Brian McDaniel Flight Safety Act

Bill: 118-hr-3945
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2023-06-09
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Department of Transportation

Licensing and registrations

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Brian McDaniel Flight Safety Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a final rule on safety management systems (SMS) for certain certificate holders and operators. (An SMS is a formal, organization-wide approach to safety risk that includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies.) </p> <p>The FAA issued an SMS notice of proposed rulemaking on January 11, 2023. Specifically, the bill requires the FAA to ensure the final SMS rule applies to all specified certificate holders and operators, including commuter and on-demand operators and commercial air tour operators.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3945 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2023 Mr. Allred introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a final rule with respect to safety management systems required for certain certificate holders and operators, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Brian McDaniel Flight Safety Act . 2. Safety management systems (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue a final rule relating to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of the Federal Aviation Administration titled Safety Management Systems , issued on January 11, 2023. (b) Applicability In issuing a final rule under subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that the safety management system requirement under the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking described in subsection (a) is applied to all certificate holders operating under the rules for commuter and on-demand operations under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, commercial air tour operators operating under section 91.147 of such title, production certificate holders that are holders or licensees of a type certificate for the same product, and holders of a type certificate who license out such certificate for production under part 21 of such title.