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ESSION
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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to rescind certain no fly zone restrictions, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. N
EHLS
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to rescind certain no fly zone restrictions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airlines Independent
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of Restrictions Act’’ or the ‘‘AIR Act’’.
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SEC. 2. NO FLY ZONE REPEAL.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this
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Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall rescind the
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2 Federal Aviation Administration Notices to Airmen FDC
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4/3634 and FDC 4/3635 and stop maintaining the restric-
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tions imposed under such notices.
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(b) L
IMITATION OF
A
UTHORITY
.—
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(1) I
N GENERAL
.—Notwithstanding any other
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provision of law and except as provided in paragraph
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(2), the Secretary of Transportation may not issue
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a regulation or a Notice to Air Missions to impose
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a no fly zone over the covered airspace for a period
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longer than 30 days.
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(2) E
XCEPTION
.—The Secretary may issue a
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regulation or Notice to Air Missions to impose a no
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fly zone over the covered airspace for a period longer
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than 30 days if the Secretary of Transportation, the
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Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of
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Defense transmits to Congress a justification identi-
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fying the national security concerns and rationale
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for imposing such a no fly zone of the covered air-
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space for longer than 30 days.
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(c) C
OVERED
A
IRSPACE
D
EFINED
.—In this section,
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the term ‘‘covered airspace’’ means the airspace covered
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under the no fly zone imposed under the Federal Aviation
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Administration Notices to Airmen FDC 4/3634 and FDC
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4/3635.
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