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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 826
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify the final rule relating
to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger oper-
ations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations of air carriers,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 14, 2019
Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MAR-
KEY, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify the
final rule relating to flightcrew member duty and rest
requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to
apply to all-cargo operations of air carriers, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Skies Act of
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2019’’.
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINAL RULE RELATING TO
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FLIGHTCREW MEMBER DUTY AND REST RE-
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QUIREMENTS FOR PASSENGER OPERATIONS
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TO APPLY TO ALL-CARGO OPERATIONS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
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date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
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portation shall modify the final rule specified in subsection
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(b) so that the flightcrew member duty and rest require-
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ments under that rule apply to flightcrew members in all-
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cargo operations conducted by air carriers in the same
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manner as those requirements apply to flightcrew mem-
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bers in passenger operations conducted by air carriers.
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(b) FINAL RULE SPECIFIED.—The final rule speci-
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fied in this subsection is the final rule of the Federal Avia-
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tion Administration—
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(1) published in the Federal Register on Janu-
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ary 4, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 330); and
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(2) relating to flightcrew member duty and rest
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requirements.
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(c) APPLICABILITY
OF
RULEMAKING
REQUIRE-
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MENTS.—The requirements of section 553 of title 5,
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United States Code, shall not apply to the modification
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required by subsection (a).
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