The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 362 and the nays are 45. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Fitzpatrick, to suspend the rules h. R. 5606 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. To clerk h. R. 5606, a bill facilitate to assist in the fighting of terrorist activities and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 229 and the nays are 177, 2 3 not being in the affirmative, the rules are not suspended and the bills not passed. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Please remove your conversations off the floor. Please remove your conversations off the floor. The chair will postponefurther proceedings today on additional motions to suspend the rules on hich a rodded vote or on which the the yeas and nays are ordered or and any recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. He house will be in order. Please take your conversations off the house floor. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . I move to suspend the rules and agree to House Resolution 818. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk resolution providing for the concurrence by the house in the Senate Amendments to h. R. 636 with amendments. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Shuster, and the gentleman from oregon, each will control 20 minutes sm the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. Mr. Shuster i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to resice and stepped their remarks and include remarks. I yield myself such time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, i rise in support. F House Resolution 818 first and foremost this is a bipartisan, bicameral longterm extension of the federal aviation authoritys funding and fiscal year. This extension provides stability to our Aviation System while congress focuses on the full authorization. It will face a shutdown next week. And airport employees will come to a halt and 40 million a day will go uncollected. That is funding for air Traffic Control and other safety programs. This includes limited but critical and timesensitive provisions to inclued safety and security. Addresses and including the german air wings and other accidents. Other issues address include protecting lowflying pile olts and reevaluating air systems. And the hiring process and ensuring the f. A. A. Addresses growing nd given the demand for drones and the need to address our Safety Operations this includes provisions to manage the safe integration of drones. In response to safety concerns to cybersecurity risks, the extension requires the f. A. A. To have a plan. In addition to others, this addresses the security of our system. As the recent bombings, aviation remains a prominent target for terrorists. The house has passed these and this extension includes much of that language. His is a bipartisan, bicameral extension with safety and security reforms. I thank Ranking Member defazio and thank senator thune for their help in drafting this extension. I thank chairman mccaul and Ranking Member thompson for their efforts inputting together a robust security title and i thank others for their work. In addition, congressman lobiondo from new jersey, the chairman of the subcommittee and congressman larsen added important provisions into this extension. Passing this will provide more than a years worth of certainty in the aviation community. During this time, we will continue to develop a longterm f. A. A. Bill. And with that, i urge all my colleagues to support h. R. 818 and i reserve the balance of my time. Mr. Defazio this gives us 14 1 2 months of certainty for critical programs with the f. A. A. It is a bipartisan product. I would rather we had been doing a longterm authorization , more substantial policy, but this is an acceptable bill. Safety title gives the f. A. A. Authority to more rigorously go after people who use laser pointers. Idiots who use laser pointers and potentially causing catastrophic accidents and eye damage. To go after people who are interfering and stopping Fire Fighting efforts with drones, shore up cybersecurity for safety critical aviation infrastructure, the f. A. A. Is something ive been pursuing for years. Will step up its oversight of overseas Aircraft Repair and overhaul facilities, where more and more work is being done. Where they do not live up to u. S. Standards. We changed the way in which some of the people at the f. A. A. Had come up with a brilliant new idea, which was disqualifying people eminently qualified and already working as air Traffic Controllers from becoming air Traffic Controllers. We fixed that problem. We balance the need for integration of drones with the need to protect the general public and the national air space. And a number of other critical provisions. So with that, i recommend my colleagues support the legislation. The speaker pro tempore does the gentleman reserve . Mr. Defazio i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon reserves. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Shuster thank you, mr. Speaker. I now recognize the gentleman from new jersey, the chairman of the aviation subcommittee, mr. Lobiondo, for as much time as he may consume. Mr. Loebsack id like to thank chairman mr. Lobiondo id like to thank chairman shuster and the other committees responsible for this very important extension, which i strongly support. In my district, in new jersey, i have the privilege of representing approximately 4,000 f. A. A. Employees and contractors who work at the f. A. A. s premier flagship technical center. Their Extraordinary Energy and dedication ensures american aviation continues to move forward. Without them, American Leadership in aviation would suffer and we cannot afford to send them home because congress failed to do our work and pass an extension bill. A lapse in authorization would result in the halting of certification and registration of new aircraft and disruption of our aerospace industry. It would needlessly jeopardize good paying jobs and cause pain to hardworking americans. This longterm extension averts these selfinflicted injuries and also makes safety Critical Reforms while capitalizing on the momentum of f. A. A. s long delayed small u. A. S. Rule. The bill moves forward for advancing u. A. S. Applications while ensuring they do not pose a threat to threat to aviation, Critical Infrastructure or the general public. It also gives the u. A. S. Test sites established under the 2012 f. A. A. Bill, one of which operates in my district. The certainty and stability they will need to conduct Critical Research and development on u. A. S. Integration. Mr. Speaker, this longterm extension promotes a stable Aviation System, improves aviation security, and strengthens aviation security. It also has strong safety measures. I urge all of my colleagues to support this well thought out measure and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from oregon is recognized. Mr. Defazio i yield the gentleman from mississippi two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. While i commend mr. Defazio and his colleagues for negotiating language to enhance aviation safety, i must rise in opposition to this legislation. My problem with the bill stems from a potential jobkilling provision inserted in the Homeland Security portion of the packing an. Understandably package. Understandably after the airport attacks in brussels and more recently istanbul, we have interest in strengthening aviation security. Section 3405 directs t. S. A. To update regulations for eligibility, including credengs which airport workers need to perform their credentials which airport workers need to perform their jobs. Theres no evidence that this additional scrutiny will strengthen aviation security. What we do know for sure is that the changes would unjustifiably put workers at risk of losing their jobs. As such, it should come to no surprise that the International Association of machinists, the communication workers of america, and the transport Workers Union have come out in strong opposition to this bill. That measure, h. R. 3102, also was approved by voice vote in the house this past october. The language before us today goes several steps further than h. R. 3102, unjustifiably lengthening the well hit gated 10year lookback period litigated 10year look back period from 10 to 15 years. The men and women that will be subject to this arbitration change have as strong if not more of an interest as you or me in preventing terrorism in airports. They deserve better than living in fear that they will be able to lose their jobs in the name of Homeland Security. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon reserves. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Shuster thank you, mr. Speaker. I now yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the science and Technology Committee. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Smith mr. Speaker, i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Shuster, the chairman of the Transportation Committee, for yielding me time. As congress continue working toward a multi continues working toward a multiyear authorization for the f. A. A. F. A. A. , the f. A. A. F. A. A. , the f. A. A. Extension and security act of 2016 will ensure that safety and Security Research and Development Activities are authorized. Pursuant to rule 10, the House Committee on science, space and technology has legislative jurisdiction over, quote, civilian Aviation Research and development, end quote, regardless of the funding account from which the research and development is appropriated. Earlier this year the house science, space and Technology Committee marked up and passed out of committee a threeyear civil Aviation Research and Development Authorization for the f. A. A. , the flight r d act. This important legislation was introduced by representative steven knight. Many provisions from the flight r d act are now in the 2016 f. A. A. Extension were considering tonight and i very much appreciate chairman shuster including them. These provisions include the development of a cyberSecurity Research and development plan, a study on metrics to streamline the integration of Unmanned Aircraft systems into the national air space, a Research Plan for Unmanned Aircraft systems traffic management, and the establishment of an unmanned and manned aircraft collisions research program. These are important, pressing Science Committee r d provisions that will encrine increase Public Safety and private commerce. I look forward to working to include the remainder of the flight r d act provisions in a larger f. A. A. Bill next year. I encourage my colleagues to support chairman shusters bill and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from oregon is recognized. Mr. Defazio i yield the gentleman from colorado one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Perlmutter on july 3 last year a flight for life helicopter took off in frisco, colorado. Just seconds later the helicopter crashed in a parking lot next to the helipad and burst into flames. The postcrash fire contributed to the death of the pilot, patrick mow haynie, and is he mohaney, and severely burned the two nurses. One is still hospitalized today after suffering burns on more than 90 of his body. The u. S. Military required changes to helicopter fuel systems over 50 years ago. The f. A. A. Underwent a rulemaking in 1994 concerning crash resistant fuel system standards. But 22 years later we still do not require newly manufactured helicopters to meet these Safety Standards. The 1994 rulemaking required all newly certified helicopter designs to incorporate resistant fuel systems. But helicopter designs are certified once and then can be manufactured for years. So knew helicopters like the new helicopters like the as350 which crashed in frisco and is only 1 year old are being built to an unsafe standard. The bill today includes section thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. Mr. Perlmutter the bill today includes a section requiring the administrator of the f. A. A. To evaluate and update these Safety Standards. I want to thank chairman shuster and Ranking Member defazio for working with me on this issue, together we can work with the f. A. A. And industry to update these critical Safety Standards and make sure newly manufactured helicopters include crash resistant fuel systems. I thank the gentleman and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon reserves. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Shuster thank you, mr. Speaker. I now recognize the gentleman from indiana, mr. Rokita, for a minute and a half. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Rokita i thank the speaker. I also would like to thank the chairman for yielding time to speak today on this legislation. I also want to thank the transportation the chairman of the Transportation Committee for his excellent leadership that hes shown this congress and previous congresses. Its been an absolute pleasure to serve on a committee that has accomplished so much. Today i want to speak briefly on an important provision of this reauthorization. As an airman myself, ive always stood up for the rights of general aviation pilots. Section 2307 in this legislation, which is based on my bill, the general aviation pilot protection act, will make operating a private aircraft easier and more commonsense for private pilots. Currently, pilots must get an unnecessary outdated medical examination from a governmentapproved physician as often as once a year. Section 2307 would change that requirement so that a pilot can simply visit his family physician once every four years. Although this doesnt go as far as is ultimately needed to get rid of 20th century red tape while maintaining safety in the 21st century, it is Real Progress for aveyageaters. This change is strongly supported by the aviation. This change is strongly supported by the aircraft owners and pilots association, which im a member, and has a strong bipartisan list of cosponsors. I thank again chairman shuster and Ranking Member defazio for their continued leadership on this and other aviation issues and i urge members and all of us to support this legislation, including the bipartisan general aviation caucus, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from oregon is recognized. Mr. Defazio i yield the gentleman from colorado, mr. Polis, 90 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Polis thank you, mr. Speaker. Although im glad the house of representatives is taking a step in the right direction by reauthorizing f. A. A. For a few months, im frustrate that were not going as frustrated that were not going as far as we could to protect lives that could easily be saved. On july 3, 2015, just over a year ago, there was a flight for life crash in frisco, colorado, my district. The pilot died and one person onboard is still recovering from major burns. The death was caused not because of speed or pilot error, but simply because the fuel system did not have a crash resistant system thats already mandated in military helicopters. Representative perlmutter and i have introduced a helicopter fuel safety act and that would require the f. A. A. To install crash resistant fuel systems and newly manufactured helicopters in newly manufactured helicopters. Im glad this reauthorization language moves the f. A. A. In that direction. But i hope that we can move forward quickly to save lives and fix this. I was also disappointed i wasnt allowed to offer several other amendments, including one which would have given local airports more flexibility in limiting flights. Something of great concern for my district, around flight noise for constituents. I dont know how many of you live near airports that have continuous flights with older planes, but i hear from my constituents often on this, and i wanted the opportunity to do something about it. 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