HR 4424 · 99th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to review minimum standards governing aircraft safety and revise such standards as necessary to ensure aviation safety, to increase civil penalties for violations of aviation safety regulations, and to state the sense of Congress that all aircraft in the domestic fleet should be reinspected and recertified.

Introduced 1986-03-17· Sponsored by Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-14]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation.(1986-04-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to review (and revise if necessary) the minimum safety standards governing commercial aircraft. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to increase from $1,000 to $10,000 the civil penalty for certain safety violations of such Act or of its regulations by persons operating aircraft for the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire. Provides a civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction of structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that each aircraft operated in domestic or foreign air transportation should be reinspected and recertified under such Act to ensure flight safety.…

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Cosponsors (15)

12 Democrats3 Republicans