FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION related term(s) Department of Transportation

Amendments

Appropriations: authorizing (S. 1491), S6660, S6664, S6668, S6669, S6670, S6671, S6675, S6677, S6757, S6758, S6760 [9JN], S6821, S6822, S6823, S6826, S6871 [14JN], S6889, S6890, S6894, S6908, S6914, S6919, S6920, S6926, S6931, S6960, S6961 [15JN], S6991, S7000, S7004, S7010, S7014, S7015, S7022, S7024, S7027, S7029, S7077, S7078, S7079 [16JN]

———temporary obligational authority for the airport improvement program (S. 2024), S5697, S5704, S5705 [12MY]

Articles and editorials

Agency Probe Under Way, S14422 [6OC]

Caution—FAA Rules Do Not Apply Here, S14422 [6OC]

Crash Waiting in the Wings, S14420-S14422 [6OC]

Emily Warner Honored by Colorado Senate, E1251 [17JN]

FAA Employee Objects to Gay Pride Voice Mail, E1382 [30JN]

FAA Management Faulted in Crash of Agency Plane, S5709 [12MY]

FAA To Review Safety Order, S6994 [16JN]

FAA's Case Study in Computer Chaos—Snarled Air Traffic Control Project Points Up Risks of Big Projects, S5017-S5019 [3MY]

Fatal FAA Crash Shows a Lack of Accountability, S14423 [6OC]

G.A. Manufactures Propose New Inspection's—Owners Should Not Be Unnecessarily Burdened, Says AOPA's Baker, S2447 [8MR]

Mesa Airlines Flying Too High?, E1145 [9JN]

Opponents Ground Legislative Regulation of Government Flights, S14423 [6OC]

Private, Commerical Skies Full of Regulation, S14422 [6OC]

United States To Shake Up Air Traffic Bureaucracy, S5016 [3MY]

Unregulated Pilots Take Their Toll, S14420 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions

Air traffic control: establish a control system as an independent Government corporation (see H.R. 5209), H11199 [6OC]

Appropriations: temporary obligational authority for the airport improvement program (see S. 2024), S4464 [19AP]

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, TX: adjust designation of controlled airspace (see H.R. 5182), H11000 [5OC]

Independent agencies: establish as an independent agency (see S. 2546; H.R. 5274), S14830 [7OC], H11428 [7OC]

National Park Service: regulation of airspace above national parks (see S. 2428), S12619 [25AU]

Letters

Development of noise reduction technology for aircraft: Edward W. Stimpson, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, S6661 [9JN]

———Frank L. Jensen, Jr., Helicopter Association International, S6662 [9JN]

———Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Trust, S6662 [9JN]

———William J. Chandler, National Parks and Conservation Association, S6662 [9JN]

FAA appropriations: Lawrence D. Dahrns, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, S6989 [16JN]

———Mark Pisano, Southern California Association of Governments, S6988 [16JN]

———Sharpe James, National League of Cities, S6987 [16JN]

Federal aid for Baltimore-Washington International Airport: O. James Lighthizer, Maryland Dept. of Transportation, S6985 [16JN]

Impact of construction of new airport facilities on the air service to other airports: several Senators, S6659 [9JN]

Integrated airport system planning grants: Lawrence D. Dahms, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, S6672 [9JN]

———Mark Pisano, Southern California Association of Governments, S6672 [9JN]

Memorandums

Airport Improvement Program Temporary Extension Act (S. 2024): CBO, H3495 [17MY]

Questions and answers

David Hinson, FAA Administrator, with Senator Pressler, S6666 [9JN]

Remarks in House

Airports: essential air service program, E1294 [22JN]

———noise abatement, E2106 [6OC]

Appropriations: temporary obligational authority for the airport improvement program (S. 2024), H2946-H2951 [3MY], H3492-H3496 [17MY]

Farmington, NM: tribute to Mesa Airlines, E1144 [9JN]

Independent agencies: establish as an independent agency (H.R. 5274), E2226-E2228 [8OC]

Management: expense account practices for employees in Puerto Rico, H7997 [12AU]

Palm Coast, FL: funding for FAA Center for Management Development, H4584, H4585 [16JN]

Queens, NY: tribute to Aviation High School, E871 [5MY]

Remarks in Senate

Advanced Automation System Program, S6997 [16JN]

Aeronautics: application of operating and inspection standards on aircraft used by Federal or State governments, S4384 [19AP]

Aircraft: development of noise reduction technology, S6661-S6663 [9JN]

———provision of sanitary facilities on certain domestic flights, S6991, S6999, S7001, S7029 [16JN]

Airline industry: aviation safety, S12752 [13SE]

———in-flight gambling restrictions for foreign and domestic air carriers, S6664 [9JN]

Airports: airline fee dispute resolution, S6658 [9JN]

———essential air service program, S4401 [19AP]

———impact of construction of new airport facilities on the air service to other airports, S6658 [9JN], S6935 [15JN]

———integrated airport system planning grants, S6672 [9JN]

———notification of termination of air transportation to nonhub airports, S6657 [9JN]

———preventive maintenance of runways, taxiways, and other pavement areas, S6669 [9JN]

———slot allocation process relative to airline access to certain airports, S6658, S6665, S6672 [9JN], S6997 [16JN]

Alaska: airplane pilot radio contact with a weather observer, S6668 [9JN]

———safety of flight service station modernization, S4402 [19AP]

Appropriations: authorizing (S. 1491), S6445 [25MY], S6645, S6646-S6703, S6707, S6764-S6766 [9JN], S6767, S6771, S6774-S6777 [10JN], S6796, S6812-S6830 [14JN], S6888, S6890-S6898, S6901-S6904, S6905-S6936 [15JN], S6983-S6994, S6996, S6997, S6999-S7031, S7033, S7097 [16JN], S15397, S15398 [1DE]

———authorizing (S. 1491), unanimous-consent agreement, S6689 [9JN], S6811, S6823, S6826, S6828 [14JN], S6911, S6914, S6927, S6935 [15JN], S7012 [16JN]

———temporary obligational authority for the airport improvement program (S. 2024), S4394-S4403, S4460 [19AP], S5704-S5707 [12MY]

Aspen, CO: air safety policies for the Pitkin County Airport, S6665 [9JN]

Cargo transportation: State regulation of intermodal all-cargo air carriers, S6659 [9JN]-S6774-S6776 [10JN]

Chandler, AZ: construction of an air traffic control tower for Chandler Airport, S6667 [9JN]

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority: imposition of passenger facility charge, S4400, S4401 [19AP]

Cheyenne, WY: radar usage at Cheyenne Airport, S6670 [9JN]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): revised budget authority aggregates, S6645 [9JN]

Courts: product liability relative to FDA and FAA approval, S7773-S7776 [28JN], S7846-S7848, S7854 [29JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Airport Concession Program implementation, S6666 [9JN]

Employment: preference for former air traffic controllers, S7027, S7028 [16JN]

Gainesville, FL: sale of property near airport, S7023 [16JN]

Government: establish air traffic control system as independent Government corporation, S5015 [3MY]

Independent agencies: establish as an independent agency (S. 2546), S14851 [7OC]

Marquette, MI: establish an Auxiliary Flight Service Station, S1376 [10FE]

National Park Service: regulation of airspace above national parks (S. 2428), S12624 [25AU]

National parks and recreation areas: regulation of flights over parks, S9374 [21JY]

Seattle, WA: relationship between North Sea-Tac Park and the Sea-Tac International Airport relative to funding, S6664 [9JN]

Reports

Change, Challenge and Competition: National Commission To Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry, S5016 [3MY]

FAA's Certification Process: GAO, S7852 [29JN]

Summaries

Airport Improvement Program Temporary Extension Act (S. 2024), H2950 [3MY]

Airport Noise Abatement, E2107 [6OC]

Texts of

S. 1491, appropriations, S4394-S4397 [19AP], S6646-S6655 [9JN]

S. 2024, Airport Improvement Program Temporary Extension Act, S5705 [12MY], H2946 [3MY], H3492-H3494 [17MY]

S. 2024, temporary obligational authority for the airport improvement program, S4492 [20AP]

S. 2428, National Parks Airspace Management Act, S12625-S12629 [25AU]

S. 2546, FAA Independent Establishment Act, S14852-S14855 [7OC]