{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/bicameral-bipartisan-group-of-84-members-of-congress-urge-faa-to-implement-intent-of-third-class-medical-reform", "Bicameral, Bipartisan Group of 84 Members of Congress Urge FAA to Implement Intent of Third Class Medical Reform", "2016-11-02", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Inhofe", "I000024", "www.inhofe.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Bicameral, Bipartisan Group of 84 Members of Congress Urge FAA to Implement Intent of Third Class Medical Reform\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, November 2, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 A bipartisan, bicameral group of 84 Members of Congress sent letters on Wednesday to the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) Adm. Michael Huerta encouraging the agency to implement new regulations that follow Congress\u2019 intent of the third class medical reform language signed into law on\u00a0July\u00a015, 2016, as part of the\u00a0FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016.\u00a0\r\nU.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), authors of the Pilot\u2019s Bill of Rights 2, led the Senate letter with 26 signatures, which can be read by clicking here.\r\nU.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) and U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) led the House letter with 58 signatures, which can be read by clicking here.\r\nIn both letters, the Members wrote:\u00a0\u201cWe encourage the FAA to ensure that these regulations follow the intent of the new law, which is to remove bureaucracy, red tape, cost, and delays from the cumbersome process that exists today while maintaining a safe general aviation pilot population.\u00a0 Moreover, this bipartisan compromise also relies on the education of general aviation pilots with respect to aeromedical awareness.\r\n\u201cAs you know, a 2014 safety enhancement, implemented by the FAA-Industry General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) led the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association\u2019s Air Safety Institute to develop a medical education course that can be used by all pilots for free, regardless of certification level, to educate them on medical fitness and certain health conditions that could impact the safe operations of an aircraft.\u00a0 The intent of the authors was to use this course to fulfill the requirements included in the statute.\r\n\u201cWe also understand that the course recommendations were developed by medical subject matter experts in partnership with the FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine and that the Agency will again review the AOPA Air Safety Institute course before it can be administered, according to the statute, to the pilot population at large.\u201d\r\nBackground:\r\nSection 2307 of the\u00a0FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act\u00a0included compromise language from S.571, the Pilot\u2019s Bill of Rights 2 sponsored by Inhofe,\u00a0to address third class medical reform.\u00a0The compromise language\u00a0garnered the\u00a0support of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).\r\nOn Feb. 26, 2015, Inhofe introduced the\u00a0Pilot\u2019s Bill of Rights 2, legislation that would\u00a0reform\u00a0the third class medical\u00a0certification\u00a0for recreational pilots and broaden the protections provided in the original Pilot\u2019s Bill of Rights authored by Inhofe and signed into law in 2012.\r\nOn Dec. 9, 2015, the Senate Commerce Committee reported S. 571 as amended to the Senate by a voice vote. On\u00a0Dec. 15, 2015, the Senate passed S.571 by unanimous consent and with 70 cosponsors.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/bicameral-bipartisan-group-of-84-members-of-congress-urge-faa-to-implement-intent-of-third-class-medical-reform"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9921509772539139, "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"}