small airplane revitalization act of 2013

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In the Senate of the United States,October 4, 2013.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-tives (H.R. 1848) entitled An Act to ensure that the Fed-

eral Aviation Administration advances the safety of small air-

planes, and the continued development of the general aviation

industry, and for other purposes., do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.1

This Act may be cited as the Small Airplane Revital-2

ization Act of 2013.3

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.4

Congress makes the following findings:5

(1) A healthy small aircraft industry is integral6

to economic growth and to maintaining an effective7

transportation infrastructure for communities and8

countries around the world.9


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(2) Small airplanes comprise nearly 90 percent1

of general aviation aircraft certified by the Federal2

Aviation Administration.3

(3) General aviation provides for the cultivation4

of a workforce of engineers, manufacturing and main-5

tenance professionals, and pilots who secure the eco-6

nomic success and defense of the United States.7

(4) General aviation contributes to well-paying8

jobs in the manufacturing and technology sectors in9

the United States and products produced by those sec-10

tors are exported in great numbers.11

(5) Technology developed and proven in general12

aviation aids in the success and safety of all sectors13

of aviation and scientific competence.14

(6) The average small airplane in the United15

States is now 40 years old and the regulatory barriers16

to bringing new designs to the market are resulting17

in a lack of innovation and investment in small air-18

plane design.19

(7) Since 2003, the United States lost 10,000 ac-20

tive private pilots per year on average, partially due21

to a lack of cost-effective, new small airplanes.22

(8) General aviation safety can be improved by23

modernizing and revamping the regulations relating24

to small airplanes to clear the path for technology25


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make that intellectual property available on a1

nondiscriminatory, royalty-free, or reasonable2

royalty basis to all interested persons.3

(B) ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED.An orga-4

nization described in this subparagraph is a do-5

mestic or international organization that6

(i) plans, develops, establishes, or co-7

ordinates, through a process based on con-8

sensus and using agreed-upon procedures,9

voluntary standards; and10

(ii) operates in a transparent manner,11

considers a balanced set of interests with re-12

spect to such standards, and provides for13

due process and an appeals process with re-14

spect to such standards.15

(2) PART 23.The term part 23 means part16

23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.17

(3) PART 23 REORGANIZATION AVIATION RULE-18

MAKING COMMITTEE.The term Part 23 Reorga-19

nization Aviation Rulemaking Committee means the20

aviation rulemaking committee established by the21

Federal Aviation Administration in August 2011 to22

consider the reorganization of the regulations under23

part 23.24


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(4) SMALL AIRPLANE.The term small air-1

plane means an airplane which is certified to part2

23 standards.3

Attest:

Secretary.


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