HR 911 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017

Introduced Feb 7, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA

Latest action · Feb 8, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.

"Covered aircraft" is defined as a commercial aircraft: (1) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats, and (2) with a maximum gross takeoff weight of more than 75,000 pounds.

Cosponsors 86

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2017 to Jun 12, 2018; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-IA	Rod Blum	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	Feb 7, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Feb 7, 2017
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 10, 2017
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Mar 10, 2017
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Mar 10, 2017
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Mar 10, 2017
D-NV	Jacky Rosen		Mar 10, 2017
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 10, 2017
R-NE	Don Bacon		Mar 15, 2017
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 27, 2017
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Apr 4, 2017
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		May 11, 2017
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 11, 2017
R-WV	David B. McKinley		May 11, 2017
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jun 2, 2017
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 2, 2017
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jun 2, 2017
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Jun 6, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jun 15, 2017
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jun 15, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jun 20, 2017
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Jun 20, 2017
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Jun 21, 2017
D-CO	Jared Polis		Jun 23, 2017
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 29, 2017
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jul 11, 2017
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jul 11, 2017
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jul 11, 2017
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jul 12, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 12, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jul 17, 2017
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 18, 2017
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jul 19, 2017
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jul 19, 2017
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jul 19, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 19, 2017
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Sep 13, 2017
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Sep 18, 2017
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 18, 2017
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 18, 2017
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Sep 18, 2017
D-NV	Ruben J. Kihuen		Sep 18, 2017
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jan 19, 2018
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jan 19, 2018
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Feb 26, 2018
R-OK	Tom Cole		Feb 27, 2018
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 5, 2018
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 6, 2018
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Mar 6, 2018
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Mar 7, 2018
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 7, 2018
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Mar 7, 2018
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Mar 9, 2018
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Mar 9, 2018
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Mar 9, 2018
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 13, 2018
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Mar 13, 2018
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 13, 2018
R-TX	Roger Williams		Mar 13, 2018
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Mar 26, 2018
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 10, 2018
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Apr 10, 2018
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Apr 10, 2018
R-NC	David Rouzer		Apr 17, 2018
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Apr 23, 2018
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 15, 2018
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jun 12, 2018

Committees 1

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 Feb 7, 2017
	Aviation Subcommittee	Referred Feb 8, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 8, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House
Feb 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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 I, Section 8, Clause 1

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 21, February 7, 2017, page H1084.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 115-18	BUILDING A 21ST-CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AMERICA: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION82 pages	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Jun 8, 2017

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IF12435	Secondary Cockpit Barriers for Airline Aircraft	Resource	Aug 1, 2024
R45082	Security of Air Cargo Shipments, Operations, and Facilities Archived	Report	Jan 24, 2018

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 911	Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017	Identical bill	Apr 7, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order with respect to secondary cockpit barriers, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House

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