,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #aji #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ahdh ,report ,no4 #aac-aea ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #g1 #bjac ,mr4 ,pompeo 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 and ,mr4 ,rokita7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,transportation and ,infrastructure ,july #af1 #bjac ,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4 ,petri1 ,mr4 ,barrow of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,jenkins1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,huelskamp1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,radel1 ,mr4 ,meehan1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,massie1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,campbell1 ,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,owens1 ,mr4 ,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,coble1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,schock1 and ,mrs4 ,bustos ,july #af1 #bjac ,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed ,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,may #g1 #bjac ,a ,,bill ,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 purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,small ,airplane ,revitalization ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,a healthy small aircraft industry is integral to economic growth and to maintaining an effective transportation infrastructure for communities and nations around the world4 7#b7 ,small aircraft comprise nearly #ij percent of ,,faa type certified general aviation aircraft4 7#c7 ,general aviation provides for the cultivation of a workforce of engineers1 manufacturing and maintenance professionals1 and pilots1 who secure the ,nation's economic success and defense4 7#d7 ,general aviation contributes to well-paying manufacturing and technology jobs in the ,united ,states1 and these products are exported in great numbers1 providing a positive trade balance4 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 market are resulting in a lack of innovation and investment in small airplane design4 7#g7 ,over the past decade1 the ,united ,states has typically lost #aj1jjj active private pilots per year1 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 for this sector to clear the path for technology adoption and cost-effective means to retrofit the existing fleet with new safety technologies4 #c4 ,,faa safety and regulatory improvements for general aviation 7a7 ,establishment of ,,faa safety and regulatory improvements for general aviation ,the ,administrator shall advance the safety and continued development of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification requirements applicable to small airplanes to streamline the approval of safety advancements4 7b7 ,regulations ,the ,administrator shall issue a final rule based on the ,,faa's ,part #bc ,reorganization ,aviation ,rulemaking ,committee 7established in ,august #bjaa7 by ,december #ca1 #bjae4 ,the final rule shall meet the following objectives of the ,part #bc ,committee3 7#a7 ,create a regulatory regime for small airplanes that will improve safety and decrease certification costs4 7#b7 ,set broad1 outcome-driven safety objectives that will spur innovation and technology adoption4 7#c7 ,replace current1 prescriptive requirements contained in ,,faa rules with performance-based regulations4 7#d7 ,use ,,faa-accepted consensus standards to clarify how the part #bc safety objectives may be met by specific designs and technologies4 7c7 ,consensus-,based standards ,the ,administrator shall use acceptable consensus-based standards whenever possible in the spirit of the ,national ,technology ,transfer and ,advancement ,act of #aiif 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cgja note71 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 #d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act1 the following definitions apply3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the term ,administrator means the ,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation ,administration4 7#b7 ,consensus standards ,the term consensus standards means standards developed by voluntary organizations which plan1 develop1 establish1 or coordinate voluntary standards using agreed-upon procedures1 both domestic and international4 ,these standards include provisions requiring that owners of relevant intellectual property agree to make that intellectual property available on a nondiscriminatory1 royalty-free or reasonable-royalty basis to all interested parties4 ,these bodies have the attributes of openness1 balance of interest1 due process1 an appeals process1 and consensus4 7#c7 ,,faa ,the term ,,faa means the ,federal ,aviation ,administration4 7#d7 ,general aviation ,the term general aviation means all aviation activities other than scheduled commercial airline operations and military aviation4 7#e7 ,part #bc ,the term part #bc means part #bc of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations4 7#f7 ,small airplane ,the term small airplane means ,,faa type certificated airplanes that meet the parameters of part #bc of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations4 ,july #af1 #bjac ,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed