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H.R. 267 106th Congress House

Airplane Emergency Locator Act

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the installation of emergency locator transmitters on aircraft.

Introduced: January 6, 1999 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works AircraftAviation safetyAvionicsEmergency Management
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This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) 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.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 6, 1999
For Further Action See H.R.1000.
Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jan 6, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 6, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 6, 1999

For Further Action See H.R.1000.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1000 Procedurally related Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 6, 1999
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 6, 1999
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 6, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 267: Airplane Emergency Locator Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-267/
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