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Old 07-20-2023 | 08:34 AM
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Andy
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The FAA Reauthorization Act has passed in the House with age 67 embedded in the bill.
Final vote: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023364

Here is the text in HR 3935 that applies to age 67:
EC. 330. AGE STANDARDS FOR PILOTS.Section 44729 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking “Subject to the limitation in subsection (c), a” and inserting “A”; and

(B) by striking “65” and inserting “67”;

(2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking “; or” and inserting “, unless the operation takes place in airspace where such operations are not permitted; or”;

(3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (c) through (g), respectively;

(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated—

(A) in the heading by striking “60” and inserting “65”;

(B) by striking “the date of enactment of this section,” and inserting “the date of enactment of the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act,”;
(C) by striking “section 121.383(c)” and inserting “subsections (d) and (e) of section 121.383”; and

(D) by inserting “(or any successor regulations)” after “Regulations”;

(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated—

(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

“(1) RETROACTIVITY.—A person who has attained 65 years of age on or before the date of enactment of the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act may return to service as a pilot for an air carrier engaged in covered operations.”; and

(B) in paragraph (2) by striking “section, taken in conformance with a regulation issued to carry out this section, or taken prior to the date of enactment of this section in conformance with section 121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect before such date of enactment), may” and inserting “section or taken in conformance with a regulation issued to carry out this section, may”; and

(6) by adding at the end the following:“(h) Savings Clause.—An air carrier engaged in covered operations described in subsection (b)(1) on or after the date of enactment of the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act may not require employed pilots to serve in such covered operations after attaining 65 years of age.”.

Here's a link to section 44729 of 49USC for those that want to see the changes made: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/44729
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