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Senate Bill 1394
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017
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Introduced in Senate on Jun 21, 2017
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S. 1394 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1394


To apply the medical certification standards of the Federal Aviation Administration to operators of air balloons.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 21, 2017

Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To apply the medical certification standards of the Federal Aviation Administration to operators of air balloons.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Applicability of medical certification standards to operators of air balloons.

(a) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall revise part 61.3(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to medical certificates), to apply to operators of air balloons to the same extent such regulations apply to operators of other aircraft.

(b) Air balloon defined.—In this section, the term “air balloon” has the meaning given the term “balloon” in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).