I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6744 
To amend the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 with respect to the activities 
of the joint aviation employment training working group, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2025 
Ms. GILLEN (for herself and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 with respect 
to the activities of the joint aviation employment training 
working group, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Air Traffic 
Control Transition Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. JOINT AVIATION EMPLOYMENT TRAINING WORK-
ING GROUP. 
Section 425 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 
(Public Law 118–63) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (5) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) develop recommendations in consultation 
with the exclusive bargaining representatives of air 
traffic control specialists of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration certified under section 7111 of title 5, 
United States Code, to improve the transition of ci-
vilian air traffic control specialists under the juris-
diction of the Secretary of Defense into the Depart-
ment of Transportation in air traffic control occupa-
tions, including as controllers, air traffic managers, 
and supervisors.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(C) recommendations to improve the 
transition of civilian air traffic control special-
ists under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Defense into the Department of Transportation 
in air traffic control occupations, including as 
controllers, air traffic managers, and super-
visors, as required pursuant to subsection 
(c)(6).’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and 
(g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out subsection 
(c), the working group shall identify any barriers— 
‘‘(1) in training, phraseology, systems, or tech-
nology that would prevent the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration from hiring certified series 2152 air 
traffic control specialists from the Department of 
Defense to fill vacant Administration positions, in-
cluding frontline manager roles; 
‘‘(2) to improving the ability of the Secretary to 
determine and communicate how the credentials, ex-
perience, and training of a air traffic control spe-
cialist separating from the Armed Forces translate 
to credentialed civilian employment in the Air Traf-
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fic Organization of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; 
‘‘(3) that exist to the standardization among 
the Armed Forces of series 2152 controller creden-
tials, experience, and training and the alignment of 
such 
credentials, 
experience, 
and 
training 
to 
credentialed civilian employment in the Air Traffic 
Organization; and 
‘‘(4) that exist to ensuring members of the 
Armed Forces with series 2152 controller creden-
tials, experience, and training have earned the equiv-
alent Federal Aviation Administration credential 
prior to separation from the Armed Forces in addi-
tion to receiving their military credentials.’’. 
Æ 
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