S. 1692: Safe Skies Act of 2013
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S. 1692: Safe Skies Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Safe Skies Act of 2013
Plain summary
Safe Skies Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, to modify a specified Department of Transportation (DOT) final rule relating to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements so that the requirements under that rule apply to all-cargo flightcrew members to the same extent they apply to air passenger flightcrew members.
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Official text
Safe Skies Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 5 cosponsors
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Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
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- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1692.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s1692 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113