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2-Calendar No. 282
32 118THCONGRESS
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54 STSESSION S. 66
65 To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, and
76 for other purposes.
87 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
98 JANUARY25, 2023
109 Ms. K
1110 LOBUCHAR(for herself, Mr. MORAN, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the
1211 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
1312 Commerce, Science, and Transportation
14-D
15-ECEMBER13, 2023
16-Reported by Ms. C
17-ANTWELL, with an amendment
18-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
1913 A BILL
2014 To establish a task force on improvements for notices to
2115 air missions, and for other purposes.
2216 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2317 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2418 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2519 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NOTAM Improvement 4
2620 Act of 2023’’. 5
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29-SEC.2.FAATASKFORCEONNOTAMIMPROVEMENT. 1
30-(a)ESTABLISHMENT.—Notlaterthan180daysafter 2
31-thedateofenactmentofthisAct,theAdministratorof 3
32-theFederalAviationAdministrationshallestablishatask 4
33-forcetobeknownastheFAATaskForceonNOTAM 5
34-Improvement(inthissectionreferredtoasthe‘‘Task 6
35-Force’’). 7
36-(b)COMPOSITION.—TheTaskForceshallconsistof 8
37-membersappointedbytheAdministrator,includingat 9
38-leastonememberofeachofthefollowing: 10
39-(1)Aircarrierrepresentatives. 11
40-(2)Airportrepresentatives. 12
41-(3)Laborunionrepresentativesofairlinepilots. 13
42-(4)Laborunionrepresentativesofaircraftdis-14
43-patchers. 15
44-(5)Thelaborunioncertifiedundersection 16
45-7111oftitle5,UnitedStatesCode,torepresent 17
46-FAAairtrafficcontrolspecialistsassignedtothe 18
47-UnitedStatesNOTAMsOffice. 19
48-(6)Thelaborunioncertifiedundersection 20
49-7111oftitle5,UnitedStatesCode,torepresent 21
50-FAAaeronauticalinformationspecialists. 22
51-(7)Generalandbusinessaviationrepresenta-23
52-tives. 24
53-(8)Aviationsafetyexpertswithknowledgeof 25
54-NOTAMs. 26
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57-(9)Humanfactorsexperts. 1
58-(10)Computersystemarchitectureandcyberse-2
59-curityexperts. 3
60-(c)DUTIES.—ThedutiesoftheTaskForceshallin-4
61-clude— 5
62-(1)reviewingexistingmethodsforpresenting 6
63-NOTAMsandflightoperationsinformationtopilots; 7
64-(2)reviewingregulationsandpoliciesrelating 8
65-toNOTAMs,includingtheircontentandpresen-9
66-tationtopilots; 10
67-(3)evaluatinganddeterminingbestpracticesto 11
68-organize,prioritize,andpresentflightoperationsin-12
69-formationinamannerthatoptimizespilotreview 13
70-andretentionofrelevantinformation;and 14
71-(4)providingrecommendationsfor— 15
72-(A)improvingthepresentationofNOTAM 16
73-informationinamannerthatprioritizesor 17
74-highlightsthemostimportantinformation,and 18
75-optimizespilotreviewandretentionofrelevant 19
76-information; 20
77-(B)waystoensurethatNOTAMsare 21
78-complete,accurate,andcontaintheproperin-22
79-formation; 23
80-(C)anybestpracticesthattheFAA 24
81-shouldconsidertoimprovetheaccuracyand 25
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84-understandabilityofNOTAMsandthedisplay 1
85-offlightoperationsinformation; 2
86-(D)waystoworkwithaircarriers,other 3
87-airspaceusers,andaviationserviceprovidersto 4
88-implementsolutionsthatarealignedwiththe 5
89-recommendationsunderthisparagraph;and 6
90-(E)ensuringthestability,resiliency,and 7
91-cybersecurityoftheNOTAMcomputersystem. 8
92-(d)REPORT.—Notlaterthan1yearafterthedate 9
93-oftheestablishmentoftheTaskForce,theTaskForce 10
94-shallsubmittotheCommitteeonTransportationandIn-11
95-frastructureoftheHouseofRepresentativesandtheCom-12
96-mitteeonCommerce,Science,andTransportationofthe 13
97-Senateareportdetailing— 14
98-(1)theresultsofthereviewsandevaluationsof 15
99-theTaskForceunderparagraphs(1)through(3)of 16
100-subsection(c); 17
101-(2)thebestpracticesidentifiedandrec-18
102-ommendationsprovidedbytheTaskForceunder 19
103-subsection(c)(4); 20
104-(3)anyrecommendationsoftheTaskForcefor 21
105-additionalregulatoryorpolicyactionstoimprovethe 22
106-presentationofNOTAMs;and 23
107-(4)thedegreetowhichimplementingtherec-24
108-ommendationsoftheTaskForcedescribedunder 25
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111-paragraph(2)willaddressNationalTransportation 1
112-SafetyBoardSafetyRecommendationA–18–024. 2
113-(e)APPLICABLELAW.—TheFederalAdvisoryCom-3
114-mitteeAct(5U.S.C.App.)shallnotapplytotheTask 4
115-Force. 5
116-(f)SUNSET.—TheTaskForceshallterminateonthe 6
117-laterof— 7
118-(1)thedateonwhichtheTaskForcesubmits 8
119-thereportrequiredundersubsection(d);or 9
120-(2)thedatethatis18monthsafterthedate 10
121-onwhichtheTaskForceisestablishedundersub-11
122-section(a). 12
123-(g)AUTHORITY.—TheAdministratorshallhavethe 13
124-authoritytocarryouttherecommendationsoftheTask 14
125-Forcedetailedinthereportrequiredundersubsection(d). 15
126-(h)DEFINITIONS.—Inthissection: 16
127-(1)FAA.—Theterm‘‘FAA’’meanstheFed-17
128-eralAviationAdministration. 18
129-(2)NOTAM.—Theterm‘‘NOTAM’’meansno-19
130-ticestoairmissionsrequiredbyinternationalordo-20
131-mesticregulationorlaw,asdescribedinFAAOrder 21
132-7930.2S. 22
133-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 23
134-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NOTAM Improvement 24
135-Act of 2023’’. 25
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138-SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT. 1
21+SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT. 6
13922 (a) E
140-STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 2
141-the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 3
142-Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a task force 4
143-to be known as the FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improve-5
144-ment (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 6
23+STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 7
24+the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 8
25+the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a task 9
26+force to be known as the FAA Task Force on NOTAM 10
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30+Improvement (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task 1
31+Force’’). 2
14532 (b) C
146-OMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 7
147-members appointed by the Administrator, including at least 8
148-one member of each of the following: 9
149-(1) Air carrier representatives. 10
150-(2) Airport representatives. 11
151-(3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 12
152-(4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dis-13
153-patchers. 14
154-(5) The labor union certified under section 7111 15
155-of title 5, United States Code, to represent FAA air 16
156-traffic control specialists assigned to the United 17
157-States NOTAMs Office. 18
158-(6) The labor union certified under section 7111 19
159-of title 5, United States Code, to represent FAA aero-20
160-nautical information specialists. 21
161-(7) General and business aviation representa-22
162-tives. 23
163-(8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 24
164-NOTAMs. 25
165-(9) Human factors experts. 26
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168-(10) Computer system architecture and cyberse-1
169-curity experts. 2
170-(c) D
171-UTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-3
172-clude— 4
173-(1) reviewing existing methods for publishing 5
174-NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 6
175-(2) reviewing regulations, policies, systems, and 7
176-international standards relating to NOTAMs, includ-8
177-ing their content and presentation to pilots; 9
178-(3) evaluating and determining best practices to 10
179-organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in-11
180-formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 12
181-and retention of relevant information; and 13
182-(4) providing recommendations for— 14
183-(A) improving the publication and delivery 15
184-of NOTAM information in a manner that 16
185-prioritizes or highlights the most important in-17
186-formation, and optimizes pilot review and reten-18
187-tion of relevant information; 19
188-(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are com-20
189-plete, accurate, timely, relevant to safe flight op-21
190-erations, and contain pertinent information; 22
191-(C) any best practices that the FAA should 23
192-consider to improve the accuracy and under-24
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195-standability of NOTAMs and the display of 1
196-flight operations information; 2
197-(D) ways to work with air carriers, other 3
198-airspace users, and aviation service providers to 4
199-implement solutions that are aligned with the 5
200-recommendations under this paragraph; and 6
201-(E) ways to ensure the stability, resiliency, 7
202-and cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer sys-8
203-tem. 9
33+OMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 3
34+members appointed by the Administrator, including at 4
35+least one member of each of the following: 5
36+(1) Air carrier representatives. 6
37+(2) Airport representatives. 7
38+(3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 8
39+(4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dis-9
40+patchers. 10
41+(5) The labor union certified under section 11
42+7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 12
43+FAA air traffic control specialists assigned to the 13
44+United States NOTAMs Office. 14
45+(6) The labor union certified under section 15
46+7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 16
47+FAA aeronautical information specialists. 17
48+(7) General and business aviation representa-18
49+tives. 19
50+(8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 20
51+NOTAMs. 21
52+(9) Human factors experts. 22
53+(10) Computer system architecture and cyberse-23
54+curity experts. 24
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58+(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-1
59+clude— 2
60+(1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 3
61+NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 4
62+(2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 5
63+to NOTAMs, including their content and presen-6
64+tation to pilots; 7
65+(3) evaluating and determining best practices to 8
66+organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in-9
67+formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 10
68+and retention of relevant information; and 11
69+(4) providing recommendations for— 12
70+(A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 13
71+information in a manner that prioritizes or 14
72+highlights the most important information, and 15
73+optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 16
74+information; 17
75+(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 18
76+complete, accurate, and contain the proper in-19
77+formation; 20
78+(C) any best practices that the FAA 21
79+should consider to improve the accuracy and 22
80+understandability of NOTAMs and the display 23
81+of flight operations information; 24
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85+(D) ways to work with air carriers, other 1
86+airspace users, and aviation service providers to 2
87+implement solutions that are aligned with the 3
88+recommendations under this paragraph; and 4
89+(E) ensuring the stability, resiliency, and 5
90+cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer system. 6
20491 (d) R
205-EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 10
206-the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force shall 11
207-submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-12
208-ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 13
209-Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re-14
210-port detailing— 15
211-(1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of 16
212-the Task Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 17
213-subsection (c); 18
214-(2) the best practices identified and rec-19
215-ommendations provided by the Task Force under sub-20
216-section (c)(4); 21
217-(3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 22
218-additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 23
219-publication of NOTAMs; and 24
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222-(4) the degree to which implementing the rec-1
223-ommendations of the Task Force described under 2
224-paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 3
225-Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 4
226-(e) A
227-PPLICABLELAW.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United 5
228-States Code, shall not apply to the Task Force. 6
92+EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 7
93+of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 8
94+shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-9
95+frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-10
96+mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 11
97+Senate a report detailing— 12
98+(1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of 13
99+the Task Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 14
100+subsection (c); 15
101+(2) the best practices identified and rec-16
102+ommendations provided by the Task Force under 17
103+subsection (c)(4); 18
104+(3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 19
105+additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 20
106+presentation of NOTAMs; and 21
107+(4) the degree to which implementing the rec-22
108+ommendations of the Task Force described under 23
109+paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 24
110+Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 25
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114+(e) APPLICABLELAW.—The Federal Advisory Com-1
115+mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 2
116+Force. 3
229117 (f) S
230-UNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the 7
231-later of— 8
232-(1) the date on which the Task Force submits the 9
233-report required under subsection (d); or 10
234-(2) the date that is 18 months after the date on 11
235-which the Task Force is established under subsection 12
236-(a). 13
118+UNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the 4
119+later of— 5
120+(1) the date on which the Task Force submits 6
121+the report required under subsection (d); or 7
122+(2) the date that is 18 months after the date 8
123+on which the Task Force is established under sub-9
124+section (a). 10
237125 (g) A
238-UTHORITY.—The Administrator shall have the 14
239-authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 15
240-Force detailed in the report required under subsection (d). 16
241-(h) R
242-ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 17
243-may be construed to require the FAA to duplicate any 18
244-prior, ongoing, or planned efforts related to the improve-19
245-ment of NOTAMs, including any efforts related to imple-20
246-menting any previously enacted requirements. 21
247-(i) D
248-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22
249-(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal 23
250-Aviation Administration. 24
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253-(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means a no-1
254-tice containing information (which is not known suf-2
255-ficiently in advance to publicize by other means) con-3
256-cerning the establishment, condition, or change in 4
257-any component (including a facility, service, or pro-5
258-cedure thereof) or hazard in the National Airspace 6
259-System, the timely knowledge of which is essential to 7
260-personnel concerned with flight operations. 8
261-SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 9
262-Not later than September 30, 2024, the Administrator 10
263-of the Federal Aviation Administration shall make the fol-11
264-lowing improvements: 12
265-(1) Complete implementation of a Federal 13
266-NOTAM System (in this section referred to as a 14
267-‘‘FNS’’). 15
268-(2) Implement a back-up system to the FNS. 16
269-(3) Brief the Committee on Transportation and 17
270-Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 18
271-Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-19
272-tation of the Senate on a plan to enhance the capa-20
273-bility to deliver information through the FNS that is 21
274-machine-readable, filterable, and in the format used 22
275-by the International Civil Aviation Organization 23
276-(ICAO) to promote further global harmonization 24
277-among neighboring Air Navigation Service Providers 25
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280-(ANSPs) and provide users of the National Airspace 1
281-System with one consistent format for domestic and 2
282-international operations. 3
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286-TH
287-CONGRESS
288-1
289-ST
290-S
291-ESSION
292-
293-S. 66 A BILL
294-To establish a task force on improvements for
295-notices to air missions, and for other purposes.
296-D
297-ECEMBER
298-13, 2023
299-Reported with an amendment
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126+UTHORITY.—The Administrator shall have the 11
127+authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 12
128+Force detailed in the report required under subsection (d). 13
129+(h) D
130+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
131+(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed-15
132+eral Aviation Administration. 16
133+(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no-17
134+tices to air missions required by international or do-18
135+mestic regulation or law, as described in FAA Order 19
136+7930.2S. 20
137+Æ
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