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 subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Military Air Traffic Control Transition Act
.
Sec. 2. Joint aviation employment training working 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 Administration certified under section 7111 of title 5, United States Code, to improve the transition of civilian air traffic control specialists 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 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:
(C)
recommendations to improve the transition of civilian air traffic control specialists 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 supervisors, 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 following:
(e) Considerations
In carrying out subsection (c), the working group shall identify any barriers—
(1)
in training, phraseology, systems, or technology that would prevent the Federal Aviation Administration from hiring certified series 2152 air traffic control specialists from the Department of Defense to fill vacant Administration positions, including frontline manager roles;
(2)
to improving the ability of the Secretary to determine and communicate how the credentials, experience, and training of a air traffic control specialist separating from the Armed Forces translate to credentialed civilian employment in the Air Traffic Organization of the Federal Aviation Administration;
(3)
that exist to the standardization among the Armed Forces of series 2152 controller credentials, 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 credentials, experience, and training have earned the equivalent Federal Aviation Administration credential prior to separation from the Armed Forces in addition to receiving their military credentials.