Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1394
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-06-21
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: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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 operators of other aircraft to operators of air balloons. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1394 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 21, 2017 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To apply the medical certification standards of the Federal Aviation Administration to operators of air balloons.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017 . 2. Applicability of medical certification standards to operators of air balloons (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall revise part 61.3(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to medical certificates), to apply to operators of air balloons to the same extent such regulations apply to operators of other aircraft. (b) Air balloon defined In this section, 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).