Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4102
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2017-10-24
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Department of Transportation

Licensing and registrations

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to revise federal regulations to apply medical certificate of physical fitness requirements that are applicable to&nbsp;pilot flight&nbsp;crew members of other aircraft to operators of air balloons. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4102 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2017 Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Farenthold , and Mr. Hurd ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To apply certain medical requirements to an operator of an air balloon.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017 . 2. Applicability for medical certification standards to operators of air balloons (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall revise section 61.3(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to second-class medical certificates), to apply to an operator of an air balloon to the same extent such regulations apply to a pilot flight crewmember of other aircraft. (b) Air balloon defined In this Act, the term air balloon has the meaning given the term balloon in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).