Sec. 311. Joint aviation employment training working group
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Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish an interagency working group (in this section referred to as the working group ) to advise the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Defense on matters and policies related to the training and certification of a covered aviation professional to improve career transition between the military and civilian workforces. The working group shall consist of— 2 co-chairs described in paragraph (2); not less than 6 representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration, to be appointed by the co-chair described in paragraph (2)(A); and not less than 1 representative of each component of the armed forces (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), to be appointed by the co-chair described in paragraph (2)(B).
The working group shall be co-chaired by— a representative of the Department of Transportation, to be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation; and a representative of the Department of Defense, to be appointed by the Secretary of Defense. The working group shall— evaluate and compare all regulatory requirements, guidance, and orders affecting covered aviation professionals and identify challenges that inhibit recruitment, training, and retention within the respective workforces of such professionals; and assess appropriate areas for increased interagency information sharing and harmonization across workforces on matters related to certification pathways and certification requirements, including knowledge testing, affecting covered aviation professionals.
Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of Transportation establishes the working group, the working group shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an initial report on the activities of the working group. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include— a detailed description of the findings of the working group pursuant to the activities required under subsection (c); and recommendations for regulatory, policy, or legislative action to improve the training and certification of covered aviation professionals across the civilian and military workforces. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the working group submits the initial report under subsection (d), and annually thereafter, the working group shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report— describing the continued activities of the working group; describing any progress made by the Secretary of Transportation or Secretary of Defense in implementing the recommendations described in subsection (d)(2)(B); and containing any other recommendations the working group may have with respect to efforts to improve the employment and training of covered aviation professionals in the civilian and military workforces. The working group shall terminate on the date that is 4 years after the date on which the working group submits the initial report to Congress pursuant to subsection (d). In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. The term covered aviation professional means— an airman; an aircraft maintenance and repair technician; an air traffic controller; and any other aviation-related professional that has comparable tasks and duties across the civilian and military workforces, as determined jointly by the co-chairs of the working group.