[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2247 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2247

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the use of physical 
or digital copies of certain certificates for certain Federal Aviation 
          Administration inspections, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

Mr. Burchett (for himself and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the use of physical 
or digital copies of certain certificates for certain Federal Aviation 
          Administration inspections, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pilot Certificate Accessibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF CERTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 44703 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Sufficiency of Digital and Physical Copies of Airman 
Certificates.--An individual issued a certificate pursuant to this 
section (including a medical certificate) may present such certificate 
to an inspector of the Federal Aviation Administration in any of the 
following formats:
            ``(1) A physical, original copy issued by the Administrator 
        (or his or her designee).
            ``(2) A digital copy stored on an electronic device or 
        cloud storage platform, including a mobile certificate issued 
        by the Administrator.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall update regulations in part 61 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, as necessary, to implement the amendments made by 
this section.
    (c) Applicability.--Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall apply part 61, 
Code of Federal Regulations, in a manner reflecting the changes to 
section 44703 of title 49, United States Code, made by this Act.
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