Civilian Aviation Certification Equity Act of 2021
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to allow civilian pilots at the Department of Defense to earn certificates and ratings in the same manner as military pilots. Currently, pilots who are members of the U.S. armed forces may use military training and flight hours to qualify for pilot certificates and instrument and type ratings.
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
revise regulations to ensure a Department of Defense civilian pilot is 
 eligible for certain ratings in the same manner as a military pilot, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civilian Aviation Certification 
Equity Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PILOTS.

    (a) Eligibility for Certain Ratings.--Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall revise section 61.73 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that a Department of Defense 
civilian pilot is eligible for a rating based on qualifications earned 
as a Department of Defense pilot, pilot instructor, or pilot examiner 
in the same manner that a military pilot is eligible for such a rating 
based on qualifications earned as a military pilot, pilot instructor, 
or pilot examiner.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Department of defense civilian pilot.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``Department of Defense 
                civilian pilot'' means an individual, other than a 
                military pilot, who is employed as a pilot by the 
                Department of Defense.
                    (B) Exclusion.-- The term ``Department of Defense 
                civilian pilot'' does not include a contractor of the 
                Department of Defense.
            (2) Military pilot.--The term ``military pilot'' means a 
        military pilot, as such term is used in section 61.73 of title 
        14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before 
        the date of the enactment of this Act).
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Civilian Aviation Certification Equity Act of 2021
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to revise regulations to ensure a Department of Defense civilian pilot is eligible for certain ratings in the same manner as a military pilot, and for other purposes.
Civilian Aviation Certification Equity Act of 2021
Rep. Brooks, Mo