Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee on
H.R. 2115 - Flight 100 - Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act

RULE TO PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R.2143, AND AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

(in alphabetical order)

Carson (IN) #9
Increases number of slots to Ronald Reagan National Airport from 24 to 28 and would require that additional slots be awarded to ?new entrant carriers.?

Conyers #14
Preserves current industry practice with respect to the collection of Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs) by repealing the requirements outlined in Section 407 of the bill.

Gibbons #8
Provides that the Administrator of the FAA cannot refuse to issue or renew a pilot?s airman certificate based solely on age if the pilot is 64 years of age or younger. Applies only to pilots who are under the age of 60 at the time of enactment.

Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX) #3
Establishes an Airport Cooperative Research Program to identify and sponsor research on problems that are shared by airport operating agencies and can be solved through applied research.

Manzullo #5
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit to Congress, within 90 days of enactment of the bill, a report on waivers granted under the FAA ? Buy-American Preferences? provisions. The report shall, at minimum, include a list of all waivers granted pertaining to that section, the specific authority under such section for granting the waiver and the rationale for granting the waiver.

Matheson #17
Eliminates Section 409, subsection (b) which nullifies the current FAA regulation. Establishes a curfew for air tour overflights at the Grand Canyon National Park and expands the hours that air tour operations can fly over the park any time between one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset.

Mica #10
Allows a foreign airline to carry passengers on a route within the U.S. if: no U.S. airline serves the route; at least one of the airports serving the route is a small one; the foreign airline provides notice to DOT 60 days prior to starting service on the route; no U.S. airline begins service on the route within the 60 day period; the cockpit and cabin crew of the foreign aircraft involved are citizens of the U.S.; and the foreign aircraft complies with all the safety and security rules that would have applied if that flight had been operated by a U.S. airline.

Mica #11
Manager's Amendment. Allows the Department of Transportation to request information from the Department of Homeland Security in order to help prepare its monthly report on passenger complaints about screening. Directs FAA to publish its policy on the use of passenger facility charge revenue for ground access projects. Prohibits air tour flights from evening to dawn over certain portions of the Grand Canyon. Allows DOT to issue the 6 slots for service from Reagan National to a small airport to an airline that is not a new entrant. Allows 76 seat regional jets to qualify for the commuter aircraft slots at Reagan National. Requires small communities close to hubs to pay their local share from any source other than airport revenue. Allows DOT to increase the subsidy to a commuter serving a small community if that commuter is experiencing significantly increased costs. Allows an airline to begin service to a small community that used to have subsidized essential air service without being subject to many of the regulatory requirements of the essential air service program. Revises the provision requiring aircraft manufacturers to make maintenance manuals available to aircraft repair stations in order to accommodate concerns expressed by the manufacturers. Requires FAA to issue rules on Stage 4 noise standards by July 1, 2004. Revisions provisions on crew training to make clear that hands-on anti-hijacking training for flight attendants is voluntary and the airlines are not required to pay for it or to pay flight attendants for the time they spend if they choose to take it. Directs GAO to study how airlines were compensated after 9/11, especially whether they should be compensated for the devaluation of their aircraft. Directs FAA to study whether certain aircraft operations in Alaska can be performed under Part 91 of FAA rules.

Moran (VA) #6
Strikes portions of Section 412 that increase the number of slots for Ronald Reagan National Airport. Preserves current law.

Moran (VA) #7
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop a plan to restore general air service at National Airport and present the plan to Congress within 6 months of the date of enactment.

Moran (KS) #18
Requires that the Administrator of the FAA continue current regulatory requirements that a design approval holder furnish a set of complete instructions for airworthiness to the owners of each type fo aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller. Requires the Administrator review the meaning of several current terms in current regulation pertaining to the requirement and determine whether it is necessary for a new rule making process. (LATE)

Norton #1
Repeals section 49108 of Title 49, which requires the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to appear before Congress before September 30, 2004 in order for the Secretary of Transportation to approve an application of MWAA for an airport development project grant or to impose a passenger facility fee.

Peterson (PA)/McHugh/Shuster #13
Strikes the local share requirement for Essential Air Service communities less than 75 miles from a small hub or less than 170 miles from a medium or large hub.

Pitts #4
Provides the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the Governor, or his designee of the State in which the airport in question is located as to the most commonly used highway route between that airport and the nearest large or medium hub airport. In addition, after consultation with the Governor, the Secretary shall establish a regulation providing for a consistent standard for calculating the most commonly used route.

Rogers (MI) #12
Would extend the prohibition on air traffic control privatization to automated flight service stations.

Thomas #2
Extends the general expenditure authority and purposes of the Trust Fund contained in section 9502(d) through September 30, 2007. In addition, it would conform the Trust Fund purposes under section 9502(d) with those contained in H.R. 2115.

Waters #15
Prohibits federal grants and the imposition of passenger fees to fund the construction of projects to expand LAX, including the construction of a remote passenger check-in facility at LAX.

Waters #16
Prohibits the construction of projects to expand LAX, including the construction of a remote passenger check-in facility at LAX.

* Summaries derived from information submitted by the amendment sponsors.