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A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the appropriate minimum altitude for aircraft flying over national park system units.

Introduced: February 3, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 34 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 18, 1987
Became Public Law No: 100-91.
Aug 18, 1987
Signed by President.
Aug 7, 1987
Presented to President.
Aug 6, 1987
Measure Signed in Senate.
Aug 3, 1987
House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 3, 1987
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 30, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 28, 1987
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 28, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 24, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 259.
Jul 24, 1987
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings without amendment. With written report No. 100-125.
Jul 14, 1987
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 1, 1987
Referred to the Committee on Commerce by unanimous consent not to extend beyond the close of business July 24, 1987.
Jul 1, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 223.
Jul 1, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 100-97.
Jun 25, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported in lieu of S. 451 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 5, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
May 5, 1987
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 4, 1987
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 4, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 4, 1987
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Apr 29, 1987
Placed on Union Calendar No: 54.
Apr 29, 1987
House Committee on Public Works and Transportation Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 28, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Apr 29, 87.
Apr 28, 1987
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-69 (Part I).
Apr 8, 1987
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Apr 8, 1987
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 2, 1987
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Mar 31, 1987
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Mar 31, 1987
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 24, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 18, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Feb 3, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Feb 3, 1987
Introduced in House
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Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to conduct a study of the proper minimum altitude which should be maintained by aircraft flying over areas within units of the national park system.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration, to provide technical assistance to the Secretary of the Interior for such study.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress within two years after enactment of this Act regarding the study results.

Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) review, on the basis of aviation safety, current regulations pertaining to aircraft flights over units of the national park system addressed in the study conducted by the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) report to the Congress the results of such review together with recommendations for changes.

Authorizes appropriations for such studies.

Prohibits any fixed wing aircraft or helicopter from flying below specified minimum altitudes during such study and review periods over the surfaces of Yosemite National Park and Haleakala National Park.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit a final plan for air traffic management and noise abatement over Grand Canyon National Park to the Administrator. Prescribes guidelines under which the Administrator is required to implement such plan. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress whether such final plan has succeeded in substantially restoring the natural quiet in the Grand Canyon National Park. Exempts certain helicopter flights of river runners from prohibition under the noise abatement plan.

What's happening now August 18, 1987

Became Public Law No: 100-91.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 3, 1987
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