I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1848 
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 re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration advances 
the safety of small airplanes, and the continued develop-
ment of the general aviation industry, 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 ‘‘Small Airplane Revital-
ization Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) A healthy small aircraft industry is integral 
to economic growth and to maintaining an effective 
transportation infrastructure for communities and 
nations around the world. 
(2) Small aircraft comprise nearly 90 percent of 
FAA-type certified general aviation aircraft. 
(3) General aviation provides for the cultivation 
of a workforce of engineers, manufacturing and 
maintenance professionals, and pilots who secure the 
Nation’s economic success and defense. 
(4) General aviation contributes to well-paying 
manufacturing and technology jobs in the United 
States, and these products are exported in great 
numbers, providing a positive trade balance. 
(5) Technology developed and proven in general 
aviation aids in the success and safety of all sectors 
of aviation and scientific competence. 
(6) The average small airplane in the United 
States is now 40 years old and the regulatory bar-
riers to bringing new designs to market are resulting 
in a lack of innovation and investment in small air-
plane design. 
(7) Over the past decade, the United States 
typically lost 10,000 active private pilots per year 
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partially due to a lack of cost-effective, new small 
airplanes. 
(8) General aviation safety can be improved by 
modernizing and revamping the regulations for this 
sector to clear the path for technology adoption and 
cost effective means to retrofit the existing fleet with 
new safety technologies. 
SEC. 3. FAA SAFETY AND REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS 
FOR GENERAL AVIATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FAA SAFETY AND REGU-
LATORY IMPROVEMENTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION.—The 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall advance the safety and continued development of 
small airplanes by reorganizing the certification require-
ments to streamline the approval of safety advancements. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall issue a 
final rule based on the FAA’s Part 23 Reorganization 
Aviation Rulemaking Committee (established in August 
2011) by December 31, 2015. The final rule shall meet 
the following objectives of the Part 23 Committee: 
(1) Create a regulatory regime for small air-
planes that will improve safety and decrease certifi-
cation costs. 
(2) Set broad, outcome driven safety objectives 
that will spur innovation and technology adoption. 
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