Safe Skies Act of 2012

Safe Skies Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), not later than the effective date of a specified Department of Transportation (DOT) final rule, to take appropriate actions to ensure that DOT flight, duty, and rest requirements under that rule apply to all-cargo flights to the same extent they apply to passenger flights.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4350 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4350

  To ensure that certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to 
           all-cargo air operations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2012

 Mr. Cravaack (for himself and Mr. Bishop of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to 
           all-cargo air operations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Safe Skies Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than the effective date of the covered 
final rule, the Secretary of Transportation shall take appropriate 
actions to ensure that the flight, duty, and rest requirements under 
that rule apply to all-cargo operations conducted by air carriers in 
the same manner as such requirements apply to passenger operations 
conducted by air carriers.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``covered final rule'' 
means the final rule of the Department of Transportation--
            (1) published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2012 
        (77 Fed. Reg. 330 et seq.); and
            (2) relating to flightcrew member duty and rest 
        requirements.
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