US Congress House Bill 4492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Readiness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sound of Freedom Act This bill states that it shall be Department of Defense (DOD) policy that flyovers of public events in support of community relations activities may only be flown as part of an approved training mission at no additional expense to the federal government. The Adjutant General of a state in which an Army National Guard or Air National Guard unit is based shall be the approval authority for all Air National Guard and Army National Guard flyovers in that state, including any flyover request in any civilian domain at a non-aviation related event. DOD shall maintain records of flyover requests and approvals in a publicly accessible database updated annually. "Flyover" means aviation support: in which a straight and level flight limited to one pass by a single military aircraft, or by a single formation of four or fewer military aircraft of the same type, from the same military department over a predetermined point on the ground at a specific time; that does not involve aerobatics or demonstrations; and that uses bank angles of up to 90 degrees if required to improve spectator visibility of the aircraft.

Sound of Freedom Act

Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]

Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2016-02-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2016-02-08	House	Introduced in House

HB4909 (Related) 2016-05-26 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4492/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4492/BILLS-114hr4492ih.pdf