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Union Calendar No. 216
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2626
[Report No. 105–372]
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1997
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. OBERSTAR, and Mr. LIPINSKI)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Additional sponsors: Mr. SKEEN, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LARGENT,
Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HILL, Mr.
COSTELLO, and Ms. BROWN of Florida
OCTOBER 31, 1997
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 October 7, 1997]
A BILL
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement
Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLI-
CANTS.
Section 44936(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Before hiring
an individual’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph
(14), before allowing an individual to begin service’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘as a pilot
of a civil or public aircraft’’ before ‘‘at any time’’;
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and air carriers’’ after
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)’’;
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘this para-
graph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’;
(5) in paragraph (10)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘who is or has been’’ before
‘‘employed’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not later than 30
days after the date’’ after ‘‘reasonable time’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO CER-
TAIN PILOTS.—
‘‘(A) PILOTS
OF
CERTAIN
SMALL
AIR-
CRAFT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an air
carrier, before receiving information requested
about an individual under paragraph (1), may
allow the individual to begin service for a period
not to exceed 90 days as a pilot of an aircraft
with a maximum payload capacity (as defined
in section 119.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations) of 7,500 pounds or less, or a helicopter,
on a flight that is not a scheduled operation (as
defined in such section). Before the end of the 90-
day period, the air carrier shall obtain and
evaluate such information. The contract between
the carrier and the individual shall contain a
term that provides that the continuation of the
individual’s employment, after the last day of
the 90-day period, depends on a satisfactory
evaluation.
‘‘(B) GOOD
FAITH
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier, without
obtaining information about an individual
under paragraph (1)(B) from an air carrier or
other person that no longer exists, may allow the
individual to begin service as a pilot if the air
carrier required to request the information has
made a documented good faith attempt to obtain
such information.’’.