1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing and Revitalizing Aviation Act of 2018 or the SARA Act of 2018 . 2. Enhancing protections for the aviation community (a) NTSB review of application for airman certificate Section 44703(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph: (2) NTSB review (A) In general In the case of an application for the issuance of an airman medical certificate, the National Transportation Safety Board may review a denial that may not be considered a final denial by the Administrator when the Administrator has twice reconsidered the application and sustained a previous denial on that application. (B) Deemed denial The Administrator’s failure to rule upon an application to reconsider the denial of issuance of an airman medical certificate within 60 days of the date on which the application to reconsider is submitted to the Administrator shall be deemed to be a denial of the application. . (b) Voluntary surrender of an airman medical certificate Section 44703 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (l) Voluntary surrender of an airman medical certificate An airman may voluntarily surrender an airman medical certificate issued under this section for cancellation at any time, unless the certificate is subject to a Federal Aviation Administration order at the time of the voluntary surrender. . (c) Appeals Section 44703(d)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking holds a certificate that and all that follows through the period and inserting holds a certificate that is suspended at the time of denial. . (d) Reapplications Section 44709 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g)