,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 ,october #d1 #bjac4 ,amendment3 ,that the bill from the ,house of ,representatives 7,h4,r4 #ahdh7 entitled ,an ,act to ensure that the ,federal ,aviation ,administration advances the safety of small airplanes1 and the continued development of the general aviation industry1 and for other purposes41 do pass with the following ,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert3 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,small ,airplane ,revitalization ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,a healthy small aircraft industry is integral to economic growth and to maintaining an effective transportation infrastructure for communities and countries around the world4 7#b7 ,small airplanes comprise nearly #ij percent of general aviation aircraft certified by the ,federal ,aviation ,administration4 7#c7 ,general aviation provides for the cultivation of a workforce of engineers1 manufacturing and maintenance professionals1 and pilots who secure the economic success and defense of the ,united ,states4 7#d7 ,general aviation contributes to well-paying jobs in the manufacturing and technology sectors in the ,united ,states and products produced by those sectors are exported in great numbers4 7#e7 ,technology developed and proven in general aviation aids in the success and safety of all sectors of aviation and scientific competence4 7#f7 ,the average small airplane in the ,united ,states is now #dj 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 design4 7#g7 ,since #bjjc1 the ,united ,states lost #aj1jjj active private pilots per year on average1 partially due to a lack of cost-effective1 new small airplanes4 7#h7 ,general aviation safety can be improved by modernizing and revamping the regulations relating to small airplanes to clear the path for technology adoption and cost-effective means to retrofit the existing fleet with new safety technologies4 #c4 ,safety and regulatory improvements for general aviation 7a7 ,in general ,not later than ,december #ae1 #bjae1 the ,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation ,administration shall issue a final rule-- 7#a7 to advance the safety and continued development of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification requirements for such airplanes under part #bc to streamline the approval of safety advancements2 and 7#b7 that meets the objectives described in subsection 7b74 7b7 ,objectives described ,the objectives described in this subsection are based on the recommendations of the ,part #bc ,reorganization ,aviation ,rulemaking ,committee3 7#a7 ,the establishment of a regulatory regime for small airplanes that will improve safety and reduce the regulatory cost burden for the ,federal ,aviation ,administration and the aviation industry4 7#b7 ,the establishment of broad1 outcome-driven safety objectives that will spur innovation and technology adoption4 7#c7 ,the replacement of current1 prescriptive requirements under part #bc with performance-based regulations4 7#d7 ,the use of consensus standards accepted by the ,federal ,aviation ,administration to clarify how the safety objectives of part #bc may be met using specific designs and technologies4 7c7 ,consensus-,based standards ,in prescribing regulations under this section1 the ,administrator shall use consensus standards1 as described in section #ab7;d7 of the ,national ,technology ,transfer and ,advancement ,act of #aiif 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bgb note71 to the extent practicable while continuing traditional methods for meeting part #bc4 7d7 ,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 airplanes4 7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,consensus standards 7,a7 ,in general ,the term consensus standards means standards developed by an organization described in subparagraph 7,b7 that may include provisions requiring that owners of relevant intellectual property have agreed to make that intellectual property available on a nondiscriminatory1 royalty-free1 or reasonable royalty basis to all interested persons4 7,b7 ,organizations described ,an organization described in this subparagraph is a domestic or international organization that-- 7i7 plans1 develops1 establishes1 or coordinates1 through a process based on consensus and using agreed-upon procedures1 voluntary standards2 and 7ii7 operates in a transparent manner1 considers a balanced set of interests with respect to such standards1 and provides for due process and an appeals process with respect to such standards4 7#b7 ,part #bc ,the term part #bc means part #bc of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations4 7#c7 ,part #bc ,reorganization ,aviation ,rulemaking ,committee ,the term ,part #bc ,reorganization ,aviation ,rulemaking ,committee means the aviation rulemaking committee established by the ,federal ,aviation ,administration in ,august #bjaa to consider the reorganization of the regulations under part #bc4 7#d7 ,small airplane ,the term small airplane means an airplane which is certified to part #bc standards4 ,secretary