‘‘(C) a violation of any of the provisions of 
part 2635 or 6001 of title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 44704(a) 
is amended by striking paragraph (6). 
SEC. 12. EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) DISQUALIFICATION BASED ON PRIOR EMPLOY-
MENT.—An employee of the Administration with super-
visory responsibility may not direct, conduct, or otherwise 
participate in oversight of a holder of a certificate issued 
under section 44704 that previously employed such em-
ployee in the preceding 1-year period. 
(b) 
POST-EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTIONS.—Section 
44711(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS
FOR IN-
SPECTORS AND ENGINEERS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A person holding a certifi-
cate issued under part 21 or 119 of title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations, may not knowingly employ, 
or make a contractual arrangement that permits, an 
individual to act as an agent or representative of 
such person in any matter before the Administration 
if the individual, in the preceding 2-year period— 
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‘‘(A) served as, or was responsible for over-
sight of— 
‘‘(i) a flight standards inspector of the 
Administration; or 
‘‘(ii) an employee of the Administra-
tion with responsibility for certification 
functions with respect to a holder of a cer-
tificate issued under section 44704(a); and 
‘‘(B) had responsibility to inspect, or over-
see inspection of, the operations of such person. 
‘‘(2) WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
For purposes of paragraph (1), an individual shall 
be considered to be acting as an agent or representa-
tive of a certificate holder in a matter before the Ad-
ministration if the individual makes any written or 
oral communication on behalf of the certificate hold-
er to the Administration (or any of its officers or 
employees) in connection with a particular matter, 
whether or not involving a specific party and without 
regard to whether the individual has participated in, 
or had responsibility for, the particular matter while 
serving as an individual covered under paragraph 
(1).’’. 
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SEC. 13. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS EN-
HANCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) develop a program for regular recurrent 
training of engineers, inspectors, and other subject- 
matter experts employed in the Aircraft Certification 
Service of the Administration in accordance with the 
training strategy developed pursuant to section 231 
of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–254; 132 Stat. 3256); and 
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, imple-
ment measures, including assignments in multiple 
divisions of the Aircraft Certification Service, to en-
sure that such engineers and other subject-matter 
experts in the Aircraft Certification Service have ac-
cess to diverse professional opportunities that ex-
pand their knowledge and skills. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, ensure that actions taken 
pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) permit engineers, inspectors, and other sub-
ject matter experts to continue developing knowledge 
of, and expertise in, new and emerging technologies 
in systems design, flight controls, principles of avia-
tion safety, system oversight, and certification 
project management; 
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(2) minimize the likelihood of an individual de-
veloping an inappropriate bias toward a designer or 
manufacturer of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, 
or appliances; 
(3) are consistent with any applicable collective 
bargaining agreements; and 
(4) account for gaps in knowledge and skills be-
tween Administration employees and private-sector 
employees, as identified by the exclusive bargaining 
representatives certified under section 7111 of title 
5, United States Code, for each group of Adminis-
tration employees covered under this section. 
SEC. 14. VOLUNTARY SAFETY REPORTING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
begin collaboration with the exclusive bargaining rep-
resentatives of engineers, safety inspectors, systems safety 
specialists, and other subject matter experts certified 
under section 7111 of title 5, United States Code, to im-
plement a confidential voluntary safety reporting program, 
in a manner that is consistent with other voluntary report-
ing programs administered by the Administrator. The pro-
gram shall include provisions addressing, at a minimum— 
(1) participation in all facets of the program by 
the exclusive bargaining representatives for employ-
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ees identified in the matter preceding this para-
graph; 
(2) protections for frontline employees from ad-
verse employment actions related to their participa-
tion in the program; 
(3) identification of exclusionary criteria; and 
(4) creation of a corrective action process in 
order to address safety issues that are identified 
through the program. 
(b) NEGOTIATIONS.—If the Administrator and the 
representatives described in subsection (a) are unable to 
reach an agreement collaboratively, the Administrator and 
such representatives shall negotiate in accordance with 
section 40122(a) of title 49, United States Code, to reach 
agreement on the terms and conditions of such a program. 
SEC. 15. COMPENSATION LIMITATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an em-
ployee of the Administration may not receive an adjust-
ment to the employee’s compensation solely on the basis 
of the employee’s performance in meeting or exceeding a 
deadline related to the completion of certification func-
tions. 
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SEC. 16. SYSTEM SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
issue such regulations as are necessary to amend title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and any associated advisory 
circular, guidance, or policy of the Administration, in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) SYSTEM SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER RE-
QUIREMENTS.—In developing regulations under sub-
section (a), the Administrator shall— 
(1) require an applicant for an amended type 
certificate for a transport airplane to— 
(A) perform a system safety assessment 
with respect to each proposed design change 
that the Administrator determines is signifi-
cant, with such assessment considering the air-
plane-level effects of individual errors, malfunc-
tions, or failures and realistic pilot response 
times to such errors, malfunctions, or failures 
related to such change; 
(B) update such assessment to account for 
each subsequent proposed design change that 
the Administrator determines is significant; and 
(C) provide appropriate employees of the 
Administration with the data and assumptions 
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underlying each assessment and amended as-
sessment; and 
(2) work with other civil aviation authorities 
representing states of design to ensure such regula-
tions remain harmonized internationally. 
(c) FAA REVIEW.—Appropriate employees of the 
Aircraft Certification Service and the Flight Standards 
Service of the Administration shall review each system 
safety assessment required under subsection (b)(1)(A), 
updated assessment required under subsection (b)(1)(B), 
and supporting data and assumptions required under sub-
section (b)(1)(C), to ensure that each such assessment 
sufficiently considers the matters listed under subsection 
(b)(1). 
SEC. 17. FLIGHT CREW ALERTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall fully 
implement National Transportation Safety Board rec-
ommendations A–19–11 and A–19–12 (as contained in 
the safety recommendation report adopted on September 
9, 2019). 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on the date that is 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator may not issue a type certificate for a transport-cat-
egory aircraft unless— 
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(1) in the case of a transport airplane, such air-
plane incorporates a flight crew alerting system that, 
at a minimum, displays and differentiates among 
warnings, cautions, and advisories, and includes 
functions to assist the flight crew in prioritizing cor-
rective actions and responding to systems failures; or 
(2) in the case of a transport-category aircraft 
other than a transport airplane, the type certificate 
applicant provides a means acceptable to the Admin-
istrator to assist the flight crew in prioritizing cor-
rective actions and responding to systems failures 
(including by cockpit or flight manual procedures). 
SEC. 18. AMENDED TYPE CERTIFICATES. 
(a) REVIEW AND REEVALUATION OF AMENDED TYPE 
CERTIFICATES.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL
LEADERSHIP.—The Ad-
ministrator shall exercise leadership in the creation 
of international policies and standards relating to 
the issuance of amended type certificates within the 
group of international civil aviation authorities 
known as the Certificate Management Team. 
(2) REEVALUATION OF AMENDED TYPE CER-
TIFICATES.—In carrying out this subsection, the Ad-
ministrator shall— 
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(A) encourage Certificate Management 
Team members to examine and address any rel-
evant covered recommendations (as defined in 
section 22) relating to the issuance of amended 
type certificates; 
(B) reevaluate existing assumptions and 
practices inherent in the amended type certifi-
cate process and assess whether such assump-
tions and practices are valid; and 
(C) ensure, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, that Federal regulations relating to the 
issuance of amended type certificates are har-
monized with the regulations of other inter-
national states of design. 
(b) AMENDED TYPE CERTIFICATE REPORT
AND 
RULEMAKING.— 
(1) REPORT
ON
CERTIFICATE
MANAGEMENT 
TEAM EFFORTS.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit a report to the congressional commit-
tees of jurisdiction on the efforts by the Certificate 
Management Team to modify and harmonize policies 
and regulations relating to the issuance of amended 
type certificates. 
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(2) INITIATION OF ACTION.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall revise and improve the process 
of issuing amended type certificates in accordance 
with this section. Such action may include the revi-
sion of guidance, the initiating of a rulemaking, or 
such other action as the Administrator determines 
necessary to implement this section. 
(3) CONTENTS.—In taking an action required 
under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall— 
(A) consider— 
(i) the findings and work of the Cer-
tificate Management Team and other simi-
lar international harmonization efforts; 
(ii) any relevant covered recommenda-
tions (as defined in section 22); and 
(iii) whether a fixed time beyond 
which a type certificate may not be amend-
ed would improve aviation safety; and 
(B) establish the extent to which the fol-
lowing design characteristics should preclude 
the issuance of an amended type certificate: 
(i) A new or revised flight control sys-
tem. 
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