Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 6, 2015 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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2015
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require all commercial passenger aircraft ordered by an air carrier on or after January 1, 2017, to be equipped with a deployable recorder system as the second combination FDR/CVR recorder system installed under International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight recorder standards.
Defines: (1) "commercial passenger aircraft" to mean a jet aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass over 15,000 kilograms that is required to be equipped with two combination recorder systems in accordance with ICAO requirements; and (2) "deployable recorder system" to mean a flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder, and emergency locator transmitter housed in one crash protected, floatable unit that meets the performance specifications under specified standards of the FAA and the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2015 to Jun 9, 2015, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 9, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Feb 5, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2015Introduced in House
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