PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 383.
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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · May 22, 2002
Prohibits an air carrier from using the services of a person as a pilot who is 63 years or older (currently, a pilot cannot be 60 years or older).Provides that this Act does not change the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration to take steps to ensure the safety of air transportation operations involving a pilot who has reached the age of 60, including its authority to require the pilot to undergo additional or more stringent medical, cognitive, or proficiency testing in order to retain certification or to establish crew pairing standards for crews with the pilot.
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Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R–AK
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 383.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Hollings with amendments. With written report No. 107-154. Additional views filed.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Hollings with amendments. With written report No. 107-154. Additional views filed.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-1063.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1502)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1502)
Introduced in Senate
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