Sec. 316. Military aviation maintenance
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Not later than 1 year after the interagency working group in section 311 of this Act is convened, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall task such working group with evaluating the appropriateness of revising part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to— create a mechanic written competency test for eligible military maintenance technicians; develop, as necessary, a relevant Airman Certification Standard to qualify eligible military maintenance technicians for a mechanic certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration with an airframe rating or a powerplant rating, or both; and allow a certificate of eligibility from the Joint Services Aviation Maintenance Technician Certification Council (in this section referred to as the JSAMTCC ) evidencing completion of a training curriculum for any rating sought to serve as a substitute to fulfill the requirement under such part 65 for oral and practical tests administered by a designated mechanic examiner for eligible military maintenance technicians.
If the working group finds that revising part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as described in section
(a)is appropriate, not later than 1 year after the finding, the Administrator shall issue a final rule that revises part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as described in subsection (a). The military mechanic written competency test and Airman Certification Standard described in subsection (a)(1) and subsection (a)(2), respectively, shall focus on the aeronautical knowledge subject areas contained in the Aviation Mechanic General, Airframe, and Powerplant Airman Certificate Standards, as appropriate to the rating sought. The aeronautical knowledge subject areas described in paragraph
(1)shall be identified in consultation with industry stakeholders and the Airman Certification System Working Group. The interagency working group described in subsection
(a)shall determine whether an expansion of the number of active testing locations operated within military installation testing centers would increase access to testing, as well as how to implement such expansion. The interagency working group described in subsection
(a)shall develop a plan to increase outreach and awareness regarding— the services made available by the JSAMTCC; and the military mechanic written competency test described in subsection (a), if appropriate. In this section, the term eligible military maintenance technician means an individual who is a current or former military aviation maintenance technician who was honorably discharged or has retired from the armed forces (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code).