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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Commission To Ensure Small
Aircraft Safety Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) Small aircraft safety is a serious national concern.
(2) The Federal Government's resources must be utilized to
ensure the safety of small aircraft travel.
(3) On at least three separate occasions, the National
Transportation Safety Board contacted the Federal Aviation
Administration regarding the Hartzell HC-B4 propeller assembly
featured on Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft.
(4) The National Transportation Safety Board urged the
Federal Aviation Administration to conduct full fleet
inspections of Hartzell propeller assemblies as a result of an
accident near Utica, New York.
(5) The Federal Aviation Administration concluded that a
special investigation was not warranted.
(6) The National Transportation Safety Board found the
Federal Aviation Administration's responses unacceptable.
(7) The National Transportation Safety Board has no other
authority to pursue its recommendations other than to report to
the Federal Aviation Administration.
(8) Small aircraft safety investigatory practices and
procedures should be examined.
(9) Federal Government resources are not utilized
effectively when there is no mechanism or procedure to resolve
disagreements among Federal agencies over questions of small
aircraft safety.
(10) Procedures are necessary to resolve Federal agency
disagreements over aircraft safety.
(11) Alleviating Government gridlock among Federal entities
responsible for the safety of our Nation's pilots and
passengers should be a top priority.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

(a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known
as the National Commission To Ensure Small Aircraft Safety (hereafter
in this Act referred to as the ''Commission'').
(b) Membership.--
(1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 11
members of whom--
(A) 1 shall be appointed by the President, subject
to paragraph (2);
(B) 5 shall be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate, 3 upon the recommendation of the
majority leader of the Senate, and 2 upon the
recommendation of the minority leader of the Senate,
from among the Members of the Senate; and
(C) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives from among the Members of such
House, and 2 shall be appointed by the minority leader
of the House of Representatives from among the Members
of such House.
(2) Prohibition.--The member of the Commission appointed
under paragraph (1)(A) may not be an employee or former
employee of the Federal Government.
(3) Date.--The appointments of the members of the
Commission shall be made no later than 30 days following the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--Members shall be appointed
for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
(d) Initial Meeting.--No later than 30 days after the date on which
all members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission shall
hold its first meeting.
(e) Meetings.--Except for its initial meeting, the Commission shall
meet at the call of the Chairman.
(f) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
(g) In General.--Members appointed shall be appointed from among
individuals who are experts in general aviation policy (including
representatives of Federal, State and local governments and other
public authorities responsible for general aviation and small aircraft
safety), small aircraft safety, and organizations representing general
aviation, small aircraft pilots, passengers, shippers, and small
aircraft designers and manufacturers.
(h) Chairman and Vice Chairman.--The Commission shall select a
Chairman and Vice Chairman from among its members.

SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

(a) Study.--The Commission shall conduct a thorough study and
investigation of all matters relating to current investigatory
procedures and practices of the National Transportation Safety Board
and the Federal Aviation Administration with respect to small aircraft
safety; the adequacy of these practices and procedures, the
coordination of National Transportation Safety Board and Federal
Aviation Administration investigations and enforcement of
recommendations; the enforcement of Federal Aviation Administration
small aircraft safety regulations; and the impediments to full
utilization of National Transportation Safety Board and Federal
Aviation Administration investigatory resources and enforcement.
(b) Recommendations.--The Commission shall develop recommendations
on those policies which need to be adopted to--
(1) achieve a national goal of safety in small aircraft and
the general aviation industry;
(2) resolve disagreements among Federal investigatory and
regulatory agencies responsible for small aircraft safety;
(3) develop coordination among Federal agencies responsible
for investigating small aircraft safety; and
(4) ensure full and effective enforcement of small aircraft
safety regulations.
(c) Report.--No later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Commission shall submit a report to the President and
the Congress which shall contain a detailed statement of the findings
and conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations
for such legislation and administrative actions as it considers
appropriate.

SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

(a) Hearings.--The Commission may hold such hearings, sit and act
at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such
evidence as the Commission considers advisable to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
(b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the
Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Upon request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of such
department or agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
(c) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

SEC. 6. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.

(a) Compensation of Members.--Each member of the Commission who is
not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be
compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate
of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including
travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of
the duties of the Commission. All members of the Commission who are
officers or employees of the United States shall serve without
compensation in addition to that received for their services as
officers or employees of the United States.
(b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes
or regular places of business in the performance of services for the
Commission.
(c) Staff.--
(1) In general.--The Chairman of the Commission may,
without regard to the civil service laws and regulations,
appoint and terminate an executive director and such other
additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the
Commission to perform its duties. The employment of an
executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the
Commission.
(2) Compensation.--The Chairman of the Commission may fix
the compensation of the executive director and other personnel
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates,
except that the rate of pay for the executive director and
other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
(d) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government
employee may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and
such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service
status or privilege.
(e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The
Chairman of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates
for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule
under section 5316 of such title.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.

The Commission shall terminate 180 days after the date on which the
Commission submits its report under section 4. All records and papers
of the Commission shall be deposited by the Administrator of General
Services in the National Archives.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated
$____________ for fiscal year 1994 to the Commission to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
(b) Availability.--Any sums appropriated under the authorization
contained in this section shall remain available, without fiscal year
limitation, until expended.
Solution:
National Commission To Ensure Small Aircraft Safety Act of 1993 - Establishes the National Commission To Ensure Small Aircraft Safety. Requires the Commission to study and report to the President and the Congress on: (1) the current investigatory practices of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with respect to small aircraft safety; (2) the adequacy of such practices; (3) the coordination of NTSB and FAA investigations and enforcement of recommendations; (4) the enforcement of FAA small aircraft safety regulations; and (5) the impediments to full utilization of NTSB and FAA investigatory resources and enforcement.
Authorizes appropriations.