AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) for AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

1. H.R. 933, Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013: aviation-related appropriations for the Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation. 2. H. Con. Res. 25, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023: aviation-related funding for federal departments and agencies.3. H.R. 182, Safe Skies Act of 2013: modification of FAA final rule concerning flight-crewmember duty and rest requirements. 4. H.R. 5855 and S. 3216: FY 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: aviation-related funding for Customs and Border Protection, and the Transportation Security Administration. In addition to contacts associated with the legislation described above: Air cargo entry and export facilitation issues Aircraft export subsidization issues Airport and air traffic control operational and infrastructure issues (including modernization issues, such as NextGen) Alternative aviation fuels Aviation safety issues (including data collection and analysis programs) Commercial aircraft engineering, flight and ground operations and maintenance issues Customs and Border Protection aviation-related issues (including CBP resource issues and the Global Entry Program) Department of Transportation (DOT) data modernization DOT passenger protection regulations Energy issues, including pipeline transportation regulation issues Environmental issues (including aircraft emissions and noise issues, and airport-related issues) European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot flight and duty time rule FAA pilot qualifications rule Federal income and excise tax issues Global distribution system issues Hazardous materials issues International air service rights, operational and tax issues (including U.S. Government bilateral air service agreement negotiations) Passenger processing and user fee issues (domestic and international) Transportation Security Administration aviation-related issues (including air carrier security programs, and the PreCheck, Known Crewmember and Known Shipper Programs)

Foreign entity interest: Air Canada, which is an associate member of Airlines for America, is interested in the legislative and other issues described in this report to the extent that they affect its operations to and from the United States.

Contacted: Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: S. 3216 (113th), H.R. 182 (113th), H.R. 933 (113th), H.Con.Res. 25 (113th), H.R. 5855 (113th)