Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017”.
Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017
A BILL
To apply the medical certification standards of the Federal Aviation Administration to operators of air balloons.
Sec. 2 Applicability of medical certification standards to operators of air balloons
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall revise part 61.3(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to medical certificates), to apply to operators of air balloons to the same extent such regulations apply to operators of other aircraft.
Air balloon defined— In this section, the term air balloon has the meaning given the term balloon in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).