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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2182
5	5	To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish an apprenticeship
6	6	program for students at flight training providers, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH18, 2025
9	9	Mr. D
10	10	ONALDS(for himself, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, and Mr. NEHLS)
11	11	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
12	12	Transportation and Infrastructure
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish an
15	15	apprenticeship program for students at flight training
16	16	providers, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pre-Pilot Pathway 4
21	21	Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR PILOTS. 6
23	23	(a) D
24	24	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
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28	28	(1) APPRENTICE.—The term ‘‘apprentice’’ 1
29	29	means a student enrolled at a flight training pro-2
30	30	vider. 3
31	31	(2) F
32	32	LIGHT TRAINING PROVIDER .—The term 4
33	33	‘‘flight training provider’’ means a flight academy 5
34	34	certified under part 141 of title 14, Code of Federal 6
35	35	Regulations. 7
36	36	(3) S
37	37	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8
38	38	the Secretary of Transportation. 9
39	39	(b) E
40	40	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consulta-10
41	41	tion with appropriate industry stakeholders and flight 11
42	42	training providers who conduct flight training under part 12
43	43	141 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall estab-13
44	44	lish an apprenticeship program to establish a pipeline of 14
45	45	qualified and interested individuals to become commercial 15
46	46	pilots. 16
47	47	(c) S
48	48	ELECTION.—Under the apprenticeship program 17
49	49	established under subsection (b), each flight training pro-18
50	50	vider participating in the apprenticeship program estab-19
51	51	lished under subsection (b) may select up to 8 applicants, 20
52	52	or more if considered appropriate by the Secretary based 21
53	53	upon the size and type of each participating flight training 22
54	54	provider, to serve as apprentices each academic year. 23
55	55	(d) C
56	56	URRICULUM ANDREQUIREMENTS.— 24
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60	60	(1) IN GENERAL.—To graduate from an ap-1
61	61	prenticeship program established under subsection 2
62	62	(b), an apprentice shall satisfy any relevant require-3
63	63	ments and minimum curriculum under part 141 of 4
64	64	title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 5
65	65	regulations), including all curriculum under subpart 6
66	66	C of such part. 7
67	67	(2) M
68	68	INIMUM REQUIREMENTS .—Nothing in this 8
69	69	Act prevents a flight training provider from impos-9
70	70	ing additional requirements, such as modifying the 10
71	71	terms of service of the apprenticeship program, on 11
72	72	an apprentice taking part in an apprenticeship pro-12
73	73	gram established pursuant to this section. 13
74	74	(e) O
75	75	PTIONALPROGRAM.—A flight training provider 14
76	76	may choose not to participate in an apprenticeship pro-15
77	77	gram established under this section. 16
78	78	(f) R
79	79	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 17
80	80	date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 18
81	81	such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act. 19
82	82	(g) I
83	83	NCENTIVIZINGRETIREDPILOTS.—The Sec-20
84	84	retary shall take such actions as may be appropriate to 21
85	85	develop methods to incentivize pilots, including retired 22
86	86	military pilots, retiring airline pilots, and graduates of the 23
87	87	apprenticeship programs established under this section, to 24
88	88	become instructors, mentors, or program advisors at par-25
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92	92	ticipating flight training providers, including through the 1
93	93	development of pathway programs for such pilots to gain 2
94	94	initial qualifications or concurrent qualifications as cer-3
95	95	tified flight instructors under part 61 or part 141 of title 4
96	96	14, Code of Federal Regulations. 5
97	97	(h) R
98	98	EPORTING ANDEVALUATION.— 6
99	99	(1) R
100	100	EPORTING.—The Secretary shall submit to 7
101	101	Congress an annual report detailing apprentice 8
102	102	progress, retention rates, and post-graduation em-9
103	103	ployment outcomes under the program under this 10
104	104	section. 11
105	105	(2) E
106	106	VALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct 12
107	107	an annual review of the apprenticeship program’s ef-13
108	108	fectiveness, including the impact on addressing pilot 14
109	109	shortages. 15
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