Revises requirements with respect to the training of aliens and other individuals designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the operation of certain aircraft.
Authorizes a flight instructor, pilot school, or aviation training center to provide training to an individual in the operation of an aircraft with a takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds only if that individual has been checked against databases available to the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) that he or she is: (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national, (3) a permanent resident, or (4) an alien temporarily admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant for the purpose of obtaining such training.
Directs the Secretary to require Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of flight schools.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 999 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 999
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals
seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked
against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of
Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or
nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or
nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2013
Mrs. Black introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals
seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked
against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of
Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or
nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or
nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training,
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. REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS SEEKING FLIGHT TRAINING ARE
CHECKED AGAINST IMMIGRATION RECORDS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 44939 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) of
paragraph (1) as clauses (i) through (vi), respectively;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(3) by striking ``12,500 pounds'' and inserting ``12,500
pounds--'';
(4) by inserting before subparagraph (A), as redesignated
by paragraph (2) of this subsection, a new paragraph (2);
(5) by moving the text beginning with ``to an'' and all
that follows through ``only if--'' to such paragraph (2);
(6) by inserting before such paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph (1):
``(1) an individual seeking such training only upon receipt
of information from the Assistant Secretary that the individual
has been checked against databases available to the Assistant
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary has determined that the
individual is--
``(A) a citizen of the United States;
``(B) a national of the United States;
``(C) an alien lawfully admitted to the United
States for permanent residence; or
``(D) an alien temporarily admitted to the United
States as a nonimmigrant for the purpose of obtaining
such training; and''; and
(7) in the subsection heading by striking ``Waiting
Period.--'' and inserting ``Requirements; Waiting Period.--''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of section 44949, as redesignated by subsection (a), is
amended by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subparagraph
(A)''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to an individual seeking flight training on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING FLIGHT SCHOOLS TO BE CERTIFIED BY FAA.
Section 44939 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(j) Certification by FAA.--The Secretary shall require flight
schools to be certified by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration pursuant to part 141 or part 142 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations (or similar successor regulations).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
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