124 STAT. 2352 PUBLIC LAW 111–216—AUG. 1, 2010 SEC. 203. FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE. (a) RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLICANTS.—Section 44703(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(16) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall cease to be effective on the date specified in regulations issued under sub- section (i).’’. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.—Sec- tion 44703 of such title is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following: ‘‘(i) FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before allowing an individual to begin service as a pilot, an air carrier shall access and evaluate, in accordance with the requirements of this subsection, informa- tion pertaining to the individual from the pilot records database established under paragraph (2). ‘‘(2) PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.—The Administrator shall establish an electronic database (in this subsection referred to as the ‘database’) containing the following records: ‘‘(A) FAA RECORDS.—From the Administrator— ‘‘(i) records that are maintained by the Adminis- trator concerning current airman certificates, including airman medical certificates and associated type ratings and information on any limitations to those certificates and ratings; ‘‘(ii) records that are maintained by the Adminis- trator concerning any failed attempt of an individual to pass a practical test required to obtain a certificate or type rating under part 61 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and ‘‘(iii) summaries of legal enforcement actions resulting in a finding by the Administrator of a viola- tion of this title or a regulation prescribed or order issued under this title that was not subsequently over- turned. ‘‘(B) AIR CARRIER AND OTHER RECORDS.—From any air carrier or other person (except a branch of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces) that has employed an individual as a pilot of a civil or public aircraft, or from the trustee in bankruptcy for the air carrier or person— ‘‘(i) records pertaining to the individual that are maintained by the air carrier (other than records relating to flight time, duty time, or rest time) or person, including records under regulations set forth in— ‘‘(I) section 121.683 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; ‘‘(II) section 121.111(a) of such title; ‘‘(III) section 121.219(a) of such title; ‘‘(IV) section 125.401 of such title; and ‘‘(V) section 135.63(a)(4) of such title; and ‘‘(ii) other records pertaining to the individual’s performance as a pilot that are maintained by the air carrier or person concerning— Termination date. 49 USC 44701 note.
