Full Text of HR1117 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, H.R. 3708, currently under consideration in the | 3 | | United States House of Representatives, seeks to abolish the | 4 | | burdensome and outdated third-class medical certificate | 5 | | currently required for thousands of pilots who fly | 6 | | recreationally; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, 60,000 pilots have left the aviation industry over | 8 | | the last decade, many due to the onerous and costly process of | 9 | | attaining a third-class medical certificate; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The General Aviation Pilot Protection Act, | 11 | | contained within H.R. 3708, would require pilots who fly | 12 | | recreationally to hold a valid driver's license in lieu of an | 13 | | expensive third-class medical certificate and operate under | 14 | | specific limitations; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The General Aviation Pilot Protection Act has the | 16 | | potential to grow the pilot population in the United States by | 17 | | significantly lowering a major barrier for prospective pilots, | 18 | | while also upholding high safety standards; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The General Aviation Pilot Protection Act would | 20 | | allow pilots who make non-commercial visual flight rules | 21 | | flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with no more |
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| 1 | | than 6 seats to be exempt from the third-class medical | 2 | | certification process; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The General Aviation Pilot Protection Act would | 4 | | allow pilots who are exempt from the third-class medical | 5 | | certification process to carry up to 5 passengers, fly at | 6 | | altitudes below 14,000 feet mean sea level, and fly no faster | 7 | | than 250 knots; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In addition to allowing pilots to operate common | 9 | | general aviation aircraft for recreational flying without a | 10 | | third-class medical certificate, the bill directs the Federal | 11 | | Aviation Administration to prepare and send a report to | 12 | | Congress detailing the impact of the bill's passage on general | 13 | | aviation safety within 5 years of the bill's enactment; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Aviation groups have regularly petitioned the | 15 | | Federal Aviation Administration for medical certification | 16 | | updates and changes, yet the Federal Aviation Administration | 17 | | has refused to move on such requests, despite overwhelming | 18 | | encouragement from the general aviation community and its | 19 | | agencies; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Federal Aviation Administration has announced | 21 | | recently it will consider altering the pilot requirements in | 22 | | certain circumstances through a study called the "Private Pilot |
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| 1 | | Privileges without a Medical Certificate" project; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The general aviation community has long supported | 3 | | this action, due to its ability to maintain safety, reduce | 4 | | costs for pilots and the federal government, and allow people | 5 | | to pursue the unique freedom of flight in the same way they can | 6 | | pursue other powered recreational activities; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we encourage the members of Congress to support H.R. 3708 in | 10 | | order to afford greater access to aviation for prospective | 11 | | pilots; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | delivered to the members of the Illinois congressional | 14 | | delegation.
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