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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5170
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Mr. CARBAJAL
(for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, and Mr.
FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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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