1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Experienced Pilots Save Lives Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The commercial aviation system is experiencing an unusual number of safety challenges as evidenced by multiple near-miss incidents in calendar year 2023 involving aircraft operated by part 121 air carriers. (2) These near-miss commercial aviation incidents include— (A) at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, a Boeing 737–700 aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines nearly colliding with a Boeing 767 cargo aircraft operated by FedEx, with the National Transportation Safety Board finding that the two aircraft likely came within 100 feet of each other in the near-miss incident; (B) at Washington Reagan National Airport, a runway incursion by an Embraer 175 aircraft operated by Republic Airways where it crossed into a runway that air traffic control had already cleared an Airbus A319 aircraft operated by United Airlines for takeoff, forcing the takeoff to be aborted; (C) at Bob Hope Burbank Airport, a runway incursion incident where a CRJ900 aircraft operated by Mesa Airlines was forced to abort a landing on approach because an Embraer 175 aircraft operated by SkyWest Airlines had yet to take off