I 
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) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to issue regulations to improve the tracking of 
aircraft in flight, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Aviation and 
Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVED TRACKING OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall issue regulations to 
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ensure that a covered aircraft is equipped with technology 
that provides for— 
(1) continuous tracking of information regard-
ing the aircraft during flight, including information 
regarding the position, altitude, and speed of the air-
craft; and 
(2) the timely and cost effective recovery of the 
cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the 
aircraft in the event of a crash or other serious inci-
dent. 
(b) STUDY OF CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Administrator shall inves-
tigate at least the following: 
(1) Automatic dependent surveillance. 
(2) Automatic deployable flight recorders. 
(3) Emergency locator transmitters. 
(4) Satellite navigation and communications. 
(c) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report specifying technologies the 
Administrator is considering for inclusion in the regula-
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tions required under subsection (a), including a descrip-
tion of costs and benefits associated with each of the tech-
nologies. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall work 
collaboratively with the International Civil Aviation Orga-
nization and other relevant stakeholders to develop and 
implement international standards that improve the track-
ing of aircraft in flight. 
(e) COVERED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ means a passenger aircraft— 
(1) able to carry at least 120 passengers; 
(2) ordered on or after January 1, 2016; and 
(3) providing scheduled passenger air transpor-
tation (as such term is defined in section 40102(a) 
of title 49, United States Code). 
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