S. 1335: Pilot's Bill of Rights
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S. 1335: Pilot's Bill of Rights
112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-06 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Became Public Law No: 112-153.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 112-153. (final step reached)
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Pilot's Bill of Rights
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on June 29, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Pilot's Bill of Rights - Requires National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) proceedings for the review of decisions of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deny, amend, modify, suspend, or revoke an airman's certificate to be conducted, to the extent practicable, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence. Requires the Administrator to: (1) provide timely, written notification to the subject of an investigation involving the approval, denial, suspension, modification, or revocation of an airman certificate of specified information pertinent to the investigation; and (2) provide him or her with access to relevant air traffic data. Authorizes the Administrator to delay such notification if it threatens the integrity of the investigation. Allows a substantially affected individual to elect to file an appeal of a certificate denial, a punitive civil action, or an emergency order of revocation in the U.S. district court in which individual resides, in which the action in question occurred, or the district court for the District of Columbia. Allows a substantially affected individual who elects not to file an appeal in a U.S. district court to file such appeal in the appropriate U.S. court of appeals. Directs the Administrator to begin a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Improvement Program to improve the system of providing airmen with pertinent and timely information before a flight in the national airspace system. Requires the Administrator to establish a NOTAM Improvement Panel composed of representatives of relevant nonprofit and not-for-profit general aviation pilot groups to advise the Administrator in carrying out program goals. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) assess the FAA process for the medical certification of airmen; and (2) report to Congress on revisions to the medical application form, the alignment of medical qualification policies with present-day qualified medical judgment and practices, and steps that could be taken to promote the public's understanding of the medical requirements determining an airman's medical certificate eligibility.
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Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · 65 cosponsors
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John Boozman (R-AR), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Barrasso (R-WY), John Hoeven (R-ND), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James E. Risch (R-ID), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) and 5 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1335.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1335 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112