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H.R. 267 (106th)

Airplane Emergency Locator Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 January 1999

Last action

6 April 1999 · Committee

Status

For Further Action See H.R.1000.

Sponsors

Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Maloney, James H. [D-CT-5], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]

Subjects

Transport, Aviation

Source updated

20 August 2025

Transport · Aviation

Summary

Airplane Emergency Locator Act - Amends Federal aviation law to make applicable to other specified types of aircraft (currently exempted from them) certain requirements that commercial aircraft be outfitted with an emergency locator transmitter. (Continues to exempt from such requirements aircraft used in scheduled flights by scheduled air carriers holding certificates, training operations conducted entirely within a 50-mile radius of the airport from which the training operations begin, flight operations related to design and testing, the manufacture, preparation, and delivery of aircraft, showing compliance with regulations, an exhibition or air racing, or the aerial application of a substance on agricultural CROPS.)

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Timeline

  1. 6 January 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 January 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 6 January 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 19 January 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

    Source: Committee

  5. 6 April 1999

    Committee

    For Further Action See H.R.1000.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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