{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-introduces-pilot-certificate-accessibility-act", "Rep. Burchett introduces Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act", "2024-12-09", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Tim Burchett", "B001309", "burchett.house.gov", "burchett", "https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C., (Dec. 9th, 2024) \u2013 Last week, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act.\n\nCommercial pilots are required to carry paper copies of their original medical and airman certificates in the event inspection is required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, a National Transportation Safety board representative, or federal, state or local law officials.\n\nThe Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act would increase efficiency by allowing pilots to carry digital copies of these documents on electronic devices or cloud storage platforms.\n\n\u201cEverything we do is online nowadays,\u201d said Rep. Burchett. \u201cI don't see a reason why our pilots should have to carry physical documents with them instead of keeping them on their phone like everything else.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-introduces-pilot-certificate-accessibility-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9529618546366692, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}