Certainty for General Aviation Pilots Act of 2021

Certainty for General Aviation Pilots Act of 2021

This bill deems that individuals who provide flight instruction or testing (including phased testing of experimental aircraft) are not operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for hire. Under current law, individuals must generally obtain a regulatory exemption or other authority to deviate from regulatory requirements to provide compensated flight training or testing.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4645 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4645

 To clarify that individuals engaged in aircraft flight instruction or 
  testing, including phased testing of experimental aircraft, are not 
operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or 
                                 hire.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2021

    Mr. Graves of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify that individuals engaged in aircraft flight instruction or 
  testing, including phased testing of experimental aircraft, are not 
operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or 
                                 hire.

    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 ``Certainty for General Aviation 
Pilots Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. FLIGHT INSTRUCTION OR TESTING.

    (a) In General.--A certificated flight instructor providing student 
instruction, flight instruction, or flight training shall not be deemed 
to be operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for 
compensation or hire.
    (b) Authorized Additional Pilots.--An individual acting as an 
authorized additional pilot during Phase I flight testing of aircraft 
holding an experimental airworthiness certificate, in accordance with 
section 21.191 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and meeting 
the requirements set forth by Federal Aviation Administration 
regulation and policy, shall not be deemed to be operating an aircraft 
carrying persons or property for compensation or hire.
    (c) Use of Aircraft.--An individual who uses, causes to use, or 
authorizes to use aircraft shall not be deemed to be operating the 
aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or hire for 
flights conducted under subsection (a) or (b).
    (d) Revision of Rules.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall issue, revise, or repeal its rules, regulations, 
guidance, or procedures to conform to this section.
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