of H.R. 3443, acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers, 26546 [31OC]

H.J. Res. 379, commend Sioux City, IA, citizens for assistance to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 232, 19121 [4AU]

H.R. 555, noise reduction at Oakland International Airport, CA, 196 [4JA]

H.R. 563, Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act, 274 [19JA]

H.R. 838, release restrictions on property conveyed to Peninsula Airport Commission, 22648 [2OC]

H.R. 968, Federal reimbursement of local abatement funds for noise pollution, 9331 [16MY]

H.R. 2151, schedule for installation of a collision avoidance system in certain civil aircraft, 16989 [31JY]

H.R. 2354, tax interest deduction for indebtedness incurred in certain airline takeovers, 9413 [16MY]

H.R. 2365, Airport Technology and Research Act, 21481 [25SE]

H.R. 2581, Aviation Research Grant Act, 29946 [17NO]

H.R. 3025, transfer to FAA instrument landing systems, 16991 [31JY]

H.R. 3443, acquisitions of voting securities of carriers, 26560 [31OC]

H.R. 3555, improving communications relative to aircraft accident prevention, 26719 [31OC]

H.R. 3671, extend the Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program, 29934 [17NO]

S. 24, clarify airport fees that may be collected relative to foreign trade zones at certain small facilities, 571 [25JA]

S. 48, Aviation Safety Protection Act, 629 [25JA]

S. 341, Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act, 1546 [2FE]

S. 376, Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act, 1940 [8FE]

S. 519, prohibit smoking on any airline flight, 3626 [7MR]

S. 544, collective bargaining agreements subject to Railway Labor Act, 3867 [9MR]

S. 561, drug and alcohol testing for commercial transportation operators, 28151-28154 [9NO]

S. 596, Aviation Security Threat Notification Act, 4394 [15MR]

S. 713, Wayport Development Act, 5732-5735 [6AP]

S. 877, Truth in Aviation Act, 7695 [1MY]

S. 903, Airspace Protection Act, 7961 [3MY]

S. 1043, Aviation Security and Terrorism Commission Act, 9839 [18MY]

S. 1077, appointment of James B. Busey as FAA Administrator, 9904 [18MY], 12729 [21JN]

S. 1412, Essential Air Service Preservation Act, 16328 [26JY]

S. 1459, deny crew member status in the case of certain strikes and lockouts, 17507 [1AU]

S. 1600, FAA Independent Establishment Act, 20060 [12SE]

S. 1822, local government operation of airports, 26667 [31OC]

S. 1843, nonrefundable tax credit for purchase of Mode C equipment for transponders used in aircraft, 27206 [6NO]

S. 1854, Airline Reregulation Act, 27897 [8NO]

S. Con. Res. 56, new comprehensive aviation policy, 16061 [25JY]

S. Res. 86, Presidential commission to investigate the bombing of Pan American flight 103, 4778, 4916 [17MR]

S. Res. 114, restoration of service at Eastern Airlines, 7330 [19AP]

S. Res. 115, Dept. of Defense use of V-22 aircraft, 7331, 7392 [19AP]

S. Res. 157, tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for crash of United Airlines flight 232, 16004 [25JY]

S. Res. 174, commend crew of United Airlines flight 232 and FAA personnel for life-saving efforts, 19832, 19932 [7SE]

S.J. Res. 91, Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day, 5416 [4AP], 7376 [19AP]

Transcripts

Terrorist Bombing of Pan American Flight 103: Subcommittee on Aviation Security, 4776 [17MR]