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On the recordMarch 31, 2011
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 138, after line 9, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 318. COCKPIT SMOKE PREVENTION. (a) Aviation Rulemaking Committee.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall convene an aviation rulemaking committee to make recommendations to the Administrator to ensure that any aircraft certified by the Administrator is properly equipped with technology that maintains pilot visibility when dense, continuous smoke is present in the cockpit of the aircraft. (b) Composition.--The aviation rulemaking committee shall be composed of subject matter experts, aviation labor representatives, and industry stakeholders. (c) Deadline for Recommendations.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the aviation rulemaking committee shall submit to the Administrator a report containing the committee's findings and recommendations for regulatory action. (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 60 days following the date of receipt of the committee's report under subsection (c), the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on-- (1) the recommendations of the aviation rulemaking committee; and (2) the actions that will be undertaken by the Administrator as a result of those recommendations.…
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