[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3353]
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  SA 1973. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1911 submitted by Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms. 
Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and improve 
the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 442. AGE STANDARDS FOR PILOTS.

       Section 44729 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``Subject to the limitation in subsection 
     (c), a'' and inserting ``A''; and
       (B) by striking ``65'' and inserting ``67'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     ``, unless the operation takes place in airspace where such 
     operations are not permitted; or'';
       (3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 
     subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (c) through (g), 
     respectively;
       (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated--
       (A) in the heading by striking ``60'' and inserting ``65'';
       (B) by striking ``the date of enactment of this section,'' 
     and inserting ``the date of enactment of the FAA 
     Reauthorization Act of 2024,'';
       (C) by striking ``section 121.383(c)'' and inserting 
     ``subsections (d) and (e) of section 121.383''; and
       (D) by inserting ``(or any successor regulations)'' after 
     ``Regulations'';
       (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated--
       (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Retroactivity.--A person who has attained 65 years of 
     age on or before the date of enactment of the FAA 
     Reauthorization Act of 2024 may return to service as a pilot 
     for an air carrier engaged in covered operations.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``section, taken in 
     conformance with a regulation issued to carry out this 
     section, or taken prior to the date of enactment of this 
     section in conformance with section 121.383(c) of title 14, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect before such date of 
     enactment), may'' and inserting ``section or taken in 
     conformance with a regulation issued to carry out this 
     section, may''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Savings Clause.--An air carrier engaged in covered 
     operations described in subsection (b)(1) on or after the 
     date of enactment of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 may 
     not require employed pilots to serve in such covered 
     operations after attaining 65 years of age.''.
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