Air Cargo Fire and Rescue Enhancement Act

Air Cargo Fire and Rescue Enhancement Act - Amends federal transportation law to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue an airport operating certificate to a person desiring to operate an airport that serves an air carrier operating aircraft that provide all cargo air transportation and have a maximum certificated gross take-off weight of 100,000 pounds or greater.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4123 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4123

  To amend section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, to require 
operating certificates for airports at which large cargo operations are 
                               conducted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2005

Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
 and Mr. Brown of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, to require 
operating certificates for airports at which large cargo operations are 
                               conducted.

    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 ``Air Cargo Fire and Rescue 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. AIRPORT OPERATING CERTIFICATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 44706(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``that serves'';
            (2) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) that serves an air carrier operating aircraft that 
        provide all cargo air transportation and have a maximum 
        certificated gross take-off weight of 100,000 pounds or 
        greater;''.
    (b) Regulations.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall issue a notice proposed rulemaking to implement 
the amendment made by subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall issue a final rule to implement 
such amendment not later than 365 days after such date of enactment.
    (c) Implementations.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the regulation 
        issued under subsection (b) shall take effect on the 180th day 
        following the date of its issuance.
            (2) Delayed implementation.--An airport operator that is 
        affected by the regulation issued under subsection (b) may 
        request from the Administrator, and the Administrator may grant 
        such operator, up to a 2-year period from the date the 
        regulation is issued to begin implementation of the regulation 
        and the amendment made by subsection (a).
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