Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 30, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and submit to Congress: (1) a strategic runway safety plan; as well as (2) a plan and schedule for installation and deployment of systems to alert air traffic controllers and flight crews of potential runway incursions at commercial airports and general aviation airports that are most at risk of such incursions.
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to review and report annually to Congress on the installation of each advanced surface movement system funded by the Administrator.
Authorizes appropriations for the purchase and installation of certain runway incursion avoidance systems.
Directs the Administrator to: (1) review runway and taxiway lighting (both at daytime and nighttime) and markings at certain airports for compliance with FAA standards; (2) identify runways on which nonstandard lighting and markings may contribute, or may have contributed, to operational errors or incidents; and (3) submit such review to Congress along with a plan for remedying variance in lighting conditions and markings at nonstandard runways.
Directs the Administrator to evaluate for Congress the potential for improving safety and accident investigations through the use of systems that monitor and record the status of lighting systems on the movement areas of, or that are critical to the safe operations at, certain airports.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) initiate a rulemaking to revise federal aircraft rescue and firefighting standards to improve the protection of the public from fires and hazardous materials incidents; (2) collect data on aircraft runway overruns that do not result in fatalities or property damage; and (3) report to Congress on potential safety risks identified by such data, including actions taken by airports and the FAA to reduce those risks.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve airport runway safety, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Accident prevention
- Administrative procedure
- Air traffic
- Airports
- Aviation safety
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Transportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to transportation
- Fire prevention
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Infrastructure
- Law
- Lighting
- Navigation (Aeronautics)
- Private aviation
- Rescue work
- Standards
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2008Introduced in Senate
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