US HB911 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-27)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command. Defines "covered aircraft" to mean a commercial aircraft: (1) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats, and (2) with a maximum gross takeoff weight of more than 75,000 pounds.

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Title

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Sponsors

Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2015-02-12HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-02-12HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB911 (Same As) 2015-04-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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