,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,burchett 7for himself and ,mr4 ,mann7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the use of  
physical or digital copies of certain   
certificates for certain ,federal       
,aviation ,administration inspections1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,pilot ,certificate ,accessibility ,act4
  #b4 ,acceptable forms of certification
  7a7 ,in general ,section #ddgjc of    
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7m7 ,sufficiency of digital 
and physical copies of airman           
certificates ,an individual issued a    
certificate pursuant to this section    
7including a medical certificate7 may   
present such certificate to an inspector

 of the ,federal ,aviation              
,administration in any of the following 
formats3 7#a7 ,a physical1 original copy
 issued by the ,administrator 7or his or
 her designee74  7#b7 ,a digital copy   
stored on an electronic device or cloud 
storage platform1 including a mobile    
certificate issued by the               
,administrator4  4  7b7 ,rulemaking ,the
 ,administrator of the ,federal         
,aviation ,administration shall update  
regulations in part #fa of title #ad1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 as      
necessary1 to implement the amendments  
made by this section4  7c7              
,applicability ,beginning on the date   
that is #a year after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator shall apply part #fa1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 in a    
manner reflecting the changes to section
 #ddgjc of title #di1 ,united ,states   
,code1 made by this ,act4