FAA AIR TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 223), S367 [31JA], S382, S426, S427, S428, S429 [1FE], S472, S475, S488, S489, S490, S491 [2FE], S501, S502, S507, S531, S532, S533, S536, S538, S553, S554, S555 [3FE], S570, S571 [4FE], S589, S592, S595, S617, S618 [7FE], S622, S623, S624, S626, S634, S635 [8FE], S647, S648, S649, S650 [10FE], S674, S697, S699, S700, S701, S702 [14FE], S710, S714, S731, S732, S733, S734, S739, S759, S760, S761, S762 [15FE], S770, S777, S800, S801, S802 [16FE], S814, S825, S826, S827, S830, S831, S832, S920, S921, S922 [17FE]
Articles and editorials
John Murtha's Airport for No One—A Monument to Earmarks in Johnstown, PA, S593 [7FE]
Medicare Reimbursement Changes Will Benefit Iowa Hospitals, Doctors, S453 [2FE]
Planes to Nowhere? Congress Plans To Increase Small-Town Airline Subsidies, S593 [7FE]
Rural Air Subsidies Test Resolve To Cut Spending, S594 [7FE]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 223), S734, S739 [15FE], S819 [17FE]
Letters
FAA Essential Air Service Program funding: Bruce Phillips, S661 [14FE]
———C. Joy Journeay and Gerard H. Rock, Alaska Air Carriers Association, S662 [14FE]
———Carol J. Piscoya, Norton Sound Health Corp., S660 [14FE]
———Casimero A. Aceveda, Organized Village of Kake, AK, S661 [14FE]
———Christine Klein, Calista Corp., S660 [14FE]
———Danny Seybert, Peninsula Airways, Inc., S661 [14FE]
———Julie Dirks, S655 [14FE]
———Julie E. Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, S662 [14FE]
———Leif Wilson, 40-Mile Air (company), S662 [14FE]
———Marie N. Greene, NANA Regional Corp., Inc., S660 [14FE]
———Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks (organization), S715 [15FE]
———Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, S715 [15FE]
———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S716 [15FE]
———W.L. MacKay, Alaska Airlines, Inc., S662 [14FE]
Federal benefits for emergency service providers who die or are disabled in the line of duty and liability protection for volunteer pilot organizations that fly for public benefit: Barry Kasinitz, International Association of Fire Fighters, S830 [17FE]
———Connie Meyer, S830 [17FE]
———Jack Parow, International Association of Fire Chiefs, S830 [17FE]
———Steve Williamson, American Ambulance Association, S829 [17FE]
Penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes: Lee Moak, Air Line Pilots Association, International, S476 [2FE]
———William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S476 [2FE]
Transportation Security Administration employees exclusion from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees: Kip Hawley, S717 [15FE]
Motions
Enact (S. 223), S474, S475 [2FE], S535 [3FE], S727 [15FE], S823, S824, S828 [17FE]
Petitions and memorials
Alaska Federation of Natives: FAA Essential Air Service Program funding, S662 [14FE]
Remarks in House
Dept. of Transportation: establish minimum on-duty staffing standards for air traffic controllers at certain airports, H6118 [13SE]
———grant releases to terms and conditions contained in a deed under which the U.S. conveyed land to Dona Ana County, NM, for airport purposes, H2207, H2208 [31MR]
Enact (H.R. 658), H6118 [13SE], E1760 [4OC]
FAA: implement crew flight time limitations and rest restrictions, H8007, H8013 [1DE]
———improve training and increase minimum flight hours for commercial pilots, H2125, H2126 [31MR]
Remarks in Senate
Appropriations: rescind earmarked funds that have not been spent for a certain period, S781 [16FE]
———rescind unused earmarks, S825 [17FE]
Aviation: allow additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, S381, S383 [1FE], S443 [2FE], S587, S589 [7FE], S654 [14FE], S713, S735 [15FE], S768-S770, S773 [16FE], S810, S815, S816, S820 [17FE]
———ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight, S713 [15FE], S809-S811 [17FE]
———provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, S476, S477 [2FE], S503, S535, S538 [3FE]
———repeal establishment of Advisory Committee on Future of Aeronautics to eliminate unnecessary reassignment of NASA aeronautics research and development programs, S507 [3FE], S625, S626 [8FE], S641 [10FE]
———support Passenger Bill of Rights, S587 [7FE]
Crime: impose penalties for unauthorized recording or distribution of images produced using advanced imaging technology during airport screenings or upon entry to Federal buildings, S625 [8FE], S713, S714 [15FE]
Dona Ana County, NM: exchange certain land conveyed to the county for airport purposes, S623 [8FE]
Enact (H.R. 658), S4929, S4943-S4947 [27JY], S4980, S4987-S4989, S5000, S5007 [28JY], S5223 [2AU], S5316 [6SE], S5355 [7SE]
Enact (S. 223), S377-S403 [1FE], S431-S477 [2FE], S501-S507, S509, S531-S540 [3FE], S566 [4FE], S586-S596 [7FE], S621-S626 [8FE], S641 [10FE], S653-S656, S659-S663, S670-S676 [14FE], S709-S727, S731-S735, S739 [15FE], S768-S774, S777, S780-S783, S802 [16FE], S807, S809-S811, S814-S816, S818-S820, S823-S837 [17FE], S1116 [2MR], S3512 [7JN]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S608 [7FE], S824 [17FE]
FAA: Airport Improvement Program funding, S587 [7FE], S780 [16FE], S827 [17FE]
———allow through-the-fence access to general aviation airports, S833 [17FE]
———approve applications from airports to authorize private security companies to conduct passenger screening, S502 [3FE]
———authorize National Airspace System development of a pilot program to determine safety regulations and flight standards for unmanned aerial vehicles, S566 [4FE]
———Essential Air Service Program funding, S380 [1FE], S587, S592-S595 [7FE], S654-S656, S659-S663 [14FE], S709, S715, S716 [15FE], S781, S782 [16FE], S811 [17FE], S1116 [2MR], S4946 [27JY]
———exempt charter airlines from crew flight time limitations and rest restrictions, S451 [2FE], S506 [3FE], S673 [14FE], S769 [16FE]
———improve intergration of unmanned aerial system into the National Airspace System, S827 [17FE]
———increase number of test sites in the National Airspace System used for unmanned aerial vehicles and require one of those test sites include a significant portion of public lands, S509 [3FE]
———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, S533-S535, S538 [3FE]
———maintain certain airline exemptions from OSHA oversight, S626 [8FE], S671 [14FE], S823, S824 [17FE]
———make it a crime to photograph, record, or distribute a body scan image taken by a full body scanner at an airport or any Federal building without express authorization, S595 [7FE]
———modify requirement on distance from nearest medium or large hub airport to qualify for Essential Air Service Program funding, S826 [17FE]
———Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, S379 [1FE], S505 [3FE], S586 [7FE], S672, S673 [14FE], S712, S724 [15FE], S773 [16FE]
———provide liability protection for volunteer pilot organizations that fly for public benefit, S451 [2FE], S506 [3FE], S670, S671, S673 [14FE], S829 [17FE]
———reduce appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to 2008 levels, S531 [3FE], S720-S727 [15FE]
———require a certain minimum number of daily enplanements to qualify for Essential Air Service Program funding, S826 [17FE]
———require Notice to Airmen hazard alerts to be posted and accessible to all pilots, S450 [2FE]
———Small Community Air Service Program funding, S781 [16FE]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions, S382, S383-S403 [1FE], S431-S433, S435, S474, S475 [2FE], S539 [3FE]
National Mediation Board: repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, S4946, S4947 [27JY], S4983, S5007 [28JY], S5180-S5183 [1AU], S5223, S5233, S5280 [2AU]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States to opt out of certain provisions, S402 [1FE]
———expedite Supreme Court review of constitutionality, S456 [2FE]
———repeal, S382, S383-S403 [1FE], S431-S433, S435, S474, S475 [2FE], S539 [3FE]
———require OMB Director to identify and offset cost of repeal of certain reporting requirements through reductions in non-defense appropriated discretionary funding, S471, S473 [2FE]
Public safety officers: extend Federal benefits to emergency service providers who die or are disabled in the line of duty, S671 [14FE], S829 [17FE]
SBA: adjust for inflation the personal net worth cap under the 8(a) program for small disadvantaged business concerns, S782 [16FE]
Senate: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 223, provisions, S835, S836 [17FE]
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S383-S385, S388 [1FE], S459, S461, S471-S474 [2FE], S539 [3FE]
Taxation: rates, S458 [2FE]
Transportation Security Administration: exclude employees from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees, S501, S532, S538 [3FE], S588-S591 [7FE], S671 [14FE], S716-S720 [15FE]
———provide employees with whistleblower protections, the right to appeal adverse personnel actions, and the right to join a union, S716-S718 [15FE]
———require all advanced imaging technology used as a primary screening method for passengers be equipped with automatic target recognition software, S623 [8FE]
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