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HJRES 370 100th Congress House

Airline Safety Rating System Act

Official title: A joint resolution directing the Secretary of Transportation to develop a system of airline safety indicators and to provide information to the public on a sem… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A joint resolution directing the Secretary of Transportation to develop a system of airline safety indicators and to provide information to the public on a semiannual basis on the safety of certain air carriers.

Introduced: December 21, 1987 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Airline passenger trafficAirlinesAviationAviation safety
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It never became law before the 100th Congress (1987–1988) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 19, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation.
Oct 19, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.
Oct 5, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Oct 5, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 19, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Airline Safety Rating System Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, within one year after enactment of this resolution, to develop a system of airline safety indicators in order to establish a means of measuring consistently over time information related to air carrier safety.

Requires such indicators to include: (1) unsafe occurrences in aircraft operations; (2) air carrier compliance with safety regulations; (3) deferred maintenance; (4) mechanical problems; (5) maintenance quality and expenditures; (6) pilot training and experience; (7) overall management ability and operation philosophy; (8) labor-management problems; and (9) the financial condition of covered air carriers.

Directs the Secretary, in developing such indicators, to: (1) examine the Department of Transportation's own data bases in light of the necessary requirements, making needed adjustments; (2) devise new data collection requirements; and (3) develop a means of standardizing the data so that meaningful comparisons can be made among different covered air carriers.

Requires the Secretary to use developed indicators to compile data on the operations safety of covered air carriers and provide written information to the public semiannually which will allow passengers to make an informed choice about air travel based on safety factors.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 370: Airline Safety Rating System Act. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-370/
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"H.J. Res. 370: Airline Safety Rating System Act." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-370/.
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H.J. Res. 370, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-370/.
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