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Union Calendar No. 109 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1848 

[Report No. 113–151] 

To ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration advances the safety 

of small airplanes, and the continued development of the general aviation 

industry, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2013 

Mr. POMPEO (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. 

NOLAN, and Mr. ROKITA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

JULY 16, 2013 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HANNA, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. PETRI, Mr. BARROW of Georgia, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. RODNEY

DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RADEL, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, 

Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 

CAMPBELL, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. OWENS, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. 

COBLE, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. 

SCHOCK, and Mrs. BUSTOS

JULY 16, 2013 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 7, 2013] 

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A BILL 

To ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration advances 

the safety of small airplanes, and the continued development of the general aviation industry, and for other 

purposes. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Airplane Revital5 ization Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) A healthy small aircraft industry is integral 

9 to economic growth and to maintaining an effective 

10 transportation infrastructure for communities and 

11 nations around the world. 

12 (2) Small aircraft comprise nearly 90 percent of 

13 FAA type certified general aviation aircraft. 

14 (3) General aviation provides for the cultivation 

15 of a workforce of engineers, manufacturing and main16 tenance professionals, and pilots, who secure the Na17 tion’s economic success and defense. 

18 (4) General aviation contributes to well-paying 

19 manufacturing and technology jobs in the United 

20 States, and these products are exported in great num21 bers, providing a positive trade balance. 

22 (5) Technology developed and proven in general 

23 aviation aids in the success and safety of all sectors 

24 of aviation and scientific competence. 

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1 (6) The average small airplane in the United 

2 States is now 40 years old and the regulatory barriers 

3 to bringing new designs to market are resulting in a 

4 lack of innovation and investment in small airplane 

5 design. 

6 (7) Over the past decade, the United States has 

7 typically lost 10,000 active private pilots per year, 

8 partially due to a lack of cost-effective, new small air9 planes. 

10 (8) General aviation safety can be improved by 

11 modernizing and revamping the regulations for this 

12 sector to clear the path for technology adoption and 

13 cost-effective means to retrofit the existing fleet with 

14 new safety technologies. 

15 SEC. 3. FAA SAFETY AND REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS 

16 FOR GENERAL AVIATION. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FAA SAFETY AND REGU18 LATORY IMPROVEMENTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION.—The 

19 Administrator shall advance the safety and continued devel20 opment of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification 

21 requirements applicable to small airplanes to streamline the 

22 approval of safety advancements. 

23 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall issue a 

24 final rule based on the FAA’s Part 23 Reorganization Avia25 tion Rulemaking Committee (established in August 2011) 

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1 by December 31, 2015. The final rule shall meet the fol2 lowing objectives of the Part 23 Committee: 

3 (1) Create a regulatory regime for small air4 planes that will improve safety and decrease certifi5 cation costs. 

6 (2) Set broad, outcome-driven safety objectives 

7 that will spur innovation and technology adoption. 

8 (3) Replace current, prescriptive requirements 

9 contained in FAA rules with performance-based regu10 lations. 

11 (4) Use FAA-accepted consensus standards to 

12 clarify how the part 23 safety objectives may be met 

13 by specific designs and technologies. 

14 (c) CONSENSUS-BASED STANDARDS.—The Adminis15 trator shall use acceptable consensus-based standards when16 ever possible in the spirit of the National Technology Trans17 fer and Advancement Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 3701 note), 

18 while continuing traditional methods for meeting part 23. 

19 (d) SAFETY COOPERATION.—The Administrator shall 

20 lead the effort to improve general aviation safety by work21 ing with leading aviation regulators to assist them in 

22 adopting a complementary regulatory approach for small 

23 airplanes. 

24 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal Avia3 tion Administration. 

4 (2) CONSENSUS STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘con5 sensus standards’’ means standards developed by vol6 untary organizations which plan, develop, establish, 

7 or coordinate voluntary standards using agreed-upon 

8 procedures, both domestic and international. These 

9 standards include provisions requiring that owners of 

10 relevant intellectual property agree to make that in11 tellectual property available on a nondiscriminatory, 

12 royalty-free or reasonable-royalty basis to all inter13 ested parties. These bodies have the attributes of open14 ness, balance of interest, due process, an appeals proc15 ess, and consensus. 

16 (3) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration. 

18 (4) GENERAL AVIATION.—The term ‘‘general 

19 aviation’’ means all aviation activities other than 

20 scheduled commercial airline operations and military 

21 aviation. 

22 (5) PART 23.—The term ‘‘part 23’’ means part 

23 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

24 (6) SMALL AIRPLANE.—The term ‘‘small air25 plane’’ means FAA type certificated airplanes that 

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1 meet the parameters of part 23 of title 14, Code of 

2 Federal Regulations. 

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Union Calendar No. 109 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1848 

[Report No. 113–151] 

A BILL 

To ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration 

dustry, and for other purposes. continued development of the general aviation inadvances the safety of small airplanes, and the 

JULY 16, 2013 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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