Section 31 - EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACONS        

SECTION NUMBER:  31

SECTION TITLE :  EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACONS

TEXT:
  Section 601 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended by inserting
at the end thereof a new subsection as follows:

                      "EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACONS

  "(d)(1)  Except with respect to aircraft described in paragraph (2) of
this subsection, minimum standards pursuant to this section shall include
a requirement that emergency locator beacons shall be installed -
    "(A)  on any fixed-wing, powered aircraft for use in air commerce the
  manufacture of which is completed, or which is imported into the United
  States, after one year following the date of enactment of this
  subsection; and
    "(B)  on any fixed-wing, powered aircraft used in air commerce after
  three years following such date.
  "(2)  The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to jet-powered
aircraft; aircraft used in air transportation (other than air taxis and
charter aircraft); military aircraft; aircraft used solely for training
purposes not involving flights more than twenty miles from its base; and
aircraft used for the aerial application of chemicals."


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