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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 346
To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY12, 2023
Mr. S
TAUBER(for himself and Mr. DESAULNIER) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure
A BILL
To establish a task force on improvements for notices to
air missions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NOTAM Improvement 4
Act of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT. 6
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 7
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 8
the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a task 9
force to be known as the FAA Task Force on NOTAM 10
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Improvement (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task 1
Force’’). 2
(b) C
OMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 3
members appointed by the Administrator, including at 4
least one member of each of the following: 5
(1) Air carrier representatives. 6
(2) Labor union representatives. 7
(3) General and business aviation representa-8
tives. 9
(4) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 10
NOTAMs. 11
(5) Human factors experts. 12
(6) Computer system architecture and cyberse-13
curity experts. 14
(c) D
UTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-15
clude— 16
(1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 17
NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 18
(2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 19
to NOTAMs, including their content and presen-20
tation to pilots; 21
(3) evaluating and determining best practices to 22
organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in-23
formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 24
and retention of relevant information; and 25
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(4) providing recommendations for— 1
(A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 2
information in a manner that prioritizes or 3
highlights the most important information, and 4
optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 5
information; 6
(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 7
complete, accurate, and contain the proper in-8
formation; 9
(C) any best practices that the FAA 10
should consider to improve the accuracy and 11
understandability of NOTAMs and the display 12
of flight operations information; 13
(D) ways to work with air carriers, other 14
airspace users, and aviation service providers to 15
implement solutions that are aligned with the 16
recommendations under this paragraph; and 17
(E) ensuring the stability, resiliency, and 18
cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer system. 19
(d) R
EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 20
of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 21
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-22
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-23
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 24
Senate a report detailing— 25
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(1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of 1
the Task Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 2
subsection (c); 3
(2) the best practices identified and rec-4
ommendations provided by the Task Force under 5
subsection (c)(4); 6
(3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 7
additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 8
presentation of NOTAMs; and 9
(4) the degree to which implementing the rec-10
ommendations of the Task Force described under 11
paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 12
Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 13
(e) A
PPLICABLELAW.—The Federal Advisory Com-14
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 15
Force. 16
(f) S
UNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the 17
later of— 18
(1) the date on which the Task Force submits 19
the report required under subsection (d); or 20
(2) the date that is 18 months after the date 21
on which the Task Force is established under sub-22
section (a). 23
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(g) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall have the 1
authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 2
Force detailed in the report required under subsection (d). 3
(h) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed-5
eral Aviation Administration. 6
(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no-7
tices to air missions required by international or do-8
mestic regulation or law, as described in FAA Order 9
7930.2S. 10
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