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Union Calendar No. 72
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2115
[Report No. 108-143]
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the
Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2003
Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Oberstar, and Mr.
DeFazio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
June 6, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15,
2003]
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A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the
Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Flight 100--
Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Effective date.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 101. Federal Aviation Administration operations.
Sec. 102. Air navigation facilities and equipment.
Sec. 103. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility
planning and programs.
Sec. 104. Additional reauthorizations.
Sec. 105. Insurance.
Sec. 106. Pilot program for innovative financing for terminal
automation replacement systems.
TITLE II--AIRPORT PROJECT STREAMLINING
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings.
Sec. 203. Promotion of new runways.
Sec. 204. Airport project streamlining.
Sec. 205. Governor's certificate.
Sec. 206. Construction of certain airport capacity projects.
Sec. 207. Limitations.
Sec. 208. Relationship to other requirements.
TITLE III--FEDERAL AVIATION REFORM
Sec. 301. Management advisory committee members.
Sec. 302. Reorganization of the Air Traffic Services Subcommittee.
Sec. 303. Clarification of the responsibilities of the Chief Operating
Officer.
Sec. 304. Small Business Ombudsman.
Sec. 305. FAA purchase cards.
TITLE IV--AIRLINE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 401. Improvement of aviation information collection.
Sec. 402. Data on incidents and complaints involving passenger and
baggage security screening.
Sec. 403. Definitions.
Sec. 404. Clarifications to procurement authority.
Sec. 405. Low-emission airport vehicles and ground support equipment.
Sec. 406. Streamlining of the passenger facility fee program.
Sec. 407. Financial management of passenger facility fees.
Sec. 408. Government contracting for air transportation.
Sec. 409. Overflights of national parks.
Sec. 410. Collaborative decisionmaking pilot program.
Sec. 411. Availability of aircraft accident site information.
Sec. 412. Slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Sec. 413. Notice concerning aircraft assembly.
Sec. 414. Special rule to promote air service to small communities.
Sec. 415. Small community air service.
Sec. 416. Type certificates.
Sec. 417. Design organization certificates.
Sec. 418. Counterfeit or fraudulently represented parts violations.
Sec. 419. Runway safety standards.
Sec. 420. Availability of maintenance information.
Sec. 421. Certificate actions in response to a security threat.
Sec. 422. Flight attendant certification.
Sec. 423. Civil penalty for closure of an airport without providing
sufficient notice.
Sec. 424. Noise exposure maps.
Sec. 425. Amendment of general fee schedule provision.
Sec. 426. Improvement of curriculum standards for aviation maintenance
technicians.
Sec. 427. Task force on future of air transportation system.
Sec. 428. Air quality in aircraft cabins.
Sec. 429. Recommendations concerning travel agents.
Sec. 430. Task force on enhanced transfer of applications of technology
for military aircraft to civilian aircraft.
Sec. 431. Reimbursement for losses incurred by general aviation
entities.
Sec. 432. Impasse procedures for National Association of Air Traffic
Specialists.
Sec. 433. FAA inspector training.
Sec. 434. Prohibition on air traffic control privatization.
Sec. 435. Airfares for members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 436. Air carriers required to honor tickets for suspended air
service.
Sec. 437. International air show.
Sec. 438. Definition of air traffic controller.
Sec. 439. Justification for air defense identification zone.
Sec. 440. International air transportation.
Sec. 441. Reimbursement of air carriers for certain screening and
related activities.
Sec. 442. General aviation flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport.
TITLE V--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 501. Definitions.
Sec. 502. Replacement of baggage conveyor systems.
Sec. 503. Security costs at small airports.
Sec. 504. Withholding of program application approval.
Sec. 505. Runway safety areas.
Sec. 506. Disposition of land acquired for noise compatibility
purposes.
Sec. 507. Grant assurances.
Sec. 508. Allowable project costs.
Sec. 509. Apportionments to primary airports.
Sec. 510. Cargo airports.
Sec. 511. Considerations in making discretionary grants.
Sec. 512. Flexible funding for nonprimary airport apportionments.
Sec. 513. Use of apportioned amounts.
Sec. 514. Military airport program.
Sec. 515. Terminal development costs.
Sec. 516. Contract towers.
Sec. 517. Airport safety data collection.
Sec. 518. Airport privatization pilot program.
Sec. 519. Innovative financing techniques.
Sec. 520. Airport security program.
Sec. 521. Low-emission airport vehicles and infrastructure.
Sec. 522. Compatible land use planning and projects by State and local
governments.
Sec. 523. Prohibition on requiring airports to provide rent-free space
for Federal Aviation Administration.
Sec. 524. Midway Island Airport.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a
repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be
considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 49,
United States Code.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Act and the amendments
made by this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment of this
Act.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 101. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 106(k) is amended to read as follows:
``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) Salaries, operations, and maintenance.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Transportation for salaries, operations, and maintenance of the
Administration--
``(A) $7,591,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
``(B) $7,732,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(C) $7,889,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
``(D) $8,064,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.
``(2) Operation of center for management and development.--
Out of amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), such sums as
may be necessary may be expended by the Center for Management
Development of the Federal Aviation Administration to operate
at least 200 courses each year and to support associated
student travel for both residential and field courses.
``(3) Air traffic management system.--Out of amounts
appropriated under paragraph (1), such sums as may be necessary
may be expended by the Federal Aviation Administration for the
establishment and operation of a new office to develop, in
coordination with the Department of Defense, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of
Homeland Security, the next generation air traffic management
system and a transition plan for the implementation of that
system. The office shall be known as the `Next Generation Air
Transportation System Joint Program Office'.
``(4) Helicopter and tiltrotor procedures.--Out of amounts
appropriated under paragraph (1), such sums as may be necessary
may be expended by the Federal Aviation Administration for the
establishment of helicopter and tiltrotor approach and
departure procedures using advanced technologies, such as the
Global Positioning System and automatic dependent surveillance,
to permit operations in adverse weather conditions to meet the
needs of air ambulance services.
``(5) Additional air traffic controllers.--Out of amounts
appropriated under paragraph (1), such sums as may be necessary
may be expended to hire additional air traffic controllers in
order to meet increasing air traffic demands and to address the
anticipated increase in the retirement of experienced air
traffic controllers.
``(6) Completion of alaska aviation safety project.--Out of
amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), $6,000,000 may be
expended for the completion of the Alaska aviation safety
project with respect to the 3 dimensional mapping of Alaska's
main aviation corridors.
``(7) Aviation safety reporting system.--Out of amounts
appropriated under paragraph (1), $3,400,000 may be expended on
the Aviation Safety Reporting System.''.
(b) Airline Data and Analysis.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation, out of the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund established by section 9502 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502), $3,971,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$4,045,000 for fiscal year 2005, $4,127,000 for fiscal year 2006, and
$4,219,000 for fiscal year 2007 to gather airline data and conduct
analyses of such data in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the
Department of Transportation.
(c) Human Capital Workforce Strategy.--
(1) Development.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall develop a comprehensive human capital
workforce strategy to determine the most effective method for
addressing the need for more air traffic controllers that is
called for in the June 2002 report of the General Accounting
Office.
(2) Completion date.--The Administrator shall complete
development of the strategy not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which
the strategy is completed, the Administrator shall transmit to
Congress a report describing the strategy.
(d) Goals and Objectives of Aviation Safety Reporting System.--Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report on the long-term
goals and objectives of the Aviation Safety Reporting System and how
such system interrelates with other safety reporting systems of the
Federal Government.
SEC. 102. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
Section 48101 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraphs (1) through
(5) and inserting the following:
``(1) $3,138,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
``(2) $2,993,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(3) $3,053,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
``(4) $3,110,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.'';
(2) by striking subsection (b);
(3) by redesignating (c) as subsection (b);
(4) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and inserting the
following:
``(c) Enhanced Safety and Security for Aircraft Operations in the
Gulf of Mexico.--Of amounts appropriated under subsection (a), such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2004 through 2007 may be used
to expand and improve the safety, efficiency, and security of air
traffic control, navigation, low altitude communications and
surveillance, and weather services in the Gulf of Mexico.
``(d) Operational Benefits of Wake Vortex Advisory System.--Of
amounts appropriated under subsection (a), $20,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2004 through 2007 may be used to document and demonstrate
the operational benefits of a wake vortex advisory system.
``(e) Ground-Based Precision Navigational Aids.--Of amounts
appropriated under subsection (a), $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2004 to 2007 may be used to establish a program for the installation,
operation, and maintenance of a closed-loop precision approach aid
designed to improve aircraft accessibility at mountainous airports with
limited land if the approach aid is able to provide curved and
segmented approach guidance for noise abatement purposes and has been
certified or approved by the Administrator.''; and
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