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H.R. 2247 · 119th Congress

Airmen Certificate Accessibility Act

Introduced Mar 21, 2025Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summary

Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act

This bill allows a pilot to present a digital copy of certain certificates (e.g., an airman certificate or a medical certificate) when required to present such documentation by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector.

Under current FAA regulations, a pilot must present for inspection a physical copy of an airman certificate and other paperwork upon a request from the FAA; a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer; or an authorized representative of the Transportation Security Administration or the National Transportation Safety Board. This bill allows a pilot to present a certificate such as an airman certificate or a medical certificate to an FAA inspector as (1) a physical, original copy; or (2) a digital copy stored on an electronic device or cloud storage platform.

The FAA must update current regulations to implement this change.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2660)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  5. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2247.

  6. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2660-2661)

  7. House

    Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.

  9. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-551.

  10. House

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  11. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  12. House

    Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged

Show 3 earlier actions
  1. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

  2. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  3. Introduced in House