John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act

Of Section the amounts made available pursuant to section 106(k)( 1 2 ) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the Administrator end shall the designate following not new subparagraph: [Inserted into the law: (E) Not more than $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 2028 to— ( 1 i ) recruit, select, and train additional aviation medical examiners and human intervention motivation study aviation medical examiners, including those who are psychiatrists; ( 2 ii ) expand capacity to provide oversight of aviation medical examiners and clear the backlog of special issuance requests and cases awaiting review at the Office of Aerospace Medicine of the FAA; ( 3 iii ) provide enhanced mental health training to aviation medical examiners to ensure such personnel have requisite knowledge and the ability to appropriately evaluate individuals for FAA medical certification; and ( 4 iv ) support any other related activities, as determined appropriate by the Administrator. ]