HR 2644 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Aviation Jobs and Safety Act of 2011

Introduced Jul 26, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Jerry F. Costello D-IL

Latest action · Jul 27, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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.

IntroducedJul 26, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Aviation Jobs and Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through September 30, 2011, increased excise taxes on aviation fuels, the excise tax on air transportation of persons and property, and the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

Extends through September 30, 2011: (1) the authorization of appropriations for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning projects (known as airport improvement projects [AIPs]), and (2) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to make new AIP grants.

Extends until October 1, 2011: (1) the pilot program for passenger facility fee authorizations at non-hub airports, and (2) disclosure requirements for large and medium hub airports applying for AIP grants.

Directs the Secretary to extend through September 30, 2011, the termination date of insurance coverage for domestic or foreign-flag aircraft. Grants the Secretary discretionary authority to further extend such coverage through December 31, 2011. Extends through December 31, 2011, the authority of the Secretary to limit air carrier liability for claims arising out of acts of terrorism.

Extends through September 30, 2011: (1) grant eligibility for airports located in the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau; (2) grants to state and local governments for land use compatibility AIPs; and (3) authority for approving an application of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for an airport development grant or for permission to impose a passenger facility fee.

Amends the Vision 100 - Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act to extend through September 30, 2011: (1) the temporary increase to 95% of the federal government's share of certain AIP costs, and (2) funding for airport development at Midway Island Airport.

Cosponsors 132

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 26, 2011 to Aug 5, 2011; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-NC	Heath Shuler	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz	Original	Jul 26, 2011
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 27, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jul 27, 2011
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	George Miller		Jul 27, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jul 27, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jul 27, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jul 27, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jul 27, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jul 28, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 28, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jul 28, 2011
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jul 28, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Jul 28, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Jul 28, 2011
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jul 28, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 28, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 28, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jul 28, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 28, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jul 28, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 28, 2011
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jul 29, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jul 29, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jul 29, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jul 29, 2011
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jul 29, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jul 29, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jul 29, 2011
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Jul 29, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 29, 2011
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Jul 29, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jul 29, 2011
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Jul 29, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jul 29, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 29, 2011
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 29, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jul 29, 2011
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Jul 29, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 29, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jul 29, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 29, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Aug 1, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Aug 1, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Aug 1, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Aug 1, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Aug 1, 2011
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Aug 1, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		Aug 5, 2011
D-TX	Al Green		Aug 5, 2011
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Aug 5, 2011
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Aug 5, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Aug 5, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Aug 5, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Aug 5, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Aug 5, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Aug 5, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Aug 5, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Aug 5, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Aug 5, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price		Aug 5, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Aug 5, 2011
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Aug 5, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Aug 5, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Aug 5, 2011
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Aug 5, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Aug 5, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Aug 5, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Aug 5, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Aug 5, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Aug 5, 2011
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Aug 5, 2011
D-CT	James A. Himes		Aug 5, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Aug 5, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Aug 5, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Aug 5, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Aug 5, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Aug 5, 2011
D-GA	John Barrow		Aug 5, 2011
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Aug 5, 2011
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Karen Bass		Aug 5, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Aug 5, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Aug 5, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Aug 5, 2011
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Aug 5, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Aug 5, 2011
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Aug 5, 2011
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Aug 5, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind		Aug 5, 2011
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Aug 5, 2011
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Aug 5, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Aug 5, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Aug 5, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Aug 5, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Aug 5, 2011

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jul 26, 2011
	Aviation Subcommittee	Referred Jul 27, 2011
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 26, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 27, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jul 26, 2011Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2011Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1481	Laura Richardson D-CA	Aug 1, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H5617	Corrine Brown D-FL	Jul 27, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H5513–H5515	Corrine Brown D-FL, John L. Mica R-FL, Nick J. Rahall II D-WV	Jul 26, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5580.

Related bills 7

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 340	Airport and Airway Trust Fund Reauthorization Act of 2011	Related bill	Feb 14, 2011
HR 1034	Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011	Related bill	Mar 29, 2011
HR 1079	Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011	Related bill	Mar 31, 2011
S 1387	Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV	Related bill	Jul 21, 2011
HR 1893	Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part II	Related bill	May 31, 2011

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Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Aviation Jobs and Safety Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 26, 2011Introduced in House

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