Mica (R-FL): Amendment No. 1— (Manager's Amendment) Deals with FAA access to criminal records databases; provisions regarding public-private partnerships to advance NextGen technologies; protections for voluntary safety data submissions; the safe transport of lithium batteries; liability protections for volunteer pilot organizations; privacy protections for airspace users.
Waters (D-CA): Amendment No. 2— Requires airport operators to consult with representatives of the local community surrounding the airport regarding airport operations and its impact on the community. Representatives of the community would include residents and any organization with at least 20 members located within 10 miles of the airport. Failure to comply with the amendment’s requirements would result in the loss of grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
Pierluisi (D-PR): Amendment No. 3— Requires the Secretary of Transportation to apportion amounts under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to airports in Puerto Rico and would also maintain those airports’ eligibility for discretionary grants under the Program.
Hirono (D-HI): Amendment No. 4— Under current law, Airport Improvement Programs (AIP) funds apportioned to large and medium hub primary airports that impose a passenger facility fee (PFC) of $1, $2, or $3 may be reduced by an amount equal to 50 percent of the projected revenues from the PFC in the fiscal year. However, this amount cannot exceed 50 percent of the passenger entitlements otherwise due the airport. This amendment would make a special exception for airports in Hawaii, stating that the amount an apportionment for an airport in Hawaii may be reduced cannot exceed 50 percent of the passenger entitlements otherwise due, multiplied by the percentage of total passenger boardings that are comprised of international passengers. In the case of a PFC more than $3, the reduction for airports in Hawaii could not exceed 75 percent of the passenger entitlements otherwise due, multiplied by the percentage of total passenger boardings that are comprised of international passengers.
Neugebauer (R-TX): Amendment No. 5— Requires the Administrator of the FAA to conduct a feasibility study, within one year after the date of enactment, on the development of an online public resource that would list the location and height of potential low-altitude aviation obstructions, such as guy-wire and free-standing towers.
LoBiondo (R-NJ): Amendment No. 6— Authorizes the FAA to establish a center of excellence for research and development of NextGen technologies. Under the amendment, the center would leverages resources and partnerships, including appropriate programs of the Administration, to enhance the research and development of NextGen technologies by academia and industry.
Garrett (R-NJ) / Himes (D-CT) / Andrews (D-NJ) / Engel (D-NY): Amendment No. 7— Requires the Federal Aviation Administration to study alternatives to the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign to reduce delays at the four airports included in the redesign. The amendment would also prohibit the FAA from implementing the airspace redesign until 60 days after the study is submitted to Congress.
Filner (D-CA): Amendment No. 8— Directs that regulations be issued to prohibit the carriage of primary lithium batteries and cells on cargo aircraft until safe, fire-containment packaging materials are available and the aircraft is equipped with an effective fire suppression system. The amendment would also require cargo aircraft to be equipped with smoke suppression systems that maintain cockpit visibility sufficient to allow the pilots to see basic flight instruments and the outside environment during emergencies when dense, continuous smoke is in the cockpit. Under the amendment, a primary lithium battery or cell is defined as “a lithium metal battery or cell that is not designed to be electrically charged or recharged.”
DeFazio (D-OR): Amendment No. 9— Requires mechanics at contract repair stations certified by the FAA in the U.S. and in foreign countries to undergo the same criminal background checks required for mechanics and other aviation employees at U.S. airports. The new rules would take effect within one year of enactment.
Hirono (D-HI): Amendment No. 10— Establishes a rulemaking committee to make recommendations on cockpit smoke mitigation equipment..
Jackson-Lee (D-TX): Amendment No. 11— Requires that a minimum of three air traffic controllers be on duty at covered airports at all times during periods of airfield operations.
Miller (R-MI): Amendment No. 12— Directs the FAA to work with various federal agencies to integrate unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace system and would direct the Administrator to carry out safety studies to support such integration.
Woodall (R-GA): Amendment No. 13— Prohibits the implementation of a 2010 FAA rule making regarding flight and duty time limitations for pilots and the flight crew of air ambulances and cargo aircraft. Specifically, the new rule requires helicopter air ambulance operations conducted with medical personnel on board to count towards a pilot's daily flight time limitations. Currently, in certain situations, flight segments conducted without passengers but with medical personnel on board are not counted towards the daily flight time limitations.
Pierluisi (D-PR): Amendment No. 14— Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to continue the essential air service program in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico following the sunset date of October 1, 2013. The underlying bill would phase out funding for the Essential Air Service (EAS) program at the end of FY 2013.
Schweikert (R-AZ): Amendment No. 15— Allows airlines currently operating out of Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) to convert flights to and from large hub airports located within the DCA perimeter to any airport outside of the DCA perimeter.
Richardson (D-CA): Amendment No. 16— Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers to provide an option for passengers to receive a notification via electronic service if there are any changes to the status of their flights. Regulations under the amendment would have to be issued within 180 days of enactment.
Capuano (D-MA): Amendment No. 17— Requires refunds of baggage fees for lost and delayed baggage. Also requires airlines to share information outside of a contractual agreement with Global Distribution Systems and ticket agents.
Gingrey (R-GA) / Rokita (R-IN): Amendment No. 18— Prohibit FAA employees from using official taxpayer-sponsored time for union activities during the official work day.
Graves (R-MO): Amendment No. 19— Prohibits a state, political subdivision of a state, or authority acting for a State or political subdivision from levying a fee or collecting a tax from a business located at an airport other than a tax or fee that is generally imposed on all sales or services in that jurisdiction or a if it is utilized for an airport development project.
Sessions (R-TX): Amendment No. 20— Prevents any funds authorized under this act from being used to administer or enforce wage-rate requirements of the “Davis-Bacon Act.”
LaTourette (R-OH) / Costello (D-IL): Amendment No. 21— Repeals section 903 of the underlying bill. Section 903 repeals a 2010 National Mediation Board (NMB) rule to recognize union certification votes where only a majority of the employees who participate in the election vote for certification—as opposed to a majority of all employees.
Graves (R-MO): Amendment No. 22— Provides an exemption for an air show in Cleveland, Ohio, from complying with certain airspace restrictions. The amendment would prohibit the FAA from imposing airspace restrictions on an air show or other aerial event located at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, due to an event at a stadium or other venue occurring at the same time.
Waxman (D-CA): Amendment No. 23
—Expresses the sense of Congress that the FAA should work with the City of Santa Monica, consistent with FAA design guidelines, to address safety concerns at Santa Monica Airport.
Shuster (R-PA): Amendment No. 24—Requires the FAA rulemaking activities conduct certain industry analyses prior to issuing regulations, and require the FAA to subject proposed regulations to certain cost-benefit studies.
Moore (D-WI): Amendment No. 25—Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation to issue a report on the number of new small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including those owned by veterans, that participated in the programs and activities funded using the amounts made available under this Act. The report would include a list of the top 25 and bottom 25 large and medium hub airports in terms of providing opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
Graves (R-MO): Amendment No. 26— Requires the FAA to take actions to preserve vintage aircraft type certificate data and would require such data to be made available to the public, for non-commercial purposes, upon a Freedom of Information Act Request.
Pearce (R-NM): Amendment No. 27— Authorizes an equitable transfer of land and property to Dona Ana County in New Mexico and would require that the county continue to use the land for airport purposes. Under the amendment, “the County shall receive an amount for the interest that is equal to the fair market value.”
Rothman (D-NJ): Amendment No. 28— Prohibits the FAA from taking actions regarding weight restrictions at Teterboro Airport (Teterboro, NJ).
Schiff (D-CA) / Sherman (D-CA) / Berman (D-CA): Amendment No. 29— Allows two airports in California to implement mandatory nighttime curfews.
Matheson (D-UT) / Pearce (R-NM): Amendment No. 30— Allows the Secretary of Transportation to release any airport, city, or county from the terms, conditions, reservations, or restrictions on deeds which the U.S. conveyed to an airport, city, county property for airport purposes, provided that the release results in furthering airport purposes.
Schiff (D-CA)[for Waters (D-CA)]: Amendment No. 31— Expresses the sense of the Congress that the operator of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) should consult on a regular basis with representatives of the community surrounding LAX regarding LAX operations and expansion plans. Representatives of the community would include any organization with at least 20 members located with 10 miles of the airport.
Moore (D-WI): Amendment No. 32— Authorizes the FAA to conduct demonstration projects in support of “aerotropolis” zones that assist in better coordinating transportation around airports and funding of projects to reduce congestion, improve, and increase the flow of freight and passengers to and through the airport through multiple transportation modes. If the Administrator decided not to carry out such demonstration projects, the FAA would be required to send a report to Congress explaining the Administrator’s decision.
Crowley (D-NY): Amendment No. 33— Expresses the sense of the Congress that Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Philadelphia International Airport should undertake a noise compatibility study of the airport and airport-related noise emanating from the airports under their jurisdiction on the surrounding communities.
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