Directs the joint aviation employment training working group to recommend ways to move civilian air traffic controllers from the Department of Defense into FAA air traffic control jobs and to identify barriers to that transition.

• Adds a duty to develop recommendations, in consultation with the FAA controllers' union, for transferring Defense Department civilian air traffic controllers into FAA controller, air traffic manager, and supervisor roles.
• Requires the group to identify training, systems, or technology barriers that keep the FAA from hiring certified series 2152 controllers from the Department of Defense to fill vacancies.
• Requires the group to identify gaps in standardizing military controller credentials and in making sure service members earn the equivalent FAA credential before separating.
• Amends Section 425 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 and renumbers its later subsections to make room for the new language.

• Armed Services Committee (House)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
• Aviation Subcommittee

Transportation and Public Works