US Congress House Bill 3708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 137-27)
Status: Introduced on December 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-12-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue or revise FAA medical certification regulations to ensure that an individual may operate as a pilot of a covered aircraft without regard to any medical certification or proof of health requirement otherwise applicable under federal law if the flight meets certain criteria and the individual: (1) possesses a valid state driver's license, (2) complies with applicable medical requirements associated with that license, (3) is transporting five or fewer passengers, and (4) is operating under visual flight rules. Defines "covered aircraft" as an aircraft that: (1) is not authorized under federal law to carry more than six occupants, and (2) has a maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 6,000 pounds.

General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013

Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]
Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]
Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2013-12-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

SB2103 (Related) 2014-03-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3708/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3708/BILLS-113hr3708ih.pdf