Sec. 323. Enhancing processes for authorizing aircraft for service in commuter and on demand operations
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a Part 135 Aircraft Conformity Working Group (in this section referred to as the Working Group ). The Working Group shall study methods and make recommendations to clarify requirements and standardize the process for conducting and completing aircraft conformity processes for existing part 135 air carriers and operators in a timely manner and entering those aircraft into service.
The Working Group shall be comprised of representatives of the FAA, existing part 135 air carriers and operators, and associations or trade groups representing such class of air carriers or operators. The Working Group shall consider all aspects of the current FAA processes for ensuring aircraft conformity and make recommendations to enhance those processes, including with respect to— methodologies for air carriers and operators to document and attest to aircraft conformity in accordance with the requirements of part 135; streamlined protocols for part 135 operators to add an aircraft that was listed on another part 135 certificate immediately prior to moving to the new air carrier; and changes to FAA policy and documentation necessary to implement the recommendations of the Working Group.
Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Administrator establishes the Working Group, the Administrator shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the progress made by the Working Group in carrying out the duties specified in subsection (c), recommendations of the Working Group, and the Administrator's efforts to implement such recommendations. In this section the term part 135 means part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.