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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 66
To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY25, 2023
Ms. K
LOBUCHAR(for herself, Mr. MORAN, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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) Airport representatives. 7
(3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 8
(4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dis-9
patchers. 10
(5) The labor union certified under section 11
7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 12
FAA air traffic control specialists assigned to the 13
United States NOTAMs Office. 14
(6) The labor union certified under section 15
7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 16
FAA aeronautical information specialists. 17
(7) General and business aviation representa-18
tives. 19
(8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 20
NOTAMs. 21
(9) Human factors experts. 22
(10) Computer system architecture and cyberse-23
curity experts. 24
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(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-1
clude— 2
(1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 3
NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 4
(2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 5
to NOTAMs, including their content and presen-6
tation to pilots; 7
(3) evaluating and determining best practices to 8
organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in-9
formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 10
and retention of relevant information; and 11
(4) providing recommendations for— 12
(A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 13
information in a manner that prioritizes or 14
highlights the most important information, and 15
optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 16
information; 17
(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 18
complete, accurate, and contain the proper in-19
formation; 20
(C) any best practices that the FAA 21
should consider to improve the accuracy and 22
understandability of NOTAMs and the display 23
of flight operations information; 24
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(D) ways to work with air carriers, other 1
airspace users, and aviation service providers to 2
implement solutions that are aligned with the 3
recommendations under this paragraph; and 4
(E) ensuring the stability, resiliency, and 5
cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer system. 6
(d) R
EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 7
of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 8
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-9
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-10
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 11
Senate a report detailing— 12
(1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of 13
the Task Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 14
subsection (c); 15
(2) the best practices identified and rec-16
ommendations provided by the Task Force under 17
subsection (c)(4); 18
(3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 19
additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 20
presentation of NOTAMs; and 21
(4) the degree to which implementing the rec-22
ommendations of the Task Force described under 23
paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 24
Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 25
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(e) APPLICABLELAW.—The Federal Advisory Com-1
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 2
Force. 3
(f) S
UNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the 4
later of— 5
(1) the date on which the Task Force submits 6
the report required under subsection (d); or 7
(2) the date that is 18 months after the date 8
on which the Task Force is established under sub-9
section (a). 10
(g) A
UTHORITY.—The Administrator shall have the 11
authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 12
Force detailed in the report required under subsection (d). 13
(h) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed-15
eral Aviation Administration. 16
(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no-17
tices to air missions required by international or do-18
mestic regulation or law, as described in FAA Order 19
7930.2S. 20
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