,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf1     
#bjag,mr4 ,inhofe 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,king1 and ,mr4 ,rounds7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
liability protection for volunteer      
pilots who fly for the public benefit1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,volunteer ,pilot ,protection ,act of   
#bjag4  #b4 ,findings and purposes  7a7 
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,many volunteer pilots fly for   
the public benefit for nonprofit        
organizations and provide valuable      
services to communities and individuals 
in need4  7#b7 ,in each calendar year   
volunteer pilots and the nonprofit      
organizations those pilots fly for      
provide long-distance1 no-cost          
transportation for tens of thousands of 
people during times of special need4    

,flights provide patient and medical    
transport1 disaster relief1 and         
humanitarian assistance1 and conduct    
other charitable missions that benefit  
the public4  7#c7 ,such nonprofit       
organizations have supported the        
homeland security of the ,united ,states
 by providing volunteer pilot services  
during and following disasters and      
during other times of national          
emergency4  7#d7 ,most other kinds of   
volunteers are protected from liability 
by the ,volunteer ,protection ,act of   
#aiig 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adeja et seq471   
but volunteer pilots are not4  7b7      
,purposes ,the purposes of this ,act are
 to amend the ,volunteer ,protection    
,act of #aiig-- 7#a7 to extend the      
protection of that ,act to volunteer    
pilots2  7#b7 to promote the activities 
of volunteer pilots and the nonprofit   
organizations those pilots fly for in   
providing flights for the public        
benefit2 and  7#c7 to sustain and       
enhance the availability of the services

 that such pilots and nonprofit         
organizations provide1 including--  7,a7
 transportation at no cost to           
financially needy medical patients for  
medical treatment1 evaluation1 and      
diagnosis2  7,b7 flights for            
humanitarian and charitable purposes2   
and  7,c7 other flights of compassion4  
#c4 ,liability protection for volunteer 
pilots who fly for the public benefit   
,section #d of the ,volunteer           
,protection ,act of #aiig 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #adejc7 is amended-- 7#a7 by           
redesignating subsections 7b7 through   
7f7 as subsections 7c7 through 7g71     
respectively2  7#b7 in subsection 7a71  
by striking subsections 7b7 and 7d7 and 
inserting subsections 7b71 7c71 and 7e72
  7#c7 by inserting after subsection 7a7
 the following3  7b7 ,liability         
protection for pilots that fly for      
public benefit ,except as provided in   
subsections 7c7 and 7e71 no volunteer of
 a volunteer pilot nonprofit            
organization that arranges flights for  

public benefit shall be liable for harm 
caused by an act or omission of the     
volunteer on behalf of the organization 
if1 at the time of the act or omission1 
the volunteer--  7#a7 was operating an  
aircraft in furtherance of the purpose  
of1 and acting within the scope of the  
volunteer's responsibilities on behalf  
of1 the nonprofit organization2  7#b7   
was properly licensed and insured for   
the operation of the aircraft2  7#c7 was
 in compliance with all requirements of 
the ,federal ,aviation ,administration  
for recent flight experience2 and  7#d7 
did not cause the harm through willful  
or criminal misconduct1 gross           
negligence1 reckless misconduct1 or a   
conscious1 flagrant indifference to the 
rights or safety of the individual      
harmed by the volunteer4  2 and  7#d7 in
 subsection 7g77#b71 as redesignated1 by
 striking 7e7 and inserting 7f74