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Public Services Aviation Act of 1997

Introduced: May 1, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 15, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
May 1, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 1, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Services Aviation Act of 1997 - Amends Federal aviation safety law to consider a government-owned aircraft to be a public aircraft if it is: (1) operated in the performance of a governmental function by a unit of government on behalf of another unit of government pursuant to a cost reimbursement agreement; or (2) transporting (for non-commercial purposes) crewmembers whose presence is associated with the administration or support (or, as currently, performance) of a governmental function such as, but not limited to, public safety, among other functions specified by current law.

What's happening now May 15, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 17, 1997
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 17, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1521: Public Services Aviation Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1521/
MLA
"H.R. 1521: Public Services Aviation Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1521/.
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H.R. 1521, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1521/.
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