FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Aviation: improve security (H.R. 3150), H7592 [31OC], H7656, H7661 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7626, H7628 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), S10167 [3OC], S10398, S10399 [9OC], S10439, S10440, S10444, S10464, S10469, S10471, S10474 [10OC], S10490, S10492, S10508, S10510, S10513, S10516, S10517, S10520, S10524, S10525, S10527, S10528, S10529, S10655, S10656, S10657, S10658, S10659, S10660, S10661, S10663, S10664, S10665, S10666 [11OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S7973 [19JY], S7997, S8008, S8023, S8024 [20JY], S8046, S8053, S8054, S8069, S8070 [23JY], S8112, S8137, S8138, S8139 [24JY], S8158, S8159, S8160, S8238, S8239, S8240, S8241, S8242, S8243, S8244, S8245, S8246 [25JY], S8260, S8294, S8295, S8296, S8297, S8298 [26JY], S8316, S8321, S8322, S8327 [27JY], S8514, S8600 [1AU], H3520 [25JN], H3566, H3569, H3571, H3572, H3577, H3578, H3582, H3585, H3586 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S11149 [25OC], H7549 [31OC]

———S. 1447, Airport Security Federalization Act, H7782 [6NO]

———S. 1447, Aviation Security Act, S11510 [7NO]

Articles and editorials

Airport Security Shouldn't Be Hit-or-Miss, E1948 [30OC]

Airport Security—7 O'Hare Screeners Suspended Over Lapse, S11432 [5NO]

Company Pleaded Guilty to Previous Violations, S10488 [11OC]

Coping With New Tensions, O'Hare Arrest Tied to Terror?, S11433 [5NO]

Don't Disturb Parks Policy, E59 [30JA]

Grief Returns to Street of Heroes, H8325 [16NO]

How To Improve U.S. Air Security, H7676 [1NO]

Sorrow Binds a Special Place, H8326 [16NO]

Ties That Bind the Rockaways, H8326 [16NO]

U.S. Task Force Proposes Ways for Sharing Security-Risk Data With Airlines, Airports, S10440 [10OC]

Unanimity Not Same as Right—Senate, House Have Important Differences About Federal Role, E2080 [14NO]

Unshakable Rockaway, H8325 [16NO]

Why Rely on Low-Bid Airport Safety?, S11433 [5NO]

Bills and resolutions

American Airlines, Inc.: tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (see S. Con. Res. 87), S12247 [30NO] (see H. Con. Res. 272), H8338 [16NO]

Aviation: amend regulations relative to the airport noise and access review program (see S. 688), S3435 [4AP] (see H.R. 1288), H1343 [29MR]

———develop and implement a plan to allow general aviation aircraft to fly using certain rules (see H.R. 3136), H6918 [16OC]

———direct NIST to develop standards for effective aviation security technologies and direct the FAA to evaluate such technologies (see H.R. 3101), H6701 [11OC]

———enhance competition between airlines, improve consumers' access to airline industry information and protect airline passenger rights (see S. 200), S636 [29JA] (see H.R. 332), H163 (see H.R. 384), H165 [31JA]

———enhance the safety and security of the civil air transportation system (see H.R. 3165), H7308 [24OC]

———ensure competitive access by commercial air carriers to major cities (see S. 415), S1699 [28FE]

———ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 681), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 1363), H1408 [3AP]

———establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H1924 [3MY]

———facilitate the voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air flights (see S. 1458), S9741 [24SE]

———improve disclosure of information to airline passengers and the enforceability of airline passengers' rights under airline customer service agreements (see S. 483), S1971 [7MR]

———improve security (see S. 1447), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 2951, 2958), H6055 [25SE] (see H.R. 3056), H6421 [5OC] (see H.R. 3110), H6779 [12OC] (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC] (see H.R. 3220), H7718 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (see H. Res. 274), H7591 [31OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), same-day consideration of rule on conference report (see H. Res. 290), H8247 [15NO]

———limit the percentage of slots that large national carriers can control at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and LaGuardia Airport (see S. 520), S2218 [13MR]

———permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1482 (see H.R. 1407), H1492 [4AP]

———permit the hiring of certain legal immigrants as security screening personnel (see H.R. 3416), H8948 [5DE]

———permit the hiring of U.S. nationals as security screening personnel (see H.R. 3467), H10054 [12DE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (see S. 1450), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 2926), H5926 [21SE] (see H.R. 3055), H6421 [5OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 242), H5924 [21SE]

———prohibit the unauthorized circumvention of airport security systems and procedures (see S. 1794), S12772 [10DE]

———provide basic consumer protection standards and enhance competition between airlines (see H.R. 907), H739 [7MR]

———provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (see S. 1019), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2158), H3149 [13JN]

———provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (see S. 1463), S9807 [25SE]

———regulate training of aliens to operate jet-propelled aircraft (see S. 1455), S9621 [21SE]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (see H.R. 3029), H6379 [4OC]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees (see H.R. 2913), H5925 [21SE]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees and assist small-to-medium-size airports with security enhancements (see S. 1461), S9807 [25SE]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees, expand the Federal Air Marshal Program, and establish requirements for carry-on baggage (see H.R. 2895), H5704 [14SE]

———streamline approval process for runways, terminals, and airports and grant airlines a limited antitrust exemption to relieve congestion at airports (see S. 633), S2979 [27MR]

———strengthen security measures for aircraft not required to comply with FAA security programs (see S. 1515), S10388 [9OC]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 1786), S12681 [7DE] (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Commission for Comprehensive Review of the FAA: establish (see H.R. 903), H649 [6MR]

Courtland, AL: treat certain property boundaries as the boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport (see H.R. 2564), H4351 [19JY]

Dept. of Transportation: give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (see S. 1544), S10693 [15OC] (see H.R. 3067), H6458 [9OC]

———issue regulations on the transfer of airline tickets and air carrier ticket pricing policies (see H.R. 1074), H954 [15MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1178), S7688 [16JY] (see S. 1178), S7805 [17JY] (see H.R. 2299), H3518 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration (see H. Res. 178), H3519 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 299), H8731 [29NO]

Employment: hiring of employees whose employment with an air carrier was terminated as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, for a position with the Federal Air Marshal Program (see H. Res. 241), H5926 [21SE]

Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ: designate at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (see S. 1682), S11789 [14NO] (see H.R. 2776), H5335 [2AU]

Law enforcement officers: establish a program to train Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to be volunteers in the Federal Air Marshal Program (see H.R. 3190), H7591 [31OC] (see H.R. 3562), H10964 [20DE]

National Park Service: prohibit air tour operations over Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (see S. 712), S3530 [5AP]

National Parks Air Tour Management Act: amend the method for achieving quiet technology (see S. 1151), S7193 [29JN]

Pilots: limit authority to establish examination requirements for non-commercial pilots (see H.R. 1686), H1860 [2MY]

———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 361), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 448), H220 [7FE]

Safety: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (see S. 1421), S9395 [13SE] (see H.R. 2906), H5925 [21SE]

———implement certain aviation security measures (see H.R. 3064), H6458 [9OC]

———provide for random deployment of Federal air marshals on certain commercial air passenger flights (see H.R. 2948), H6055 [25SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H2679 [23MY]

Cloture motions

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10433 [10OC], S10507 [11OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10128 [3OC], S10347 [9OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8195 [25JY], S8259 [26JY], S8333 [27JY], S8505 [1AU]

Conference reports

Aviation and Transportation Security Act (S. 1447), H8262-H8282 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2299), H8655-H8730 [29NO]

Descriptions

Secure Transportation for America Act (H.R. 3150): Victim Compensation and Liability Limitation Proposal, H7644 [1NO]

Letters

Construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL: Craig Burzych, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, S12643 [7DE]

Ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S7561 [12JY]

———Gale A. Norton, Sec. of the Interior, S7561 [12JY]

Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel: Representative Mica, H6784 [16OC]

Hiring practices of private employers for aviation security personnel: John E. Collingwood, FBI, H7684 [1NO]

Improve aviation security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit: Carroll J. Campbell, S10502 [11OC]

———Charles H. Cunningham, NRA, S10511 [11OC]

———Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Association, S10511 [11OC]

———John Darrah, Allied Pilots Association, S10512 [11OC]

———John Velleco, Gun Owners of America (organization), S10511 [11OC]

Secure Transportation for America Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H7634 [1NO]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H7634 [1NO]

Memorandums

Aviation Security Compliance and Enforcement Philosophy, H7685 [1NO]

———FAA, H7685 [1NO]

Motions

Aviation: improve security (H.R. 3150), H7681, H7689 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), S10523 [11OC], H7764, H7772 [6NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5915 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8315, S8316, S8321, S8322, S8327 [27JY], H7545 [31OC]

Remarks in House

Airport Improvement Program: funding, H3568 [26JN]

———use of funds by rural airports to implement certain security restrictions, H7642 [1NO]

American Airlines, Inc.: tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster, E2072 [14NO]

———tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (H. Con. Res. 272), H8324-H8327 [16NO], E2128 [19NO]

Aviation: address problems of aircraft noise and air traffic congestion in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, H3553, H3556 [26JN]

———effect of airline industry mergers on competition, H1387 [3AP]

———enhance airline security, H5532 [11SE], H5931, H5934 [24SE], H5979 [25SE]

———ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (H.R. 1363), E513 [3AP]

———Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H6714 [12OC], H6784, H6786, H6884, H6885, H6898 [16OC], H6923 [17OC], H7208, H7209, H7210 [23OC], H7223, H7284, H7294-H7296, H7300 [24OC], H7310, H7312, H7326 [25OC], H7359, H7360, H7393-H7397, H7400-H7406 [30OC], H7532, H7533, H7534, H7535, H7546-H7549, H7560, H7565-H7585 [31OC], H7594, H7595, H7596, H7618-H7626, H7631, H7634-H7649, H7659, H7660, H7671-H7695 [1NO], H7728, H7772-H7780, H7835-H7843 [6NO], H7880, H7888, H7894 [7NO], H7914 [8NO], H8035 [13NO], H8136, H8137, H8162, H8163, H8167 [14NO], H8184, H8185, H8186, H8187, H8231, H8237, H8238 [15NO], H8252, H8309-H8315 [16NO], E1947 [30OC], E1999, E2001 [5NO], E2016 [6NO], E2065 [13NO], E2080 [14NO]

———implementation of voluntary Sky ID airline security program, H8847 [5DE]

———improve security, H6067 [2OC], H6668, H6671, H6684-H6690 [11OC], H6784, H6878-H6884, H6898-H6902 [16OC]

———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H8304 [16NO]

———improve security (H.R. 2951), H6450 [9OC]

———improve security (H.R. 3110), H7234 [24OC], E1947 [30OC]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H6923 [17OC], H7208, H7209, H7210 [23OC], H7222, H7223, H7229, H7231, H7234, H7284, H7294-H7301 [24OC], H7310, H7311, H7312, H7313, H7326 [25OC], H7359, H7360, H7393-H7397, H7400-H7406 [30OC], H7532, H7533, H7534, H7535, H7560, H7565-H7585 [31OC], H7594, H7595, H7596, H7631-H7696 [1NO], E1999, E2001 [5NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7617-H7630 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), unanimous-consent request, H7681 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3220), E1991 [2NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), H7728, H7754-H7780, H7786, H7835-H7843 [6NO], H7880, H7888-H7894 [7NO], H7914 [8NO], H8035, H8120 [13NO], H8136, H8137, H8162, H8163, H8167 [14NO], H8184, H8185, H8186, H8187, H8231, H8237-H8240 [15NO], E2015, E2016 [6NO], E2065 [13NO], E2080 [14NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8251, H8252, H8260, H8300-H8315 [16NO], E2127 [19NO], E2146, E2156 [28NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), insert H.R. 3150 language in lieu, H7764 [6NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to instruct conferees, H7772-H7777 [6NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), same-day consideration of rule on conference report (H. Res. 290), H10938 [20DE]

———naturalization requirements for aviation security personnel, H7660, H7672 [1NO], H7776, H7777 [6NO]

———permit the hiring of certain legal immigrants as security screening personnel (H.R. 3416), E2215 [5DE]

———permit the hiring of U.S. nationals as security screening personnel (H.R. 3467), E2283 [13DE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5894-H5918, H5922 [21SE], H5978 [25SE], H7312 [25OC], H7413 [30OC], E1709 [24SE], E1715, E1716, E1740, E1741 [25SE], E1745 [26SE], E1764, E1778 [2OC], E1823 [5OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5884-H5893 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5875-H5884 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), motion to recommit, H5915 [21SE]

———provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (H.R. 2158), E1095 [13JN]

———provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (H.R. 2896), H6047 [25SE], H6441 [9OC]

———regulation of airline industry, E55 [30JA]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft, H7623, H7637, H7682 [1NO], H8237 [15NO], H8304, H8305 [16NO], H8428, H8516-H8519 [28NO]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (H.R. 3029), H6416 [5OC], H6684-H6690 [11OC], H6878-H6884 [16OC]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees and require air carriers provide health benefits to involuntarily separated employees, H5915-H5918 [21SE]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees, expand the Federal Air Marshal Program, and establish requirements for carry-on baggage (H.R. 2895), E1709 [24SE]

———screening of airline passengers and property, H7674 [1NO]

———security standards relative to airport size, H7565-H7570 [31OC]

Chicago, IL: construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, H2984 [7JN], E1051 [7JN]

———development of South Suburban Airport, E653 [26AP]

———expand aviation capacity, H9323 [12DE]

Commission for Comprehensive Review of the FAA: establish (H.R. 903), E284 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish telephone hotline to allow consumers to register airline-related complaints, H3569 [26JN]

———give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (H.R. 3067), E1879 [12OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3439 [21JN], H3550-H3594 [26JN], E1214 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report, H8734-H8740 [30NO], E2193, E2197, E2202 [4DE], E2229 [7DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration (H. Res. 178), H3539-H3549 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 299), H8733, H8734 [30NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), motion to instruct conferees, H7545-H7549 [31OC]

Foreign countries: issuance of pilot licenses to addresses in foreign countries, H10358 [19DE]

Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ: designate at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (H.R. 2776), H8057-H8060 [13NO], E1524 [3AU]

Gulf of Mexico: improve airspace communications and radar systems, H3570 [26JN]

National Park Service: prohibit air tour operations over the Grand Canyon, E59 [30JA]

Strand, Deanna: FAA Flight Instructor of the Year award recipient, E730 [4MY]

Transportation: funding, H1265 [28MR]

———security programs funding, H7545-H7549 [31OC]

Will County, IL: Lewis University Airport expansion project funding, H3565 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Air Traffic Instructional Services Program: funding, S8532 [1AU]

Aircraft: strengthen security measures relative to smoke affecting aircraft crews' ability to operate essential instruments, S11981 [16NO]

Airport radar service life extension program: funding, S8528 [1AU]

American Airlines, Inc.: tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster, S11712, S11713 [13NO]

———tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (H. Con. Res. 272), S12272 [30NO], S12813 [10DE]

———tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (S. Con. Res. 87), S12813, S12814 [10DE]

Approach Lighting System Improvement Program: funding, S8529 [1AU]

Aviation: effect of airline industry mergers on competition, S1030 [6FE], S1371 [14FE]

———encourage airline employees to report suspicious activities, S10439 [10OC]

———enhance airline security, S9363-S9365 [13SE], S9413 [14SE], S9477-S9479 [19SE], S9597, S9608 [21SE]

———enhance competition between airlines, improve consumers' access to airline industry information and protect airline passenger rights (S. 200), S650 [29JA]

———ensure competitive access by commercial air carriers to major cities (S. 415), S1708-S1711 [28FE]

———ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land, S7560, S7561 [12JY]

———ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (S. 681), S3345 [3AP]

———expand use of current security technologies and establish short-term assessment and deployment of emergency security technologies, S10519 [11OC]

———facilitate the voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air flights, S10535 [11OC]

———facilitate the voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air flights (S. 1458), S9744 [24SE]

———Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, S10259, S10270 [4OC], S10356-S10361 [9OC], S10417, S10445 [10OC], S10488, S10545 [11OC], S10802 [17OC], S10863 [23OC], S11280 [31OC], S11402 [2NO], S11423, S11431 [5NO], S11481-S11483 [6NO], S11584 [8NO], S11671, S11673, S11674, S11713 [13NO], S11977 [16NO]

———give retired pilots the same preference as law enforcement officers to be air marshals, S10529, S10530 [11OC]

———improve disclosure of information to airline passengers and the enforceability of airline passengers' rights under airline customer service agreements (S. 483), S1992 [7MR]

———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, S10500-S10502, S10510-S10513 [11OC], S11984 [16NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), S9580-S9588 [21SE], S9679 [24SE], S10112, S10254 [3OC], S10429, S10432-S10446, S10475 [10OC], S10487-S10537, S10545, S10546 [11OC], S10802 [17OC], S11095 [25OC], S11280 [31OC], S11423, S11431 [5NO], S11481, S11483 [6NO], S11510 [7NO], S11584 [8NO], S11671, S11673, S11674, S11713 [13NO], S11759 [14NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, S11974-S11985, S11987 [16NO], S12069 [28NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10128-S10140 [3OC], S10258-S10262, S10267-S10282 [4OC], S10346, S10347, S10352-S10363 [9OC], S10403, S10407-S10412, S10417-S10420 [10OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), unanimous-consent agreement, S10432 [10OC], S11915 [15NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), unanimous-consent request, S10126-S10128 [3OC], S10418 [10OC]

———limit the percentage of slots that large national carriers can control at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and LaGuardia Airport (S. 520), S2221, S2222 [13MR]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), S9673 [21SE], S12532 [6DE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9589-S9608, S9673 [21SE], S10144, S10146 [3OC], S10352 [9OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), unanimous-consent agreement, S9588 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), unanimous-consent request, S9584 [21SE]

———prohibit the unauthorized circumvention of airport security systems and procedures (S. 1794), S12777 [10DE]

———provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (S. 1019), S6137 [12JN]

———provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (S. 1463), S9810 [25SE]

———regulate training of aliens to operate jet-propelled aircraft (S. 1455), S9631 [21SE]

———require airlines to honor tickets issued by other airlines and refund tickets for flights canceled or rescheduled due to impact of terrorist hijackings, S11981 [16NO]

———require aviation security personnel be Dept. of Justice employees, S10273, S10274 [4OC], S10362 [9OC], S10514-S10516, S10520, S10527 [11OC], S11978 [16NO]

———require background checks for existing aviation security employees, S10524 [11OC]

———require screening of all employees prior to entering secure areas, S10524 [11OC]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft, S12069 [28NO]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees and assist small-to-medium-size airports with security enhancements (S. 1461), S9809 [25SE]

———requirements for carry-on baggage relative to musicians, S10530 [11OC]

———security standards relative to aircraft and airport size, S11976, S11977 [16NO]

———set performance standards for passenger and property screeners, S10518 [11OC]

———streamline approval process for runways, terminals, and airports and grant airlines a limited antitrust exemption to relieve congestion at airports (S. 633), S3000 [27MR]

———strengthen security measures for aircraft not required to comply with FAA security programs (S. 1515), S10391 [9OC]

———use of non-lethal weapons by airline crews, S10490-S10492 [11OC]

Chicago, IL: construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, S8097-S8099 [24JY]

———expand aviation capacity, S12628-S12646 [7DE]

———expand aviation capacity (S. 1786), S12752 [7DE], S12755 [10DE]

———increase commercial air service at the Gary-Chicago Airport and the Greater Rockford Airport, S8094, S8097-S8099, S8112 [24JY], S8529, S8530 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation: give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (S. 1544), S10694 [15OC]

———imposition of airline user fees to fund aviation security, S10521, S10530 [11OC], S11984 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S7995-S7998, S8008 [20JY], S8044-S8055 [23JY], S8079-S8102, S8105-S8113 [24JY], S8153, S8155-S8171, S8195 [25JY], S8254-S8274 [26JY], S8301-S8324, S8326-S8334 [27JY], S8500, S8504-S8533, S8536 [1AU], S8697 [2AU], S11097 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report, S12308 [3DE], S12332-S12340, S12348 [4DE], S12459, S12460 [5DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S12272 [30NO], S12339 [4DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S12329 [3DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), unanimous-consent agreement, S7906 [19JY], S8141 [24JY], S8249 [25JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1178), S14049 [20DE]

———tribute to Senate staff for efforts on appropriations bill, S8536 [1AU]

Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ: designate at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (S. 1682), S11790 [14NO]

FTC: protect consumers through investigation of unfair and deceptive practices by airlines, S8529 [1AU]

National Park Service: prohibit air tour operations over Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (S. 712), S3539 [5AP]

National Parks Air Tour Management Act: amend the method for achieving quiet technology (S. 1151), S7203 [29JN]

National security: develop and implement a strategy for homeland security, S12071-S12073 [28NO]

Pilots: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots, S10500-S10502, S10522, S10523 [11OC]

———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (S. 361), S1502 [15FE]

Safety: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (S. 1421), S9396 [13SE]

Reports filed

Aviation and Transportation Security Act: Committee of Conference (S. 1447) (H. Rept. 107-296), H8336 [16NO]

Aviation Competition Restoration Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 415) (S. Rept. 107-130), S13700 [19DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 299) (H. Rept. 107-309), H8731 [29NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 178) (H. Rept. 107-110), H3518 [25JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 244) (H. Rept. 107-214), H5924 [21SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3150, Secure Transportation for America Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 107-264), H7591 [31OC]

Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2299) (H. Rept. 107-308), H8731 [29NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2299) (H. Rept. 107-108), H3518 [25JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1178) (S. Rept. 107-38), S7688 [16JY]

Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ, Designation at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2776) (H. Rept. 107-279), H8132 [13NO]

Permit Air Carriers To Meet and Discuss Their Schedules in Order To Reduce Flight Delays: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1407) (H. Rept. 107-77), H3801 [28JN]

Permit Carriers To Meet and Discuss Their Schedules in Order To Reduce Flight Delays: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1407) (H. Rept. 107-77), H2677 [23MY]

Same Day Consideration of Rule on Conference Report on S. 1447, Aviation and Transportation Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 290) (H. Rept. 107-294), H8247 [15NO]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 244, Consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 242) (H. Rept. 107-209), H5924 [21SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3567, H3569, H3570, H3571, H3572, H3573, H3574, H3576, H3577, H3585 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration (H. Res. 178), H3540 [26JN]

Sermons

Tribute to Victims of Flight 587 Air Disaster: Michael Miller, E2393 [20DE]

Statements

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, H5879 [21SE]

Aviation and Transportation Security Act Conference Report: Executive Office of the President, H8307 [16NO]

Summaries

Aviation and Transportation Security Act (S. 1447): Conference Report, H8303 [16NO]

Secure Transportation for America Act (H.R. 3150), H7632-H7634 [1NO]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S12308 [3DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8113 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3558-H3563 [26JN]

Testimonies

Airline Industry Finances: Harry Pinson, S9581 [21SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 272, tribute to victims of American Airlines, Inc., flight 587 air disaster, H8327 [16NO]

H. Res. 178, consideration of H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H3540 [26JN]

H. Res. 242, same-day consideration of H. Res. 244, consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5875 [21SE]

H. Res. 244, consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5884 [21SE]

H. Res. 274, consideration of H.R. 3150, Secure Transportation for America Act, H7617 [1NO]

H. Res. 299, consideration of H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H8733 [30NO]

H.R. 903, Commission for Comprehensive Review of the FAA Act, E285 [6MR]

H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8835-S8844 [2AU]

H.R. 2776, Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ, designation at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, H8057 [13NO]

H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5894-H5897 [21SE]

H.R. 3150, Secure Transportation for America Act, H7650-H7656 [1NO]

S. 200, Air Travelers Fair Treatment Act, S651 [29JA]

S. 361, relax FAA maximum age requirements for certain pilots, S1502 [15FE]

S. 415, Aviation Competition Restoration Act, S1708-S1710 [28FE]

S. 483, Fair Treatment of Airline Passengers Act, S1993 [7MR]

S. 681, Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act, S3345 [3AP]

S. 1151, Grand Canyon Quiet Technology Implementation Act, S7204 [29JN]

S. 1447, Airport Security Federalization Act, H7764-H7771 [6NO]

S. 1447, Aviation Security Act, S10707-S10717 [15OC], H7754 [6NO]

S. 1450, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, S9605-S9608, S9627-S9630 [21SE]

S. 1463, Airline Safety Act, S9810 [25SE]

S. 1515, strengthen security measures for aircraft not required to comply with FAA security programs, S10391 [9OC]

S. 1544, give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions, S10694 [15OC]

S. 1682, Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ, designation at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, S11790 [14NO]

S. 1794, Airport Checkpoint Enhancement Act, S12777 [10DE]

S. Con. Res. 87, tribute to victims of American Airlines, Inc., flight 587 air disaster, S12264 [30NO], S12814 [10DE]