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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5312 

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue 

regulations to improve the tracking of aircraft in flight, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to improve the tracking of 

aircraft in flight, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Safe Aviation and 

5 Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVED TRACKING OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

9 Federal Aviation Administration shall issue regulations to 


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1 ensure that a covered aircraft is equipped with technology 

2 that provides for— 

3 (1) continuous tracking of information regard4 ing the aircraft during flight, including information 

5 regarding the position, altitude, and speed of the air6 craft; and 

7 (2) the timely and cost effective recovery of the 

8 cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the 

9 aircraft in the event of a crash or other serious inci10 dent. 

11 (b) STUDY OF CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES.—In car12 rying out subsection (a), the Administrator shall inves13 tigate at least the following: 

14 (1) Automatic dependent surveillance. 

15 (2) Automatic deployable flight recorders. 

16 (3) Emergency locator transmitters. 

17 (4) Satellite navigation and communications. 

18 (c) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

20 submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com21 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations 

23 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor24 tation of the Senate a report specifying technologies the 

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1 tions required under subsection (a), including a descrip2 tion of costs and benefits associated with each of the tech3 nologies. 

4 (d) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall work 

5 collaboratively with the International Civil Aviation Orga6 nization and other relevant stakeholders to develop and 

7 implement international standards that improve the track8 ing of aircraft in flight. 

9 (e) COVERED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 

10 the term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ means a passenger aircraft— 

11 (1) able to carry at least 120 passengers; 

12 (2) ordered on or after January 1, 2016; and 

13 (3) providing scheduled passenger air transpor14 tation (as such term is defined in section 40102(a) 

15 of title 49, United States Code). 

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