SECURING GROWTH AND ROBUST LEADERSHIP IN AMERICAN AVIATION ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 3935), S4727 [27SE], S4734, S4767, S4776 [28SE], S4829, S4830, S4831, S4833, S4835, S4836, S4840, S4842, S4843, S4844, S4846, S4848, S4865 [29SE], S4894, S4895 [30SE], H3718, H3802, H3806, H3807, H3808, H3809, H3810, H3811, H3812, H3814, H3816, H3817, H3818, H3819, H3820, H3822, H3823, H3824, H3825, H3826, H3828, H3829, H3830, H3831, H3832, H3833, H3835, H3836, H3837 [19JY], H3863, H3864, H3865, H3866, H3868, H3869 [20JY]
——— consideration (H. Res. 597), H3658 [18JY]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 3935), H2785 [9JN]
Enact (H.R. 3935): consideration (see H. Res. 597), H3698 [18JY]
Cloture motions
Enact (H.R. 3935), S4665 [21SE], S4675 [26SE], S4734 [28SE]
Letters
Aircraft flight restrictions over large stadium sporting events: Cathy Lanier, National Football League, David Thomas, Major League Baseball, Bill Rhodes, NASCAR, and Dan Gavitt, NCAA, H3717 [19JY], E701, E703 [20JY], E707 [24JY]
——— Cathy Lanier, NFL, David Thomas, MLB, Bill Rhodes, NASCAR, and Dan Gavitt, NCAA, E760 [8AU]
Provisions: Representative Lucas, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H3708 [19JY]
——— Representative Sam Graves, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3708 [19JY]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 3935), S4734 [28SE]
Remarks in House
Airline Deregulation Act: applicability to State workers compensation programs relative to billing and payments for air ambulance services, E754 [4AU]
Aviation: certify offshore wind projects in North Atlantic and Mid Atlantic Planning Area will not compromise radar or create risks to aviation and space activities, H3867 [20JY]
——— provide seating accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, H3713 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: notify Congress of certain foreign airborne objects in national airspace system capable of carrying out surveillance activities, H3713 [19JY]
Dept. of Transportation: Essential Air Service program funding, H3826–H3828 [19JY]
——— establish apprenticeship program for students at flight schools, H3816, H3817 [19JY]
——— include National Guard and Dept. of Defense to list of eligible recipients of Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Pilot Program grants, H3820–H3822 [19JY]
——— increase number of slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, H3833–H3835 [19JY]
——— refine reporting directives to provide more detailed information about cause of commercial passenger flight cancellation or delay, H3824, H3825 [19JY]
Enact (H.R. 3935), H2901 [14JN], H3615, H3618 [17JY], H3707–H3854 [19JY], H3863–H3877 [20JY], H3962 [26JY], H4490–H4494 [26SE], H4630–H4633 [27SE], E701, E702 [20JY], E706 [24JY], E725 [26JY], E754 [4AU], E760 [8AU]
——— consideration (H. Res. 597), H3650–H3659 [18JY], E707 [24JY]
——— corrections in engrossment, H3874 [20JY]
FAA: add certain meat and food processing facilities to list of critical infrastructure facilities that can impose restrictions on drone flights around operations, H3823, H3824 [19JY]
——— aircraft flight restrictions over large stadium sporting events, E760 [8AU]
——— allow approved high-octane unleaded aviation gasoline to be sold at airports in lieu of 100 octane low-lead aviation gasoline, H3830, H3831 [19JY]
——— clarify that study of turbulence should include focus on weather conditions rather than climate change since weather is proximate cause, H3832 [19JY]
——— Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) Program funding, H3835, H3836 [19JY]
——— create pilot program for mobile clearance for general aviation and Part 135 air carriers, H3808 [19JY]
——— develop and publish safety training materials for airport ground crew workers and supervisors, H3654 [18JY]
——— end restriction of sale of marked registration numbers for civil aircraft, H3868, H3869 [20JY]
——— exempt nonhub airports from requirement to have at least one individual who maintains certification as emergency medical technician during air carrier operations, H3817 [19JY]
——— extend air traffic control maximum hiring requirement, H3867 [20JY]
——— funding, H3836, H3837 [19JY]
——— implement accountability system that ensures students can schedule airman practical test no more than fourteen calendar days after test is requested, H3829, H3830 [19JY]
——— improve technology and address human factors in aircraft takeoff, approach, and runway safety, H3715 [19JY]
——— maintain current training requirements for those applying for airline transport certificates with airplane category and class rating, H3814–H3816 [19JY], H3874 [20JY]
——— prohibit funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion officials or training, H3828, H3829 [19JY]
——— prohibit use of leaded fuel by aircraft, E701 [20JY]
——— promulgate regulations to allow transport of firefighters on board covered aircraft operated on mission to suppress wildfire, H3825, H3826 [19JY]
——— provide for research and development, H3712 [19JY]
——— provide for research and development on severe turbulence, H3876 [20JY]
——— reduce permissible airplane decibel levels in communities close to airports, H3876 [20JY]
——— require airlines to reinstate pilots who were fired or forced to resign because of vaccine mandates, H3820 [19JY]
——— require independent assessment of Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) request from non-Federal entity, H3822, H3823 [19JY]
——— require Inspector General to investigate decision to broaden acceptable electrocardiogram (EKG) range for pilots, H3820 [19JY]
——— require installation of secondary cockpit barrier on certain aircraft, H3817, H3818 [19JY]
——— strike ‘‘social’’ from scope of factors examined under FAA Beyond Program, H3831, H3832 [19JY]
——— strike vertiport from Airport Improvement Program (AIP) definition of heliport, H3838 [19JY]
——— study current and future electric power requirements of airports, H3713 [19JY]
——— submit report on Sec. of Transportation flight records, H3828 [19JY]
——— submit study to Congress on impact of expanded telework and remote work by agency employees during coronavirus pandemic and plan for future telework and remote work, H3869–H3871 [20JY]
GAO: conduct study on closure of Banning, CA, Municipal Airport, E702 [20JY]
National Park Service: prohibit changes to existing air tour management plans, H3818, H3819 [19JY]
Taxation: allow qualified distributions from qualified tuition programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses, H3618 [17JY]
TSA: enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property, E707 [24JY]
——— ensure aviation security fees are used to finance costs of aviation security screening, E707 [24JY]
——— require commercial airlines expand employee assault prevention and response plans to include passenger service agents, H3713 [19JY]
Remarks in Senate
Enact (H.R. 3935), S4634, S4635 [20SE], S4637, S4665 [21SE], S4733–S4735, S4744, S4748 [28SE], S4815, S4816, S4819–S4821 [29SE], S4885–S4887 [30SE]
——— motion to proceed, S4669–S4675 [26SE], S4729–S4733 [28SE]
Reports
Dept. of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3709 [19JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 3935, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 597) (H. Rept. 118–147), H3698 [18JY]
Provisions: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3935) (H. Rept. 118–138), H3204 [11JY]
Statements
Provisions: Executive Office of the President, H3717 [19JY], E706, E707 [24JY], E760 [8AU]
Texts of
H. Res. 597, consideration of H.R. 3935, provisions, H3650 [18JY]