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Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Introduced: February 3, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 12, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 12, 2015
Introduced in House
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Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.

Defines "covered aircraft" to mean a commercial aircraft: (1) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats, and (2) with a maximum gross takeoff weight of more than 75,000 pounds.

What's happening now February 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 36
All 36 Democratic 23 Republican 9
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Thompson, Mike
California · May 25, 2016
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 25, 2016
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 13, 2016
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 23, 2016
Abraham, Ralph
· Feb 11, 2016
Blum, Rod
· Feb 3, 2016
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 3, 2016
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 28, 2016
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jan 12, 2016
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Dec 11, 2015
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Dec 11, 2015
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Dec 11, 2015
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Dec 8, 2015
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 30, 2015
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Jul 16, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jul 9, 2015
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 15, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 3, 2015
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Apr 30, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 28, 2015
MacArthur, Thomas
· Apr 28, 2015
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2015
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 24, 2015
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 27, 2015
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Feb 27, 2015
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 24, 2015
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 12, 2015
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 12, 2015
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 12, 2015
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 12, 2015
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 12, 2015
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Takano, Mark
California · Feb 12, 2015
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Feb 12, 2015
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 12, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 911: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-911/
MLA
"H.R. 911: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-911/.
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H.R. 911, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-911/.
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