Res Communis

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty
At the end of the first session of the 110th Congress, we’ve aggregated all the aviation law bills and resolution that were introduced (or at least all we can find).

LEGISLATION

H.R. 1: Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
Status: enacted
Purpose: “To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.”

H.R. 204: Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: “To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a feasibility study for applying airport bubbles as a method of identifying, assessing, and reducing the adverse environmental impacts of airport ground and flight operations and improving the overall quality of the environment, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 313: Serving Economies through Aviation and Technology in the 21st Century (SEAT 21) Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: To promote greater access to air transportation for all persons.

H.R. 314: To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the assurance required of owners and operators of airports with respect to long-term leases for construction of hangars.
Status: introduced

H.R. 461: Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land.”

H.R. 587: Flight 587 Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: To improve the safe operation of aircraft.

H.R. 812: To provide for the conveyance of an A-12 Blackbird aircraft to the Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation
Status: introduced

H.R. 1106: Promotion Responsibility for Our U.S. Aviation Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To amend title 49, United States Code, to restore the mission of the Federal Aviation Administration to promote civil aeronautics.”

H.R. 1125: Freedom to Fly Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: “To modify the age-60 retirement standard for certain pilots, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 1167: No Fly, No Buy Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: “To increase public safety and reduce the threat to domestic security by including persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 1303: Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve air carrier passenger services.

H.R. 1356: Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable, cost-based funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 1413: To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports, and for other purposes.
Status: Passed House

H.R. 1615: Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2007
Status: Passed House
Purpose: “To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 1690: Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act
Status: introduced
Purpose: “To improve airport screening and security.”

H.R. 1981: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to issue regulations establishing security standards for foreign repair stations performing maintenance for aircraft used to provide air transportation.
Status: introduced

H.R. 2103: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60.”

H.R. 2191: Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations.”

H.R. 2215: To provide a reduction in the aggregate greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy consumed by vehicles and aircraft, and for other purposes.
Status: introduced

H.R. 2274: Civil Reserve Air Fleet Missile Defense Pilot Program Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: “To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a missile defense system.”

H.R. 2328: To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain local restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction review program.
Status: introduced

H.R. 2443: Federal Aviation Administration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To amend title 49, United States Code, to suspend the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for the consolidation, deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or colocation of, any air traffic control facility and services of the Administration.”

H.R. 2603: High Threat Helicopter Flight Area Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate high threat helicopter flight areas and to provide special rules for screening of passengers and property to be transported on passenger helicopters operating to or from such areas and for helicopters flights in such areas, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 2673: Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To amend title 49, United States Code, to facilitate the resolution of disputes between the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and employees of the Administration in the course of collective negotiations.”

H.R. 2684: FAA Aviation Safety Research Assessment Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To authorize an independent review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s aviation safety-related research programs, and in particular those programs related to air traffic control and runway safety, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 2698: Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007
Status: Scheduled for Debate
Purpose: To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research and development projects and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2881: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007
Status: Passed House
Purpose: “To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 2912: Transport Aircraft Fuel Tank Safety Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize the proposed rule relating to the reduction of fuel tank flammability exposure, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 3004: Rural Aviation Improvement Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To reform the essential air service program, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 3259: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue rules that designate no-fly zones in the vicinity of certain nuclear power plants, and for other purposes.
Status: introduced

H.R. 3493: To modify the purposes for which the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, may operate the National Flight Academy.
Status: Introduced

H.R. 3539: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007
Status: scheduled for debate
Purpose: H.R. 3539: “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 3633: To provide for export controls of certain items relating to civil aircraft
Status: introduced

H.R. 3540: Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007
Status: Passed House
Purpose: “A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 3925: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order regarding secondary cockpit barriers
Status: Introduced

H.R. 3939: To increase the safety for crew and passengers on an aircraft providing emergency medical services
Status: introduced

H.R. 4191: Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park Designation Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To redesignate Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park in the State of Ohio as “Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park”, and for other purposes.”

H.R. 4199: To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Status: Introduced

H.R. 4336: Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a regulation requiring the installation of a second cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder system that utilizes combination deployable recorder technology in certain commercial passenger aircraft.”

H.R. 4343: Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act
Status: enacted
Purpose: “To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations.”

S. 44: A bill to require disclosure and payment of noncommercial air travel in the Senate
Status: Introduced

S. 65: Freedom to Fly Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: “A bill to modify the age-60 standard for certain pilots and for other purposes.”

S. 67: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft.
Status: introduced

S. 75: Flight 800 Improvement Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “A bill to require the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize the proposed rule relating to the reduction of fuel tank flammability exposure, and for other purposes.”

S. 437: A bill to provide for the conveyance of an A-12 Blackbird aircraft to the Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation
Status: Introduced

S. 509: Aviation Security Improvement Act
Status: Scheduled for debate
Purpose: “A bill to provide improved aviation security, and for other purposes.”

S. 922: A bill to extend the existing provisions regarding the eligibility for essential air service subsidies through fiscal year 2012
Status: Introduced

S. 1076: Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable, cost-based funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.”

S. 1095: Airport Security Enhancement Act of 2007
Status: introduced
Purpose: “A bill to require airports to screen all individuals with access to the secure areas of an airport upon arrival.”

S. 1270: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60.”

S. 1300: Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2007
Status: Scheduled for debate
Purpose: “A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to modernize the air traffic control system, and for other purposes.”

S. 1571: Rural Aviation Improvement Act
Status: Introduced
Purpose: “A bill to reform the essential air service program, and for other purposes.”

S. 1735: A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve dispute resolution provisions related to the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system.
Status: Introduced

S. 1866: A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain local restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction review program.
Status: Introduced

S. 1867: A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a study on the operation of helicopters over Long Island, New York and for other purposes.
Status: Introduced

S. 1934: A bill to extend the existing provisions regarding the eligibility for essential air service subsidies through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Status: introduced

S. 2265: An Act to extend the existing provisions regarding the eligibility for essential air service subsidies through fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
Status: Passed House and Senate

S. 2527: A bill to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds for the Osprey tilt rotor aircraft
Status: introduced

S. 2530: A bill entitled the “Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007″
Status: Introduced

RESOLUTIONS

H. Res. 84: Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Glenn Curtiss’s achievement of record-breaking speed and his contributions to the motorcycle and aircraft industries.
Status: Introduced

H. Res. 92: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to clarify and make corrections to the House ban on air travel
Status: introduced

H. Res. 286: Expressing that the House of Representatives supports the goals and ideals of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum and requests the President issue a proclamation recognizing the 1940 Air Terminal Museum as the “National Museum of Civil Aviation”.
Status: Introduced

H. Res. 444: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, honoring the invaluable contributions of Charles Edward Taylor, regarded as the father of aviation maintenance, and recognizing the essential role of aviation maintenance technicians in ensuring the safety and security of civil and military aircraft.
Status: Scheduled for debate

H. Res. 661: Honoring the accomplishments of Barrington Antonio Irving, the youngest pilot and first person of African descent ever to fly solo around the world.
Status: Passed House

H. Res. 664: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2881) to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.
Status: passed House