AVIATION INVESTMENT AND REVITALIZATION VISION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 2115): consideration of conference report (H. Res. 422), H10174 [30OC]

Enact (S. 824), S7557 [9JN], S7757, S7783, S7785, S7786, S7791, S7792, S7793, S7796, S7800, S7801, S7802, S7804, S7805, S7806, S7807, S7810, S7811, S7812, S7813, S7814, S7819, S7850, S7852, S7853, S7854, S7855, S7856, S7857, S7858 [12JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2115, provisions, S7820 [12JN], H6826 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

Daschle, Lautenberg Vow To Fight FAA Privatization They Supported in 1994, S14946 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 2115): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 422), H10129 [29OC]

———recommittal of conference report (see H. Res. 377), H8904 [24SE]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 2115): conference report, S14858 [12NO], S14951 [17NO]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 2115), H7718-H7771 [25JY], H10008-H10054 [29OC]

Letters

Aviation Security Capital Fund usage flexibility: Thomas J. Ridge, Sec. of Homeland Security, S7791 [12JN]

Contract Tower Program expansion to visual flight rule (VFR) towers: Jerry Tuso, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, S14944 [17NO]

———Kenneth M. Mead, Dept. of Transportation, S14943 [17NO]

Essential Air Service Program funding: Aliceann Wohlbruck, National Association of Development Organizations, S7799 [12JN]

———Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, S7798 [12JN]

———Donald E. Carroll, Mayor of Alamagordo, NM, S7798 [12JN]

———John D. (Mike) Rice, New Mexico Aviation Division, S7798 [12JN]

———several Representatives, S12366 [2OC]

———several Senators, S12366 [2OC]

Remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services: several Representatives, H9960, H9961 [28OC]

———several Senators, H9960 [28OC]

Remove matching requirement for airport security-related capital investment grants: David Z. Plavin, Airports Council International-North America, and Charles Barclay, American Association of Airport Executives, S7801 [12JN]

———James C. May, Air Transport Association, S7801 [12JN]

Require foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to the same safety standards as domestic air stations: AFL-CIO, S7808 [12JN]

———Richard L. Trumka and Sonny Hall, AFL-CIO, S7808 [12JN]

Require that air traffic control remain a Government function: Marion C. Blakey, FAA, S14951 [17NO], S15385 [21NO]

Require that air traffic control remains a Government function: several consumer organizations, S13615 [30OC]

Require that airline passenger security fee funds are used for airport security: Thomas J. Ridge, Sec. of Homeland Security, S11893 [24SE]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2115), H6825 [15JY]

———conference report, H10187 [30OC]

Remarks in House

Aviation: require that air traffic control remain a Government function, H9961-H9964 [28OC], H10164-H10170, H10173-H10187 [30OC], E2150 [28OC]

Enact (H.R. 2115), E1258 [13JN], E1277 [17JN]

———conference report, H8909 [25SE], H10136, H10176-H10189 [30OC], E2150 [28OC]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 422), H10163-H10170, H10173-H10175 [30OC]

———motion to instruct conferees, H6825 [15JY]

———motion to recommit conference report, H10187 [30OC]

———recommittal of conference report (H. Res. 377), H9959-H9964 [28OC]

FAA: remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services funding, H9960 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations, S15389 [21NO]

———require that airline passenger security fee funds are used for airport security, S11892, S11893, S11896 [24SE]

Aviation: allow the arming of pilots of cargo aircraft, S7799 [12JN]

———encourage air carriers to offer reduced air fares to active duty Armed Forces members, S7785, S7786 [12JN]

———expansion of Contract Tower Program to visual flight rule (VFR) towers, S14943, S14944 [17NO]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, S7810 [12JN]

———provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality, S7811 [12JN]

———require background checks of alien flight school applicants regardless of weight of the aircraft for which they seek training and require report on the effectiveness of the requirement, S7803, S7804 [12JN]

———require that air traffic control remain a Government function, S12180 [30SE], S14858 [12NO], S14940-S14952 [17NO], S15389, S15390 [21NO]

———require that air traffic control remains a Government function, S13614-S13616 [30OC]

Cargo transportation: support transit of certain air cargo through Anchorage, AK, S7819 [12JN], S15388 [21NO]

Enact (H.R. 2115): conference report, S10932-S10935 [1AU], S11154 [5SE], S11892, S11893, S11896 [24SE], S12180 [30SE], S12364, S12365 [2OC], S13614-S13616 [30OC], S14448 [11NO], S14858 [12NO], S14940-S14952 [17NO], S15385-S15390, S15393 [21NO]

Enact (S. 824), S7757-S7820 [12JN], S7865 [13JN], S14948 [17NO]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S7812 [12JN]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, S7796-S7799 [12JN], S12364, S12365 [2OC], S15388, S15389 [21NO]

———impose a civil penalty for closure of an airport without sufficient notice, S7814 [12JN]

———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots, S7793-S7796 [12JN]

———require foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to the same safety standards as domestic air stations, S7807-S7810 [12JN]

———require that U.S. air carriers be effectively controlled by U.S. citizens, S7813 [12JN]

———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility, S7806 [12JN]

Jackson, WY: permit Jackson Hole Airport to adopt certain noise reduction measures affecting Grand Teton National Park, S15389 [21NO]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: study housing of gates used by shuttle services within same terminal, S7804 [12JN]

Senate: accomplishments, S7902 [13JN]

Transportation Security Administration: allow flexibility in the use of the Aviation Security Capital Fund, S7791, S7792 [12JN]

———clarify apportionment of funds from Aviation Security Capital Fund, S7783-S7785 [12JN]

———delete matching requirement for airport security-related capital investment grants, S7783, S7785, S7800, S7801 [12JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2115, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 422) (H. Rept. 108-336), H10129 [29OC]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2115) (H. Rept. 108-240), H7781 [25JY]

———Committee of Conference (H.R. 2115) (H. Rept. 108-334), H10129 [29OC]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 824) (S. Rept. 108-41), S5725 [5MY]

Recommittal of Conference Report on H.R. 2115, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 377) (H. Rept. 108-284), H8904 [24SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 2115): conference report, H10177 [30OC]

Statements

Provisions: Executive Office of the President, S7788 [12JN]

Security Information for General Aviation Pilots/Airports: Dept. of Homeland Security, S7803 [12JN]

Tables

Communities dependent on the Essential Air Service Program, S7798 [12JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 377, recommittal of conference report on H.R. 2115, provisions, H9959 [28OC]

H. Res. 422, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2115, provisions, H10163 [30OC]

H.R. 2115, provisions, S7884-S7902 [13JN]

S. 824, provisions, S7757-S7779 [12JN]