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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 105446-105447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30940]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 61

[Docket No. FAA-2024-2580; Amdt. No. 61-158A]
RIN 2120-AM06

Regulatory Updates to BasicMed; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On November 18, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) published a final rule titled ``Regulatory Updates to BasicMed.'' 
That document implemented the provisions of sections 815 and 828 of the 
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The final rule's revision to the part 
61 authority citation that cites the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act was 
erroneously overwritten by another rulemaking action revising part 61. 
This document corrects the amendatory instruction and revises the part 
61 authority citation to be inclusive of the intended updates 
promulgated in the BasicMed final rule.

DATES: This correction is effective December 27, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley C. Zeigler, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone: (202) 267-1100; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 1, 2024, the FAA published the 
final rule Removal of Expiration Date on a Flight Instructor 
Certificate; Additional Qualification Requirements To Train Initial 
Flight Instructor Applicants; and Other Provisions in the Federal 
Register (89 FR 80020) (hereinafter the CFI rule). That final rule 
removed the expiration date on flight instructor certificates to align 
with other airman certificates. Additional amendments included updating 
renewal requirements to recent experience requirements, introducing a 
new method for establishing recent flight instructor experience, and 
allowing instructors with a lapse of no more than three months to 
reinstate privileges via an approved flight instructor refresher course 
instead of a practical test. The final rule also added two new methods 
for flight instructors to qualify to train initial applicants.
    As part of the amendments made in the CFI rule, the FAA revised the 
authority citation for part 61 by removing 49 U.S.C. 106(g) as that 
paragraph had been removed and reserved as part of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2024. The final rule added section 820 of Public 
Law 118-63 to the authority citation. Section 820 of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2024 required the FAA to promulgate the CFI 
final rule within 18 months after the date of enactment of the Act, to 
at a minimum, update part 61, Code of Federal Regulations, to remove 
the expiration date on the flight instructor certificate and replace 
the requirement that a flight instructor renews their flight instructor 
certificate with appropriate recent experience requirements. The CFI 
rule became effective on December 1, 2024.
    Subsequently, on November 18, 2024, the FAA published the final 
rule Regulatory Updates to BasicMed (89 FR 90572) (hereinafter the 
BasicMed rule). That final rule implemented the provisions of sections 
815 and 828 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. In the BasicMed 
rule, the FAA revised the authority citation for part 61 by adding 
sections 815 and 828 of Public Law 118-63 to the authority citation for 
part 61. The BasicMed final rule became effective on the date of 
publication, November 18, 2024.
    However, when the CFI rule became effective on December 1, 2024, 
and the authority citation for part 61 was revised in accordance with 
the instructions contained in the CFI rule, those revisions 
inadvertently removed the revisions made in the BasicMed final rule 
which published after, but became effective before, the CFI rule. 
Therefore, this correction revises the authority citation for part 61 
to include both the revisions from the CFI rule and the BasicMed rule.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 61

    Aircraft, Airmen, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

PART 61--CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND 
INSTRUCTORS

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1. The authority citation for part 61 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-
44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302; Sec. 2307, Pub. L. 
114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 318, Pub. L. 
115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 820, Pub. L. 
118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44939 note); secs. 815 and 828, 
Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1328, 1336 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note).

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    Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), 
and 44703 in Washington, DC.
Brandon Roberts,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2024-30940 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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