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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2247 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the use of physical |
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| 6 | 6 | | or digital copies of certain certificates for certain Federal Aviation Ad- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ministration inspections, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | URCHETT(for himself and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the |
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| 15 | 15 | | use of physical or digital copies of certain certificates |
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| 16 | 16 | | for certain Federal Aviation Administration inspections, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pilot Certificate Acces-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | sibility Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 2247 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF CERTIFICATION. 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) I |
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| 28 | 28 | | NGENERAL.—Section 44703 of title 49, United 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(m) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | UFFICIENCY OFDIGITAL ANDPHYSICALCOP-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | IES OFAIRMANCERTIFICATES.—An individual issued a 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | certificate pursuant to this section (including a medical 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | certificate) may present such certificate to an inspector 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of the Federal Aviation Administration in any of the fol-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | lowing formats: 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) A physical, original copy issued by the Ad-11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ministrator (or his or her designee). 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(2) A digital copy stored on an electronic de-13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | vice or cloud storage platform, including a mobile 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | certificate issued by the Administrator.’’. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) R |
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| 44 | 44 | | ULEMAKING.—The Administrator of the Fed-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | eral Aviation Administration shall update regulations in 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | part 61 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as nec-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | essary, to implement the amendments made by this sec-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tion. 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) A |
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| 50 | 50 | | PPLICABILITY.—Beginning on the date that is 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Admin-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | istrator shall apply part 61, Code of Federal Regulations, 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | in a manner reflecting the changes to section 44703 of 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | title 49, United States Code, made by this Act. 25 |
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