[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6063 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6063

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 establish a task force on pilot manual reform, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2020

Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
 Ms. Brownley of California, and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 establish a task force on pilot manual reform, 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 Training Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT MANUAL REFORM.

    (a) Task Force.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
        Aviation Administration shall establish a Pilot Manual Reform 
        Task Force (in this section referred to as the ``Task Force'').
            (2) Membership.--The Task Force shall be composed of an 
        equal number of representatives of the following individuals, 
        industries, and entities, appointed by the Administrator:
                    (A) Individuals appointed by an organization 
                representing certified collective bargaining 
                representatives of airline pilots.
                    (B) Air carriers.
                    (C) Aircraft manufacturers.
                    (D) Members of the Federal Aviation Administration 
                that are essential, as determined by the Administrator.
                    (E) Aviation safety experts.
            (3) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the Task Force shall--
                    (A) be selected from among the members of the Task 
                Force by a majority vote of such members; and
                    (B) shall serve until replaced by a majority vote 
                of the members of the Task Force.
            (4) Responsibilities.--The Task Force shall--
                    (A) with respect to the Airplane Flight Manual, 
                Flightcrew Operating Manual, Quick Reference Handbook, 
                Flight Crew Training Manual, and Memory Items for 
                aircraft used to provide air transportation under part 
                121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, make 
                recommendations on--
                            (i) how to properly ensure that all 
                        necessary systems are represented in such 
                        manuals and items;
                            (ii) how to properly ensure that all system 
                        changes are represented in such manuals and 
                        items;
                            (iii) the changes the Task Force would make 
                        to the regulations process regarding such 
                        manuals and items;
                            (iv) a documented process to determine what 
                        information the Federal Aviation Administration 
                        will be required to include in such manuals and 
                        items; and
                            (v) any other process or information 
                        determined necessary by the Task Force;
                    (B) with respect to flight simulator training 
                devices under part 60 of title 14, Code of Federal 
                Regulations, assess--
                            (i) pilot access to simulators and make 
                        recommendations, if the Task Force determines 
                        necessary, on how to improve such access; and
                            (ii) pilot simulator training requirements 
                        and make recommendations, if the Task Force 
                        determines necessary, on how to improve such 
                        requirements; and
                    (C) not later than 180 days after the establishment 
                of the Task Force, submit to the Administrator the 
                recommendations described in subparagraph (A).
            (5) Termination.--The Task Force shall terminate on the 
        date of submission of the recommendations described in 
        paragraph (4)(C).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of submission 
of the recommendations described in subsection (a)(4)(C), the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing 
a plan to address such recommendations.
    (c) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
submission of the recommendations required under subsection (a)(4)(B), 
the Administrator--
            (1) may issue such regulations as are necessary to require 
        each aircraft manufacturer and air carrier to update each 
        Airplane Flight Manual, Flightcrew Operating Manual, Quick 
        Reference Handbook, Flight Crew Training Manual, and Memory 
        Items in accordance with the recommendations described in 
        subsection (a)(4);
            (2) may issue such regulations as are necessary to require 
        the appropriate level and amount of simulator training for 
        pilots based on science and proficiency for each defined task 
        or training objective; and
            (3) if the Administrator does not issue regulations under 
        paragraph (2), shall publish in the Federal Register an 
        explanation of the reason that the Administrator did not issue 
        such regulations.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``air carrier'' and 
``aircraft'' have the meanings given such terms in section 40102 of 
title 49, United States Code.
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