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Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2015

Introduced: February 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 5, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
Feb 5, 2015
Introduced in House
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Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2015

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) issue regulations to ensure that a covered aircraft is equipped with technology that provides for the continuous tracking of information regarding the aircraft during flight and the timely and cost effective recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder in the event of a crash or other serious incident; (2) investigate automatic dependent surveillance, automatic deployable flight recorders, emergency locator transmitters, and satellite navigation and communications; and (3) work collaboratively with the International Civil Aviation Organization and other relevant stakeholders to develop and implement international standards that improve the tracking of aircraft in flight.

Defines "covered aircraft" to mean a passenger aircraft: (1) able to carry at least 120 passengers, (2) ordered on or after January 1, 2016, and (3) providing scheduled passenger air transportation.

What's happening now February 6, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 13, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 753: Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-753/
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"H.R. 753: Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-753/.
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H.R. 753, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-753/.
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