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   SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

   This Act may be cited as the "Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013".

   SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

   Congress [struck: finds][inserted: makes] the following[inserted: findings]:

   (1) A healthy small aircraft industry is integral to economic growth and to maintaining an effective transportation infrastructure for communities and [struck: nations][inserted: countries] around the world.

   (2) Small [struck: aircraft][inserted: airplanes] comprise nearly 90 percent of [struck: FAA type ][inserted: general aviation aircraft ]certified [struck: general aviation aircraft][inserted: by the Federal Aviation Administration].

   (3) General aviation provides for the cultivation of a workforce of engineers, manufacturing and maintenance professionals, and pilots[struck: ,] who secure the [struck: Nation's ]economic success and defense[inserted: of the United States].

   (4) General aviation contributes to well-paying [inserted: jobs in the ]manufacturing and technology [struck: jobs][inserted: sectors] in the United States[struck: ,] and [struck: these ]products [inserted: produced by those sectors ]are exported in great numbers[struck: , providing a positive trade balance].

   (5) Technology developed and proven in general aviation aids in the success and safety of all sectors of aviation and scientific competence.

   (6) The average small airplane in the United States is now 40 years old and the regulatory barriers to bringing new designs to [inserted: the ]market are resulting in a lack of innovation and investment in small airplane design.

   (7) [struck: Over the past decade][inserted: Since 2003], the United States [struck: has typically ]lost 10,000 active private pilots per year[inserted: on average], partially due to a lack of cost-effective, new small airplanes.

   (8) General aviation safety can be improved by modernizing and revamping the regulations [struck: for this sector ][inserted: relating to small airplanes ]to clear the path for technology adoption and cost-effective means to retrofit the existing fleet with new safety technologies.

   SEC. 3. [struck: FAA ]SAFETY AND REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than December 15, 2015, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue a final rule--

   ([struck: a][inserted: 1]) [struck: Establishment of FAA Safety and Regulatory Improvements for General Aviation.--The Administrator shall ][inserted: to ]advance the safety and continued development of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification requirements [struck: applicable to small ][inserted: for such ]airplanes [inserted: under part 23 ]to streamline the approval of safety advancements[struck: .][inserted: ; and]

   Struck: (b) Regulations.--The Administrator shall issue a final rule based on the FAA's Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee (established in August 2011) by December 31, 2015. The final rule shall meet the following objectives of the Part 23 Committee:

   Struck: (1) Create a regulatory regime for small airplanes that will improve safety and decrease certification costs.

   Struck: (2) Set broad, outcome-driven safety objectives that will spur innovation and technology adoption.

   Struck: (3) Replace current, prescriptive requirements contained in FAA rules with performance-based regulations.

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   Struck: (4) Use FAA-accepted consensus standards to clarify how the part 23 safety objectives may be met by specific designs and technologies.

   Struck: (c) Consensus-Based Standards.--The Administrator shall use acceptable consensus-based standards whenever possible in the spirit of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 3701 note), while continuing traditional methods for meeting part 23.

   Inserted: (2) that meets the objectives described in subsection (b).

   Inserted: (b) Objectives Described.--The objectives described in this subsection are based on the recommendations of the Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee:

   Inserted: (1) The establishment of a regulatory regime for small airplanes that will improve safety and reduce the regulatory cost burden for the Federal Aviation Administration and the aviation industry.

   Inserted: (2) The establishment of broad, outcome-driven safety objectives that will spur innovation and technology adoption.

   Inserted: (3) The replacement of current, prescriptive requirements under part 23 with performance-based regulations.

   Inserted: (4) The use of consensus standards accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration to clarify how the safety objectives of part 23 may be met using specific designs and technologies.

   Inserted: (c) Consensus-Based Standards.--In prescribing regulations under this section, the Administrator shall use consensus standards, as described in section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 272 note), to the extent practicable while continuing traditional methods for meeting part 23.

   (d) Safety Cooperation.--The Administrator shall lead the effort to improve general aviation safety by working with leading aviation regulators to assist them in adopting a complementary regulatory approach for small airplanes.

   Struck: SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

   [inserted: (e) Definitions.--]In this [struck: Act, the following definitions apply][inserted: section]:

   Struck: (1) Administrator.--The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

   Inserted: (1) Consensus standards.--

   ([struck: 2][inserted: A]) [struck: Consensus standards][inserted: In general].--The term "consensus standards" means standards developed by [struck: voluntary organizations which plan, develop, establish, or coordinate voluntary standards using agreed-upon procedures, both domestic and international. These standards ][inserted: an organization described in subparagraph (B) that may ]include provisions requiring that owners of relevant intellectual property [struck: agree ][inserted: have agreed ]to make that intellectual property available on a nondiscriminatory, royalty-free[inserted: ,] or [struck: reasonable-royalty ][inserted: reasonable royalty ]basis to all interested [struck: parties][inserted: persons].[struck: These bodies have the attributes of openness, balance of interest, due process, an appeals process, and consensus.]

   Struck: (3) FAA.--The term "FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration.

   Struck: (4) General aviation.--The term "general aviation" means all aviation activities other than scheduled commercial airline operations and military aviation.

   Struck: (5) Part 23.--The term "part 23" means part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

   Struck: (6) Small airplane.--The term "small airplane" means FAA type certificated airplanes that meet the parameters of part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

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   Struck: Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2013.

   Inserted: (B) Organizations described.--An organization described in this subparagraph is a domestic or international organization that--

   Inserted: (i) plans, develops, establishes, or coordinates, through a process based on consensus and using agreed-upon procedures, voluntary standards; and

   Inserted: (ii) operates in a transparent manner, considers a balanced set of interests with respect to such standards, and provides for due process and an appeals process with respect to such standards.

   Inserted: (2) Part 23.--The term "part 23" means part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

   Inserted: (3) Part 23 reorganization aviation rulemaking committee.--The term "Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee" means the aviation rulemaking committee established by the Federal Aviation Administration in August 2011 to consider the reorganization of the regulations under part 23.

   Inserted: (4) Small airplane.--The term "small airplane" means an airplane which is certified to part 23 standards.

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