Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title 49, United States Code, to raise the retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Labor, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H2F73C3E7179449E7B1BC2673F6BBD4C4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act of 2025.
- Section H9C4C29582D774E56AA8499CD2AA55DC1: 2. Increased retirement age for pilots Section 44729 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 107 of division Q of the Consolidated...
- Section HA1E42B32C5394B67AD259276F21ADD73: 44729. Age standards for pilots A pilot may serve in multicrew covered operations until 67 years of age. In this section, the term covered operations means...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title 49, United States Code, to raise the retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend title 49, United States Code, to raise the retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mr. Nehls introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, unless the operation takes place in— (1)the territorial airspace of a foreign country where such operations are prohibited by the foreign country
operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, unless the operation takes place in— the territorial airspace of a foreign country where such operations are prohibited by the foreign country
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