notice of proposed rulemaking to revise 14 CFR Part 65 to create a written competency test for military aviation maintenance technicians and to develop, as necessary, a relevant Airman Certification Standard to qualify eligi- ble military maintenance technicians for civilian mechanic certificates with airframe or powerplant ratings. Sec. 440. Improving Federal Aviation Workforce
Development Programs. Establishes a new aviation manufacturing workforce development program to sup- port the education and recruitment of aviation manufac- turing technical workers and aerospace engineers. This section authorizes funding levels for the aviation main- tenance, aircraft pilot, and aviation manufacturing devel- opment programs at $20 million, respectively, for each fiscal year 2025 through 2028.
Title VI – Modernizing the National Airspace System Sec. 627. Low-Altitude Routes for Vertical Flight. Directs the FAA to initiate a rulemaking process to establish or update low-altitude routes and flight proce- dures to ensure safe rotorcraft and powered-lift opera- tions in the National Airspace System (NAS). Sec. 628. Required Consultation with National
Parks Overflights Advisory Group. Requires the FAA and other agencies to consult with the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group in the development of air tour management plans over lands administered by the National Park Service.
Title VIII – General Aviation Sec. 818. Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate Backlog. Directs the FAA to take such actions as may be neces- sary to reduce the backlog of Part 135 air carrier certifi- cate applications. Specifically, the FAA must set a goal to maintain, within one year of the reauthorization bill’s enactment, an average certificate processing time of less than 60 days and, within two years of enactment, an average processing time of less than 30 days. Sec. 827. EAGLE Initiative. Requires the FAA to continue to partner with industry and other federal gov- ernment stakeholders to carry out the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative through the end of 2030.
Sec. 829. Prohibition on Using ADS-B Out Data
to Initiate an Investigation. Prohibits the FAA from ini- tiating an investigation (excluding a criminal investiga- tion) of a person based exclusively on ADS-B Out data.
Title IX – New Entrants and Aerospace Innovation Sec. 907. Remote Identification Alternative Means of Compliance. Requires the FAA administrator to review and evaluate 14 CFR Part 89, Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft, to determine if unmanned aircraft manufacturers and operators can comply through alter- native means of compliance, including through network- based remote identification. Sec. 908. Part 107 Waiver Improvements. Directs
the FAA to use a performance- and risk-based approach in reviewing requests for waivers related to 14 CFR Part 107, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Sec. 924. FAA Comprehensive Plan on UAS
Automation. Requires the FAA to establish a compre- hensive plan for the integration of autonomous uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) into the NAS. Sec. 930. Beyond Visual-Line-of-Sight Operations
for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Directs the FAA to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking within four months of the authorization bill’s enactment to estab- lish a performance-based regulatory pathway for UASs to operate beyond a visual line of sight (BVLOS). Sec. 955. Rules for Operation of Powered-Lift
Aircraft. Requires the FAA to publish within seven months of the authorization bill’s enactment a special final rule for the operations of, and pilot requirements for, powered-lift aircraft, and apply specific require- ments and considerations to such rulemaking. Sec. 957. Powered-Lift Aircraft Entry into Service.
Requires the FAA to provide short- and long-term solu- tions for the safe integration of powered-lift aircraft into the NAS, including controlled airspace. Sec. 958. Infrastructure Supporting Vertical
Flight. Requires the FAA to update Engineering Brief No. 105, Vertiport Design; publish a performance-based vertiport design advisory circular; and begin performing the work necessary to update the Heliport Design Advisory Circular in order to provide performance-based design guidance.
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