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Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-2626| House 
| Updated: 4/14/2023
Jill N. Tokuda

Jill N. Tokuda

Democratic Representative

Hawaii

Cosponsors (1)
Ed Case (Democratic)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Aviation Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update safety standards for commercial air tour operators (i.e., sightseeing airplane and helicopter flights). Within three years of the bill's enactment, all commercial air tour operators, with exceptions, must hold an air carrier certificate or commercial operator certificate. The FAA must implement procedures to improve the process for obtaining these certificates. The FAA must also issue regulations requiring commercial air tour operators and other specified operators to implement appropriate safety management systems. This is a formal, organization-wide approach to safety risk that includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies. The FAA must issue new or revised regulations requiring that all certificated commercial air tour operators incorporate into their training programs avoidance training for controlled flight into terrain and in-flight loss of control. The FAA must also convene aviation rulemaking committees and, within three years of the bill's enactment, issue final regulations establishing a performance-based standard for flight data monitoring for all commercial air tour operators, requiring all commercial air tour operators to install flight data recording devices and implement a flight data monitoring program, establishing methods to provide effective traffic avoidance in identified high-traffic tour areas (e.g., requiring air tour operators to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology), and governing specified issues related to sports parachute operations conducted in the United States.
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Timeline
Mar 29, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-1032
Introduced in Senate
Apr 13, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 13, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 14, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  • March 29, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-1032
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 13, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • April 13, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • April 14, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Transportation and Public Works

Related Bills

  • S 118-1032: Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023
  • S 118-1939: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-2626| House 
| Updated: 4/14/2023
Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update safety standards for commercial air tour operators (i.e., sightseeing airplane and helicopter flights). Within three years of the bill's enactment, all commercial air tour operators, with exceptions, must hold an air carrier certificate or commercial operator certificate. The FAA must implement procedures to improve the process for obtaining these certificates. The FAA must also issue regulations requiring commercial air tour operators and other specified operators to implement appropriate safety management systems. This is a formal, organization-wide approach to safety risk that includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies. The FAA must issue new or revised regulations requiring that all certificated commercial air tour operators incorporate into their training programs avoidance training for controlled flight into terrain and in-flight loss of control. The FAA must also convene aviation rulemaking committees and, within three years of the bill's enactment, issue final regulations establishing a performance-based standard for flight data monitoring for all commercial air tour operators, requiring all commercial air tour operators to install flight data recording devices and implement a flight data monitoring program, establishing methods to provide effective traffic avoidance in identified high-traffic tour areas (e.g., requiring air tour operators to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology), and governing specified issues related to sports parachute operations conducted in the United States.
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Timeline
Mar 29, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-1032
Introduced in Senate
Apr 13, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 13, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 14, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  • March 29, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-1032
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 13, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • April 13, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • April 14, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jill N. Tokuda

Jill N. Tokuda

Democratic Representative

Hawaii

Cosponsors (1)
Ed Case (Democratic)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Aviation Subcommittee

Transportation and Public Works

Related Bills

  • S 118-1032: Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023
  • S 118-1939: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted