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enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard, or other
provision having the force and effect of law relating
to rates, routes, or services of any intermodal all-
cargo air carrier when such carrier is transporting
property, pieces, parcels, or packages between States
or wholly within any single State by aircraft or by
motor vehicle (whether or not such property has had
or will have a prior or subsequent air movement).
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) does not apply to the transportation of
household goods as defined in section 10102(11)
of title 49, United States Code;
‘‘(ii) shall not restrict safety regulatory au-
thority; and
‘‘(iii) does not apply to the regulation of ve-
hicle size and weight.
For purposes of clause (ii), the authority to regulate
rates, routes, or services shall not be construed as safe-
ty regulatory authority, and the authority permitted
under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
(49 App. U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to regulate routing shall
not be affected.
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, a person
who is an intermodal all-cargo air carrier in any one
State shall be considered such a carrier in all States.
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‘‘(D) This paragraph shall not in any way limit
the applicability of paragraph (1).’’.
TITLE 
III—AVIATION 
SAFETY
AND NOISE ABATEMENT ACT
OF 1979 AMENDMENTS
SEC. 301. REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.
Section 401 of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abate-
ment Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–193; 94 Stat. 57) is re-
pealed.
SEC. 302. NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) SOUNDPROOFING
OF
CERTAIN
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.—Section 104(c)(2) of the Aviation Safety and
Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 App. U.S.C. 2104(c)(2))
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ immediately before ‘‘to
operators of airports’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘; and (B) for projects to sound-
proof residential buildings—
‘‘(i) if the operator of the airport involved
received approval for a grant for a project to
soundproof residential buildings pursuant to sec-
tion 301(d)(4)(B) of the Airport and Airway
Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987;
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‘‘(ii) if the operator of the airport involved
submits updated noise exposure contours, as re-
quired by the Secretary; and
‘‘(iii) if the Secretary determines that the
proposed projects are compatible with the pur-
poses of this Act.’’.
(b) SOUNDPROOFING AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.—Section 104(c) of the Avia-
tion Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 App.
U.S.C. 2104(c)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) SOUNDPROOFING AND ACQUISITION OF CER-
TAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.—The Secretary is
authorized under this section to make grants to opera-
tors of airports and to units of local government re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) for projects to soundproof
residential buildings located on residential properties,
and for projects to acquire residential properties, at
which noise levels are not compatible with normal op-
erations of an airport—
‘‘(A) if the operator of the airport involved
amended an existing local aircraft noise regula-
tion during calendar year 1993 to increase the
maximum permitted noise levels for scheduled
air carrier aircraft as a direct result of imple-
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mentation of revised aircraft noise departure
procedures mandated for aircraft safety purposes
by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration for standardized application at
airports served by scheduled air carriers;
‘‘(B) if the operator of the airport involved
submits updated noise exposure contours, as re-
quired by the Secretary; and
‘‘(C) if the Secretary determines that the
proposed projects are compatible with the pur-
poses of this Act.’’.
SEC. 303. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9308(b)(1) of the Aviation
Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 App. U.S.C.
2157(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or a foreign air car-
rier’’ immediately after ‘‘air carrier’’ wherever it appears.
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 9308(h)(1) of the Aviation
Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 App. U.S.C.
2157(h)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) AIR CARRIER; FOREIGN AIR CARRIER; AIR
TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES.—The terms ‘air
carrier’, ‘foreign air carrier’, ‘air transportation’,
and ‘United States’ have the meanings such terms
have under section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958.’’.
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SEC. 304. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON QUIET AIRCRAFT TECH-
NOLOGY.
The Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engi-
neering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 (title
III of Public Law 102–581; 106 Stat. 495) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 306. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON QUIET AIRCRAFT TECH-
NOLOGY FOR PROPELLER AND ROTOR DRIV-
EN AIRCRAFT.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) shall conduct a study to identify technologies for
noise reduction of propeller driven aircraft and rotorcraft.
‘‘(b) GOAL.—The goal of the study conducted under
subsection (a) is to determine the status of research and
development now underway in the area of quiet technology
for propeller driven aircraft and rotorcraft, including tech-
nology that is cost beneficial, and to determine whether a
research program to supplement existing research activities
is necessary.
‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION.—In conducting the study re-
quired under subsection (a), the Administrator of the FAA
and the administrator of NASA shall encourage the partici-
pation of the Department of Defense, the Department of the
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Interior, the airtour industry, the aviation industry, aca-
demia and other appropriate groups.
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not less than 280 days after enactment
of this section the Administrator of the FAA and the Ad-
ministrator of NASA shall transmit to Congress a report
on the results of the study required under subsection (a).
‘‘(e) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—If the
Administrator of the FAA and the Administrator of NASA
determine that additional research and development is nec-
essary and would substantially contribute to the develop-
ment of quiet aircraft technology, then the agencies shall
conduct an appropriate research program in consultation
with the entities listed in subsection (c) to develop safe, ef-
fective, and economical noise reduction technology (includ-
ing technology that can be applied to existing propeller
driven aircraft and rotorcraft) that would result in aircraft
that operate at substantially reduced levels of noise to re-
duce the impact of such aircraft and rotorcraft on the re-
sources of national parks and other areas.’’.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. DISCONTINUATION OF AVIATION SAFETY JOUR-
NAL.
The Administrator may not publish, nor contract with
any other organization for the publication of, the magazine
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known as the ‘‘Aviation Safety Journal’’. Any existing con-
tract for publication of the magazine shall be cancelled
within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 402. SAFETY OF JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
(a) STUDY.—(1) Within 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the
National Transportation Safety Board, the National
Guard, and the Juneau International Airport, shall under-
take a study of the safety of the approaches to the Juneau
International Airport.
(2) Such study shall examine—
(A) the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on
September 4, 1971;
(B) the crash of a Lear Jet on October 22, 1985;
(C) the crash of an Alaska Army National
Guard aircraft on November 12, 1992;
(D) the adequacy of NAVAIDs in the vicinity of
the Juneau International Airport;
(E) the possibility of inaccurate data from Sis-
ters Island DVOR, and the possibility of confusion be-
tween Elephant Island Non-Directional Beacon and
Coghlan Island Non-Directional Beacon;
(F) the need for a singular Approach Surveil-
lance Radar site on top of Heintzleman Ridge;
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(G) the need for a Terminal Very High Fre-
quency Omni-Directional Range (Terminal VOR)
navigational aid in Gastineau Channel; and
(H) any other matters any of the parties named
in paragraph (1) think appropriate to the safety of
aircraft approaching or leaving the Juneau Inter-
national Airport.
(b) REPORT.—(1) Within 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Trans-
portation of the House of Representatives a report which—
(A) details the matters considered by the study;
(B) summarizes any conclusions reached by the
participants in the study;
(C) proposes specific recommendations to im-
prove or enhance the safety of aircraft approaching or
leaving the Juneau International Airport, or contains
a detailed explanation of why no recommendations
are being proposed;
(D) estimates the cost of any proposed rec-
ommendations; and
(E) includes any other matters the Secretary
deems appropriate.
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(2) The report shall include any minority views if con-
sensus is not reached among the parties listed in subsection
(a)(1).
SEC. 403. SOLDOTNA AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT.
(a) RELEASE.—Notwithstanding section 16 of the Fed-
eral Airport Act (as in effect on December 12, 1963), the
Secretary is authorized, subject to the provisions of section
4 of the Act of October 1, 1949 (50 App. U.S.C. 1622c),
and the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, to grant
releases from any of the terms, conditions, reservations, and
restrictions contained in the deed of conveyance dated De-
cember 12, 1963, under which the United States conveyed
certain property to the city of Soldotna, Alaska, for airport
purposes.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any release granted under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The city of Soldotna, Alaska, shall agree
that, in conveying any interest in the property which
the United States conveyed to the city by deed dated
December 12, 1963, the city will receive an amount
for such interest which is equal to the fair market
value (as determined pursuant to regulations issued
by the Secretary).
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(2) Any such amount so received by the city
shall be used by the city for the development, improve-
ment, operation, or maintenance of a public airport.
SEC. 404. ROLLA AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT.
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT RELEASES.—Notwith-
standing section 16 of the Federal Airport Act (as in effect
on December 30, 1957), the Secretary is authorized, subject
to the provisions of section 4 of the Act of October 1, 1949
(50 App. U.S.C. 1622c), and the provisions of subsection
(b) of this section, to grant releases from any of the terms,
conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in the
deed of conveyance dated December 30, 1957, or any other
deed of conveyance dated after such date and before the date
of enactment of this Act, under which the United States
conveyed certain property to the city of Rolla, Missouri, for
airport purposes.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any release granted under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The city of Rolla, Missouri, shall agree that,
in conveying any interest in the property which the
United States conveyed to the city by a deed described
in subsection (a), the city will receive an amount for
such interest which is equal to the fair market value
(as determined pursuant to regulations issued by the
Secretary).
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(2) Any such amount so received by the city
shall be used by the city for the development, improve-
ment, operation, or maintenance of a public airport.
SEC. 405. PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
(a) AUTHORITY TO GRANT RELEASE.—Notwithstand-
ing section 4 of the Act of October 1, 1949 (50 App. U.S.C.
1622c), and subject to the provisions of subsection (b), the
Administrator shall grant releases from all of the terms,
conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in the
deed of conveyance dated September 15, 1949, under which
the United States conveyed certain property to Palm
Springs, California, for airport purposes. The releases shall
apply only to approximately 11 acres of lot 16 of section
13, and approximately 39.07 acres of lots 19 and 20 of sec-
tion 19, used by the city of Palm Springs, California, for
general governmental purposes.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any release granted by the Admin-
istrator under subsection (a) shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(1) The Administrator shall waive any require-
ment that there be credited to the account of the air-
port any amount attributable to the city’s use for gov-
ernmental purposes of any land conveyed under the
deed of conveyance referred to in subsection (a) before
the date of enactment of this section.
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(2) The city shall abandon all claims, against
income of the Palm Springs Regional Airport or other
assets of that airport, for reimbursement of general
revenue funds that the city may have expended before
the date of enactment of this Act for acquisition of
523.39 acres of land conveyed August 28, 1961, for
airport purposes and for expenses incurred at any
time in connection with such acquisition, and such
claims shall not be eligible for reimbursement under
the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 or
any successor Act.
SEC. 406. RELOCATION OF AIRWAY FACILITIES.
Compensation received by the United States for trans-
fer of the San Jacinto Disposal Area by the United States
to the City of Galveston, Texas, shall include compensation
to be provided to the Federal Aviation Administration for
all costs of establishing airway facilities to replace existing
airway facilities on the San Jacinto Disposal Area. Such
compensation shall include but is not limited to the replace-
ment of the land, clear zones, buildings and equipment, and
demolition and disposal of the existing facilities on the San
Jacinto Disposal Area.
SEC. 407. AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT WEATHER SERVICES.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall provide
for weather observation services, including direct radio con-
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tact between weather observers and pilots, at Augusta State
Airport in Maine.
(2) The Secretary shall be responsible for the operation
and maintenance of equipment necessary to carry out para-
graph (1).
(b) REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is
authorized to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the
Maine Department of Transportation for the provision of
weather services pursuant to subsection (a).
SEC. 408. STUDY ON CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a study
on the availability, effectiveness, cost, and usefulness of re-
straint systems that may offer protection to a child carried
in the lap of an adult aboard an air carrier aircraft or
provide for the attachment of a child restraint device to the
aircraft.
(b) STUDY CRITERIA.—Among other issues, the study
shall examine the impact of the following:
(1) The direct cost to families of requiring air
carriers to provide restraint systems and requiring
infants to use them, including whether airlines will
charge a fare for use of seats containing infant re-
straining systems; such estimate to cover a ten-year
period;
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(2) The impact on air carrier aircraft passenger
volume by requiring use of infant restraint systems,
including whether families will choose to travel to des-
tinations by other means, including automobiles; such
estimate to cover a ten-year period;
(3) The impact on fatality rates of infants using
other modes of transportation, including automobiles,
subject to the findings in subsection (b)(2) above; such
estimate to cover a ten-year period; and
(4) The efficacy of infant restraint systems cur-
rently marketed as able to be used for air carrier air-
craft.
(c) REPORT.—The Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Trans-
portation of the House of Representatives a report on the
results of the study required in subsection (a). The report
shall be submitted within 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 409. AIRCRAFT SMOKE EMERGENCIES.
The Administrator shall enforce Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration regulations relating to pilot vision and smoke
emergencies caused by dense, continuous smoke in the cock-
pit on current and future aircraft and shall report to Con-
gress within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act
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on the Administrator’s efforts to ensure compliance with
such regulations.
SEC. 410. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS AND WEATHER OBSER-
VATIONS IN ALASKA.
(a) TRANSFER OF SITE IN LAKE MINCHUMINA, ALAS-
KA.—The Administrator shall convey to the community of
Lake Minchumina, Alaska, the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration building number 106 and a reasonable amount of
land to make use of the property, at Lake Minchumina,
Alaska, for the purpose of providing educational facilities,
under the terms set forth in Agreement No. DTFA04–93–
J–82007, between the Federal Aviation Administration and
the Iditarod Area School District, and such other terms as
are mutually agreed on between the Administrator and the
community of Lake Minchumina.
(b) TRANSFER OF SITE IN FORT YUKON, ALASKA.—
The Administrator shall convey to the city of Fort Yukon,
Alaska, the buildings of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion and land in Fort Yukon, Alaska (described as that por-
tion of Lot 4, U.S. Survey 7161, within section 8, T.20
N., R.12E., Fairbanks Meridian consisting of 7.14 acres,
and containing the health clinic and staff housing for the
aforementioned clinic) for the purpose of providing health
services, under terms that are mutually agreed on between
the Administrator and the city of Fort Yukon.
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(c) WEATHER OBSERVATION SERVICES IN ALASKA.—
The Administrator shall provide human observers to offer
real-time weather information to pilots by direct radio con-
tact in Alaska at—
(1) Dutch Harbor, Valdez, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Sand Point, and Yakutat on a full-time basis;
(2) Aniak, St. Marys, Dillingham, Unalakleet,
Fort Yukon, Port Heiden, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Gus-
tavus to replace the Automated Weather Observing
System (AWOS) in the event of failures and to verify
AWOS reports when the safety of aircraft is at risk;
and
(3) other communities that the Administrator de-
termines require human weather observers.
SEC. 411. STURGIS, KENTUCKY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT RELEASES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Administrator is
authorized, subject to section 4 of the Act of October 1, 1949
(50 App. U.S.C. 1622c), and subsection (b) of this section,
to grant releases with respect to such parcels of land, or
portions of such parcels, as the Administrator determines
are no longer required for airport purposes, from any of
the terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions con-
tained in the deed of conveyance dated July 13, 1948, under
which the United States conveyed such property to the
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Union County Air Board, State of Kentucky, for airport
purposes of the Sturgis Municipal Airport.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any release granted by the Admin-
istrator under subsection (a) shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(1) The Union County Air Board shall agree
that, in leasing or conveying any interest in the prop-
erty with respect to which releases are granted under
subsection (a), such Board will receive an amount
that is equal to the fair lease value or the fair market
value, as the case may be (as determined pursuant to
regulations issued by the Secretary).
(2) Such Board shall use any amount so received
only for the development, improvement, operation, or
maintenance of the Sturgis Municipal Airport.
(3) Any other conditions that the Administrator
considers necessary to protect or advance the interests
of the United States in civil aviation.
SEC. 412. GAMBLING ON COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—(1) Title IV of the Federal Avia-
tion Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1371 et seq.), as amended
by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 422. GAMBLING RESTRICTIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No air carrier or foreign air car-
rier may install, transport, or operate, or permit the use
of, any gambling device on board an aircraft in foreign air
transportation.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘gambling
device’ means any machine or mechanical device (including
gambling applications on electronic interactive video sys-
tems installed on board aircraft for passenger use)—
‘‘(1) which when operated may deliver, as the re-
sult of the application of an element of chance, any
money or property; or
‘‘(2) by the operation of which a person may be-
come entitled to receive, as the result of the applica-
tion of an element of chance, any money or prop-
erty.’’.
(2) The portion of the table of contents of the Federal
Aviation Act of 1958 relating to title IV, as amended by
this Act, is further amended by inserting immediately after
the item relating to section 421 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 422. Gambling restrictions.
‘‘(a) In general.
‘‘(b) Definition.’’.
(b) AVIATION SAFETY STUDY.—The Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration shall, within 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, complete a study
of the aviation safety effects of gambling applications on