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Austria · National Council · 26 June 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Draken-Kunstflüge in Oberösterreich
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 June 2001
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2001
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 (with specified rescissions, transfers of funds, limitations on obligations and administrative expenses, and liquidations of contract authorizations) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), including specified amounts for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) motor carrier safety enforcement at the U.S./Mexico border and for FMCSA U.S./Mexico border safety audits; (5) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (6) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (7) the Federal Railroad Administration; (8) the Federal Transit Administration; (9) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (10) the Research and Special Programs Administration; (11) the Office of Inspector General; and (12) the Surface Transportation Board. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and (2) the National Transportation Safety Board. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act identical or similar to those enacted in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-69). (Sec. 304) Bars the use of funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 105 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation. (Sec. 310) Sets forth certain requirements prohibiting the Secretary of Transportation from distributing from, and in certain cases directing the Secretary to distribute, the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways amounts for specified Federal highway programs. Sets forth specified Federal highway projects in which the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply. Provides for the redistribution of any unused obligation limitation on Federal-aid Highways amounts to the States. Earmarks specified Federal-aid Highways amounts for FY 2002 for State and Federal border infrastructure construction. (Sec. 312) Bars the use of funds under this Act to establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme. (Sec. 313) Authorizes airports to transfer to the FAA, without consideration, instrument landing systems (along with associated approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment) which conform to FAA design and performance specifications and which were purchased with airport development grant funds. (Sec. 316) Bars the use of funds under this Act to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff-years under the federally-funded research and development (R&D) center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY 2002. (Sec. 318) Authorizes certain funds for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities. (Sec. 320) Prohibits the use of funds for employee training which: (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties; (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants; (3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluations; (4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or "new age" belief systems; (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace; or (6) includes content related to human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees more aware of its medical ramifications and the workplace rights of HIV-positive employees. (Sec. 321) Bars the use of funds, unless authorized by Congress, to pay for specified lobbying activities with respect to a Member of Congress or a State legislature. Permits Department of Transportation (DOT) or related agency employees to communicate to Members of Congress or to a State legislature with respect to requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of business. (Sec. 322) Prohibits expenditure of funds made available under this Act by any entity that does not agree to comply with the Buy American Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that entities receiving assistance under this Act should purchase only U.S.-made equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable. Prohibits the use of funds for contracts with persons falsely labeling products as made in America. (Sec. 323) Authorizes the Secretary to reserve up to $18 million of motor carrier safety program grant funds for grants to the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, to hire State motor carrier safety inspectors at the United States/Mexico border. (Sec. 326) Authorizes appropriations for expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council for FY 2003. Includes within the duties of such Council the identification of Amtrak routes which are candidates for closure or realignment based on performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate information on each route's fully allocated costs and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and which assume that Federal subsidies for Amtrak will decline from FY 1999 to FY 2002. (Sec. 327) Bars the use of funds in this Act to make a grant unless the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations not less than three full business days before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1 million or more is announced by the DOT or its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the FHA other than the emergency relief program; (2) the FAA airport improvement program; or (3) any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs. (Sec. 328) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 to repeal a provision making additional funds available for FY 2001 through 2003 for the Federal Railroad Administration for certain expenses to enable the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train station and commercial center. (Sec. 329) Prohibits funds in this Act from being made available for planning, design, or construction of a light rail system in Houston, Texas. (Sec. 330) Prohibits funds in this Act from being made available for engineering work related to an additional runway at New Orleans International Airport. (Sec. 331) Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being used to issue regulations to implement the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent and ratification. (Sec. 332) Bars the use of funds in this Act to adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Provides that such prohibition does not apply to negotiations between the FAA and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for such items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. (Sec. 333) Authorizes States to use allocated highway safety program funds to produce and place highway safety public service messages in television, radio, cinema, print media, and on the Internet in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary. (Sec. 334) Authorizes Mohall Railroad, Inc. to abandon a specified length of track, which shall not be counted against a certain 350-mile limitation. (Sec. 336) Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide services to Amtrak for FY 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter until the fiscal year that Amtrak operates without Federal operating grant funds appropriated to it. (Sec. 337) Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to replace the high priority project to extend West Douglas Road in Alaska with a high priority project to construct Gastineau Channel Second Crossing to Douglas Island. (Sec. 339) Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to accept funds from an airport sponsor (including entitlement funds under the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program) for it in order to hire additional staff or obtain the services of consultants with respect to airport projects that will add critical airport capacity to the national air transportation system. Limits the use of such funds only for facilitating the timely processing, review, and completion of environmental activities associated with such projects. (Sec. 340) Replaces high priority projects to construct a passenger ferry facility to serve Southworth, Seattle, Washington, and a Southworth Seattle ferry, with a high priority project passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap County-Seattle, Washington. (Sec. 342) Replaces the high priority project Bull Shoals Lake Ferry in Taney County, Missouri, with the high priority project to construct the Missouri Center for Advanced Highway Safety (MOCAHS). (Sec.343) Requires National Airport Station located at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to be known and designated as the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Station. Requires the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to modify the signs at such station to reflect the redesignation.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2001
56 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she has received a submission from the annual general meeting of the Retired Aviation Staff Association; if she plans to meet its representatives to discuss its grievances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14579/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2001
33 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she will outline the action she proposes to take in support of the case put forward by the Retired Aviation Staff Association concerning the erosion of their pensions over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18079/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2001
28 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she is satisfied that the answer to parliamentary Question No. 43 of 13 February 2001 was accurate in relation to the role of the Irish Aviation Authority and red zones at airports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18110/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2001
56 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she has received a submission from the annual general meeting of the Retired Aviation Staff Association; if she plans to meet its representatives to discuss its grievances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14579/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2001
33 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she will outline the action she proposes to take in support of the case put forward by the Retired Aviation Staff Association concerning the erosion of their pensions over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18079/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2001
28 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she is satisfied that the answer to parliamentary Question No. 43 of 13 February 2001 was accurate in relation to the role of the Irish Aviation Authority and red zones at airports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18110/01]
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2001
Aircraft Clean Air Act of 2001 - Authorizes crew members or passengers that experience an aircraft air quality incident which results in their reporting a symptom consistent with exposure to neurotoxins or asphyxiants to file a request with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for: (1) the aircraft's mechanical and maintenance records; (2) the filtration media used in the aircraft's air supply system; and (3) the chemical constituents of products used in the maintenance, operation, or treatment of such aircraft to which a crew member or passenger may have been directly exposed. Sets forth a civil penalty for the failure of an air carrier to produce such records, media, or information. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to award a grant for an aeromedical research study to determine what cabin altitude must be maintained to provide sufficient oxygen to ensure that the short- and long-term health of 95 percent of a representative sample of cabin crew and passengers is not adversely affected.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Aircraft Clean Air Act of 2001 - Authorizes crew members or passengers that experience an aircraft air quality incident which results in their reporting a symptom consistent with exposure to neurotoxins or asphyxiants to file a request with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for: (1) the aircraft's mechanical and maintenance records; (2) the filtration media used in the aircraft's air supply system; and (3) the chemical constituents of products used in the maintenance, operation, or treatment of such aircraft to which a crew member or passenger may have been directly exposed. Sets forth a civil penalty for the failure of an air carrier to produce such records, media, or information. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to award a grant for an aeromedical research study to determine what cabin altitude must be maintained to provide sufficient oxygen to ensure that the short- and long-term health of 95 percent of a representative sample of cabin crew and passengers is not adversely affected.
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Kurt Eder, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Neustrukturierung der Austro Control GmbH
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
End Gridlock at Our Nation's Critical Airports Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit a State, local government, or political authority of at least two States from enacting or enforcing a law that: (1) requires a certificate of approval before the construction or operation of an airport development project at a covered airport (an airport that each year has at least .25 percent of the total annual boardings in the United States) if the project meets certain standards established by the Secretary of Transportation, whether or not such project is the subject of an approved airport improvement grant; or (2) prohibits, conditions, or otherwise regulates the direct application for, or receipt or expenditure of, an airport improvement grant or other funds by the sponsor of a covered airport for an airport development project at such airport if the project meets such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Montana Rural Aviation Improvement Act - Amends Federal aviation law to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in amending certain Federal aviation regulations in a manner affecting intrastate aviation in Montana, to consider the impact of severe weather conditions on Montana's aviation public and, on the basis of such considerations, establish regulatory distinctions consistent with those applied to the State of Alaska for mike-in-hand weather observation. Requires on-site weather observers who are employees of the FAA, the National Weather Service, the Federal Government, or the State to use a mike-in-hand weather observation and reporting technique (a routine practice by which a weather observer uses radio communication to report information on weather observations directly to a pilot requesting information, ensuring the pilot nearly real-time access to such information) to correct and supplement weather information derived from Automated Surface Observation Sensors (ASOS) at Service Level D sites in Montana.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Amends Federal aviation law with respect to the air traffic control contract program to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to an airport sponsor for: (1) the construction or improvement of a nonapproach control tower (effectively eliminating eligibility of Level I air traffic control towers for such grants); and (2) the acquisition and installation of air traffic control equipment to be used in a nonapproach control tower to assist in sustaining or improving the safe and efficient movement of air traffic. Revises eligibility requirements with respect to such grants.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 21 May 2001
France · Senate · 15 May 2001
L'avenir des dessertes aériennes régionales et le fonctionnement du fonds d'investissement des aéroports et du transport aérien (FIATA)
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2001
65 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she is planning to float Aer Lingus before the summer; and the assurance she can give that the outstanding issues raised by the Retired Aviation Staff Association will be resolved in advance of any attempts to alter the status of the company. [13420/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2001
65 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she is planning to float Aer Lingus before the summer; and the assurance she can give that the outstanding issues raised by the Retired Aviation Staff Association will be resolved in advance of any attempts to alter the status of the company. [13420/01]
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001
Airline Customer Service Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to increase Department of Transportation (DOT) resources allocated to providing: (1) airline passenger consumer protection and related services; and (2) oversight and enforcement of laws and regulations that provide protection for air travelers. Amends Federal aviation law to require each large air carrier to incorporate in its contract of carriage: (1) the provisions of the Airline Customer Service Commitment executed by the Air Transport Association on June 17, 1999; and (2) its customer service plan developed in accordance with the Commitment. Requires each large air carrier to institute specified practices with respect to flight information disclosure, lowest fares, the on-time performance and cancellation rate for chronically-delayed or canceled flights, a customer service quality assurance and performance measurement system, realistic performance goals for reducing the number of mishandled bags, and comprehensive reports of frequent flyer redemption information. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to amend DOT regulations to: (1) consider establishing a uniform check-in deadline and to require air carriers to disclose their policies on how such deadlines apply to passengers making connections; and (2) increase the maximum amount of denied boarding compensation for passengers denied boarding involuntarily (bumped). Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to establish minimum standards for resuscitation, emergency medical, and first-aid equipment and supplies to be carried on board an aircraft operated by an air carrier that is capable of carrying at least 30 passengers.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act - Amends Federal aviation law to make it an unfair or deceptive practice or an unfair method of competition for a domestic or foreign air carrier to: (1) fail to provide a consumer full access to all the carrier's fares; (2) fail to disclose, without request, the on-time performance and cancellation rate for a chronically delayed or chronically canceled flight whenever a customer makes a reservation or purchases a ticket on such a flight; and (3) prohibit a customer from only using a portion of the ticket purchased (including using it only for one-way travel instead of round-trip) or assess an additional fee on such customer or any ticket agent that sold the ticket. Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice or an unfair method of competition for an air carrier, in the case of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in the competitive circumstances of the appointment of a ticket agent, to fail: (1) to provide written notice and a full statement of reasons at least 90 days before the action; and (2) to provide the ticket agent with at least 60 days to correct any deficiency. Specifies requirements and prohibitions with respect to airline passenger protection. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to consider whether a foreign air carrier has engaged in any unfair or deceptive practice or unfair method of competition in the preceding five years before issuing the carrier a certificate. Extends certain prohibitions against unfair methods of competition to any major air carrier that: (1) restricts a code share partner from entering into a code share agreement with another air carrier; (2) fails to utilize airport assets fully; and (3) refuses or fails to provide an underutilized airport asset to another carrier on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms. Prescribes a maximum civil penalty for engaging in unfair methods of competition. Authorizes an air carrier to transfer a slot (take-off and landing rights at an airport) to another air carrier only upon the Secretary's approval. Requires a major air carrier, upon application by another air carrier or on the Secretary's own motion, to make gates, facilities, and other assets available to other air carriers on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms. Directs the Secretary to investigate each hub airport (that has at least .25 percent of the total annual boardings in the United States) to determine whether, in the preceding five years, a dominant air carrier (that accounts for more than 40 percent of the total annual passenger boardings) at such airport has: (1) charged higher than average fares; or (2) limited competition by, or engaged in an unfair method of competition in response to, a new entrant air carrier. Directs the Secretary to issue final regulations defining flight delay and chronically delayed flights.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce by 4.3 cents the tax on non-aviation gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001
Amends Federal aviation law to revise certain requirements regarding the issuance of airman certificates to limit to certificates for commercial operations the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator's authority to examine whether a pilot is physically able to perform duties related to being a pilot. Authorizes the Administrator, in the case of noncommercial airman certificates, to investigate only whether the individual is qualified for the position.
Austria · National Council · 25 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Walter Posch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend "AAA-Projekt" Flughafen Wien-Schwechat <i>(Neuorganisation der Behandlung von nicht</i> <i>Einreiseberechtigten sowie der Flüchtlingsbetreuung)</i>
Austria · Federal Council · 6 April 2001
Anfrage der Bundesräte Jürgen Weiss, Christoph Hagen, Ilse Giesinger und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend Aufhebung der Mineralölsteuerbefreiung für Flugbenzin
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Amends Federal aviation law to declare that airport noise or access restrictions on the operation of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft shall not apply to a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of an airport adopted by an airport operator but disallowed by a court before 1985 if: (1) the airport operator adopted before 1985 a policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours of operation; and (2) such operator entered into an agreement before 1985 with scheduled air carriers regulating the capacity of the airport terminal.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Amends Federal aviation law to authorize an air carrier to file with the Secretary of Transportation a request for: (1) authority to discuss with one or more other air carriers or foreign air carriers agreements or cooperative arrangements limiting flights at an airport during a time period when scheduled air transportation exceeds airport capacity; and (2) approval of such agreements or cooperative arrangements with respect to such limits on interstate air transportation. Directs the Secretary to approve such requests if: (1) such discussions and resulting agreements are not adverse to the public interest; (2) they will facilitate voluntary adjustments in air carrier schedules that could lead to a substantial reduction in travel delays and improvement of air transportation service to the public; and (3) such reduction in delays cannot be achieved by any other immediately available means. Prohibits participants in approved discussions from: (1) discussing or entering into agreements regarding rates, fares, charges, or in-flight services; or (2) discussing particular city pairs, or submitting to other air carriers or foreign air carriers information on their proposed service or schedules in a fashion that indicates the involvement of city pairs. Exempts such agreements from U.S. antitrust laws.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action which would permanently close or render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on Federal land under the respective jurisdiction, unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of each State in which the aircraft landing strip is located has approved such action; (2) notice of the proposed action has been published in the Federal Register; (3) a 90-day public comment period on the action has been provided; and (4) any comments received during the comment period have been taken into consideration by the Secretaries, as the case may be, and the appropriate State aviation department heads. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) adopt a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues related to the management of Federal land under their jurisdiction; and (2) require regional managers to adhere to it. Declares that a policy affecting air access to an aircraft landing strip located on Federal land (including any national policy required under this Act) shall not take effect unless certain conditions are met, including its statement that the FAA has the sole authority to control aviation and airspace over the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action which would permanently close or render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on Federal land under the respective jurisdiction, unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of each State in which the aircraft landing strip is located has approved such action; (2) notice of the proposed action has been published in the Federal Register; (3) a 90-day public comment period on the action has been provided; and (4) any comments received during the comment period have been taken into consideration by the Secretaries, as the case may be, and the appropriate State aviation department heads. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) adopt a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues related to the management of Federal land under their jurisdiction; and (2) require regional managers to adhere to it. Declares that a policy affecting air access to an aircraft landing strip located on Federal land (including any national policy required under this Act) shall not take effect unless certain conditions are met, including its statement that the FAA has the sole authority to control aviation and airspace over the United States.
Austria · National Council · 29 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Flugverkehr und Fluglärm, insbesondere durch Tiefflüge
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001
Amends Federal aviation law to declare that airport noise or access restrictions on the operation of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft shall not apply to a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of an airport adopted by an airport operator but disallowed by a court before 1985 if: (1) the airport operator adopted before 1985 a policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours of operation; and (2) such operator entered into an agreement before 1985 with scheduled air carriers regulating the capacity of the airport terminal.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Aviation Delay Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review and report to specified congressional committees on air carrier overscheduling at large hub airports. Amends Federal aviation law to authorize an air carrier to file with the Secretary a request for authority for a group of two or more air carriers to discuss cooperative scheduling arrangements, provided its sole purpose is to reach an agreement between such carriers to reduce overscheduling and flight delays during peak hours of operation and periods of inclement weather at any large hub airport. Authorizes the Secretary to approve such an agreement if it will reduce congestion at the affected airport, will not reduce service to small communities, and is not adverse to the public interest. Requires the Secretary to exempt such arrangements from U.S. antitrust laws if it is found to be in the public interest. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement an expedited coordinated environmental review process for airport capacity-enhancement projects that provides for: (1) coordination among Federal, regional, State, and local agencies concerned with the preparation of environmental impact statements or environmental assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; (2) an expedited and coordinated process in the conduct of environmental and judicial reviews that ensures that they are done concurrently and not consecutively; and (3) a date certain for completing all environmental reviews.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Declares that the national aviation center operated by the U.S. Customs Service at 5020 South Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, shall be known as the Glenn English Customs National Aviation Center.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2001
Consumer-Friendly Airline Ticket Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring air carriers to make transferable at no cost any paper tickets purchased after January 1, 2001, for intrastate or interstate air transportation. Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit an air carrier from: (1) barring a person (including a governmental entity) that purchases air transportation from using only a portion of such transportation (including using the air transportation purchased only for one-way travel instead of round-trip travel); and (2) assessing an additional fee to such person or any ticket agent that sold the air transportation to such person.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001
Prohibits an air carrier that operates more than 15 percent of the domestic available seat miles and holds or operates more than 20 percent of the slots at LaGuardia Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from owning or operating, in any two-hour period, more than 20 percent of such slots. Directs an air carrier that owns or operates any excess slot to return such excess slot to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), or sell such excess slot through an auction conducted by the FAA Administrator, within 60 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2001
Airline Competition and Passenger Rights Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to require the Secretary of Transportation to consider whether a foreign air carrier has engaged in any unfair or deceptive practice or unfair method of competition in air transportation or the sale of air transportation in the preceding five years before issuing a certificate authorizing such carrier to provide foreign air transportation. Revises provisions prohibiting an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent from engaging in unfair or deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition in air transportation or the sale of air transportation. Extends such prohibition to any major air carrier that prohibits, limits, or otherwise restricts a code share partner from entering into a code share agreement with another air carrier or foreign air carrier. Prescribes a maximum civil penalty for engaging in unfair methods of competition. Authorizes an air carrier to transfer a slot (take-off and landing rights at an airport) to another air carrier only upon approval of the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to investigate each hub airport (that has at least .25 percent of the total annual boardings in the United States) to determine whether, in the preceding five years, a dominant air carrier (that accounts for more than 40 percent of the total annual passenger boardings) at such airport has: (1) charged higher than average fares for interstate air transportation to or from such airport; (2) engaged in an unfair method of competition in response to a new entrant air carrier (that accounts for less than ten percent of the total annual boardings) at such airport; or (3) limited competition by a new entrant air carrier at the airport by restricting access of the new entrant to gates, slots, or other essential facilities at such airport on reasonable and competitive terms. Authorizes the Secretary, upon an affirmative determination, to order such carrier to increase opportunities for competition at such airport. Requires the Secretary, upon a determination that an air carrier is a dominant air carrier (that has at least 20 percent of the annual passenger boardings) at an airport, to: (1) issue an order requiring the airport operator to reallocate ten percent of the airport gates and facilities leased to a dominant air carrier to new entrant air carriers; and (2) if the airport is a high density airport, reallocate 20 percent of the slots of the dominant air carrier to new entrant air carriers. Directs the Secretary to withhold five percent (ten percent in subsequent years) of an airport's apportionment of airport planning and development funds for noncompliance with such requirements. Prohibits any action of an air carrier or foreign air carrier that fails to: (1) inform the consumer of the lowest available fare; (2) provide the consumer with full access to all available fares; or (3) inform the consumer about a flight segment that was, at least 40 percent of the time, either canceled or delayed by 30 minutes or more past its scheduled arrival time. Prohibits any air carrier or foreign air carrier action that: (1) prohibits a person from only using a portion of the purchased air transportation; or (2) assesses an additional fee on such person or any ticket agent. Prohibits any air carrier or foreign air carrier action that fails, in the case of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in the competitive circumstances of the appointment of a ticket agent, to provide the ticket agent with prior notice of such action (except in cases of insolvency). Sets forth provisions: (1) requiring air carriers to ensure access to necessary services and conditions, including water, restroom facilities, and the ability to deplane for all passengers; (2) prohibiting air carriers from preventing or hindering passengers from exiting an aircraft; (3) requiring air carriers to provide passengers with explanations for any delay, cancellation, or diversion of a flight segment (including prohibiting false or misleading explanations); (4) making air carriers liable to passengers for excessive departure or arrival delays of the aircraft; and (5) requiring air carriers to provide specific remedies for overbooked flights.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration Act - Establishes the Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) review existing and alternative options for organizational structure of air traffic services, including a Government corporation and incentive based fees for services; (2) provide recommendations for any necessary changes in structure of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) so that it will be able to support the future growth in the national aviation and airport system; (3) review aviation safety and make recommendations for the long-term improvement of safety; and (4) make additional recommendations that would advance a more efficient and effective FAA for the benefit of the general traveling public and the aviation transportation industry.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 March 2001
Austria · National Council · 1 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten DDr. Erwin Niederwieser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Pistenvorfeld Flughafen Innsbruck
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Aviation Competition Restoration Act - Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit, with a specified exception, an air carrier from acquiring, directly or indirectly, any voting securities or assets of another air carrier that results in such carrier's having more than ten percent of the passenger enplanements in the United States, if the Secretary of Transportation determines that such acquisition would: (1) lessen competition substantially; or (2) result in unreasonable industry concentration, excessive market domination, monopoly powers, or other conditions that would tend to allow at least one air carrier unreasonably to increase prices, reduce services, or exclude competition in air transportation at any large hub airport or in at least ten percent of the top 500 markets for passenger air transportation in the United States. Directs the Secretary to examine any hub airport affected by such a proposed acquisition to determine whether such airport has complied with the AIR 21 competition plan and whether gates and other facilities are being made available at costs that are fair and reasonable to air carriers at covered airports where a "majority-in-interest clause" of a contract or other agreement inhibits the ability of a local airport authority to provide new gates or other essential facilities. Prohibits an air carrier from acquiring, directly or indirectly, any voting securities or assets of another air carrier if the resulting air carrier would be a dominant air carrier at any large hub airport unless the Secretary finds that: (1) the resulting carrier will provide gates, facilities, and other assets at the hub airport on a fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis to another air carrier that meets specified requirements; or (2) gates, facilities, and other assets are available, or will be made available in a timely manner, on a fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis to accommodate competitive access to such airport by other air carriers. Requires the Secretary to investigate the assignment and usage of gates, facilities, and other assets by major air carriers at the largest 35 U.S. airports in terms of air passenger traffic. Directs the Secretary to require a major air carrier to make gates, facilities, and other assets available to other carriers on terms that are fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory to ensure competitive access to such airports if, based on such investigation, the Secretary determines that they are not available and that competition would be enhanced at those airports. Makes it an unfair method of competition in air transportation for a dominant air carrier at a dominated hub airport to: (1) fail to utilize gates, facilities, and other assets fully at that airport; and (2) refuse, deny, or fail to provide a gate, facility, or other underutilized asset at such airport, to another carrier on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms upon request of the airport, the other air carrier, or the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to make airport improvement program grants for gates, related facilities, and other assets to enhance and increase competition among air carriers for passenger air transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to approve an application by an eligible agency for authority to impose a passenger facility fee for a project at a dominated hub airport if certain competitive access requirements with respect to gates, facilities, and other assets at such airport are met.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2001
305 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the stage at which the issue of special or concessional air travel for social welfare recipients of the European Union is under consideration at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5220/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2001
305 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the stage at which the issue of special or concessional air travel for social welfare recipients of the European Union is under consideration at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5220/01]
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Airport Congestion Relief Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to continue to limit, for a specified period, the number of slots at LaGuardia Airport (including slot exemptions) for scheduled commercial air carrier flights to 75 per hour, and the number of slots for general aviation flights to six per hour. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to continue to conduct a comprehensive study on remedies needed to alleviate concerns of aviation consumers and the community surrounding LaGuardia Airport associated with increasing the number of flights there.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Amends Federal aviation law preempting State authority (of at least two States) over air carrier prices, routes, and services. Declares that such preemption shall not be construed to prevent a State attorney general from enforcing State consumer protection law prohibiting unfair or deceptive business practices or unfair methods of competition with respect to air transportation or the advertisement or sale of air transportation services.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Airline Customer Service Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to increase Department of Transportation (DOT) resources allocated to providing: (1) airline passenger consumer protection and related services; and (2) oversight and enforcement of laws and regulations that provide protection for air travelers. Amends Federal aviation law to require each large air carrier to incorporate the provisions of the Airline Customer Service Commitment executed by the Air Transport Association on June 17, 1999, in its contract of carriage. Requires each large air carrier to institute the following specified practices, including to: (1) include fares available at the air carrier's ticket offices and airport ticket service counters (including notifying customers that lower fares may be available on the Internet) when quoting the lowest fare available to passengers; (2) disclose, without being requested, the on-time performance and cancellation rate for a chronically-delayed or canceled flight whenever a customer makes a reservation or purchases a ticket; (3) establish a plan with respect to passengers who must unexpectedly remain overnight during a trip due to flight delays, cancellations, or diversions; (4) establish a customer service quality assurance and performance measurement system; (5) establish realistic targets for reducing chronically-delayed and canceled flights; (6) establish a toll-free telephone number that passengers may use to check on the status of checked baggage that was not delivered on arrival at the passenger's destination; (7) monitor its efforts to improve services provided to passengers with disabilities and special needs; and (8) if it has a frequent flyer program, make available to the public a comprehensive report of frequent flyer redemption information in their customer literature and annual reports. Provides for improved DOT statistics with respect to missing passenger baggage and chronically delayed or canceled flights. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to amend DOT regulations to: (1) establish a uniform check-in deadline and to require air carriers to disclose their policies on how such deadlines apply to passengers making connections; and (2) increase the maximum amount of denied boarding compensation for passengers denied boarding involuntarily (bumped).
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Airline Customer Notification Act - Amends Federal aviation law to require an air carrier to include an explanation of the reason or reasons for the delay (including its expected length), cancellation, or diversion of a flight if there is: (1) a delay of two or more hours or cancellation of a flight (or a delay of one or more hours in deplaning following an aircraft's touchdown at an airport); or (2) a diversion of a flight to an airport other than the airport at which the flight is scheduled to land. Prohibits an air carrier from providing a false or misleading explanation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, solely by reason of a person's age if under 65, from: (1) refusing to issue to, or renew for, such person an airman certificate for the operation of a commercial aircraft; or (2) requiring an air carrier to terminate the employment of, or refuse to employ, such person as a pilot on such aircraft.
Austria · National Council · 2 February 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Hermann Reindl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Sicherheitskontrolle am Flughafen Wien-Schwechat
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2001
Airline Passenger Fair Treatment Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to revise provisions prohibiting an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent from engaging in unfair or deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition in air transportation. Extends such prohibition to any action of an air carrier or foreign air carrier that: (1) fails to provide a consumer full access to all fares for air transportation provided by them, regardless of the technology or other method the consumer uses to access the fares; (2) fails to provide an air carrier passenger with an accurate explanation of the reasons for a flight delay, cancellation, or diversion from a ticketed itinerary; or (3) prohibits a person (including a governmental entity) that purchases air transportation from only using a portion of the air transportation purchased (including using air transportation purchased only for one-way travel instead of round-trip travel), or assesses an additional fee on or charge to such person or ticket agent that sold the air transportation to such person. Prohibits an air carrier or foreign air carrier, in the case of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in the competitive circumstances of a ticket agent's appointment, from failing to provide the ticket agent with: (1) written notice, and a full statement of reasons for the action, on or before the 90th day preceding the action; and (2) at least 60 days to correct any deficiency claimed in such notice. Exempts a carrier from this requirement only in cases of insolvency, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy, or nonpayment of sums due under the appointment. Revises the preemption of State, local, and regional law or regulation related to a price, route, or level of service for air transportation provided by an air carrier. Limits the preemption to any such law or regulation that would directly prescribe a price, route, or level of service. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to establish minimum Federal standards for resuscitation, emergency medical, and first-aid equipment and supplies to be carried on board an aircraft operated by an air carrier that is capable of carrying at least 30 passengers. Bars an air carrier or foreign air carrier from preventing or hindering (including by failing to assist) a passenger from exiting an aircraft if: (1) the aircraft is parked at an airport terminal gate with access to ramp or other facilities through which passengers are customarily boarded and deplaned; (2) such aircraft has remained at the gate more than one hour past its scheduled departure time; and (3) the aircraft captain has not been informed by air traffic control authorities that such aircraft can be cleared for departure within 15 minutes.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2001
Aviation Consumer Right To Know Act of 2001 - Amends Federal aviation law to require an air carrier, upon the request of any person (including a governmental entity), to: (1) provide the person full access to all air transportation fares it provides, regardless of the technology the person uses to access the fares; and (2) permit the person to purchase air transportation at any published fare. Requires any announcement by an air carrier of a delay or cancellation of a flight, a diversion of a flight to an airport other than the airport at which the flight is scheduled to land, or a delay in deplaning at an airport, to include an explanation of the reason for such delay, cancellation, or diversion and, in the case of a delay, its expected length. Prohibits an air carrier from providing false or misleading explanations. Prohibits an air carrier from: (1) prohibiting a person (including governmental entity) that purchases air transportation from only using a portion of the air transportation purchased (including using the air transportation purchased only for one-way travel instead of round-trip travel); and (2) assessing an additional fee or charge to the person, or any ticket agent that sold the air transportation to such person. Requires an air carrier, upon the request of any person (including a governmental entity), to disclose the number or percentage of seats that the carrier intends to make available on a specific date for use by a person redeeming an award under a frequent flyer program. Prohibits an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent from selling air transportation in the United States for a flight on which an insecticide is planned to be used while passengers are on board the aircraft, unless such carrier or ticket agent first informs the purchaser of the insecticide's use, including its name.