HR 717 · 106th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1999

Introduced 1999-02-11· Sponsored by Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.(1999-09-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1999 - Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit a commercial air tour operator from conducting commercial air tour operations over a national park (including tribal lands), except in accordance with this Act, conditions prescribed for that operator by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and with any applicable commercial air tour management plan for the park. (Sec. 3) Sets forth specified requirements with respect to: (1) the granting of authority to commercial air tour operators to conduct air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands, with specified exceptions; (2) establishment of commercial air tour management plans; and (3) determination of whether a flight is a commercial air tour operation. Subjects air tour management plans to judicial review. (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of the FAA and the Director of the National Park Service (Director) to establish, jointly, an advisory group to provide continuing advice and counsel with respect to commercial air tours over and near national parks. (Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator of the FAA to report to Congress on the effects overflight fees are like…

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CBO Cost Estimate

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H.R. 717, National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1999

Mar 19, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 11, 1999

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats