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H.R. 911: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

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H.R. 911: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-12 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · 81 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA) and 21 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr911 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114