,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fibf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjah,mr4 ,coffman introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
deferment to certain ,federal student   
loan borrowers who are accruing         
aeronautical experience required for    
airline transport pilot certification4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,pilot ,act of #bjah4  #b4      
,deferral of loan repayment during      
accrual of aeronautical experience      
required for airline transport pilot    
certification ,part ,g of title ,,iv of 
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhh et seq47 is amended
 by adding at the end the following new 
section3  #dic;,e4 ,deferral of loan    
repayment during accrual of aeronautical
 experience required for airline        
transport pilot certification  7a7      
,deferral of loan repayment during      

accrual of aeronautical experience ,in  
addition to any deferral of repayment of
 a loan made under this title pursuant  
to section #dbh7;b77#a77,m71            
#dee7;f77#b7 or #dfd7;c77#b77;,a71 a    
qualified borrower shall be eligible for
 a deferment1 during which periodic     
installments of principal need not be   
paid and interest shall not accrue1 for 
a period not to exceed #c years         
following the attainment of a bachelor's
 degree described in subsection 7b77#a71
 except that a deferment under this     
subsection shall expire upon the        
qualified borrower's--  7#a7 completion 
of the aeronautical experience          
requirements imposed under section      
#ddgjc of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code1 for the airline transport pilot  
certificate sought2 or  7#b7 failure to 
actively work to accrue the aeronautical
 experience required to apply for such  
certificate4  7b7 ,qualified borrower   
,the term qualified borrower means a    
borrower of a loan under this title     

who-- 7#a7 has attained a bachelor's    
degree with an aviation major from an   
institution of higher education that has
 been issued a letter of authorization  
by the ,administrator of the ,federal   
,aviation ,administration under section 
#fa4afi of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal 
,regulations2 and  7#b7 is actively     
working to accrue the aeronautical      
experience required to apply for an     
airline transport pilot certificate4    
7c7 ,regulations ,not later than one    
year after the date of enactment of the 
,pilot ,act of #bjah1 the ,secretary    
shall1 in consultation with the         
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration1 develop guidelines--  
7#a7 for determining for the purposes of
 this section when a borrower has       
completed the aeronautical experience   
requirements imposed under section      
#ddgjc of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code1 for the airline transport pilot  
certificate sought2  7#b7 for           
determining for the purposes of this    

section whether a borrower is actively  
working to accrue the aeronautical      
experience requirements required to     
apply for an airline transport pilot    
certificate2 and  7#c7 for reporting to 
the ,secretary the progress a qualified 
borrower is making towards completion of
 such aeronautical experience           
requirements1 including the frequency of
 such reporting4  7d7 ,other definitions
 ,in this section3 7#a7 ,aeronautical   
experience ,the term aeronautical       
experience has the meaning given such   
term in section #fa4a of title #ad1     
,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7#b7   
,airline transport pilot certificate    
,the term airline transport pilot       
certificate means an airman certificate 
described in section #ddgjc7;b77#b7 of  
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code4  4