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H.R. 1848 — what changed

Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013

From Referred in Senate to Enrolled Bill. 2 sections amended and 1 removed between Referred in Senate and Enrolled Bill.

Sec. 2 Findings

changed Congress finds makes the following:following findings:

(1)
changed A healthy small aircraft industry is integral to economic growth and to maintaining an effective transportation infrastructure for communities and nations countries around the world.
(2)
changed Small aircraft airplanes comprise nearly 90 percent of FAA type certified general aviation aircraft.aircraft certified by the Federal Aviation Administration.
(3)
changed General aviation provides for the cultivation of a workforce of engineers, manufacturing and maintenance professionals, and pilots, pilots who secure the Nation’s economic success and defense.defense of the United States.
(4)
changed General aviation contributes to well-paying jobs in the manufacturing and technology jobs sectors in the United States, States and these products produced by those sectors are exported in great numbers, providing a positive trade balance.numbers.
(5)
Technology developed and proven in general aviation aids in the success and safety of all sectors of aviation and scientific competence.
(6)
changed The average small airplane in the United States is now 40 years old and the regulatory barriers to bringing new designs to the market are resulting in a lack of innovation and investment in small airplane design.
(7)
changed Over the past decade, Since 2003, the United States has typically lost 10,000 active private pilots per year, year on average, partially due to a lack of cost-effective, new small airplanes.
(8)
changed General aviation safety can be improved by modernizing and revamping the regulations for this sector relating to small airplanes to clear the path for technology adoption and cost-effective means to retrofit the existing fleet with new safety technologies.

Sec. 3 Safety and regulatory improvements for general aviation

(a)
changed Establishment of FAA safety and regulatory improvements for general aviation—In general— The Administrator shall advance Not later than December 15, 2015, the safety and continued development Administrator of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification requirements applicable to small airplanes to streamline the approval of safety advancements.Federal Aviation Administration shall issue a final rule—
(1)
added to advance the safety and continued development of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification requirements for such airplanes under part 23 to streamline the approval of safety advancements; and
(2)
added that meets the objectives described in subsection (b).
(b)
changed Regulations—Objectives described— The Administrator shall issue a final rule objectives described in this subsection are based on the FAA’s recommendations of the Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee (established in August 2011) by December 31, 2015. The final rule shall meet the following objectives of the Part 23 Committee:
(1)
changed Create The establishment of a regulatory regime for small airplanes that will improve safety and decrease certification costs.reduce the regulatory cost burden for the Federal Aviation Administration and the aviation industry.
(2)
changed Set The establishment of broad, outcome-driven safety objectives that will spur innovation and technology adoption.
(3)
changed Replace The replacement of current, prescriptive requirements contained in FAA rules under part 23 with performance-based regulations.
(4)
changed Use FAA-accepted The use of consensus standards accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration to clarify how the part 23 safety objectives of part 23 may be met by using specific designs and technologies.
(c)
changed Consensus-Based standards— The In prescribing regulations under this section, the Administrator shall use acceptable consensus-based standards whenever possible consensus standards, as described in the spirit section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 3701 272 note), to the extent practicable while continuing traditional methods for meeting part 23.
(d)
Safety cooperation— The Administrator shall lead the effort to improve general aviation safety by working with leading aviation regulators to assist them in adopting a complementary regulatory approach for small airplanes.
(e)
added Definitions— In this section:
(1)
added Consensus standards—
(A)
added In general— The term consensus standards means standards developed by an organization described in subparagraph (B) that may include provisions requiring that owners of relevant intellectual property have agreed to make that intellectual property available on a nondiscriminatory, royalty-free, or reasonable royalty basis to all interested persons.
(B)
added Organizations described— An organization described in this subparagraph is a domestic or international organization that—
(i)
added plans, develops, establishes, or coordinates, through a process based on consensus and using agreed-upon procedures, voluntary standards; and
(ii)
added operates in a transparent manner, considers a balanced set of interests with respect to such standards, and provides for due process and an appeals process with respect to such standards.
(2)
added Part 23— The term part 23 means part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
(3)
added Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee— The term Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee means the aviation rulemaking committee established by the Federal Aviation Administration in August 2011 to consider the reorganization of the regulations under part 23.
(4)
added Small airplane— The term small airplane means an airplane which is certified to part 23 standards.

Sec. 4 Definitions

removed

removed In this Act, the following definitions apply:

(1)
removed Administrator— The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2)
removed Consensus standards— The term “consensus standards” means standards developed by voluntary organizations which plan, develop, establish, or coordinate voluntary standards using agreed-upon procedures, both domestic and international. These standards include provisions requiring that owners of relevant intellectual property agree to make that intellectual property available on a nondiscriminatory, royalty-free or reasonable-royalty basis to all interested parties. These bodies have the attributes of openness, balance of interest, due process, an appeals process, and consensus.
(3)
removed FAA— The term “FAA” means the Federal Aviation Administration.
(4)
removed General aviation— The term “general aviation” means all aviation activities other than scheduled commercial airline operations and military aviation.
(5)
removed Part 23— The term “part 23” means part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
(6)
removed Small airplane— The term “small airplane” means FAA type certificated airplanes that meet the parameters of part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.