1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the FAA Reauthorization and Reform
Act of 2011
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States
Code.
Sec. 3. Effective date.
Title I—Authorizations
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA Programs
Sec. 101. Airport planning and development and
noise compatibility planning and programs.
Sec. 102. Air navigation facilities and
equipment.
Sec. 103. FAA operations.
Sec. 104. Funding for aviation
programs.
Sec. 105. Delineation of Next Generation Air
Transportation System projects.
Sec. 106. Funding for administrative expenses
for airport programs.
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility
Charges
Sec. 111. Passenger facility
charges.
Sec. 112. Airport access flexibility
program.
Sec. 113. GAO study of alternative means of
collecting PFCs.
Sec. 114. Qualifications-based
selection.
Subtitle C—Fees for FAA Services
Sec. 121. Update on overflights.
Sec. 122. Registration fees.
Subtitle D—Airport Improvement Program
Modifications
Sec. 131. Airport master plans.
Sec. 132. Aerotropolis transportation
systems.
Sec. 133. AIP definitions.
Sec. 134. Recycling plans for
airports.
Sec. 135. Contents of competition
plans.
Sec. 136. Grant assurances.
Sec. 137. Agreements granting through-the-fence
access to general aviation airports.
Sec. 138. Government share of project
costs.
Sec. 139. Allowable project costs.
Sec. 140. Veterans’ preference.
Sec. 141. Standardizing certification of
disadvantaged business enterprises.
Sec. 142. Special apportionment
rules.
Sec. 143. Apportionments.
Sec. 144. Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and
Palau.
Sec. 145. Designating current and former
military airports.
Sec. 146. Contract tower program.
Sec. 147. Resolution of disputes concerning
airport fees.
Sec. 148. Sale of private airports to public
sponsors.
Sec. 149. Repeal of certain limitations on
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
Sec. 150. Midway Island Airport.
Sec. 151. Miscellaneous amendments.
Sec. 152. Extension of grant authority for
compatible land use planning and projects by State and local
governments.
Sec. 153. Priority review of construction
projects in cold weather States.
Sec. 154. Study on national plan of integrated
airport systems.
Sec. 155. Transfers of terminal area air
navigation equipment to airport sponsors.
Sec. 156. Airport privatization
program.
Title II—NextGen Air Transportation System and
Air Traffic Control Modernization
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. NextGen demonstrations and
concepts.
Sec. 203. Clarification of authority to enter
into reimbursable agreements.
Sec. 204. Chief NextGen Officer.
Sec. 205. Definition of air navigation
facility.
Sec. 206. Clarification to acquisition reform
authority.
Sec. 207. Assistance to foreign aviation
authorities.
Sec. 208. Next Generation Air Transportation
System Joint Planning and Development Office.
Sec. 209. Next Generation Air Transportation
Senior Policy Committee.
Sec. 210. Improved management of property
inventory.
Sec. 211. Automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast services.
Sec. 212. Expert review of enterprise
architecture for NextGen.
Sec. 213. Acceleration of NextGen
technologies.
Sec. 214. Performance metrics.
Sec. 215. Certification standards and
resources.
Sec. 216. Surface systems
acceleration.
Sec. 217. Inclusion of stakeholders in air
traffic control modernization projects.
Sec. 218. Siting of wind farms near FAA
navigational aids and other assets.
Sec. 219. Airspace redesign.
Title III—Safety
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 301. Judicial review of denial of airman
certificates.
Sec. 302. Release of data relating to abandoned
type certificates and supplemental type certificates.
Sec. 303. Design and production organization
certificates.
Sec. 304. Aircraft certification process review
and reform.
Sec. 305. Consistency of regulatory
interpretation.
Sec. 306. Runway safety.
Sec. 307. Improved pilot licenses.
Sec. 308. Flight attendant fatigue.
Sec. 309. Flight Standards Evaluation
Program.
Sec. 310. Cockpit smoke.
Sec. 311. Safety of air ambulance
operations.
Sec. 312. Off-airport, low-altitude aircraft
weather observation technology.
Sec. 313. Feasibility of requiring helicopter
pilots to use night vision goggles.
Sec. 314. Prohibition on personal use of
electronic devices on flight deck.
Sec. 315. Noncertificated maintenance
providers.
Sec. 316. Inspection of foreign repair
stations.
Sec. 317. Sunset of line check.
Subtitle B—Unmanned Aircraft
Systems
Sec. 321. Definitions.
Sec. 322. Commercial unmanned aircraft systems
integration plan.
Sec. 323. Special rules for certain unmanned
aircraft systems.
Sec. 324. Public unmanned aircraft
systems.
Sec. 325. Unmanned aircraft systems test
ranges.
Subtitle C—Safety and Protections
Sec. 331. Postemployment restrictions for
flight standards inspectors.
Sec. 332. Review of air transportation
oversight system database.
Sec. 333. Improved voluntary disclosure
reporting system.
Sec. 334. Aviation Whistleblower Investigation
Office.
Sec. 335. Duty periods and flight time
limitations applicable to flight crewmembers.
Title IV—Air Service Improvements
Subtitle A—Essential Air Service
Sec. 401. Essential air service
marketing.
Sec. 402. Notice to communities prior to
termination of eligibility for subsidized essential air service.
Sec. 403. Essential air service contract
guidelines.
Sec. 404. Essential air service
reform.
Sec. 405. Small community air
service.
Sec. 406. Adjustments to compensation for
significantly increased costs.
Sec. 407. Repeal of EAS local participation
program.
Sec. 408. Sunset of essential air service
program.
Subtitle B—Passenger Air Service
Improvements
Sec. 421. Smoking prohibition.
Sec. 422. Monthly air carrier
reports.
Sec. 423. Flight operations at Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport.
Sec. 424. Musical instruments.
Sec. 425. Passenger air service
improvements.
Sec. 426. Airfares for members of the Armed
Forces.
Sec. 427. Review of air carrier flight delays,
cancellations, and associated causes.
Sec. 428. Denied boarding
compensation.
Sec. 429. Compensation for delayed
baggage.
Sec. 430. Schedule reduction.
Sec. 431. DOT airline consumer complaint
investigations.
Sec. 432. Study of operators regulated under
part 135.
Sec. 433. Use of cell phones on passenger
aircraft.
Title V—Environmental Streamlining
Sec. 501. Overflights of national
parks.
Sec. 502. State block grant
program.
Sec. 503. NextGen environmental efficiency
projects streamlining.
Sec. 504. Airport funding of special studies or
reviews.
Sec. 505. Noise compatibility
programs.
Sec. 506. Grant eligibility for assessment of
flight procedures.
Sec. 507. Determination of fair market value of
residential properties.
Sec. 508. Prohibition on operating certain
aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with stage 3 noise
levels.
Sec. 509. Aircraft departure queue management
pilot program.
Sec. 510. High performance, sustainable, and
cost-effective air traffic control facilities.
Sec. 511. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 512. Aviation noise
complaints.
Title VI—FAA Employees and
Organization
Sec. 601. Federal Aviation Administration
personnel management system.
Sec. 602. Presidential rank award
program.
Sec. 603. FAA technical training and
staffing.
Sec. 604. Safety critical staffing.
Sec. 605. FAA air traffic controller
staffing.
Sec. 606. Air traffic control specialist
qualification training.
Sec. 607. Assessment of training programs for
air traffic controllers.
Sec. 608. Collegiate training initiative
study.
Sec. 609. FAA facility conditions.
Sec. 610. Frontline manager
staffing.
Title VII—Aviation Insurance
Sec. 701. General authority.
Sec. 702. Extension of authority to limit
third-party liability of air carriers arising out of acts of
terrorism.
Sec. 703. Clarification of reinsurance
authority.
Sec. 704. Use of independent claims
adjusters.
Title VIII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 801. Disclosure of data to Federal
agencies in interest of national security.
Sec. 802. FAA access to criminal history
records and database systems.
Sec. 803. Civil penalties technical
amendments.
Sec. 804. Realignment and consolidation of FAA
services and facilities.
Sec. 805. Limiting access to flight decks of
all-cargo aircraft.
Sec. 806. Consolidation or elimination of
obsolete, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary reports; use of electronic media
format.
Sec. 807. Prohibition on use of certain
funds.
Sec. 808. Study on aviation fuel
prices.
Sec. 809. Wind turbine lighting.
Sec. 810. Air-rail code sharing
study.
Sec. 811. D.C. Metropolitan Area Special Flight
Rules Area.
Sec. 812. FAA review and reform.
Sec. 813. Cylinders of compressed oxygen or
other oxidizing gases.
Title IX—National Mediation Board
Sec. 901. Authority of Inspector
General.
Sec. 902. Evaluation and audit of National
Mediation Board.
Sec. 903. Repeal of rule.
Title X—Commercial Space
Transportation
Sec. 1001. Space flight passengers.
2.Amendments to title
49, United States CodeExcept
as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of title 49, United States Code.
3.Except as otherwise
expressly provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorizations</header>
<subtitle id="HAC362D0B3D854F16B82EC7EF261EA2BA"><enum>A</enum><header>Funding of FAA
Programs</header>
<section id="HECEB3F5825F24272B36131EB0635ECE6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Airport planning and
development and noise compatibility planning and programs</header>
<subsection id="H2AD865FFE031443193DACC3C0BA5405E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section
48103 is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HB448952C729846CF996625484A817469"><enum>48103.</enum><header>Airport planning and
development and noise compatibility planning and programs</header>
<subsection id="H9D2E18FC34ED4E4090E12EA74D07BD7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be
available to the Secretary of Transportation out of the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to make grants for airport planning and airport development under section
47104, airport noise compatibility planning under section 47505(a)(2), and
carrying out noise compatibility programs under section 47504(c)—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0DE88339A104F409C03C133F5934EFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,176,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E1456567DCB4E20BDBD13E9F5454DE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFFD9138A7A44EA09C75C8FFD7D39AE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85B7D2F260694E9B844B7A4775EDC167"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 for fiscal
year 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CD7E48C6EB8450EAB63C4F228DFBB73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made
available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85B2056CCADA4B0E8FE97738FCFB5720"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available under subsection (a)
may not be used for carrying out the Airport Cooperative Research Program or
the Airports Technology Research
Program.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H76065A50870D4C6CAC0311CA6C9A87D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligational
authority</header><text>Section 47104(c) is amended by striking <quote>March
31, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H04BBD1A9B2404FD1B9B167E01C350DC6"><enum>102.</enum><header>Air navigation
facilities and equipment</header>
<subsection id="H6C36C0FB10484DFB8FA955406C5C5DA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
48101(a) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (6) and inserting the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFEE210A17181488BB060F7AA2E83D600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$2,700,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85D31F5C85A841FDAA9357A01E968FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$2,600,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8F4AC5ECD444B90A3448189846A308B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$2,600,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H508332EE873F43F291C3936D3F2412C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$2,600,000,000 for fiscal
year
2014.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBD2BAED24C6C482C8DEAC4F9AAAEBA2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Set-Asides</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 48101 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6AB1A87A8AEF4F08BFFB189BA17376EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(c), (d), (e), (h), and (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H56DFCD8E35964F91BBEB1681E72B56A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB8AA6B6DBFFE4ECCB9FBB53D7D8EBDBA"><enum>103.</enum><header>FAA
operations</header>
<subsection id="HC1BF5CBB86FE4406902FF082F5A3B450"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 106(k)(1) is amended by striking subparagraphs
(A) through (F) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H4B7AA47879694F8D9D81830949711A9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$9,403,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD65F7518C18D4C769B9CDEEFA154D997"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$9,168,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC33D0DA6FA4E4B74A5037BE021E42AE6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$9,168,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC52F23E9B3A34BC193BC1F7EB281FA33"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$9,168,000,000 for fiscal
year
2014.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE00B44BE877C421194172A106F0566E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
106(k)(2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H83B4B40CB06F4D9D82B40D6F74AB14D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs
(A), (B), (C), and (D);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H657F307213EF4372BE7C08CE6C57E096"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C),
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CA9770420AB4E55BFB1B0401FF4BF6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>2004 through 2007</quote>
and inserting <quote>2011 through 2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD95FA16BBE3F41418BAC973C55C3563C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority To transfer
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 106(k) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEF4C9CFFFB1D4C2CB6672CA7248176C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administering program
within available funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, if the Secretary determines that the
funds appropriated under paragraph (1) are insufficient to meet the salary,
operations, and maintenance expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, as
authorized by this section, the Secretary shall reduce nonsafety-related
activities of the Administration as necessary to reduce such expenses to a
level that can be met by the funding available under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE157239BB4BE4477A7315849A87BA81D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Funding for aviation
programs</header>
<subsection id="H96E024FE83BF47C999D3355D8151A938"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Airport and Airway
Trust Fund guarantee</header><text>Section 48114(a)(1)(A) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H1FB7D65D86FE4827B42B0722CCB4137F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The total budget resources made available from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund each fiscal year pursuant to sections 48101,
48102, 48103, and 106(k) shall—</text>
<clause id="H827DC949D4FB4C3A93CEB792B3BD0A64"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in fiscal year 2011, be equal to 90 percent
of the estimated level of receipts plus interest credited to the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund for that fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2DD3161AD49B49E98AB929B0B0920058"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in fiscal year 2012 and
each fiscal year thereafter, be equal to the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="H5F1CA26522544125933D704CB6B75318"><enum>(I)</enum><text>90 percent of the
estimated level of receipts plus interest credited to the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund for that fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3471701B17104D2C8ACA55E80576CB0B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the actual level of
receipts plus interest credited to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the
second preceding fiscal year minus the total amount made available for
obligation from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the second preceding
fiscal year.</text>
</subclause></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Such amounts may be used only for
aviation investment programs listed in subsection
(b).</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE4A5EEAC82D745409319BC95D24C66A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
authorizations of appropriations from the general fund</header><text>Section
48114(a)(2) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E03D9D443BF495093B451B1B04DDDC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Estimated level of
receipts plus interest defined</header><text>Section 48114(b)(2) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA07742A76A8C4300A1C782FD6970CFCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Level</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Estimated level</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1460BC5567A84063B9C1B46C6C7F5868"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>level
of receipts plus interest</quote> and inserting <quote>estimated level of
receipts plus interest</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B9199A7162F44B099DEF2E76BA81240"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enforcement of
guarantees</header><text>Section 48114(c)(2) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H692AD2D60F1446F09972DFB3F15DDDDD"><enum>105.</enum><header>Delineation of Next
Generation Air Transportation System projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44501(b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7DCB35E2E3B448DD80215ADAB88C7B70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68274CB298604CB2984CEAEEBDA108AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B) by
striking <quote>defense.</quote> and inserting <quote>defense; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BBC650E519448FC860FD484B2249204"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HAB4EA3CE842742EBACD5E0B388B73C41"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of capital projects that are part of
the Next Generation Air Transportation System and funded by amounts
appropriated under section
48101(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H382E550546DB48359470B4198901D4D3"><enum>106.</enum><header>Funding for
administrative expenses for airport programs</header>
<subsection id="H26AEFC5A302A45D4972C59BB8FD471BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 48105 is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H27945A3438C24C0A8029C875368ABFE7"><enum>48105.</enum><header>Airport programs
administrative expenses</header>
<subsection id="H5A6E9DD0C1134DC286B301F18C8B35F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made
available under section 48103, the following amounts may be available for
administrative expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration described in
subsection (b):</text>
<paragraph id="HF232EA3BCBCA49249DD1805D326615DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$85,987,000 for fiscal
year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB960166E91DD432B900376EC923C02F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$80,676,000 for fiscal
year 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEEBE97FB9F8433395495E624607B585"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$80,676,000 for fiscal
year 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAE6001E61AF480288FDC64DA16EA2A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$80,676,000 for fiscal
year 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA9EA31C94BCD4635AE389FFDF8DED84F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible administrative
expenses</header><text>Amounts made available under subsection (a) may be used
for administrative expenses relating to the airport improvement program,
passenger facility charge approval and oversight, national airport system
planning, airport standards development and enforcement, airport certification,
airport-related environmental activities (including legal services), and other
airport-related activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1BCE098839204345BB07C8336255E8B2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made
available under subsection (a) shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1D6E1BB37795420A8E047B8FE6788C4E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 481 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 48105 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">48105. Airport programs administrative
expenses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5500AA7A88544FFD8B42AA5724CED3D4"><enum>B</enum><header>Passenger Facility
Charges</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C41D21DF1CF4FFF862BEF518915EAE7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Passenger facility
charges</header>
<subsection id="H6174618C73D348D89F5306CCA6D8149B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>PFC
defined</header><text>Section 40117(a)(5) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD19025EC43894A3286C58A9F057AB015" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFF7D89B22120484EB943488C27F7D4B5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Passenger facility
charge</header><text>The term <term>passenger facility charge</term> means a
charge or fee imposed under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA9AC45BD40B64107A329949557401496"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot program for PFC
authorizations at nonhub airports</header><text>Section 40117(l) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C584A9ADCC14BBD8295F58489363EE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2927711443F4449B81B40AA906A79ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC9BFFE4583C24593840F50C7FEFB0DFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Correction of
references</header>
<paragraph id="HD25FD7A909E24D89A838A499C3E13E53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
40117</header><text>Section 40117 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC03CB776949144779F505A6DCE11205E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F99540D9CC14AAAA50A1F8C380E439C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (e) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC7C281A8F7440F8AAE9DFAD87986CB8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (l) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Charge</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF09D90985EF640E883A5B18F4BD9A28A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (5) of subsection (l) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">charge</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA8FD0192F1E4DBDB59C7B4B7C345DA2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (m) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF101773EAF7A4D0793A7BBDF13A85A9C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (1) of subsection (m) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H267D8C23224F44A59F4DF96718490E18"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fee</quote> each place it appears (other than the second sentence of
subsection (g)(4)) and inserting <quote>charge</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA83917CC92FC491495AD31D15A4A5A84"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fees</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>charges</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4981E3779600474EB4809B2A23BDF82E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
references</header><text>Subtitle VII is amended by striking <quote>fee</quote>
and inserting <quote>charge</quote> each place it appears in each of the
following sections:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3AD009EBAE234732AA29FDEF50DCD93A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section
47106(f)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB3586B5E8C148E0839BFB0E7962949D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section
47110(e)(5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B9B639B428E4045922A717890992B3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 47114(f).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C2865F35683462DBD2C8995016D8AE9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section
47134(g)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A0F1C2EDBCE428CB106D6405D2ED537"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 47139(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A8E305115940D986CF53470B6B9FB6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 47524(e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0556B811336742519CE65D6077134023"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section 47526(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7878E03E63F0436AB95E7CF35DC67B42"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 401 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 40117 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">40117. Passenger facility
charges.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2AB42ED71754344977561F7846CD9E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>Airport access
flexibility program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
40117 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H4F7DA5DCB4F744499EF2E77621CC8FF5"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Airport access
flexibility program</header>
<paragraph id="H4533D0070C334DE881066F20CF3C6CA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>PFC
eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
requirements of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program
under which the Secretary may authorize, at no more than 5 airports, a
passenger facility charge imposed under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(4) to be used
to finance the eligible cost of an intermodal ground access project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71075DC29E0A4D51859DC95ACD41AECA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intermodal ground
access project defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>intermodal ground access project</term> means a project for constructing
a local facility owned or operated by an eligible agency that is directly and
substantially related to the movement of passengers or property traveling in
air transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54E39760B38C48B9B9F836A7AE81B6B5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible costs</header>
<subparagraph id="HB80BF1C196BD4359B3C19D75B315CA2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the eligible cost of an
intermodal ground access project at an airport shall be the total cost of the
project multiplied by the ratio that—</text>
<clause id="HE1B67D4A1DF84378B3770D11554A7E64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of individuals
projected to use the project to gain access to or depart from the airport;
bears to</text>
</clause><clause id="HD36CFF86AA904ABC917151AA898CF581"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number of the
individuals projected to use the facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CF48D3171374C2B88E18BB3697A44D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determinations
regarding projected project use</header>
<clause id="H4DFF67E5F3B9488383064C01E9B3EB52"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided by clause (ii), the Secretary shall
determine the projected use of a project for purposes of subparagraph (A) at
the time the project is approved under this subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E7D80989AA245FEA5FC3E433F8200A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public transportation
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
project approved under this section to be financed in part using funds
administered by the Federal Transit Administration, the Secretary shall use the
travel forecasting model for the project at the time the project is approved by
the Federal Transit Administration to enter preliminary engineering to
determine the projected use of the project for purposes of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16D06880FA6449F49E0903C1BC3E97B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header>GAO study of
alternative means of collecting PFCs</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC614C82A4620409C9ADF055F385A174D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of
alternative means of collecting passenger facility charges imposed under
section 40117 of title 49, United States Code, that would permit such charges
to be collected without being included in the ticket price. In conducting the
study, the Comptroller General shall consider, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H418A1F3BF38B427D8FD0C0FB311E6E91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collection options for
arriving, connecting, and departing passengers at airports;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H176A8FB120854A8FB4B80FEAD1A09494"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cost sharing or
allocation methods based on passenger travel to address connecting traffic;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0F975ED09E043DBB584774490A4BF65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examples of airport
charges collected by domestic and international airports that are not included
in ticket prices.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H91989BD67569410BA6AD7A72A6AD2821"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives a report on the study, including the Comptroller
General's findings, conclusions, and recommendations.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17F653C9A46141EC9D6778A248F1DB8D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header>Qualifications-based
selection</header>
<subsection id="H924431B75C82469EA60A08BFEB213565"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Qualifications-based
selection defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <quote>qualifications-based selection</quote> means a
competitive procurement process under which firms compete for capital
improvement projects on the basis of qualifications, past experience, and
specific expertise.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75CD916BB8764AAD9DDC14CD4745A5EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that airports should consider the use of qualifications-based
selection in carrying out capital improvement projects funded using passenger
facility charges collected under section 40117 of title 49, United States Code,
with the goal of serving the needs of all stakeholders.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HDD242164745F4F03856A2A76F4B071FF"><enum>C</enum><header>Fees for FAA
Services</header>
<section id="H653C494A47394B328A23BD83E00CBCCA"><enum>121.</enum><header>Update on
overflights</header>
<subsection id="HF3451CF72053418795DA5AEAE7E1049D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and
adjustment of fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
45301(b) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H8633EA315A084DD9BBCEF9C913143A1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment and
adjustment of fees</header>
<paragraph id="H442E97D8D46E4008BA99B57DB55F8774"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In establishing and adjusting fees under this section,
the Administrator shall ensure that the fees are reasonably related to the
Administration's costs, as determined by the Administrator, of providing the
services rendered.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36C75427C5244D2993B7845B01809625"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Services for which
costs may be recovered</header><text>Services for which costs may be recovered
under this section include the costs of air traffic control, navigation,
weather services, training, and emergency services that are available to
facilitate safe transportation over the United States and the costs of other
services provided by the Administrator, or by programs financed by the
Administrator, to flights that neither take off nor land in the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B24C2187E6D4C42BB516D57616D3095"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations on judicial
review</header><text>Notwithstanding section 702 of title 5 or any other
provision of law, the following actions and other matters shall not be subject
to judicial review:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1AC6399CCDAF43659A9C18E342E3999A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The establishment or
adjustment of a fee by the Administrator under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H021EB7E548D94B5C9B17081443D358A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The validity of a
determination of costs by the Administrator under paragraph (1), and the
processes and procedures applied by the Administrator when reaching such
determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF411D59D346475EBECEBDD899CF6821"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An allocation of costs by
the Administrator under paragraph (1) to services provided, and the processes
and procedures applied by the Administrator when establishing such
allocation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBDC73F9CFD014D88818F0694270F7946"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Adjustment of
overflight fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance
with section 106(f)(3)(A), the Administrator shall adjust the overflight fees
established by subsection (a)(1) by issuing a final rule with respect to the
notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on September
28, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 59661).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC190E253002346B989B5B8C263EED860"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Aircraft
altitude</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall require the Administrator to take into account aircraft altitude
in establishing any fee for aircraft operations in en route or oceanic
airspace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B7F5C3EC2DD4B0CA610B2E9520462F9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Costs
defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>costs</term> includes
operation and maintenance costs, leasing costs, and overhead expenses
associated with the services provided and the facilities and equipment used in
providing such services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA9916685A144C73AED24473C3480C2F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Special rule for fiscal
years 2011 through 2015</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015, section 45303(c) shall not apply to any
increase in fees collected pursuant to a final rule described in paragraph
(4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE65811FDF37C4E3EA5CF6C93AC0F7446"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
fees</header><text>Section 45301 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="H68FBB91E993B45A884F81226622F40CD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjustment of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
adjustments under subsection (b), the Administrator may periodically adjust the
fees established under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HEE92D48D724A4682840302BB3DB6BD30"><enum>122.</enum><header>Registration
fees</header>
<subsection id="H9F8A3B6F854C4B598DE9E39A8881AA40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Chapter 453 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H6D59093803DB4EB48E683FE763E2CA7A" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="HECDB84EA381440BFB95A1E557D063F44"><enum>45305.</enum><header>Registration,
certification, and related fees</header>
<subsection id="H2ECD8B4314D744E0B7DFE771F8DCF3C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General Authority and
Fees</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall establish and collect a fee for each of the
following services and activities of the Administration that does not exceed
the estimated costs of the service or activity:</text>
<paragraph id="HE6259E56424E40B1B065321231C39E0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Registering an
aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EC8DC28DFAF4C2B821FDB8B22F81F9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Reregistering, replacing,
or renewing an aircraft registration certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E11BAD469504A339344EA48AD859A43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Issuing an original
dealer’s aircraft registration certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5EEB24675904DD4B4B3327B1D38C809"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Issuing an additional
dealer’s aircraft registration certificate (other than the original).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FCAA89D902A4A4CA54544C8D916B79A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Issuing a special
registration number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H263EBB5F4AF14A888F8C8DED739BA139"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Issuing a renewal of a
special registration number reservation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8523D17984754FFDB31B916E0D6AEBFE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Recording a security
interest in an aircraft or aircraft part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD650B095D1F04D818259F42270FC8F71"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Issuing an airman
certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2A6B015F07843C5B5102D00AB4B610A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Issuing a replacement
airman certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07653EB1196248AEB8233A2752D17E4A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Issuing an airman
medical certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5F014A5EAD64FDB99BDE37E471B1B41"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Providing a legal
opinion pertaining to aircraft registration or recordation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47F17B333DC34906BA7389CDE4360A26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
Collection</header><text>No fee may be collected under this section unless the
expenditure of the fee to pay the costs of activities and services for which
the fee is imposed is provided for in advance in an appropriations Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFBFF7D28193F46D380F3BA157869B941"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fees Credited as
Offsetting Collections</header>
<paragraph id="HD915C214F15A4787A065945AFA7EFDBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, any fee
authorized to be collected under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A6205E8C5D946538F4138097F327547"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be credited as offsetting
collections to the account that finances the activities and services for which
the fee is imposed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E64D160DCC04A84ACFBF2E7DDC299D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be available for
expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee
is imposed, including all costs associated with collecting the fee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC9F70EB644445C85B8A668E42123B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>remain available until
expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14F9DE70A9CF41C587B8D0DC32AC8066"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuing
appropriations</header><text>The Administrator may continue to assess, collect,
and spend fees established under this section during any period in which the
funding for the Federal Aviation Administration is provided under an Act
providing continuing appropriations in lieu of the Administration’s regular
appropriations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H632CACE968FA41D59A8FE258F26B95C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>The
Administrator shall adjust a fee established under subsection (a) for a service
or activity if the Administrator determines that the actual cost of the service
or activity is higher or lower than was indicated by the cost data used to
establish such
fee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F29741E3FA34172A29130FA3B340963"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 453 is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HC0D986A73A1A40A1973748AD41A3A3DD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">45305. Registration, certification, and related
fees.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H901B0E1E93724DA296ABD251030EAE05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fees involving aircraft
not providing air transportation</header><text>Section 45302(e) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB9BE160E8F95468C93785705634712E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A
fee</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HCD4E5EF7E4504C09BF8A8C35F8C28565" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7A18C58BF41D4EA0BBCE7E12214DA3B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A fee</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF83B6EAE02FC4E72AD94A23E4CB597C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H2B809D3907154C779F455F54D50C6BFA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2EFAFB478B68444283AA89467D5BBD1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of imposition of
other fees</header><text>A fee may not be imposed for a service or activity
under this section during any period in which a fee for the same service or
activity is imposed under section
45305.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0E86AA3F425A4403BAB9904A94DBD62F"><enum>D</enum><header>Airport Improvement
Program Modifications</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23D87383555F4029B8678F82B8679C1F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header>Airport master
plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47101(g)(2) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3BCA707680894E02B9C36477BB2E7FF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1352E60766964BF6AD4E1CAC0F8506EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7718494CC6634DE2B89DB27D5232B0EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16A0B27E728B49A1AE03A1603AC827BA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H7E1A7BDBACEE4E968BBA399278C2979B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider passenger convenience, airport
ground access, and access to airport facilities;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56FCDCC9067C45F9A356E2ED915B9C3A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header>Aerotropolis
transportation systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47101(g) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H803E05C376674C3CAADC5F0F4741DF92" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H9140A3BCA55647658F8C2CF78173496B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Aerotropolis
transportation systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encourage the development of aerotropolis
transportation systems, which are planned and coordinated multimodal freight
and passenger transportation networks that, as determined by the Secretary,
provide efficient, cost-effective, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to
a defined region of economic significance centered around a major
airport.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1D9666249874A268E9C33753463BE5D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header>AIP
definitions</header>
<subsection id="HFCA2DABD6CFE4EA4AE7073D3D44DD9D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Airport
development</header><text>Section 47102(3) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H99DCCB1533ED40C5976DB650B8B6A887"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(iv)
by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>9</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H629B52BD9DED47E8BEB4919391F50177"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G) by
inserting <quote>and including acquiring glycol recovery vehicles,</quote>
after <quote>aircraft,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4DB38951D9FA4FE4916236AAED782183"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HF0825773C17E4EBDA380B6E1C6AA6BCE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC117E742D5954C20BD6EF32FA4354854"><enum>(M)</enum><text>construction of mobile
refueler parking within a fuel farm at a nonprimary airport meeting the
requirements of section 112.8 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC9C66241FDFB41EBAE312AF89867F9E0"><enum>(N)</enum><text>terminal development
under section 47119(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09A898A1961F477684A84F475EF88ECA"><enum>(O)</enum><text>acquiring and installing
facilities and equipment to provide air conditioning, heating, or electric
power from terminal-based, nonexclusive use facilities to aircraft parked at a
public use airport for the purpose of reducing energy use or harmful emissions
as compared to the provision of such air conditioning, heating, or electric
power from aircraft-based
systems.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB5DA20B01674A0CB82390A962DAD255"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Airport
planning</header><text>Section 47102(5) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F38AEE5A44A4368AD42849742C376EA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3237296DC278426D9802AD303F333E46"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>airport planning</quote> means
planning as defined by regulations the Secretary prescribes and
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H36D16751009C4AB8883F4A3A9122E2E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>integrated airport system
planning;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H321411C4C0E345F7B3F6181A33544D22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing an
environmental management system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00BF71214D744BE48F97EAF5C6ECEAA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing a plan for recycling and
minimizing the generation of airport solid waste, consistent with applicable
State and local recycling laws, including the cost of a waste
audit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H26C7F183FD61446888B20BCFFE20DB73"><enum>(c)</enum><header>General aviation
airport</header><text>Section 47102 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E93689DD5074D2E8F035259E66F9DE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (23) through (25) as paragraphs (25) through (27),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H514BBF31A50949D494F7EDC08A874FB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) through (22) as paragraphs (9) through (23), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4BC0308CBC541899208D89C60A321EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAB0BEBBB1C44F9CAA8FB3FF9474D3A0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA20296D958A3430FAE5441A78584D6A0"><enum>(8)</enum><text><quote>general aviation
airport</quote> means a public airport that is located in a State and that, as
determined by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BE782610C8B4A2296B4013D3545C2FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not have scheduled
service; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17A776D6607741FDB9EFD95A07E46426"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has scheduled service
with less than 2,500 passenger boardings each
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EF99B89859F4ECDAFDD297A193E78F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Revenue producing
aeronautical support facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47102 is amended by inserting after
paragraph (23) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H80124468B3294A49A53053ED8E1168FB" reported-display-style="italic">
<paragraph id="H558F0FDDA8B643CC94845B4A887A70D2"><enum>(24)</enum><text><quote>revenue producing
aeronautical support facilities</quote> means fuel farms, hangar buildings,
self-service credit card aeronautical fueling systems, airplane wash racks,
major rehabilitation of a hangar owned by a sponsor, or other aeronautical
support facilities that the Secretary determines will increase the revenue
producing ability of the
airport.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2E8C07461A7C412795C63BCBE73AD46D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Terminal
development</header><text>Section 47102 (as amended by subsection (c) of this
section) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H9D06F5AEAA044F8EA98125DD592BAF81" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC486061E46BA476B862998CC2DC93217"><enum>(28)</enum><text><quote>terminal
development</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC3E7E2B4FBF41429A0C2C191129861D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>development of—</text>
<clause id="HEC1D56B0FD394862A1854EB7A81B8020"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an airport passenger
terminal building, including terminal gates;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD77203F9FA6E4F85B12B9FA34D7E723B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>access roads servicing
exclusively airport traffic that leads directly to or from an airport passenger
terminal building; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6850E713F7D3499EAEB5A84077DA279B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>walkways that lead
directly to or from an airport passenger terminal building; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FC71FC67C01414AA4B9FEF6E5D0AE20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of a vehicle
described in section
47119(a)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F068B5639924E7293E36DEDDDE5B194" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>134.</enum><header>Recycling plans for
airports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47106(a) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC4CBB97989647E085026D05148C7FEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D2F48E331BF4FDA8B35FDC4B42CBED6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by
striking <quote>proposed.</quote> and inserting <quote>proposed; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA54965ECA82D4A98AC80C104B0FD4E7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35D8091385694B348CA6EEF30BDADD8A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H53BB56ACC5F84B299051F85668E554B7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>if the project is for an
airport that has an airport master plan, the master plan addresses issues
relating to solid waste recycling at the airport, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE701A3B1313D4EA9B91BF882AF797CF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the feasibility of solid
waste recycling at the airport;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC19757F51D9F4E9789B839352314D3F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimizing the generation
of solid waste at the airport;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF88A6CEC69E42799FE81E300D188A78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operation and maintenance
requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBF840AADF2D4374B4748B3567B09C21"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the review of waste
management contracts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE62F02536A8B4ACD9ADA233189AF4955"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the potential for cost
savings or the generation of
revenue.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3726842BF50543F59D3C31DB134E1C41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>135.</enum><header>Contents of
competition plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47106(f)(2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC139BEB3CA2C442FB896CCAE310DE4FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking “patterns of
air service,”;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FF651C49C694F3F8236F16E76A78E14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting “and” before
“whether”; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD94CB510A7884164A1EAF20A1CDF53A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking “, and
airfare levels” and all that follows before the period.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D53BA98E1574BC1BBCEED91A301E4AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>136.</enum><header>Grant
assurances</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H635DAD5875064232882A158DD0C7D7EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General written
assurances</header><text>Section 47107(a)(16)(D)(ii) is amended by inserting
before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except in the case of a
relocation or replacement of an existing airport facility that meets the
conditions of section 47110(d)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8651C7B9D84D4994AB3112674A45A40D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Written assurances on
acquiring land</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H97B1BBC89D9547F5ABB6AC3BAABB2078"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of
proceeds</header><text>Section 47107(c)(2)(A)(iii) is amended by striking
<quote>paid to the Secretary</quote> and all that follows before the semicolon
and inserting <quote>reinvested in another project at the airport or
transferred to another airport as the Secretary prescribes under paragraph
(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5C698D9366C74C2DBA3DC20B0F834C51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>Section 47107(c) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7DED22FDC68498FADB0A2B1D99C2F0D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF394458D2CC64AEEB1DFDB468BAE9FDD" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving the reinvestment or transfer
of proceeds under paragraph (2)(A)(iii), the Secretary shall give preference,
in descending order, to the following actions:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7D9047479CE84523AC0594ABDE93B0EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reinvestment in an approved noise
compatibility project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A5ADC358EA94ED293FA226745DE1BEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Reinvestment in an
approved project that is eligible for funding under section 47117(e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCE7D64B2F79742C48628D49756AD09DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Reinvestment in an
approved airport development project that is eligible for funding under section
47114, 47115, or 47117.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H691C94FD5D6F4BFABCAB17A3449529A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Transfer to a sponsor of
another public airport to be reinvested in an approved noise compatibility
project at such airport.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD68056628934B0C85060984B5C050C4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Payment to the Secretary
for deposit in the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H31B47A2BEE2E4AA0B82C178355E69F2B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
47107(c)(2)(B)(iii) is amended by striking <quote>the Fund</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section
9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5F49CA42ED409A8AEA67EE9B9326C4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension of
competitive access reports</header><text>Section 47107(s) is amended by
striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6B70EC3AE3942EBACED1CF6BB517DAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>137.</enum><header>Agreements granting
through-the-fence access to general aviation airports</header>
<subsection id="HEE7F2816D7434E56B58295994DFC9380"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47107 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66FEF4956BF54D8393C42AC204C77E1D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H242709E5CEC94BD98CCC546F1739D64C"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Agreements granting
through-The-Fence access to general aviation airports</header>
<paragraph id="HD90F79F55D8A46FFB185662C50803CA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2), a sponsor of a general aviation airport shall not be considered to be in
violation of this subtitle, or to be in violation of a grant assurance made
under this section or under any other provision of law as a condition for the
receipt of Federal financial assistance for airport development, solely because
the sponsor enters into an agreement that grants to a person that owns
residential real property adjacent to the airport access to the airfield of the
airport for the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1C547328945045209A1E11AA60CB619C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Aircraft of the
person.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF12A4034ED514736AFC634A0CEE1BD2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Aircraft authorized by
the person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9548B73586F744D0A1D1A5B97ED56CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Through-the-fence
agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="HBA3F924A1E53466E861E5EA001A2EA25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement
described in paragraph (1) between an airport sponsor and a property owner
shall be a written agreement that prescribes the rights, responsibilities,
charges, duration, and other terms the airport sponsor determines are necessary
to establish and manage the airport sponsor’s relationship with the property
owner.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD7299FADE3E4DE2B30C31AE1B5D4F2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement
described in paragraph (1) between an airport sponsor and a property owner
shall require the property owner, at minimum—</text>
<clause id="H8FB813B96959472CA28BED7A3BBD8C86"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay airport access charges that, as
determined by the airport sponsor, are comparable to those charged to tenants
and operators on-airport making similar use of the airport;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC2535E9EC1840D184A05E83ACFDCA40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to bear the cost of building and
maintaining the infrastructure that, as determined by the airport sponsor, is
necessary to provide aircraft located on the property adjacent to the airport
access to the airfield of the airport;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2358BA95EBBF4BC689ACE5653B25EDD7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to maintain the
property for residential, noncommercial use for the duration of the agreement;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H217CEBEDB86E4069938237D8FCC95E08"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to prohibit access to
the airport from other properties through the property of the property
owner.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H27B7E531FF9C40CFBA21CE40DBF84612"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to an agreement between an airport sponsor and a property owner entered
into before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E2DD49081ED4473BDC0C5BF1A916360" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>138.</enum><header>Government share of
project costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47109 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5417946194DA414F8DCF25B9A22F3D61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by
striking <quote>provided in subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this
section</quote> and inserting <quote>otherwise provided in this
section</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD600C6A73AA47699517A4D7A6AE208D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H2D42482F68844542B8C9C7C3C8AAAF56" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H2779AF0FB23E43CEACCC716DB0FB8B86"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rule for
transition from small hub to medium hub status</header><text>If the status of a
small hub airport changes to a medium hub airport, the Government’s share of
allowable project costs for the airport may not exceed 90 percent for the first
2 fiscal years following such change in hub status.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD35227763ECD4D7880ADC7DD41510CCC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special rule for
economically depressed communities</header><text>The Government’s share of
allowable project costs shall be 95 percent for a project at an airport
that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB1266F052704176ABE23CF9137221E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is receiving subsidized
air service under subchapter II of chapter 417; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9B0C4C33B2064DF0A45549DD84F30C6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is located in an area
that meets one or more of the criteria established in section 301(a) of the
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161(a)), as
determined by the Secretary of
Commerce.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H301E4004B3C5488ABC1D640B0E6019A7"><enum>139.</enum><header>Allowable project
costs</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE106CEBCDD804524A11DBAAC56CFE34F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowable project
costs</header><text>Section 47110(b)(2)(D) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59712D8908D041058B498EB5FB83E962" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6839A89C7C064FFFB971EDB2944D1DCE" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the cost is for airport development and
is incurred before execution of the grant agreement, but in the same fiscal
year as execution of the grant agreement, and if—</text>
<clause id="HE5D1DE22231148DAB9EAA66CD6D0B8EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cost was incurred
before execution of the grant agreement due to climactic conditions affecting
the construction season in the vicinity of the airport;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5F9DD514B5FD486E8559226E9344BEA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost is in
accordance with an airport layout plan approved by the Secretary and with all
statutory and administrative requirements that would have been applicable to
the project if the project had been carried out after execution of the grant
agreement, including submission of a complete grant application to the
appropriate regional or district office of the Federal Aviation
Administration;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BBDFF04B2E24A6ABD6305C56926E6F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the sponsor notifies
the Secretary before authorizing work to commence on the project;</text>
</clause><clause id="H24949C0BFFED458895421FFB160A6C37"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the sponsor has an
alternative funding source available to fund the project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9BD8C07418F74116A5297701C4338B04"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the sponsor’s decision to
proceed with the project in advance of execution of the grant agreement does
not affect the priority assigned to the project by the Secretary for the
allocation of discretionary
funds;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68F5A00729EA4B6D99B8BD8409BEE6EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of measures
To improve efficiency of airport buildings in airport improvement
projects</header><text>Section 47110(b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BBD9F4417D3482CB89AD0DA8363DF3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by
striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A226CEE86AF4E70B7E7DA5A9946651F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76321A69D5644CC098D2F130CE884AF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5781D7A059C84372B4E682C3C97A0A1F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H04A37411F1704654B2F86BC98F5C8BFC"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the cost is incurred on a measure to
improve the efficiency of an airport building (such as a measure designed to
meet one or more of the criteria for being considered a high-performance green
building as set forth under section 401(13) of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17061(13))) and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56D95F9EFF0C434288C9B64D014FA6DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the measure is for a
project for airport development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1E2599165D142EFB8274E93D978B202"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the measure is for an
airport building that is otherwise eligible for construction assistance under
this subchapter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BDD4864F59248079EEECE828C4DC7D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the measure results in
an increase in initial project costs, the increase is justified by expected
savings over the life cycle of the
project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC33684E897FA446F9EA7353A60948508"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relocation of
airport-Owned facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47110(d) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HA23AD2874E3E45B5A65C6084E7F9F11F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4DEC7949D89842259B5744E52C637A3D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relocation of
airport-Owned facilities</header><text>The Secretary may determine that the
costs of relocating or replacing an airport-owned facility are allowable for an
airport development project at an airport only if—</text>
<paragraph id="H59CC39A8BF2642CEB65E98A40EC47E94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Government’s share of
such costs will be paid with funds apportioned to the airport sponsor under
section 47114(c)(1) or 47114(d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H665F25A0E2164B5D98762D0142E94A58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary determines
that the relocation or replacement is required due to a change in the
Secretary’s design standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF7577D9FACD4BD5870DC132D4A57236"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary determines
that the change is beyond the control of the airport
sponsor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H997FC34730BA4293BFF3F58F83827B29"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nonprimary
airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47110(h) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H29482354BA8F49D4B8787C23280A4147"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>construction</quote> before <quote>costs of revenue producing</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9806505C89B340ACA2D276CFD1A83034"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>,
including fuel farms and hangars,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAC6AA90D0E44B009D908988AA359559" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>140.</enum><header>Veterans’
preference</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47112(c) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF0DD062A87344E692293BA15F8A0E17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6D54AD730104E8FAAE8C0AFDDD93A32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by
striking <quote>separated from</quote> and inserting <quote>discharged or
released from active duty in</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2260D4B15EB64FF999CCC7E20C12A9BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H7F7ED12C1D7B45FDAF3FF455F466DE62" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HACD6D982B83E44DFAC0B2EEBA7B4B410" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Afghanistan-Iraq war veteran</quote>
means an individual who served on active duty (as defined in section 101 of
title 38) in the Armed Forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom,
Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn for more than 180 consecutive
days, any part of which occurred after September 11, 2001, and before the date
prescribed by presidential proclamation or by law as the last day of Operation
Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn (whichever is
later), and who was discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces
under honorable conditions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H789DE2C74D2F42D39B4E12B51199C88B" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Persian Gulf veteran</quote> means
an individual who served on active duty in the Armed Forces in the Southwest
Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War for more than 180
consecutive days, any part of which occurred after August 2, 1990, and before
the date prescribed by presidential proclamation or by law, and who was
discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces under honorable
conditions.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA90EF455F544D7DB0B5C05C8474D444"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by
striking <quote>Vietnam-era veterans and disabled veterans</quote> and
inserting <quote>Vietnam-era veterans, Persian Gulf veterans, Afghanistan-Iraq
war veterans, disabled veterans, and small business concerns (as defined in
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) owned and controlled by
disabled veterans</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64D6A278EAB34759B4F42F2C2066AD6A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Standardizing
certification of disadvantaged business enterprises</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47113 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H823DFC5D5F634397800218D693CB6304" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6057421730D049C3B39A329052556414"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Mandatory training
program</header>
<paragraph id="H799E055C42F4490490EBDF94FDE7E1D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a mandatory training program for
persons described in paragraph (3) to provide streamlined training on
certifying whether a small business concern qualifies as a small business
concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals under this section and section 47107(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE1141CAABEC4C58AF4E7DC4596D31C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
training program may be implemented by one or more private entities approved by
the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4227539EC9EA446FA162F2BD6B090D6C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>A
person referred to in paragraph (1) is an official or agent of an airport
sponsor—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB535FD3523346A1BCF61A917C26F2E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who is required to
provide a written assurance under this section or section 47107(e) that the
airport owner or operator will meet the percentage goal of subsection (b) of
this section or section 47107(e)(1), as the case may be; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A10154A05AD4CC2B322D654AD16AEE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who is responsible for
determining whether or not a small business concern qualifies as a small
business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals under this section or section
47107(e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC00F7719417144F0B96B7C6E080D6F19"><enum>142.</enum><header>Special apportionment
rules</header>
<subsection id="H113C154BE4BB4C21972A0AE0A0913B47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility To receive
primary airport minimum apportionment amount</header><text>Section 47114(d) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H4CA321A02B254C90A2D7E23657E6F5AA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H317CD1DBA9694B458B465F1825285E31"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Eligibility to receive
primary airport minimum apportionment amount</header><text>Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subsection, the Secretary may apportion to an airport
sponsor in a fiscal year an amount equal to the minimum apportionment available
under subsection (c)(1)(B) if the Secretary finds that the airport—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E9BC30FB2BD40248E0469040FDA1657"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received scheduled or
unscheduled air service from a large certificated air carrier (as defined in
part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as
may be issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 41709) in the
calendar year used to calculate the apportionment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC00086BEB8DD48D4AB7A350932CDAC44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>had more than 10,000
passenger boardings in the calendar year used to calculate the
apportionment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H19F7AF0E960F464081EA472F67F429AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule for fiscal
years 2011 and 2012</header><text>Section 47114(c)(1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE88D519443C42739D0F33D393352AD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs
(F) and (G); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9F807C1631F42319D0242E0D76BFEAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HB8A998007DE44E5E83FE39DE7F232131" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB8FC204F41674AC590FCC76C0DE56BD6"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Special rule for fiscal
years 2011 and 2012</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for an
airport that had more than 10,000 passenger boardings and scheduled passenger
aircraft service in calendar year 2007, but in either calendar year 2009 or
2010, or in both years, the number of passenger boardings decreased to a level
below 10,000 boardings per year at such airport, the Secretary may apportion in
each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012 to the sponsor of such airport an amount
equal to the amount apportioned to that sponsor in fiscal year
2009.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD61B87EA395046EDAC79F0C64C682260" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>143.</enum><header>Apportionments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 471 is amended by striking
<quote>$3,200,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000,000</quote> in
each of the following sections:</text>
<paragraph id="H7DB31F26C89A47C4A5362CC1FE12DA1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">47114(c)(1)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F89829120264517B535B56015C8F4ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>47114(c)(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0953C69C832E494BABA3B44128BE09B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>47114(d)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BAA719659C345BA9C703B279FF56CE9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>47114(e)(4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D8F39D84AE5463288B5EE744873A749"><enum>(5)</enum><text>47117(e)(1)(C).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2D3CC2A8901A4AEF9E93E8D4BF4739A3"><enum>144.</enum><header>Marshall Islands,
Micronesia, and Palau</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47115(j) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2004 through 2010, and for
the portion of fiscal year 2011 ending before April 1, 2011,</quote> and
inserting <quote>fiscal years 2010 through 2014,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HFFC8DDA1EE7341F5A8148BE82E125815"><enum>145.</enum><header>Designating current
and former military airports</header>
<subsection id="H863F2644CDB44BDCA7EF859919AEF58B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47118(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H01F88520F0714476A9DD6A97184A7172"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by
striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4450F4180F40408F91E682042F603F08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by
striking <quote>delays.</quote> and inserting <quote>delays; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97B9833C2F824172B2E7754E00F2172B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9CCF9F825B34532A2DC8F54346CDCA8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H001475E2A52D4302A25136DC38E1ACF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preserve or enhance minimum airfield
infrastructure facilities at former military airports to support emergency
diversionary operations for transoceanic flights in locations—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C6963556DE447E683BD3C2546E022BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within United States
jurisdiction or control; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3ED1446868B4DC0AD883CA094528CDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>where there is a
demonstrable lack of diversionary airports within the distance or flight-time
required by regulations governing transoceanic
flights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69F8E93520194F499DACC684B6C75176"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of general
aviation airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
47118(g) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H397CA962F06F4A50B228354281C75465"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">airport</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">airports</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H148AF008E19945FDA3032ACF62297FD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one of
the airports bearing a designation under subsection (a) may be a general
aviation airport that was a former military installation</quote> and inserting
<quote>3 of the airports bearing designations under subsection (a) may be
general aviation airports that were former military
installations</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0EBE78559DF4A15A43C4BE378C0A725"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Safety-Critical
airports</header><text>Section 47118 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA61233C02B3940E78363C2849119A932" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H255A212B103A479296879EA53621908C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Safety-Critical
airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this chapter, a grant under section 47117(e)(1)(B) may be
made for a federally owned airport designated under subsection (a) if the grant
is for a project that is—</text>
<paragraph id="H41AF725937804A9F8813FC2FE8169B3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to preserve or enhance
minimum airfield infrastructure facilities described in subsection (c)(3);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6886B5A0839D4B53888EBB1DAE466CB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary to meet the minimum safety and
emergency operational requirements established under part 139 of title 14, Code
of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0080F8FD442946CCB17FD17943AAECC5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>146.</enum><header>Contract tower
program</header>
<subsection id="HFBD61E689DF044EDAD5C212F044FBE99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost-Benefit
requirement</header><text>Section 47124(b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1BBA78A356A943F6B0DEE3F35635D79B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H991CE37D1B1B4096BF28704C215A3D75" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDDF57DBF1C754D40BBBD5C4CA3BFEF0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract tower
program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4310444835374D8ABD61394F90158708"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Continuation and
extension</header><text>The Secretary shall continue the low activity (Visual
Flight Rules) Level I air traffic control tower contract program established
under subsection (a) for towers existing on December 30, 1987, and shall extend
the program to other low activity air traffic control towers for which a
qualified entity (as determined by the Secretary), a State, or a subdivision of
the State meeting the requirements set forth by the Secretary has requested to
participate in the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF46AF5AD99D4FBF88D04514FAB5B455"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a tower already operating
under the program continued under this paragraph has a benefit-to-cost ratio of
less than 1.0, the airport sponsor or State or local government having
jurisdiction over the airport shall not be required to pay the portion of the
costs that exceeds the benefit for a period of 18 months after such
determination is made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F8077E592784803B358727D80734010"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of excess
funds</header><text>If the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount made
available to carry out the program continued under this paragraph is not
required during a fiscal year, the Secretary may use, during such fiscal year,
the amount not so required to carry out the program established under paragraph
(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D56E80B4EE84D4A85B7C82E42AE361D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2)
The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HE07977048DA94D22836E4A5936523054" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEB4BAEC9E87845DC938B29C0F5739FD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>The
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAB357456FAA34463A4924EE4009F129A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Costs exceeding
benefits</header><text>Section 47124(b)(3)(D) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EA64996893240B0BB8E87DC955608E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If the
costs</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06B7A073791B48CEAA3B58A3EC1F8687" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="H30B62DA957084722B261E61CA0430DE8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Cost
sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
costs</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFA428461D55E47059C0C41A20DA2A016"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H35EA5C3381CD43789C40567159DECAC2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="H43499244FC41451F904795D57FAF9486"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum local cost
share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum allowable
local cost share allocated under clause (i) for an airport certified under part
139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, with fewer than 50,000 annual
passenger enplanements shall be capped at 20 percent of the cost of operating
an air traffic tower under the program.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3BA9C78DFF03402FAB9997D7C9F151DD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>Clause
(ii) shall not be in effect after September 30,
2014.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1029B52480F0470D90C7DDA675D06678"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding; use of excess
funds</header><text>Section 47124(b)(3) is amended by striking subparagraph (E)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HD3458B0033AA40549CE301E3556C1DE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H140C598BBBE74AF997CB8CB7EEBD984A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of
the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 106(k)(1), not more than
$8,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014 may be used to carry out
this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC684C4089326453B9B8C2E562074C382"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Use of excess
funds</header><text>If the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount made
available under this paragraph is not required during a fiscal year, the
Secretary may use, during such fiscal year, the amount not so required to carry
out the program continued under paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC6E23906CEB4AE78D495B00A058C24A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>Section 47124(b)(4)(C) is amended by striking
<quote>$1,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3CC81D189574EC4AC4CEF49D9B8FABE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Safety
audits</header><text>Section 47124 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H5FA1B0A8ABDA498DA60CC0892E40A06A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB3A52D977D4C42B8B6B32E789E16DAD1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Safety
audits</header><text>The Secretary shall establish uniform standards and
requirements for regular safety assessments of air traffic control towers that
receive funding under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8340644989D4466F88D98DC7C12B34D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>147.</enum><header>Resolution of
disputes concerning airport fees</header>
<subsection id="HA2FB19B1CCDB42C08248A1F1B624D5AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 47129 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5BF906929F644761927327685F1BD1FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section
heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33828AF8397D4A8695DBD564DC22E338" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="HC9E222C6E27F4849B35F289F8236177D"><enum>47129.</enum><header>Resolution of
disputes concerning airport
fees</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18C2743480C04A3DB2598F4F838A6C05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and Foreign Air
Carrier</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Carrier</header-in-text></quote> in the heading for
subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0830199C337C4EF097D330C196FFB1A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">and foreign air
carrier</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">carrier</header-in-text></quote> in the heading for
subsection (d)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C79423E953441988A75C020CB19057C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>air
carrier</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>air carrier or
foreign air carrier</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91F8E20B47234928AC043AA1D73CF317"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>air
carrier's</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>air carrier's or
foreign air carrier's</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2707C3D2407413285BBFE6BD5CCB58B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking <quote>air
carriers</quote> and inserting <quote>air carriers or foreign air
carriers</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC635494BF7D1459D81FFA1D67C307B07"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(as
defined in section 40102 of this title)</quote> in subsection (a) and inserting
<quote>(as those terms are defined in section 40102)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9819DDB89F8E4693B229BD3C2C4C6F2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 471 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 47129 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89099AF26072461C80AEE0FDCE4C0F7D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">47129. Resolution of disputes concerning
airport
fees.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H375CB1C8354D4BE3AADDE4A1196EB537"><enum>148.</enum><header>Sale of private
airports to public sponsors</header>
<subsection id="H8A39E48915944FED9F874F7F326985D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47133(b) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB2D2A31CBAFF424BBBA5E2B04C3D43AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Subsection (a) shall not apply if</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC2CD23543214EB9BE78E1FEED5D7AA6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H61087A3030704D25B8BB377AC53B44A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prior laws and
agreements</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply
if</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7782CD77235140D08559E0E4470F147D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H31B489D281C546139EED0A375FE4D14D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0B2CDD1D220343E39D94A34439F4A412"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sale of private airport
to public sponsor</header><text>In the case of a privately owned airport,
subsection (a) shall not apply to the proceeds from the sale of the airport to
a public sponsor if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H46A6A4046163449496E86AE4DB243844"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sale is approved by
the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H419603FCF4124ACEA0D491AC24F25719"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funding is provided under
this subchapter for any portion of the public sponsor’s acquisition of airport
land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H421937942BC548ADB2A37F2BE32C8CC4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an amount equal to the
remaining unamortized portion of any airport improvement grant made to that
airport for purposes other than land acquisition, amortized over a 20-year
period, plus an amount equal to the Federal share of the current fair market
value of any land acquired with an airport improvement grant made to that
airport on or after October 1, 1996, is repaid to the Secretary by the private
owner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H455919564FBC44489758B309868D408A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
repayments</header><text>Repayments referred to in paragraph (2)(C) shall be
treated as a recovery of prior year
obligations.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3DB3F322ED3343EE8B170FE82D32E807"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability to
grants</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to
grants issued on or after October 1, 1996.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8990B05174124E07A748B0BAA442B8F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>149.</enum><header>Repeal of certain
limitations on Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 49108, and the item relating to
section 49108 in the analysis for chapter 491, are repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HA57C82BCA1E042DFBCF89BF962A04F49"><enum>150.</enum><header>Midway Island
Airport</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 186(d) of the
Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended
by striking <quote>October 1, 2010, and for the portion of fiscal year 2011
ending before April 1, 2011,</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1,
2014,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9547E5B2D3B74942957D2C5ACBB461E4"><enum>151.</enum><header>Miscellaneous
amendments</header>
<subsection id="H3832F8DAD0AD458A9BAA00352ECDB1CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical changes to
national plan of integrated airport systems</header><text>Section 47103 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7317528E2F0A4F8296DCCA45E6A1C3C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0EEBF62FDA444790A0FCCFEAD507A63C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>each
airport to—</quote> and inserting <quote>the airport system to—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81C46C9B61CB435D894A5C124BCFCBE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by
striking <quote>system in the particular area;</quote> and inserting
<quote>system, including connection to the surface transportation network;
and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF8153876E8646E78BEB8EAC28A6FDD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by
striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA427C6B5E71C4E18BF4281D1A4B1A229"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(3);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC2B3E28583544ADA449EBF03483E621"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28A1DBF94DC344D3941E057EA9CB6957"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by
striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4780B2171DB94709A853DFCD6AED1913"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2)
and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14E6A2897A9C4C5BBEFF231DCED45A91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so
redesignated) by striking <quote>, Short Takeoff and Landing/Very Short Takeoff
and Landing aircraft operations,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H47345FDA7168436689753E977FE37B5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by
striking <quote>status of the</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H794AB836F8514D168FF98420E2A1ADFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consolidation of
terminal development provisions</header><text>Section 47119 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDBD0F33C03843CEB18EE7BCADF88046"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE9D208289E4B0186F590E9FF2ECADB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before
subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H03919064896A474AA29CA753C734A76C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6956E9D0602141D99F1FC2962C9BCC13"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Terminal development
projects</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8BE375CF1814662A7592ACEAF1A6502"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may approve a project for
terminal development (including multimodal terminal development) in a
nonrevenue-producing public-use area of a commercial service airport—</text>
<subparagraph id="H33153E6085E64F349C571B6D4ADF965A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the sponsor certifies
that the airport, on the date the grant application is submitted to the
Secretary, has—</text>
<clause id="H0DC19BE661C6483D80C555BB4730FFD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all the safety equipment
required for certification of the airport under section 44706;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA017232C724340CC8D63910F551B3338"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all the security
equipment required by regulation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB831C3EEEC8549C685D41378911E869B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provided for access by
passengers to the area of the airport for boarding or exiting aircraft that are
not air carrier aircraft;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0E48F72E68F420C96AA4F7B7419D888"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the cost is directly
related to moving passengers and baggage in air commerce within the airport,
including vehicles for moving passengers between terminal facilities and
between terminal facilities and aircraft; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4651069CE9124BEAAB06FAFDE539A502"><enum>(C)</enum><text>under terms necessary to
protect the interests of the Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA6FEB039912C4F369C6DC19B57B5DBC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project in
revenue-producing areas and nonrevenue-producing parking lots</header><text>In
making a decision under paragraph (1), the Secretary may approve as allowable
costs the expenses of terminal development in a revenue-producing area and
construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement in a nonrevenue-producing
parking lot if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E670ACE632C4FCB88104F2A9C7E69E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided in
section 47108(e)(3), the airport does not have more than .05 percent of the
total annual passenger boardings in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99CADC982739480A9D955F39A6B023FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sponsor certifies
that any needed airport development project affecting safety, security, or
capacity will not be deferred because of the Secretary’s
approval.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC80FF0BFF24B43968311AFE078E16DFD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4)(B)
(as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking
<quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting
<quote>Secretary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADD38A0A3EDE4CEABBE8265EE731441D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4)(A) (as
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking <quote>section
47110(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H323030D63F06480D9FBDFFA28794EFAC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(5) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1) and
(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA346A1DB68F24BFD90224E7FE0B3C050"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (c)(2)(A), (c)(3), and
(c)(4) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking
<quote>section 47110(d) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5EE0B76F427419998A5B05FA44EDA2E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(B)
(as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking
<quote>section 47110(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFC1316FB88F4A919F87BEEC3E04220E"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(5) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking <quote>section 47110(d)</quote>
and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE4F059AA054B27A93C2EF34CEA52BE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HF685E451B2CC4D8B9AA06CF9F4B7EA8C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HACD7373F1B7043569415E4D75337C4C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
discretionary funds</header><text>The Secretary may distribute not more than
$20,000,000 from the discretionary fund established under section 47115 for
terminal development projects at a nonhub airport or a small hub airport that
is eligible to receive discretionary funds under section
47108(e)(3).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75D3768857F4428F8CECCBEB212146C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Section 47131(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H83A9DC9981274B2C99A14BE0058C21D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>April
1</quote> and inserting <quote>June 1</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE3418268E504807B80B4F8627133EDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1), (2), (3), and (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H14E8F14E63714AA6BD1153DB41226146" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8F7F5EFECC0843C4A0CA5F6085AEC436"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of airport
development and planning completed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4551CCCC8A044FDCBA7F526906A83896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of individual
grants issued;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F6B0AA7C001448CAC62BED11A96FA73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an accounting of
discretionary and apportioned funds allocated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H051469382BBD46989C0C3774B19F92CF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the allocation of
appropriations;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H562B8C91F9ED40D49D293D61906C8364"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Correction to emission
credits provision</header><text>Section 47139 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF0D8F47CAB64EF3BFB7E38C8899A6E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by
striking <quote>47102(3)(F),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E0E8E707D2F40149A2D322C591D4B6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HECBB0099E5414AB9BB63FFED890270B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>47102(3)(F),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E0F76FD74EE4607950E8E5B738D84E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>47103(3)(F),</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E227E1DFE4F41978211743AF4FAA0DE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to
civil penalty assessment authority</header><text>Section 46301(d)(2) is amended
by inserting <quote>46319,</quote> after <quote>46318,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDB7C1EB14E348BAB7361434F949B764"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HA9CDA44A728F492A98DB13D0B42B64FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 40117(a)(3)(B) is
amended by striking <quote>section 47110(d)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 47119(a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC0B59B02CDA44B5ABABE55F4CC1CA9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 47108(e)(3) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD896F4E466CE4D8DB7D0AE20E9492453"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 47110(d)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
47119(a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DFE16FF7DAC4200BFC51DD51D60E408"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 47110(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
47119(a)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H579D1C2B089349A48259760ED42D4DD2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Correction to surplus
property authority</header><text>Section 47151(e) is amended by striking
“(other than real property” and all that follows through <quote>(10 U.S.C. 2687
note))</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H875999E922B044F8B3900A1BA19B884D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="H1C8911AB83FD4CF0ACB9B47C66920C79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Congested
airport</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47175(2) is
amended by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2004 or any
successor report</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02C3D1F5A7174BB1B0C6B3524CE1856E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint use
airport</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47175 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60A23C71B016443AA8035DA2EF987853" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8459CC02FD634BC48654E1AB99A57C75"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Joint use
airport</header><text>The term <term>joint use airport</term> means an airport
owned by the Department of Defense, at which both military and civilian
aircraft make shared use of the
airfield.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2015C745ECEE4E90A2065F9CE65E53B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>152.</enum><header>Extension of grant
authority for compatible land use planning and projects by State and local
governments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47141(f)
is amended by striking <quote>March 31, 2011</quote> and inserting
<quote>September 30, 2014</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD9862F1DE00499DBAF2FF4D6DDCCD89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>153.</enum><header>Priority review of
construction projects in cold weather States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, to the extent practicable, shall schedule the Administrator's
review of construction projects so that projects to be carried out in States in
which the weather during a typical calendar year prevents major construction
projects from being carried out before May 1 are reviewed as early as
possible.</text>
</section><section id="H7C0EC284898D4B9DBA761502F7E4EB14"><enum>154.</enum><header>Study on national plan
of integrated airport systems</header>
<subsection id="HF8B1BD861AC34E76BB42E1D2B715F957"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall begin a study to evaluate the
formulation of the national plan of integrated airport systems (in this section
referred to as the <quote>plan</quote>) under section 47103 of title 49, United
States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E4BBFD2E5094181A1AEE681C85D5FD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
Study</header><text>The study shall include a review of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD2BF6BBBFD5146FB880D72BB82C6DB8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The criteria used for
including airports in the plan and the application of such criteria in the most
recently published version of the plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F23BFCF8FEA4E42BADA72C39E74F0E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The changes in airport
capital needs as shown in the 2005–2009 and 2007–2011 plans, compared with the
amounts apportioned or otherwise made available to individual airports between
2005 and 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74606DAD75F64CD4A197AC7D3387B0DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A comparison of the
amounts received by airports under the airport improvement program in airport
apportionments, State apportionments, and discretionary grants during such
fiscal years with capital needs as reported in the plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC399BF9A05BE4C28B9C89D0A1A640161"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The effect of transfers
of airport apportionments under title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1030E03050AD4CE09EDD6DC6A8ED1FBF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An analysis on the
feasibility and advisability of apportioning amounts under section 47114(c)(1)
of title 49, United States Code, to the sponsor of each primary airport for
each fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount subject to
the apportionment for fiscal year 2009 as the number of passenger boardings at
the airport during the prior calendar year bears to the aggregate of all
passenger boardings at all primary airports during that calendar year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H152675333A284F1083D66EDFD8301F6D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A documentation and
review of the methods used by airports to reach the 10,000 passenger
enplanement threshold, including whether such airports subsidize commercial
flights to reach such threshold, at every airport in the United States that
reported between 10,000 and 15,000 passenger enplanements during each of the 2
most recent calendar years for which such data is available.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8DCA4C207FF4CC5844906356A940C3D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Any other matters
pertaining to the plan that the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B9D93AA6E2F4AB1AB47F760738D4B72"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H37A58823CCE949BF8F65D43852FC3EED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not
later than 36 months after the date that the Secretary begins the study under
this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FDEA50468254FF08012D24DEEADA9DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA879872146F4CE6A8C3F642425B33F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of the
Secretary on each of the issues described in subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0B7B3E400D64202929D0D4006AEC409"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations for any
changes to policies and procedures for formulating the plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51FA6F8960E741EC934B0032D48DA60D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for any
changes to the methods of determining the amounts to be apportioned or
otherwise made available to individual airports.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H5754CEC2777F48B58E6BA54D4641FDE8"><enum>155.</enum><header>Transfers of terminal
area air navigation equipment to airport sponsors</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDA41967BF82E4FD0BBD10F1879DF2ADD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 445 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HE12A80E5942B4E459F342490D1D5D5FD" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section commented="no" id="H5BE722AF21244094AD37DA4B9C0A14A4"><enum>44518.</enum><header>Transfers of
terminal area air navigation equipment to airport sponsors</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDCAB4975DDEA4DE5821E28CFEB0B9E8A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this section, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administrator may carry out a pilot
program under which the Administrator may transfer ownership, operating, and
maintenance responsibilities for terminal area air navigation equipment at an
airport to the airport sponsor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFEAD1252570E4CB895F3BD79AE50330D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation</header><text>The
Administrator may select the sponsors of not more than 3 nonhub airports, 3
small hub airports, 3 medium hub airports, and 1 large hub airport to
participate in the pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCA99EC998D0D4E30B72A4D60EBD37F25"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and conditions of
transfer for airport sponsors</header><text>As a condition of participating in
the pilot program, the airport sponsor shall provide assurances satisfactory to
the Administrator that the sponsor will—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0FFF282B60D146D2B5FE51256A73AA55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>operate and maintain the
terminal area air navigation equipment transferred to the sponsor under this
section in accordance with standards to be established by the
Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB754804E3CD47C6A7F6BC0F717B8044"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permit the Administrator (or a person
designated by the Administrator) to conduct inspections of such terminal area
air navigation equipment under a schedule established by the Administrator;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB07987AAF01405D970670C5073976AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire and maintain new terminal area air
navigation equipment at the airport as needed to replace equipment at the end
of its useful life or to meet new standards established by the
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9D9474A8034A4773B05F1CE768FF56F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms and conditions of
transfer for Administrator</header><text>When the Administrator approves an
airport sponsor’s participation in the pilot program, the Administrator shall
transfer, at no cost to the sponsor, all rights, title, and interests of the
United States in and to the terminal area air navigation equipment to be
transferred to the sponsor under the program, including the real property on
which the equipment is located.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5332004164774B369FC190FECF5C6D15"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Treatment of airport
costs</header><text>Any costs incurred by an airport sponsor for ownership and
maintenance of terminal area air navigation equipment transferred under this
section shall be considered a cost of providing airfield facilities and
services under standards and guidelines issued by the Secretary of
Transportation under section 47129(b)(2) and may be recovered in rates and
charges assessed for use of the airport’s airfield.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2FA41B54BF2D4353A60B8768325B4F0A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBE36B53D8E6148108247AF92D217DE7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sponsor</header><text>The
term <quote>sponsor</quote> has the meaning given that term in section
47102.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1CF2932D893049F9AF08EC933BC832E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terminal area air
navigation equipment</header><text>The term <quote>terminal area air navigation
equipment</quote> means an air navigation facility as defined in section 40102
that exists to provide approach and landing guidance to aircraft, but does not
include buildings used for air traffic control functions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6E26C43E089D41B7A3D5B4118C4B5C73"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The
Administrator shall issue guidelines on the implementation of the
program.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFD874AC035BF4BCB80EC7EA46D8488C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 445 is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">44518. Transfers of terminal area air
navigation equipment to airport
sponsors.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H411A65EBE35346A2B44B60564B6DB279"><enum>156.</enum><header>Airport privatization
program</header>
<subsection id="HCBC1A01E58BA445691781D60C1BAE5C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval of
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47134(b)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H90C4FBE7B2DE441DB0881DCAECD39692"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) by striking <quote>5 airports</quote> and inserting <quote>10
airports</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACCD00F7F0354B3BAE9622D17E10C46D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCA7CB3BE0DD4C2E8F9C56389CB16BF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph
(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HC36B9F157D8F4E8DB270E1CAD34AF093" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6E9150069BBE4C9BBFD292C88C6AA470"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
grant an exemption to an airport sponsor from the requirements of sections
47107(b) and 47133 (and any other law, regulation, or grant assurance) to the
extent necessary to permit the sponsor to recover from the sale or lease of the
airport such amount as may be approved by the Secretary after the sponsor has
consulted—</text>
<clause id="H2C2EB31B36694560AF3199D2C9B656B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a primary
airport, with each air carrier and foreign air carrier serving the airport, as
determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H48E4BB2009D14C4FA65CD4CC6C2B104B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a
nonprimary airport, with at least 65 percent of the owners of aircraft based at
that airport, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51DF75A46D804BD7BEA9A8CDDD4110B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph
(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7B7FC26D7DD474B943F3226F1255068"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>Section 47134(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA846D5D4BCF4074A08B7D8992255269"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(4), (5), and (9);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDD636B563D74BC1A9596F4E34715EBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67F2DFCB255C4AA7BD2123E675F22D6B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HE036B64D9B66458B8BBB0AB7B1E0A5DA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H48C64235D43B4DB9B87386A8BF8C3AAD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A fee imposed by the
airport on an air carrier or foreign air carrier may not include any portion
for a return on investment or recovery of principal with respect to
consideration paid to a public agency for the lease or sale of the airport
unless that portion of the fee is approved by the air carrier or foreign air
carrier.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6CC919ADA68C4769AD7552FDE2099CBC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participation of
certain airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
47134 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H83C4232887EB476A9719737322EE5261"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DBEEE483EAE4B2FAEEA45D022A9A19D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e) through (m) as subsections (d) through (l),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC1A8A63D7EC840D48F22D32C9ABAC267"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to an exemption issued to an airport under section 47134 of
title 49, United States Code, before, on, or after the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>NextGen Air
Transportation System and Air Traffic Control Modernization</header>
<section id="H5E0C6BBA15A74A9B8825AFEB51D54B0C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H402A2DF717954BBBB0671007B0E850F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>NextGen</header><text>The
term <term>NextGen</term> means the Next Generation Air Transportation
System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1493887CE7A4593B6112091842F53D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>ADS–B</header><text>The
term <quote>ADS–B</quote> means automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5C3BE23444E41CF8B3FF23CE160A0F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>ADS–B
<enum-in-header>O</enum-in-header>ut</header><text>The term <quote>ADS–B
Out</quote> means automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast with the ability
to transmit information from the aircraft to ground stations and to other
equipped aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F5D4C97324F4E78B351137C970CBDAE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>ADS–B
<enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header>n</header><text>The term <quote>ADS–B
In</quote> means automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast with the ability to
transmit information from the aircraft to ground stations and to other equipped
aircraft as well as the ability of the aircraft to receive information from
other transmitting aircraft and the ground infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H432C56864D1947B190F12B2508929B6F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>RNAV</header><text>The
term <quote>RNAV</quote> means area navigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4C8E77EA5A444338AB90A23D052B337"><enum>(6)</enum><header>RNP</header><text>The
term <quote>RNP</quote> means required navigation performance.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9E3405BD67B8486CB8E4B70696D194D3"><enum>202.</enum><header>NextGen demonstrations
and concepts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In allocating
amounts appropriated pursuant to section 48101(a) of title 49, United States
Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall give priority to the following
NextGen activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HE930102DE6504834840424A9E87BD1D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NextGen demonstrations and
infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53349C6B607443D88EEFE8F82294D935"><enum>(2)</enum><text>NextGen trajectory-based
operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8775053472954E2F9A7DB433459DB951"><enum>(3)</enum><text>NextGen reduced weather
impact.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5564C5056344923A74A5B64B5439D3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>NextGen high-density
arrivals/departures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60AF22961D28479B8BA6FA2776D0C2EB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>NextGen collaborative air
traffic management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3ADB2C1D4BCD4E67BCE517E465413B06"><enum>(6)</enum><text>NextGen flexible
terminals and airports.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DF5481736EE4957A859C21086C3C451"><enum>(7)</enum><text>NextGen safety, security,
and environmental reviews.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H433C827FCA7B4B3B8829FC6DA8A262F0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>NextGen networked
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC05B9ABCE2404A4C9C0A282ADD50CBCA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Center for Advanced
Aviation System Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6AE603564113471F952E622E0DE6C939"><enum>(10)</enum><text>NextGen system
development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD298766C447462B9560B578555DC7B7"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Data communications
system implementation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6ECFB722B564E308D00BA1FE4BCA1EC"><enum>(12)</enum><text>ADS–B infrastructure
deployment and operational implementation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ABC1D5FC46140E3B2372B1C6AF92C40"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Systemwide information
management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32850193826E485F91E2C0B559461907"><enum>(14)</enum><text>NextGen facility
consolidation and realignment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDA6FE06953744DB8E6C3D4AD539C34C"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">En route automation modernization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC76D4C8105224B7EB759D07AA4F468F4"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">National airspace system voice
switch.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05C30E601A384344A6D5B9E987954B3B"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NextGen network enabled weather.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBD1E5076DA1641B8884C932E8481FAEE"><enum>203.</enum><header>Clarification of
authority to enter into reimbursable agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106(m) is amended in the last
sentence by inserting <quote>with or</quote> before <quote>without
reimbursement</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B864385C3234FCDA73BCEEA1503BDB0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Chief NextGen
Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106 is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H248B9470F7CA4705B8FF65FEDBDED77B"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Chief NextGen
Officer</header>
<paragraph id="H75393420F1C449AAA51F4FF60A9BEF00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H1E1734D78A9142F9BF5DF77D9203BBF9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be a Chief NextGen Officer
appointed by the Administrator. The Chief NextGen Officer shall report directly
to the Administrator and shall be subject to the authority of the
Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93D1F962D8B94FA5B1E5DD5606B60631"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Chief NextGen Officer shall have a demonstrated ability in management and
knowledge of or experience in aviation and systems engineering.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99B929A707D94466BAE7B89A096234C9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The
Chief NextGen Officer shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68B8492658584F728BB9D53BB272E68C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>The
Chief NextGen Officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Administrator, except
that the Administrator shall make every effort to ensure stability and
continuity in the leadership of the implementation of NextGen.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4FF81B15DC6404B821AE19438FB3080"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>Any
individual appointed to fill a vacancy in the position of Chief NextGen Officer
occurring before the expiration of the term for which the individual’s
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of that
term.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F2EAFD3CBE34FA280803C21911B3BE1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header>
<subparagraph id="H0196321EB3524F899CD7AA040E865CE5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Chief NextGen Officer shall be paid at an annual rate
of basic pay to be determined by the Administrator. The annual rate may not
exceed the annual compensation paid under section 102 of title 3. The Chief
NextGen Officer shall be subject to the postemployment provisions of section
207 of title 18 as if the position of Chief NextGen Officer were described in
section 207(c)(2)(A)(i) of that title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF01E6134E09B44B18ECDC2A40FCA616F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bonus</header><text>In
addition to the annual rate of basic pay authorized by subparagraph (A), the
Chief NextGen Officer may receive a bonus for any calendar year not to exceed
30 percent of the annual rate of basic pay, based upon the Administrator’s
evaluation of the Chief NextGen Officer’s performance in relation to the
performance goals set forth in the performance agreement described in paragraph
(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBAF92BEA0C94BCFB9E4B2A68974298F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual performance
agreement</header><text>The Administrator and the Chief NextGen Officer, in
consultation with the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council, shall enter
into an annual performance agreement that sets forth measurable organization
and individual goals for the Chief NextGen Officer in key operational areas.
The agreement shall be subject to review and renegotiation on an annual
basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H275EF9769CBC42C3BDB3401F8B088F92"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual performance
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief NextGen
Officer shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary of Transportation, the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives,
the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an annual
management report containing such information as may be prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83F87D812F20498298532155C7D668B1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
responsibilities of the Chief NextGen Officer include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H993CE9CF66FF4F2D9DCF125774F46124"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementing NextGen activities and budgets
across all program offices of the Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF34D16523595446895AA031751C97B04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Coordinating the
implementation of NextGen activities with the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7462D52261284FAF84917B3EF75AB636"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Reviewing and providing
advice on the Administration’s modernization programs, budget, and cost
accounting system with respect to NextGen.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E569E5B26A148ADB1FC4AE81B767063"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the budget of the
Administration—</text>
<clause id="H9E6DA66D963E458A84B325A6FDE0EE20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing a budget
request of the Administration related to the implementation of NextGen;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB99A9F099524901A300CECDA1EFAE9C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submitting such budget
request to the Administrator; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BECEF4A11A14F8A95F8FEB1CEB9D0F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensuring that the
budget request supports the annual and long-range strategic plans of the
Administration with respect to NextGen.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H302B0EBF05494ABD9C8C3CB29BE54E3B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Consulting with the
Administrator on the Capital Investment Plan of the Administration prior to its
submission to Congress.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05C7C8FA73CB4F259EC6AB10E6EEFA7A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Developing an annual
NextGen implementation plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52826B003C7D4AED8F9AF659F2C5D28C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Ensuring that NextGen
implementation activities are planned in such a manner as to require that
system architecture is designed to allow for the incorporation of novel and
currently unknown technologies into NextGen in the future and that current
decisions do not bias future decisions unfairly in favor of existing technology
at the expense of innovation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C2075203B5B4F699711563DF14A7A98"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Coordinating with the
NextGen Joint Planning and Development Office with respect to facilitating
cooperation among all Federal agencies whose operations and interests are
affected by the implementation of NextGen.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF605F676EA2E47BE97922E6130A8F2FB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
the Administrator appoints as the Chief NextGen Officer, pursuant to paragraph
(1)(A), an Executive Schedule employee covered by section 5315 of title 5, then
paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(C), (2), and (3) of this subsection shall not apply to
such employee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE47206E98114363AFA0FD4FD9A1228C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>NextGen
defined</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<quote>NextGen</quote> means the Next Generation Air Transportation
System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C58D2FFF99F47A4940ADACD4B3CD66F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Definition of air
navigation facility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
40102(a)(4) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6EB5ED13F4674C47BBAC581115F296CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2BF158E9C034988B85A238A5A9DFF54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs
(B) and (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAA074C8F1804D32BF41ABC6FE0100FB" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H68BC34F731BF4F1BA51C4E4CEDFC80EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>runway lighting and
airport surface visual and other navigation aids;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H92F864A19CC447E4B913FB0CE630C79C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>apparatus, equipment,
software, or service for distributing aeronautical and meteorological
information to air traffic control facilities or aircraft;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5B5DBF24CF54D9E8ABC86EB86C74D6C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>communication,
navigation, or surveillance equipment for air-to-ground or air-to-air
applications;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A87BFA1102E429BB2769A82D012BA6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8CE1F950DCD240359BCE588FF7274232"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>another structure</quote> and inserting <quote>any structure,
equipment,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C799692B3B844B7857159D26C89A774"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H299E3D59A53A46C29083AD5B0D209DDE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2046D80C63244A24A8B683B5AB41F6DF" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H64D5F4BC398C48A48070B3397E799BDA"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">buildings, equipment, and systems dedicated
to the national airspace
system.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2B9F1E0C6E1840F59BB3A248B3696289"><enum>206.</enum><header>Clarification to
acquisition reform authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40110(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1AD2793AB5F14FECB6FC1009B25C3CE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon in paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB52E2654AE5F418B8D2C2088628CDBCC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC91B2711C634A88A7DDCCCEA762381A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE0124A91A9154689B29B366FB167326C"><enum>207.</enum><header>Assistance to foreign
aviation authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
40113(e) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBBB6D8738EF439096AFE9377969FFD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F0DC1B705F049E792C5AC74B2B1B414"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(whether public or private)</quote> after <quote>authorities</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9973A2E9557642B1B20A84F3720F5C14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>safety.</quote> and inserting <quote>safety or efficiency. The
Administrator is authorized to participate in, and submit offers in response
to, competitions to provide these services, and to contract with foreign
aviation authorities to provide these services consistent with section
106(l)(6).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42819620FB064A5E991EFC17E40FFE6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by
adding at the end the following: <quote>The Administrator is authorized,
notwithstanding any other provision of law or policy, to accept payments for
services provided under this subsection in arrears.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C3134A0AD54454B9DFD040D1A994DE7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C2FFE31B35246E8A55AF453E11D5CE4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4FE3D0B21C7A4ED198403E43A831FC24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Crediting
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds received
by the Administrator pursuant to this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF1AFBBE8BE742E987CA869C8D09D5DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be credited to the
appropriation current when the amount is received;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F38B9ECF86E4291864526DF9DBB9C61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be merged with and
available for the purposes of such appropriation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB74E5194617B471191D6EF73EFEAB00C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>remain available until
expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7B144CB950D542A0BB0D76E078242843"><enum>208.</enum><header>Next Generation Air
Transportation System Joint Planning and Development Office</header>
<subsection id="H50919D22437E4103866A4182B1876A76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Redesignation of JPDO
director to associate administrator</header>
<paragraph id="HB36A4FBB1ADB47C1B38475A187929877"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Associate Administrator
for Next Generation Air Transportation System Planning, Development, and
Interagency Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(a) of the Vision 100—Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note; 117 Stat. 2582) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8823D932199E4A08ADDADA27D1CC809D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79AE1FC881A9421895ED1DA33403D43C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00B7CAC69A4A45AB8C34B3E8556462D9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H441050E7E5044AD2902C2E9007066038" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The head of the Office
shall be the Associate Administrator for Next Generation Air Transportation
System Planning, Development, and Interagency Coordination, who shall be
appointed by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The
Administrator shall appoint the Associate Administrator after consulting with
the Chairman of the Next Generation Senior Policy Committee and providing
advanced notice to the other members of that
Committee.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFCE111D1B3644DD5A63EA7836572F054"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Section
709(a)(3) of such Act (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H40EB5CB08F3F4CC59B95BF14998128E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G) by
striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB91F0AEA51A34BA7BDD155272BE8F531"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H) by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9A2CEE494BB048C183569EC768110A5E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HE2823A8D672F4FF2974B783B568EEE53" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H32EAB826072C482EBD0971B7B98CB783"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establishing specific
quantitative goals for the safety, capacity, efficiency, performance, and
environmental impacts of each phase of Next Generation Air Transportation
System planning and development activities and measuring actual operational
experience against those goals, taking into account noise pollution reduction
concerns of affected communities to the extent practicable in establishing the
environmental goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA9AB72BA6145D3AA5347F893CA5C89"><enum>(J)</enum><text>working to ensure global
interoperability of the Next Generation Air Transportation System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA409DD1A338488EA130960731CE5670"><enum>(K)</enum><text>working to ensure the use
of weather information and space weather information in the Next Generation Air
Transportation System as soon as possible;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB1DFB175E62142B28CA8149EDCB2C018"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">overseeing, with the Administrator and in
consultation with the Chief NextGen Officer, the selection of products or
outcomes of research and development activities that should be moved to a
demonstration phase; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2FF8B3916C754193B2C4D0D2E345C969"><enum>(M)</enum><text>maintaining a baseline
modeling and simulation environment for testing and evaluating alternative
concepts to satisfy Next Generation Air Transportation System enterprise
architecture
requirements.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H253F2F34E23145FB8386CA5D55D3DAD8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperation with other
Federal agencies</header><text>Section 709(a)(4) of such Act (as redesignated
by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC480A5FED33A4A829F6E431CD6F39E27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(4)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEA38999E56B46CF8B952934675EA09E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFBB5654CEC84E5ABEE805167AB0EA83" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA5DCA2C80C75493E82337F93F642C2EA" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other Federal
agency from which the Secretary of Transportation requests assistance under
subparagraph (A) shall designate a senior official in the agency to be
responsible for—</text>
<clause id="H22B7406CE2A54AC2961D7BD3EF936C2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out the activities of the agency
relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation System in coordination with
the Office, including the execution of all aspects of the work of the agency in
developing and implementing the integrated work plan described in subsection
(b)(5);</text>
</clause><clause id="HA1A66E0F47F2417FAF1A92B6D5313336"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as a liaison for the agency in
activities of the agency relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation
System and coordinating with other Federal agencies involved in activities
relating to the System; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA922DE2900884966A9CF84395B198B0D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that the agency meets its
obligations as set forth in any memorandum of understanding executed by or on
behalf of the agency relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation
System.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D1D2861A2DB462FB4500D6760168CB5" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of a Federal agency referred to in
subparagraph (B) shall—</text>
<clause id="HE29EA617622C44C9936D3D1514EF2E28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that the
responsibilities of the agency relating to the Next Generation Air
Transportation System are clearly communicated to the senior official of the
agency designated under subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="H9801ABD52B2E44E990603354FF736300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that the
performance of the senior official in carrying out the responsibilities of the
agency relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation System is reflected
in the official’s annual performance evaluations and compensation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H98DA3D0D14CE4E81A2143F5ED0C5B63A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish or designate
an office within the agency to carry out its responsibilities under the
memorandum of understanding under the supervision of the designated official;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F04EE4D47D443B9A71931D64C517DD7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ensure that the
designated official has sufficient budgetary authority and staff resources to
carry out the agency’s Next Generation Air Transportation System
responsibilities as set forth in the integrated plan under subsection
(b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7154F889B4D40E29EBC1CD97D211D28" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the head
of each Federal agency that has responsibility for carrying out any activity
under the integrated plan under subsection (b) shall execute a memorandum of
understanding with the Office obligating that agency to carry out the
activity.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H31F4F6BEB14B4CA5B70D5C097C837383"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination with
OMB</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(a) of such
Act (117 Stat. 2582) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43171118B6F34C34B63096EAFA9FB8EB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAEE0E4E7C78E4576B6E8BBB0EE49E345" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3675A26B25064963AD5D03BFBB74CD62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Office shall work
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to develop a process
whereby the Director will identify projects related to the Next Generation Air
Transportation System across the agencies referred to in paragraph (4)(A) and
consider the Next Generation Air Transportation System as a unified,
cross-agency program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HPW00" id="HC482F37D6DAB44DDB71D30FCC420BC8C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, to the extent practicable, shall—</text>
<clause id="H15B1F43427B64A1EBEAD2B2F0B85E926"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HCCAE2F0596A54CCFB21B79D8A6ECF84F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each Federal agency
covered by the plan has sufficient funds requested in the President’s budget,
as submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for each
fiscal year covered by the plan to carry out its responsibilities under the
plan; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2E9D0680E4F043AC84EA94F168D2FB2E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the development and
implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System remains on
schedule;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HB315C92DFBC84E359837760DE659D710"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, in the President’s budget, a
statement of the portion of the estimated budget of each Federal agency covered
by the plan that relates to the activities of the agency under the Next
Generation Air Transportation System; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H426C0371B2AF46779ABBBE53A9F01A13"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify and justify as
part of the President’s budget submission any inconsistencies between the plan
and amounts requested in the budget.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1A0FDB34CBC4DD09B9CC8CE5146038C" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Associate Administrator of the Next
Generation Air Transportation System Planning, Development, and Interagency
Coordination shall be a voting member of the Joint Resources Council of the
Federal Aviation
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE626F08B32AA42FFAE7C1FDF8CE811DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integrated
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(b) of such
Act (117 Stat. 2583) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HED979A1EFDE44CBAA5A1CB4E0E57F2ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCFF6F8E526684305B5CFB5740CA4CBD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>meets
air</quote> and inserting <quote>meets anticipated future air</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57BB9C375DC84594B5A31FC104632B8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>beyond
those currently included in the Federal Aviation Administration’s operational
evolution plan</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE2D46E990404D3199CCC55179CA1763"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at the end of paragraph
(3) by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BD83FF2669F46ECAC7C0D22AB59F634"><enum>(3)</enum><text>at the end of paragraph
(4) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A5D320A384E41659BBB8E7CF8DC65A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D054F7A37C44A98ABE1B7ACE66F39BA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFFF32346F9AF491BA15B9F2EB6781560"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a multiagency integrated work plan for the
Next Generation Air Transportation System that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E075F99FC1043EFAA939FA60E5D8BE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an outline of the activities required to
achieve the end-state architecture, as expressed in the concept of operations
and enterprise architecture documents, that identifies each Federal agency or
other entity responsible for each activity in the outline;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE0F1F7C04094E38B7E30221BD0398A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>details on a year-by-year
basis of specific accomplishments, activities, research requirements,
rulemakings, policy decisions, and other milestones of progress for each
Federal agency or entity conducting activities relating to the Next Generation
Air Transportation System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABE05E33F2034093BC6383F704D5C37D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each element of the
Next Generation Air Transportation System, an outline, on a year-by-year basis,
of what is to be accomplished in that year toward meeting the Next Generation
Air Transportation System’s end-state architecture, as expressed in the concept
of operations and enterprise architecture documents, as well as identifying
each Federal agency or other entity that will be responsible for each component
of any research, development, or implementation program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE16889CDBB9A4C089606499F87D49AAE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an estimate of all
necessary expenditures on a year-by-year basis, including a statement of each
Federal agency or entity’s responsibility for costs and available resources,
for each stage of development from the basic research stage through the
demonstration and implementation phase;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03BFBD66870D4A089112DAB308BC23FC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a clear explanation of
how each step in the development of the Next Generation Air Transportation
System will lead to the following step and of the implications of not
successfully completing a step in the time period described in the integrated
work plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H779441C410074CA693A5B6B3D917821A"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a transition plan for the implementation of
the Next Generation Air Transportation System that includes date-specific
milestones for the implementation of new capabilities into the national
airspace system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF688C335FFC4BF2AB777B2938728B25"><enum>(G)</enum><text>date-specific timetables
for meeting the environmental goals identified in subsection (a)(3)(I);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85C7D2372C4F4748B22FEC7D3B4579A3"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of potentially significant
operational or workforce changes resulting from deployment of the Next
Generation Air Transportation
System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EC470DD53AF40E9B5AAB1FDEAB37517"><enum>(c)</enum><header>NextGen implementation
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(d) of such
Act (117 Stat. 2584) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB801BDAFBB7E4592882C1D2919D8717F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAFC7B69B1EDD4C56887EE31B0FD5CE7A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>NextGen implementation
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall
develop and publish annually the document known as the NextGen Implementation
Plan, or any successor document, that provides a detailed description of how
the agency is implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation
System.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0FC69BB670444477B02F4516ACB033F0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contingency
planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Associate
Administrator for the Next Generation Air Transportation System Planning,
Development, and Interagency Coordination shall, as part of the design of the
System, develop contingency plans for dealing with the degradation of the
System in the event of a natural disaster, major equipment failure, or act of
terrorism.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5F6A02A42064988A16A12CEF5761C6A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Next Generation Air
Transportation Senior Policy Committee</header>
<subsection id="H8F6DF602E49F423AAF89761ABB284B44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 710(a) of the Vision 100—Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note; 117 Stat. 2584) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following <quote>and shall meet
at least twice each year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H250162CD7A794CF28D52F7BD8370E8BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 710 of such
Act (117 Stat. 2584) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H637A87E800E04B61992BADE3E3AA0090" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD32A4919551B49BDB73C3CD2B03C6131"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph id="H2A2EE98D985F4B8FAC7B6252047BD48A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this subsection, and annually thereafter on the date of submission of the
President’s budget request to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report summarizing
the progress made in carrying out the integrated work plan required by section
709(b)(5) and any changes in that plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H296CECAC0C3440BD912BF3355756B76F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9678369DD0BF4E17A5D56535148B720B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a copy of the updated
integrated work plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66FD445AD0FC4FB48334F05246338D81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the
progress made in carrying out the integrated work plan and any changes in that
plan, including any changes based on funding shortfalls and limitations set by
the Office of Management and Budget;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCACE8F0B70BB43E7B9177C67B14142FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a detailed description
of—</text>
<clause id="HF05A4FD911644ED7A163E51997C5998A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the success or failure of
each item of the integrated work plan for the previous year and relevant
information as to why any milestone was not met; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FED537D24054D9889ED11A0EAAAA8C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impact of not
meeting the milestone and what actions will be taken in the future to account
for the failure to complete the milestone;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13CF86FD28424671B6193919FE6D5DD1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of any
change to future years in the integrated work plan and the reasons for such
change; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB39C9D6513414E3E94836CDEFE026C06"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an identification of the
levels of funding for each agency participating in the integrated work plan
devoted to programs and activities under the plan for the previous fiscal year
and in the President’s budget
request.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H204675DCA27249BC945EF82CC472CA82"><enum>210.</enum><header>Improved management of
property inventory</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
40110(a) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0C462E346D6437FA913E8F0EA29B910" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF2692A78959A4D3ABCB7981DAFBC1885"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may construct and improve laboratories and
other test facilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEFDF4006D444064A4B02FDD50B355E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may dispose of any
interest in property for adequate compensation, and the amount so received
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC3819E8930B4E9F8CE1091A4D099F54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be credited to the
appropriation current when the amount is received;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA27AB9472C342E69121A0560E92008D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be merged with and
available for the purposes of such appropriation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDB2BF62FDB34E92BBDAEDBC8BCB5EAF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>remain available until
expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86F369A3C0FE4EB78C51AA4EA6B56584" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast services</header>
<subsection id="H0E6A389D82BA4087801EBA4503A45257"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review by DOT inspector
general</header>
<paragraph id="HDA99FA8622784A4092C593F91C6CB838"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation
shall conduct a review concerning the Federal Aviation Administration’s award
and oversight of any contracts entered into by the Administration to provide
ADS–B services for the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F9ABCCD14C242DD9EBEA49660C19ECA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
review shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B170EE57D81478182EAAEF049AD1A83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an examination of how the
Administration manages program risks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB65FC028CE2D484FAFB26D70B8EE2314"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of expected
benefits attributable to the deployment of ADS–B services, including the
Administration’s plans for implementation of advanced operational procedures
and air-to-air applications, as well as the extent to which ground radar will
be retained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B2A21FFF72F46ABBED06070718E1ABA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of the
Administration’s analysis of specific operational benefits, and benefit/costs
analyses of planned operational benefits conducted by the Administration, for
ADS–B In and ADS–B Out avionics equipage for airspace users;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EDB01CE301648ACB5AD9DCA417964A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a determination of
whether the Administration has established sufficient mechanisms to ensure that
all design, acquisition, operation, and maintenance requirements have been met
by the contractor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F16D707FE444D28B56C060451FC012F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of whether
the Administration and any contractors are meeting cost, schedule, and
performance milestones, as measured against the original baseline of the
Administration’s program for providing ADS–B services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H782085AD63B14DB0AFEAA2226757A405"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assessment of how
security issues are being addressed in the overall design and implementation of
the ADS–B system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H860E8BFE633B45B3AF506172D4D4C8A8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other matters or
aspects relating to contract implementation and oversight that the Inspector
General determines merit attention.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA502B894316E4FCDB2BFDF44277B42C5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>The Inspector General shall submit, periodically (and on
at least an annual basis), to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the review
conducted under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H671626B048FB4AE19BDFD89FBED662B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemakings</header>
<paragraph id="H33C3D6EB78DE4755AFACA8001AB88192"><enum>(1)</enum><header>ADS–B
<enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header>n</header><text>Not later than one year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to issue guidelines and
regulations relating to ADS–B In technology that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41A59B5992444FE29925EF452B10E44B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the ADS–B In
technology that will be required under NextGen;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA84A04B240654601A2544DCF1184DA67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2),
require all aircraft operating in capacity constrained airspace, at capacity
constrained airports, or in any other airspace deemed appropriate by the
Administrator to be equipped with ADS–B In technology by 2020; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42C0A6B2A6EA4E389CD594D7D4F47DAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify—</text>
<clause id="H1F2A26BDBBDA41B9A361FCF7F83A8767"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the type of avionics
required of aircraft for all classes of airspace;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFDA2B3DB4A3C4123A9EA25EEDEEB3971"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the expected costs
associated with the avionics; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H064F39414703436C90286F2B7A47D6E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the expected uses and
benefits of the avionics.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H035063805AEF442F8589BD8A26D43D52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Readiness
verification</header><text>Before the date on which all aircraft are required
to be equipped with ADS–B In technology pursuant to rulemakings conducted under
paragraph (1), the Chief NextGen Officer shall verify that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HADCF6947BD4B43A3BAB0D9082AB0D502"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the necessary ground
infrastructure is installed and functioning properly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8509847180C54C9A95414681F30E32A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certification standards
have been approved; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H537D621E1F0A42A9B6D3B169E3ABB669"><enum>(C)</enum><text>appropriate operational
platforms interface safely and efficiently.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A07ACD187B44AFFB4A5D06BBBA4552C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of ADS–B
technology</header>
<paragraph id="H0DCA889BC33E491BA48D8BCB05517254"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall develop, in consultation with appropriate employee and industry groups, a
plan for the use of ADS–B technology for surveillance and active air traffic
control.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7301C86D522B441F84026631B4E17CBC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF358077EACAB4C54961622F9CE96974C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include provisions to
test the use of ADS–B technology for surveillance and active air traffic
control in specific regions of the United States with the most congested
airspace;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53107BB0840E4B7E81F38FA829F254FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify the equipment
required at air traffic control facilities and the training required for air
traffic controllers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EC7DEAB26C2463F950504D7156C7E8F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify procedures, to
be developed in consultation with appropriate employee and industry groups, to
conduct air traffic management in mixed equipage environments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H855C2BBB3F904D149E06BEF89959DDDD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish a policy in
test regions referred to in subparagraph (A), in consultation with appropriate
employee and industry groups, to provide incentives for equipage with ADS–B
technology, including giving priority to aircraft equipped with such technology
before the 2020 equipage deadline.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H463E8DE72636499FB4F0C1AD9F1C37C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Expert review of
enterprise architecture for NextGen</header>
<subsection id="H74B62BACF37D422D94E3CB5731432D43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research
Council to review the enterprise architecture for the NextGen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H672329ACBDD4430289F0F0F01F11E0D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At
a minimum, the review to be conducted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF00F0FA04374906836A420ACEEB80B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>highlight the technical
activities, including human-system design, organizational design, and other
safety and human factor aspects of the system, that will be necessary to
successfully transition current and planned modernization programs to the
future system envisioned by the Joint Planning and Development Office of the
Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H354EFED4035D4E2C8C0CA0A0B6A456A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess technical, cost,
and schedule risk for the software development that will be necessary to
achieve the expected benefits from a highly automated air traffic management
system and the implications for ongoing modernization projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A5AFA65A24744D4BAF76BC5381DB2D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine how risks with automation efforts
for the NextGen can be mitigated based on the experiences of other public or
private entities in developing complex, software-intensive systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HECE550A2F7E34733BC3B9E7B3F6AB8C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report containing the results of the review conducted pursuant
to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H247E8D9E0A4543A085F360C040F9E7A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>Acceleration of
NextGen technologies</header>
<subsection id="H454CE64C14C3476F8AFE57E0DF187238"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Airport
procedures</header>
<paragraph id="H54E44FF1746849C3A6ACEDFC90CA36BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
publish a report, after consultation with representatives of appropriate
Administration employee groups, airport operators, air carriers, general
aviation representatives, flight path service providers, and aircraft
manufacturers that includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H05D4B15A971F47958AEF930F9569613F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>RNP/RNAV
operations</header><text>The required navigation performance and area
navigation operations, including the procedures to be developed, certified, and
published and the air traffic control operational changes, to maximize the
efficiency and capacity of NextGen commercial operations at the 35 operational
evolution partnership airports identified by the Administration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76E7CBE80BC841E2ABFC32F271E5AFFE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination and
implementation activities</header><text>A description of the activities and
operational changes and approvals required to coordinate and utilize those
procedures at those airports.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H142CE870604345C69A4872FCBA9AEF76"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Implementation
plan</header><text>A plan for implementing those procedures that
establishes—</text>
<clause id="HCF99D0556975455C907965FF2D436EA5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>clearly defined budget,
schedule, project organization, and leadership requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE473DA3FA6404214B0A71A63D14BF874"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specific implementation
and transition steps; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB7494BA6EF244DB8B52BE4B0B9663AE9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>baseline and
performance metrics for—</text>
<subclause id="HEE6B8E4A95894A2BAAAD20A0519BFBB3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>measuring the
Administration’s progress in implementing the plan, including the percentage
utilization of required navigation performance in the national airspace system;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H527975B9E538414A90EF12D3066C84BA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>achieving measurable
fuel burn and carbon dioxide emissions reductions compared to current
performance; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2DD68BAC682E4C09BA61AD2486BA5C62"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>expedited environmental
review procedures for timely environmental approval of area navigation and
required navigation performance that offer significant efficiency improvements
as determined by baseline and performance metrics under clause (iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76AB3F3E228E429AAF3E45FC85D35D67"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Additional
procedures</header><text>A process for the identification, certification, and
publication of additional required navigation performance and area navigation
procedures that may be required at such airports in the future.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE31157479EA84560B49FEDAB0C65E3F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation
schedule</header><text>The Administrator shall certify, publish, and
implement—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F39452713A44A329B5B2B8437372B55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>30 percent of the
required procedures not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC1C8EBEF85544EE8AA16446C270748B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>60 percent of the
procedures not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCC53CD517174522B2EEB014120E1EA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>100 percent of the
procedures before June 30, 2015.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF65F426A751409BB3B7A1C3B26394DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall extend the charter of the Performance Based Navigation Aviation
Rulemaking Committee as necessary to establish priorities for the development,
certification, publication, and implementation of the navigation performance
and area navigation procedures based on their potential safety and efficiency
benefits to other airports in the national airspace system, including small and
medium hub airports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0277487848364D088E6962125CECE408"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordinated and
expedited review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Navigation
performance and area navigation procedures developed, certified, published, and
implemented under this section shall be presumed to be covered by a categorical
exclusion (as defined in section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations) under chapter 3 of FAA Order 1050.1E unless the Administrator
determines that extraordinary circumstances exist with respect to the
procedure.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H34EDB47FBBC04ACF800A6E1D1F415CEB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deployment plan for
nationwide data communications system</header><text>Not later than one year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a plan for implementation of a nationwide data communications system. The plan
shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E09CE047D254F5F9CF7A4E385A62629"><enum>(1)</enum><text>clearly defined budget,
schedule, project organization, and leadership requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7BB90CEE0F14EC9B49C577390BF2A18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specific implementation
and transition steps; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB1F112286B64357993A66F6156DEBF3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>baseline and performance
metrics for measuring the Administration’s progress in implementing the
plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H339D6E08AD35419C9ACFC48327F65FE8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Improved performance
standards</header>
<paragraph id="H3C569D9D1D0B4FC781572D5A6781C13D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment of work
being performed under NextGen Implementation Plan</header><text>The
Administrator shall clearly outline in the NextGen Implementation Plan document
of the Administration the work being performed under the plan to
determine—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F1BF671DE9B43BF99C070DA69EAD626"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether utilization of ADS–B, RNP, and
other technologies as part of NextGen implementation will display the position
of aircraft more accurately and frequently so as to enable a more efficient use
of existing airspace and result in reduced consumption of aviation fuel and
aircraft engine emissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF9BDD06184645A5AF4071D4AC15DFDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the feasibility of
reducing aircraft separation standards in a safe manner as a result of the
implementation of such technologies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10B91C07D1BA48C7A7605A59BD569B73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aircraft separation
standards</header><text>If the Administrator determines that the standards
referred to in paragraph (1)(B) can be reduced safely, the Administrator shall
include in the NextGen Implementation Plan a timetable for implementation of
such reduced standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H800A1974D7E2410CAAA8A9038E1340E9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Third-<enum-in-header>P</enum-in-header>arty
usage</header><text>The Administration shall establish a program under which
the Administration will use third parties in the development, testing, and
maintenance of flight procedures.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B27DBD408A9452EAF37A4107235D68D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Performance
metrics</header>
<subsection id="H6EC883536AD34E0E836EA378B02856CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
establish and begin tracking national airspace system performance metrics,
including, at a minimum, metrics with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDAE6136D5E9434EA50393F8B767D479"><enum>(1)</enum><text>actual arrival and
departure rates per hour measured against the currently published aircraft
arrival rate and aircraft departure rate for the 35 operational evolution
partnership airports;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9DE548BE8444720A3B8B5D11B309E9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>average gate-to-gate
times;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H779EE0BB4E124652B7AADB6BF90E1784"><enum>(3)</enum><text>fuel burned between key
city pairs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2C427125152445F85AF4E567B822EF9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>operations using the
advanced navigation procedures, including performance based navigation
procedures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H277FBAA040E3439787C6B7540431D2DA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the average distance
flown between key city pairs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EDF0A969257460197B87CD1CD9F738A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the time between pushing
back from the gate and taking off;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H362D8A03D8614563A10E33581F5EE9EB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>continuous climb or
descent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EBBDFAB3A1E48E9847E7D3E22970542"><enum>(8)</enum><text>average gate arrival
delay for all arrivals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9CCBAA6E409489A8E895AD8E1D7D607"><enum>(9)</enum><text>flown versus filed flight
times for key city pairs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A6C92CA3F1E405C91B48E5C4A5D05E1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>implementation of
NextGen Implementation Plan, or any successor document, capabilities designed
to reduce emissions and fuel consumption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8726DAE85EF6489B9149D714E11BCBA2"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the Administration’s
unit cost of providing air traffic control services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H200A35AB8A214B12A02EA260CA7B7362"><enum>(12)</enum><text>runway safety, including
runway incursions, operational errors, and loss of standard separation
events.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BB30E5A82F5422B913CF7BF370CC451"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Baselines</header><text>The
Administrator, in consultation with aviation industry stakeholders, shall
identify baselines for each of the metrics established under subsection (a) and
appropriate methods to measure deviations from the baselines.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAFCBD650D9AC4B7B8F6522BAEC943B59"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Administrator shall make data obtained under subsection (a) available to the
public in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format through the Web site
of the Administration and other appropriate media.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H045191007BC64CE3989B57CE81966F16"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that
contains—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0CBC0CFA793648708C721E6FDB0F1BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the
metrics that will be used to measure the Administration's progress in
implementing NextGen capabilities and operational results;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6FEA50DD6996422B943C4DDDBD80429D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information on any
additional metrics developed; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H631902127D6A4D8D88210DB9093C629F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a process for holding the
Administration accountable for meeting or exceeding the metrics baselines
identified in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA943DC512FEA4378B3D2E790530E927F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Certification
standards and resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop a plan to accelerate and
streamline the process for certification of NextGen technologies,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BCA3F012F514A0B93DCD44CAF7A0AE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishment of updated
project plans and timelines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE76212BC4B494EEA8A240D99D14198F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identification of the
specific activities needed to certify NextGen technologies, including the
establishment of NextGen technical requirements for the manufacture of
equipage, installation of equipage, airline operational procedures, pilot
training standards, air traffic control procedures, and air traffic controller
training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35B1E712C0D3434DB9D956D320DC4AC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identification of
staffing requirements for the Air Certification Service and the Flight
Standards Service, taking into consideration the leveraging of assistance from
third parties and designees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B41561982404384B3C43CAFB7181F03"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
program under which the Administration will use third parties in the
certification process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDBA471BE99646F099427FB2D23C54E3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establishment of
performance metrics to measure the Administration's progress.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22A656B8A83645808220A7BB449EB490" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header>Surface systems
acceleration</header>
<subsection id="H2F6B74DAAD3F4B3C86A86AB2A79E7B0A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Chief Operating Officer of the Air Traffic
Organization shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C8F4095D9D647F9AD815C5C4C158B40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate the Airport
Surface Detection Equipment-Model X program for its potential contribution to
implementation of the NextGen initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F03168ECCF247EF8A214A251050DD73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate airport
surveillance technologies and associated collaborative surface management
software for potential contributions to implementation of NextGen surface
management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC99468FFC814B41875476BAB17577BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>accelerate implementation
of the program referred to in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3373D68B15494006991E3866666B6AAF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carry out such additional
duties as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may
require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9AF0C869204E499A8B3401E4CE407D4E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expedited certification
and utilization</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C5245B1BE334861AFC2430E135E0EE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider options for
expediting the certification of Ground-Based Augmentation System technology;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A1B8B0DBC264609B42404D1F6C6BE0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a plan to utilize
such a system at the 35 operational evolution partnership airports by September
30, 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H334E63DFC70642C3B1A4053A795B7C54" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header>Inclusion of
stakeholders in air traffic control modernization projects</header>
<subsection id="HECC84C87872D4823BD5A1EB92E54140E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Process for employee
inclusion</header><text>Notwithstanding any other law or agreement, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a process
or processes for including qualified employees to serve in a collaborative and
expert capacity in the planning and development of air traffic control
modernization projects, including NextGen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85870A0AC4614A089447D9798CA81632"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adherence to
deadlines</header><text>Participants in these processes shall adhere to all
deadlines and milestones established pursuant to this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2B9B9D125A046579B714F0BD233FB3D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No change in employee
status</header><text>Participation in these processes by an employee shall
not—</text>
<paragraph id="HE33E30BDFCD1454389CD745B6B651899"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serve as a waiver of any
bargaining obligations or rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1E79973091B4F13811082C28E2CDE3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entitle the employee to
any additional compensation or benefits; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DDE212E51614ACDAE649F86B02AFA1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>entitle the employee to
prevent or unduly delay the exercise of management prerogatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE00C4D7EB63D4AFE9E9113D0F43E7EE2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Working
groups</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except in
extraordinary circumstances, the Administrator shall not pay overtime related
to work group participation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7EA9C677FB5B4F9989D8D3B0BE49841F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall report to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate concerning the disputes between participating employees and
Administration management that have led to delays to the implementation of
NextGen, including information on the source of the dispute, the resulting
length of delay, and associated cost increases.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H627D3BDAB2F143CCB361A9ADA87A5AF0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header>Siting of wind farms
near FAA navigational aids and other assets</header>
<subsection id="HCED07CF87D9C4882AD1C183FFBC9C562"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Survey and
assessment</header>
<paragraph id="HE2EDE550B65A4BFCB9DF08AEBF2CA09E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, in order to address safety and operational concerns associated with
the construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion of wind farms in
proximity to critical Federal Aviation Administration facilities, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall complete a survey
and assessment of leases for critical Administration facility sites,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B79F9669392440AAFDE26A8EC0991A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an inventory of the
leases that describes, for each such lease—</text>
<clause id="H7DD017CAA2FF4BEE80B844D9AB4AAEB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the periodic cost,
location, site, terms, number of years remaining, and lessor;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD52E6B6D8AD448ADB9CD0A9BAB618290"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other Administration
facilities that share the leasehold, including surveillance and communications
equipment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A37A7D35CA2490083AA7549576BFFFA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the type of
transmission services supported, including the terms of service, cost, and
support contract obligations for the services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17121BDB672A4EE4AC624E01D5E7C695"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of those leases for facilities
located in or near areas suitable for the construction and operation of wind
farms, as determined by the Administrator in consultation with the Secretary of
Energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H334B77602B3D4514BE0A42BAB7DF56DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header><text>The Administrator and the Secretary of Energy shall
enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the use and distribution of
the list referred to in paragraph (1)(B), including considerations of privacy
and proprietary information, database development, or other relevant
applications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB3D07844509458DB52D42C7388A931D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon
completion of the survey and assessment, the Administrator shall submit a
report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate,
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General containing the Administrator’s
findings, conclusions, and recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F465B7398F44F42949F5B07911D52B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO
assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after receiving the Administrator’s report under subsection (a)(3), the
Comptroller General, in consultation with the Administrator and other
interested parties, shall report on—</text>
<paragraph id="H748C6F4BEED74CD79C0D426D8CC73D5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the current and potential
impact of wind farms on the national airspace system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H633162BA758B41E09F691A43398AA68A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the
Department of Defense and the Administration have guidance, processes, and
procedures in place to evaluate the impact of wind farms on the implementation
of the NextGen air traffic control system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BC40FA3A11247BD8F46B531337E5078"><enum>(3)</enum><text>potential mitigation
strategies, if necessary, to ensure that wind farms do not have an adverse
impact on the implementation of the Next Generation air traffic control system,
including the installation of navigational aids associated with that
system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA09B21A6D43488EB8A4029B53DF1CFB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Issuance of
guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the Administrator receives the Comptroller’s recommendations, the
Administrator shall consult with State, Federal, and industry stakeholders and
publish guidelines for the construction and operation of wind farms that are to
be located in proximity to critical Administration facilities. The guidelines
may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C29A744B53045FA9E4486BD6DB8B983"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the establishment of a
zone system for wind farms based on proximity to critical Administration
assets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39A3E9E857B146D088B1595497512A82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the establishment of
turbine height and density limitations on such wind farms; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40495989CB2D49918728E7DDA7F5115C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other requirements or
recommendations designed to address Administration safety or operational
concerns related to the construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion
of such wind farms.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H293F7F2B68244A10AC6D117EE7B139EF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator and the Comptroller
General shall provide a copy of reports under subsections (a) and (b),
respectively, to—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF965A8F2F9B419CBC088F91E1BD6A81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78840EF3B72D4BC781421E874EDECF93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Homeland Security, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Science and Technology of the
House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H746FA356DC1E4BC0807C2B6FBEF43FF0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><header>Airspace
redesign</header>
<subsection id="H455C755F893F4B609CA02C026548DE86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H25CD03277AE64501B6196858DBF96F0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The airspace redesign
efforts of the Federal Aviation Administration will play a critical near-term
role in enhancing capacity, reducing delays, transitioning to more flexible
routing, and ultimately saving money in fuel costs for airlines and airspace
users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B2CC4360C5D43C2AA5A0DF64DF570A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The critical importance
of airspace redesign efforts is underscored by the fact that they are
highlighted in strategic plans of the Administration, including Flight Plan
2009–2013 and the NextGen Implementation Plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H487DE15942E1471AB38B16D15AB808E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Funding cuts have led to
delays and deferrals of critical capacity enhancing airspace redesign
efforts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB167B85CECAE4170BAA02CB8C016115E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Several new runways
planned for the period of fiscal years 2011 and 2012 will not provide estimated
capacity benefits without additional funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H37098ADC57C54AC4BBA0773211DE125F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Noise impacts of New
York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign</header>
<paragraph id="H47C554409CDC475598BBB1D7BFD0F9ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in conjunction with the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Philadelphia International
Airport, shall monitor the noise impacts of the New York/New
Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA977D213A6764F0094D4B291559D4F03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year following the first day of completion of the New York/New
Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Administrator with
respect to monitoring conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Safety</header>
<subtitle id="HA85CA3977268450994382E5249583664"><enum>A</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="H3F5AF1E3E61B400797FA31D376FECE42"><enum>301.</enum><header>Judicial review of
denial of airman certificates</header>
<subsection id="HAE21FC6C7BD84CC888B9921372AC8FE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Judicial review of NTSB
decisions</header><text>Section 44703(d) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H4EEBBAF373F24E8781A8310EC7B3F230" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5CF7D0D708FB464481AB10584614F719" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A person who is
substantially affected by an order of the Board under this subsection, or the
Administrator if the Administrator decides that an order of the Board will have
a significant adverse impact on carrying out this subtitle, may seek judicial
review of the order under section 46110. The Administrator shall be made a
party to the judicial review proceedings. The findings of fact of the Board in
any such case are conclusive if supported by substantial
evidence.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB7694C167C5B4487B3734B5425639F6E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 1153(c) is amended by striking <quote>section
44709 or</quote> and inserting <quote>section 44703(d), 44709,
or</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H696C5FB0649448FFAC7BD6AA46241088" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Release of data
relating to abandoned type certificates and supplemental type
certificates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44704(a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HD97909A48B1144BFBCA508D8A7DF6970" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H519C41DF15114509A1D2812A4C4C06AE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Release of
data</header>
<subparagraph id="H1C36687B1B664EBF940DE08510C6FAC0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Administrator may make available upon request, to a
person seeking to maintain the airworthiness or develop product improvements of
an aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance, engineering data in the
possession of the Administration relating to a type certificate or a
supplemental type certificate for such aircraft, engine, propeller, or
appliance, without the consent of the owner of record, if the Administrator
determines that—</text>
<clause id="H4BE4D160B1214FBA9470D7D0F8BB0ED4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the certificate containing the requested
data has been inactive for 3 or more years, except that the Administrator may
reduce this time if required to address an unsafe condition associated with the
product;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF1C2FD2CCE00458AA0A1FA6B0636B98F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after using due
diligence, the Administrator is unable to find the owner of record, or the
owner of record’s heir, of the type certificate or supplemental type
certificate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H644187E8E96C4BE093322CB0C5E21A60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>making such data
available will enhance aviation safety.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DC8EACBB267431990F24D2D1090C0F0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Engineering data
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <quote>engineering data</quote> as used with respect to an aircraft,
engine, propeller, or appliance means type design drawing and specifications
for the entire aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance or change to the
aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance, including the original design data,
and any associated supplier data for individual parts or components approved as
part of the particular certificate for the aircraft, engine, propeller, or
appliance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60CB295C8D744BC3ACA5F48FA6747A54"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirement to maintain
data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall
maintain engineering data in the possession of the Administration relating to a
type certificate or a supplemental type certificate that has been inactive for
3 or more
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H658708C0732441949EBD2F7712F6F32E"><enum>303.</enum><header>Design and production
organization certificates</header>
<subsection id="H05A6FC105E074E9DA71CE944B60DE5FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44704(e) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27AD08C483634ED0AEBBB9BD1E2C469A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H698D92AB3B154589AD2487B5737131B5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Design and production
organization certificates</header>
<paragraph id="H3CF68D626E024B8BAB879F299F0B893E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning January 1, 2013, the
Administrator may issue a certificate to a design organization, production
organization, or design and production organization to authorize the
organization to certify compliance of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers,
and appliances with the requirements and minimum standards prescribed under
section 44701(a). An organization holding a certificate issued under this
subsection shall be known as a certified design and production organization (in
this subsection referred to as a <quote>CDPO</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B1E7BD1CDFD4C8C85F4300CE7FC1F22"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On receiving an application for a CDPO
certificate, the Administrator shall examine and rate the organization
submitting the application, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by
the Administrator, to determine whether the organization has adequate
engineering, design, and production capabilities, standards, and safeguards to
make certifications of compliance as described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24B0A898B0A846BD89BC3F295241F055"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issuance of
certificates based on CDPO findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may rely on
certifications of compliance by a CDPO when making determinations under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BD73814AD51495EB69E2DE1CEAAD412"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public
safety</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall include in a CDPO certificate terms required in the interest of
safety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF551F6CD5991419C925AE05BE91544FD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>No effect on power of
revocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
subsection affects the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to revoke a
certificate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF343A4A42D584E3CB92A7A5A4111AFFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before January 1, 2013, the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration may continue to issue certificates under
section 44704(e) of title 49, United States Code, as in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52AA32AA47974634922910B23B6A7FAB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header><text>Chapter 447 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H16556B504BDC41239D8E335375CAA548"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading for
section 44704 by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">and design organization certificates</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">, and design and
production organization certificates</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H800E53D95D3147D5BE8B7D01E36532F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the analysis for such
chapter by striking the item relating to section 44704 and inserting the
following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">44704. Type certificates, production
certificates, airworthiness certificates, and design and production
organization
certificates.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35D1A7C578EC4DA6A557F489C3C4823C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Aircraft
certification process review and reform</header>
<subsection id="H019CA11E6DB441D885D77B97C7F8DADD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with
representatives of the aviation industry, shall conduct an assessment of the
certification and approval process under section 44704 of title 49, United
States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H056784DFC69A49A18528E04213964AD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the assessment, the Administrator shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H1ED8BA227BDC42658DF6D1714534B281"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the expected number of
applications for product certifications and approvals the Administrator will
receive under section 44704 of such title in the 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year
periods following the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD06B475CE1B0469BA1DEB113752F9C75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>process reforms and
improvements necessary to allow the Administrator to review and approve the
applications in a fair and timely fashion;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H807A553D737040EA985E5522AF2006B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the status of
recommendations made in previous reports on the Administration’s certification
process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5D07AA2EBF34F0CAF6F3CFC9979C310"><enum>(4)</enum><text>methods for enhancing the
effective use of delegation systems, including organizational designation
authorization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8A1927D113A4690B724CEA5F5EE5526"><enum>(5)</enum><text>methods for training the
Administration’s field office employees in the safety management system and
auditing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE56AFEBCE86B4383942B072624617CCB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the status of updating
airworthiness requirements, including implementing recommendations in the
Administration’s report entitled <quote>Part 23—Small Airplane Certification
Process Study</quote> (OK–09–3468, dated July 2009).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D5EB3EA1FF44638BB1B822D6E7B6200"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the assessment, the
Administrator shall make recommendations to improve efficiency and reduce costs
through streamlining and reengineering the certification process under section
44704 of such title to ensure that the Administrator can conduct certifications
and approvals under such section in a manner that supports and enables the
development of new products and technologies and the global competitiveness of
the United States aviation industry.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2893C16E6934998A11018088AB813F2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the results of the assessment, together with an
explanation of how the Administrator will implement recommendations made under
subsection (c) and measure the effectiveness of the recommendations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H359194D41A994802BBC60D8AFE7961D2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation of
recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
begin to implement the recommendations made under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9321B7BF48C436AB16AF3436822BD91" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Consistency of
regulatory interpretation</header>
<subsection id="HECEA5E884DFB43109DD122BA035ACF6A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
advisory panel</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
establish an advisory panel comprised of both Government and industry
representatives to—</text>
<paragraph id="H787FE8FE31FB468885C5CD8DB78CEC3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the October 2010
report by the Government Accountability Office on certification and approval
processes (GAO–11–14); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1B7DE63688C4D999B433501ABE5E4C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop recommendations
to address the findings in the report and other concerns raised by interested
parties, including representatives of the aviation industry.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA3D93EB88D44E7688C81D4D3D4E1C8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be
considered</header><text>The advisory panel shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HED116B20C4CB4005AE0F29F0BF4057BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the root causes
of inconsistent interpretation of regulations by the Administration’s Flight
Standards Service and Aircraft Certification Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9A78651998246948522E8AC5918F788"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop recommendations
to improve the consistency of interpreting regulations by the Administration’s
Flight Standards Service and Aircraft Certification Service; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02440D533A2A45EFBEE194EA5ED77665"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop recommendations
to improve communications between the Administration’s Flight Standards Service
and Aircraft Certification Service and applicants and certificate and approval
holders for the identification and resolution of potentially adverse issues in
an expeditious and fair manner.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5620572D1888481593EC7BA3E310FEC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the advisory panel,
together with an explanation of how the Administrator will implement the
recommendations of the advisory panel and measure the effectiveness of the
recommendations.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12101CD94CEF4E3DB9F83069C67B878E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header>Runway
safety</header>
<subsection id="HA3F221B3AB4F423186A1B288D88B9F40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic runway safety
plan</header>
<paragraph id="H42D53CCA5590422185ED88D497B4BA25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
develop and submit to Congress a report containing a strategic runway safety
plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AD0DBA9753A414FB592B6741428206C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
plan</header><text>The strategic runway safety plan—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF65CD19B9A844BF9D9D64A184BACDB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include, at a
minimum—</text>
<clause id="H44026B5C58844F3FB4B32B18A2E71292"><enum>(i)</enum><text>goals to improve runway
safety;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA9F21CDE85F4ABF9917C52F05FD82E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>near and long term
actions designed to reduce the severity, number, and rate of runway incursions,
losses of standard separation, and operational errors;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4316D1EB353B41E0A0FDD1904BE9E3AE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>time frames and
resources needed for the actions described in clause (ii);</text>
</clause><clause id="HA150B0CECBB0428694A968CB03DE6432"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a continuous evaluative
process to track performance toward the goals referred to in clause (i);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H924CE513CCC44360BB375FC025B4620B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a review of every
commercial service airport (as defined in section 47102 of title 49, United
States Code) in the United States and proposed action to improve airport
lighting, provide better signs, and improve runway and taxiway markings;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE409D559E51E467B9088ADE72EBB422A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall address the
increased runway safety risk associated with the expected increased volume of
air traffic.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF5806D2849A439E9D3F39446C4ACA09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Process</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall develop a process for tracking and investigating operational errors,
losses of standard separation, and runway incursions that includes procedures
for—</text>
<paragraph id="H28E66C3A0E174939A449EA2F28D3F928"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying who is
responsible for tracking operational errors, losses of standard separation, and
runway incursions, including a process for lower level employees to report to
higher supervisory levels and for frontline managers to receive the information
in a timely manner;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7B8A6983B7A4C8B84E9B5C97E1D13D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conducting periodic
random audits of the oversight process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H748FDF9E8A0449B2B7F41F00D96FE0B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensuring proper
accountability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H882429DE6DCB44438A490BE65F45C9F2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan for installation
and deployment of systems To provide alerts of potential runway
incursions</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2011, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report containing a plan for the installation and
deployment of systems the Administrator is installing to alert controllers or
flight crewmembers, or both, of potential runway incursions. The plan shall be
integrated into the annual NextGen Implementation Plan document of the
Administration or any successor document.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C3EC28F755040659C82858DB0AD8B2E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Improved pilot
licenses</header>
<subsection id="H351D8DA1982749D39BF5CFADA6094A79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall begin
to issue improved pilot licenses consistent with the requirements of title 49,
United States Code, and title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92C56113C2B24CDD874FA98FF2FEE79A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Improved
pilot licenses issued under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8666A239BB104C3CAF3E5C0505094CA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be resistant to
tampering, alteration, and counterfeiting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6193BE907934E79A4399B474AC9FA3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a photograph of
the individual to whom the license is issued; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FA5C12DA8AF4EAF91BFFA2211B21FEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be capable of
accommodating a digital photograph, a biometric identifier, and any other
unique identifier that the Administrator considers necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFC2BF62C4B31492B8E02A934FD691A9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tampering</header><text>To
the extent practical, the Administrator shall develop methods to determine or
reveal whether any component or security feature of a license issued under
subsection (a) has been tampered with, altered, or counterfeited.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95CA71C81845460CAFC5D1912C2D3C63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
designees</header><text>The Administrator may use designees to carry out
subsection (a) to the extent feasible in order to minimize the burdens on
pilots.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C4CF493A7B649D692DEB5147A2CF35D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H0A2CD011AD5F4827BFEC812EFD564607"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report on the issuance of improved pilot licenses under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3E13D86777D4D909F75D88E5E180519"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>The
Administrator shall not be required to submit annual reports under this
subsection after the date on which the Administrator begins issuing improved
pilot licenses under this section or December 31, 2015, whichever occurs
first.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H767A533EAEA34CEE99A05FC9E6FF5129"><enum>308.</enum><header>Flight attendant
fatigue</header>
<subsection id="HC19A475275254C928542CF63FD842341"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, acting through the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, shall
conduct a study on the issue of flight attendant fatigue.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4277D04043244965AA36F42DDC505235"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7B1DB528F89B4CA19D32F883959B2D43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A survey of field
operations of flight attendants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3BD13E05BC34D63AA39339FF8CA5732"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A study of incident
reports regarding flight attendant fatigue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06F5B3A000C4477B977912609A26DFF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A review of international
policies and practices regarding flight limitations and rest of flight
attendants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEFA6FA22FAA4F8C9D80EB61CF4F9FBB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An analysis of potential
benefits of training flight attendants regarding fatigue.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD83C750D86134271AE978DD6990C6FE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2012, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a
report on the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H464558656B9742E39F7C1CA1A9846057"><enum>309.</enum><header>Flight Standards
Evaluation Program</header>
<subsection id="HEFEA6777A98D4183B9B18B9C12111560"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall modify
the Flight Standards Evaluation Program—</text>
<paragraph id="HD91B9C292B7247EE93D0348788F8C1C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to include periodic and
random reviews as part of the Administration’s oversight of air carriers;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA29E55B34B64B278442B727DA845EF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prohibit an individual
from participating in a review or audit of an office with responsibility for an
air carrier under the program if the individual, at any time in the 5-year
period preceding the date of the review or audit, had responsibility for
inspecting, or overseeing the inspection of, the operations of that
carrier.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB5449E30A03845468C10139E0E949EB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a report on the Flight Standards Evaluation Program, including the
Administrator’s findings and recommendations with respect to the
program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEFA51E6525894C7F83673E64ACE6123D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Flight standards
evaluation program defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<quote>Flight Standards Evaluation Program</quote> means the program
established by the Federal Aviation Administration in FS 1100.1B CHG3,
including any subsequent revisions thereto.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5807B189F4AC43719E82B8CFF04BE83B"><enum>310.</enum><header>Cockpit smoke</header>
<subsection id="HE03037023ED34487A18FDF1586BEC2F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study on the effectiveness of oversight activities of the Federal Aviation
Administration relating to the use of new technologies to prevent or mitigate
the effects of dense, continuous smoke in the cockpit of a commercial
aircraft.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED6B60B5C0CD42D289EDA172823B2A52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94DC236624BB485F9FFBB2173EF13114" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header>Safety of air
ambulance operations</header>
<subsection id="HFE4408DFC2214468A3BBF8276F95E31B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 447 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H873889EE8C574D76B559836C4042F57B"><enum>44730.</enum><header>Helicopter air
ambulance operations</header>
<subsection id="HE53E3B0DFF4843BE8176C82AD581DC03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compliance
regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HEB7EAD5D1BC24EBF82428F45C7374E26"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this section, part 135 certificate
holders providing air ambulance services shall comply, whenever medical
personnel are onboard the aircraft, with regulations pertaining to weather
minimums and flight and duty time under part 135.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1191977C86184C2BB30388CB007C9F9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
a certificate holder described in paragraph (1) is operating, or carrying out
training, under instrument flight rules, the weather reporting requirement at
the destination shall not apply until such time as the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration determines that portable, reliable, and
accurate ground-based weather measuring and reporting systems are
available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF5D8278910824632B42CBD48F7CBA856"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The
Administrator shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to improve the safety of
flight crewmembers, medical personnel, and passengers onboard helicopters
providing air ambulance services under part 135.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEF54BE2BF3C9453CB97F136E924A0048"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matters To be
addressed</header><text>In conducting the rulemaking proceeding under
subsection (b), the Administrator shall address the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA9FEE9DD3E774C518C0B73F69B8DBECC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Flight request and
dispatch procedures, including performance-based flight dispatch
procedures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2F05EBC27D64BD28F943840F16C6E74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Pilot training standards,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81975FF48A3645F6AFEC9CA1E6D048FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>mandatory training
requirements, including a minimum time for completing the training
requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73BCBA6E38DC4039BAD4B263EA3541E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training subject areas,
such as communications procedures and appropriate technology use; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H023F98A14D464ECDB9AF2C45F43D9826"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishment of training
standards in—</text>
<clause id="H221AA50131424023ABDD7B63651DCA8D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>crew resource
management;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAEDA682B3C8E49BA8E3C919AF8B9BB2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>flight risk
evaluation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2514836BEA6F4DFEA46DD6F2D2FB14EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>preventing controlled
flight into terrain;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC41C82363C0340C7AD64BE2CDDC58E8B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recovery from
inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC440AAF633174EE28813221F76D5A7F1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>operational control of
the pilot in command; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HABDBC953B9684E6CBCB38ACECBA4057D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>use of flight simulation
training devices and line-oriented flight training.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D63E850319645408DF5BB15FEB09009"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Safety-enhancing
technology and equipment, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B9D79AB5B4D4684A08CF2D6C8CDD77F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>helicopter terrain
awareness and warning systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD4EE32879544CFCA742B54A347669AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>radar altimeters;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC45CF05D3994CCAABD332EC1547C3FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>devices that perform the
function of flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders, to the extent
feasible; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6632106E6780441E9A2D7C02AD9C09F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>safety equipment that
should be worn or used by flight crewmembers and medical personnel on a flight,
including the possible use of shoulder harnesses, helmets, seatbelts, and fire
resistant clothing to enhance crash survivability.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB7FB71158F44DE29B3B7FCEA15C3F1A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Such other matters as the
Administrator considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99EA85B76B2448ACA6EE9974014A9EF0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum
Requirements</header><text>In issuing a final rule under subsection (b), the
Administrator, at a minimum, shall provide for the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB78D09E75DD040B3968AEE39F9D07594"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Flight risk evaluation
program</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that a part 135
certificate holder providing helicopter air ambulance services—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E9E0A81D53A400E917F7A6D2871308C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishes a flight risk
evaluation program, based on FAA Notice 8000.301 issued by the Administration
on August 1, 2005, including any updates thereto;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FAC2A79440A4039816634415D52E61D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as part of the flight
risk evaluation program, develops a checklist for use by pilots in determining
whether a flight request should be accepted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E2C750FF74C4D71A94E756545DEB900"><enum>(C)</enum><text>requires the pilots of
the certificate holder to use the checklist.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D55C807E82947E8968A928544106FBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operational control
center</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that a part 135 certificate
holder providing helicopter air ambulance services using 10 or more helicopters
has an operational control center that meets such requirements as the
Administrator may prescribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F4C6E0FF5924307BD952EA437D47F8F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The
Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H46E53F5A070A4BD2A0C586A8FE8ED39D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this section, issue a notice of proposed
rulemaking under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5169FA7826742D3BBDB002396EF470A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 16 months
after the last day of the comment period on the proposed rule, issue a final
rule.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE904D49A6AA4A0288867FB5BFC9F026"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H4C9C1CF05E544E93ABBB1118A3CD1C17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part
135</header><text>The term <quote>part 135</quote> means part 135 of title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA43027938194A489DB4FEC593A2F14B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part 135 certificate
holder</header><text>The term <quote>part 135 certificate holder</quote> means
a person holding a certificate issued under part 135.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7D25378A7DBA492E9D2B152D9598B830"><enum>44731.</enum><header>Collection of data
on helicopter air ambulance operations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC6B68AB856F646E7855B94E60F0900BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall require a part 135 certificate holder providing helicopter air ambulance
services to submit to the Administrator, not later than one year after the date
of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, a report containing, at
a minimum, the following data:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4AF61FBDFFBA4CDE8DE46FE52CB555FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of helicopters
that the certificate holder uses to provide helicopter air ambulance services
and the base locations of the helicopters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9C2F65576AF24883B33F256C378D236C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of flights and
hours flown, by registration number, during which helicopters operated by the
certificate holder were providing helicopter air ambulance services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H07EC9CBC3374472FB88A59FAF57CA253"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of flight
requests for a helicopter providing air ambulance services that were accepted
or declined by the certificate holder and the type of each such flight request
(such as scene response, interfacility transport, organ transport, or ferry or
repositioning flight).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA82BF95BF0BF4BA8AFD8D2252C6C6BAC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of accidents,
if any, involving helicopters operated by the certificate holder while
providing air ambulance services and a description of the accidents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H605E00C81AD942679A4B55B86B771CEF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of flights and
hours flown under instrument flight rules by helicopters operated by the
certificate holder while providing air ambulance services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC86F66878A564AEE982D38617BCF231B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The time of day of each
flight flown by helicopters operated by the certificate holder while providing
air ambulance services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H20911FCEEA7F4F7B86DD191774BE2ECB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The number of incidents,
if any, in which a helicopter was not directly dispatched and arrived to
transport patients but was not utilized for patient transport.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H00BFE40ED51A4533AF457E75DAB5E5EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting
period</header><text>Data contained in a report submitted by a part 135
certificate holder under subsection (a) shall relate to such reporting period
as the Administrator determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92A2357AC42A4E5192ECF410AF12BBF7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Database</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the
Administrator shall develop a method to collect and store the data collected
under subsection (a), including a method to protect the confidentiality of any
trade secret or proprietary information provided in response to this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBF995E4C1DD4F19BA08C4F3BAB54F03"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of
this section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report containing a summary of the data collected under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFE881842C23422191837B6D362A4E21"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Part 135 certificate
holder defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <quote>part 135 certificate holder</quote> means a person
holding a certificate issued under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6675BDAEB1244A10A0FA0A541AF5108B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
106(k)(2)(C) (as redesignated by this Act) is amended by inserting before the
period the following: <quote>and the development and maintenance of helicopter
approach procedures</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9BEB0187965A4897B22A45785B97EE65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 447 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="H873889EE8C574D76B559836C4042F57B" level="section">444730. Helicopter air ambulance
operations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H7D25378A7DBA492E9D2B152D9598B830" level="section">444731. Collection of data on helicopter air
ambulance
operations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F14218E472345229D3A644E39184D8C"><enum>312.</enum><header>Off-airport,
low-altitude aircraft weather observation technology</header>
<subsection id="HE7D53C685A634E9FB3EEF39BAC2C6CF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall conduct a review of off-airport, low-altitude aircraft
weather observation technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE806A3C0D0A4A8AA6000A26D78369CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The review shall
include, at a minimum, an examination of off-airport, low-altitude weather
reporting needs, an assessment of technical alternatives (including automated
weather observation stations), an investment analysis, and recommendations for
improving weather reporting.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H41B9341D685F4155834C254FDF86DB91"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report
containing the results of the review.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43534C94071D4A73BFA7F2AB1EB6EC7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header>Feasibility of
requiring helicopter pilots to use night vision goggles</header>
<subsection id="H24C86A8ADA3B4D16A539461AF76D2FB3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall carry out a study on
the feasibility of requiring pilots of helicopters providing air ambulance
services under part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to use night
vision goggles during nighttime operations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFCD449D3B8624C1C94A7FD0E038E2D62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator shall consult with owners and operators
of helicopters providing air ambulance services under such part 135 and
aviation safety professionals to determine the benefits, financial
considerations, and risks associated with requiring the use of night vision
goggles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6652FB3966AD4BA08D7C1CDA6AC1A012"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H134C2EA97B4F4A0C916DF6C91D8DC262" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>314.</enum><header>Prohibition on
personal use of electronic devices on flight deck</header>
<subsection id="H64E1FAA1DBE0421DAB2E0A3F6664AA10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 447 (as amended by this Act) is further amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HD252E1A060544A6B9043003A6DC0DAD5"><enum>44732.</enum><header>Prohibition on
personal use of electronic devices on flight deck</header>
<subsection id="HA493FF0C03E3440AADD8A99779D073B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>It is unlawful for a flight crewmember of an aircraft
used to provide air transportation under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, to use a personal wireless communications device or laptop
computer while at the flight crewmember’s duty station on the flight deck of
such an aircraft while the aircraft is being operated.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H256338D3BE0D4DADA58E400B2C9DFD0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to the use of a personal wireless communications device or
laptop computer for a purpose directly related to operation of the aircraft, or
for emergency, safety-related, or employment-related communications, in
accordance with procedures established by the air carrier and the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB19F8485BE1940D98C1689FEFB9B96AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>In
addition to the penalties provided under section 46301 applicable to any
violation of this section, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration may enforce compliance with this section under section 44709 by
amending, modifying, suspending, or revoking a certificate under this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9173A72BCC048ECB8E3E11D3E09D455"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Personal wireless
communications device defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term ‘personal
wireless communications device’ means a device through which personal wireless
services (as defined in section 332(c)(7)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)(i))) are
transmitted.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6889A249CA444B91A3FDFC452AC19F2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Section
44711(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D29335031CE4A3F9014A1C968853C4A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon in
paragraph (8);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE295219FA0264CDC8C3220BC0052D1EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking ‘‘title.’’ in paragraph (9) and
inserting ‘‘title; or’’; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF39974B5BCCC45FD9A6FD5858CE6FB15"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA1B26A3E57664D0B8067F9B2A688A4BA"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">violate section 44732 or any regulation
issued
thereunder.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE4A808665986404A852C906755848554"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 447 (as amended by this Act) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">44732. Prohibition on personal use of
electronic devices on flight
deck.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection><subsection id="H16C5FB21AB474D33B47AD5C00472031C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall initiate a rulemaking procedure
for regulations to carry out section 44733 of title 49, United States Code, and
shall issue a final rule thereunder not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEFC0211D6C5F4105A2713394ACE7F590"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H6E589B8A655A41E5865E70503806A2AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall review relevant air carrier data and carry out a study—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9211C5FCC2B4F428F158AA5F8268D3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to identify common
sources of distraction for the flight crewmembers on the flight deck of a
commercial aircraft; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H816999A7C8254305BF091A0CDE1FD371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to determine the safety
impacts of such distractions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A53AB697FDA4D07BC8B40BD18DEF68C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H060A116A20A646B6BC7C204F0256B5C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of the study
conducted under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD16981CEC824B7A96277E4ABC41DA7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations regarding
how to reduce distractions for flight crewmembers on the flight deck of a
commercial aircraft.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1F0A269674BE4E4E8B93097CF06E8AB4"><enum>315.</enum><header>Noncertificated
maintenance providers</header>
<subsection id="H3B2D531260064138A785A1FC24D01899"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall issue regulations requiring that covered work on an aircraft used to
provide air transportation under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, be performed by persons in accordance with subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H48C6B10DA6384041811A9B2F9688BAFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Persons authorized To
perform certain work</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person
may perform covered work on aircraft used to provide air transportation under
part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, only if the person is
employed by—</text>
<paragraph id="HCE0C4ADCF29E4C92AB54DFEF0A33D23D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a part 121 air
carrier;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA540BBAEB4434C7F9897541AF3395633"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a part 145 repair station
or a person authorized under section 43.17 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H782EB1F3311C4F2692A067101B126E9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to subsection
(c), a person that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7D4E5DA657249F08A1D55D019B17356"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides contract
maintenance workers, services, or maintenance functions to a part 145 repair
station or part 121 air carrier; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C1797E865F54D8CB72833BF85F72A45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the requirements of
the part 121 air carrier or the part 145 repair station.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB715972236654F018C40BB539029E6C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>Covered work performed by a person who is employed by
a person described in subsection (b)(3) shall be subject to the following terms
and conditions:</text>
<paragraph id="HF40391E19E6A410F9341714370C64835"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The part 121 air carrier
or the part 145 repair station shall be directly in charge of the covered work
being performed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H354CECC1711A4B1487722A709DF44453"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The covered work shall be
carried out in accordance with the part 121 air carrier's maintenance
manual.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D2D216C95BF464D861F8A23FF4822EC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H8E30F99AB7B347BD8A5BFAFFF4C5B6A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered
work</header><text>The term <quote>covered work</quote> means a required
inspection item, as defined by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H011FC73BCC034A2880FC3C788C4B4B1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part 121 air
carrier</header><text>The term <quote>part 121 air carrier</quote> means an air
carrier that holds a certificate issued under part 121 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD81557C37524415BB57C750F9F08B464"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Part 145 repair
station</header><text>The term <quote>part 145 repair station</quote> means a
repair station that holds a certificate issued under part 145 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7378D19D1F5D45FC87F1F3CB64FEA455" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>316.</enum><header>Inspection of
foreign repair stations</header>
<subsection id="HC7039C22A80C420B8EE5B2C7950586D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 447 (as
amended by this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="H14593B568D054A51B19E3EE8150D8CA3"><enum>44733.</enum><header>Inspection of
foreign repair stations</header>
<subsection id="HF6709FD4336A4A80A0699A6E46703A1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this section, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
establish and implement a safety assessment system for each part 145 repair
station based on the type, scope, and complexity of work being performed by the
repair station, which shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9B94D6C56FDE427FA3466025D84B40F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that repair
stations outside the United States are subject to appropriate inspections that
are based on identified risks and consistent with United States
requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A2B820967BC4C70AD56A0C74094451D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>accept consideration of
inspection results and findings submitted by foreign civil aviation authorities
operating under a maintenance safety or maintenance implementation agreement
with the United States in meeting the requirements of the safety assessment
system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52F74D29EC1042428BE2A08337264F16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require all maintenance
safety or maintenance implementation agreements with the United States to
provide an opportunity for the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct
independent inspections of covered part 145 repair stations when safety
concerns warrant such inspections.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C865B94C36C417981DF181C0E99CD63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice to Congress of
negotiations</header><text>The Administrator shall notify the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on or before
the 30th day after initiating formal negotiations with a foreign aviation
authority or other appropriate foreign government agency on a new maintenance
safety or maintenance implementation agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F00B6CB892D4B989C69A528076205D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall publish a report
on the Administration’s oversight of part 145 repair stations and
implementation of the safety assessment system required by subsection (a),
which shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BEDD878941847558580D5F88F05C148"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe in detail any
improvements in the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to identify and
track where part 121 air carrier repair work is performed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EE20E2F70C041039B5FD30AF8895B4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a staffing model
to determine the best placement of inspectors and the number of inspectors
needed for the oversight and implementation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3892F98CA8564DD793336232FC557B22"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describe the training
provided to inspectors with respect to the oversight and implementation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00A072AE8BC6464CBF476AC7860BD87C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include an assessment of
the quality of monitoring and surveillance by the Federal Aviation
Administration of work provided by its inspectors and the inspectors of foreign
authorities operating under a maintenance safety or maintenance implementation
agreement with the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F21255FF59342C48F663B8C029F6E16"><enum>(5)</enum><text>specify the number of
sample inspections performed by Federal Aviation Administration inspectors at
each repair station that is covered by a maintenance safety or maintenance
implementation agreement with the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD9AE5016276348688325B479A8C7F613"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Alcohol and controlled
substance testing program requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HB04F436AD44845EB9F261C2D80774945"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Transportation shall request, jointly, the governments of foreign countries
that are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization to establish
international standards for alcohol and controlled substances testing of
persons that perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on commercial air
carrier aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D5B8B51F6624559B99A380D54759D54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application to part 121
aircraft work</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment
of this section, the Administrator shall promulgate a proposed rule requiring
that all part 145 repair station employees responsible for safety-sensitive
maintenance functions on part 121 air carrier aircraft are subject to an
alcohol and controlled substances testing program that is determined acceptable
by the Administrator and is consistent with the applicable laws of the country
in which the repair station is located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FD474BE67B245BFAB59EFD6C854260E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inspections</header><text>The
Administrator shall require part 145 repair stations to be inspected as
frequently as determined warranted by the safety assessment system required by
subsection (a), regardless of where the station is located, and in a manner
consistent with United States obligations under international
agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3DA76711AF3F439F82FA6CB7344F2704"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HC6CCB84559284909BB68E8AB06A093AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part 121 air
carrier</header><text>The term <quote>part 121 air carrier</quote> means an air
carrier that holds a certificate issued under part 121 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H657049DAD5764CCFB43A9E9C4233FBF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part 145 repair
station</header><text>The term <quote>part 145 repair station</quote> means a
repair station that holds a certificate issued under part 145 of title 14, Code
of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C62FDCDD53946F7AAB21A296CECF0D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 447 (as amended by this Act) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
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</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H280E0AA47E5840E188B6EA1C35E66094" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>317.</enum><header>Sunset of line
check</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44729(h) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCFB5E8E6460E4812A1F82B7CAD7B4611"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Sunset of line
check</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) shall
cease to be effective following the one-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of the <short-title>FAA Reauthorization and
Reform Act of 2011</short-title> unless the Secretary certifies that the
requirements of paragraph (2) are necessary to ensure
safety.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H171A0E0BB9484B519F87390857DD5FE7"><enum>B</enum><header>Unmanned Aircraft
Systems</header>
<section id="H4222989E59DC4509A381646D3FDE8E08"><enum>321.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H97E261B3C54245C0A1E6E22C43D3C5A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certificate of waiver;
certificate of authorization</header><text>The term <quote>certificate of
waiver</quote> or <quote>certificate of authorization</quote> means a Federal
Aviation Administration grant of approval for a specific flight
operation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A757BCC556B4CA29BCAC54ADAA5C727"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense and avoid
capability</header><text>The term <quote>sense and avoid capability</quote>
means the capability of an unmanned aircraft to remain a safe distance from and
to avoid collisions with other airborne aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00DBAA31E2AE402D976CA24A1CF7C25A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public unmanned
aircraft system</header><text>The term <quote>public unmanned aircraft
system</quote> means an unmanned aircraft system that meets the qualifications
and conditions required for operation of a public aircraft, as defined by
section 40102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67EEA527064F4580BA94B2EFA4B8B1D1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Small unmanned
aircraft</header><text>The term <quote>small unmanned aircraft</quote> means an
unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D9BB6AE3DD34CFEAE1055DE3243B2E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Test
range</header><text>The term <quote>test range</quote> means a defined
geographic area where research and development are conducted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8463B0AE1C9442E89CDD0BD6BB78D81"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Unmanned
aircraft</header><text>The term <quote>unmanned aircraft</quote> means an
aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention
from within or on the aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H588C15B1E9EE40108ECE0A259FA9F1EF"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Unmanned aircraft
system</header><text>The term <quote>unmanned aircraft system</quote> means an
unmanned aircraft and associated elements (including communication links and
the components that control the unmanned aircraft) that are required for the
pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace
system.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC719A9F2CE1344819B11CDD98493A25D"><enum>322.</enum><header>Commercial unmanned
aircraft systems integration plan</header>
<subsection id="HB88894A72B2147C0BA2438E58309CBFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Integration
plan</header>
<paragraph id="HBFAAF9A512AF4B11A6A821CB890414FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comprehensive
plan</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with representatives of
the aviation industry and the unmanned aircraft systems industry, shall develop
a comprehensive plan to safely integrate commercial unmanned aircraft systems
into the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB90C1BCE117049D38E5BE86308F107CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>In developing the plan under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE7F451430AA64D328F33D3BB02DC5EAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review technologies and
research that will assist in facilitating the safe integration of commercial
unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D1362F61E8F4EC3B2D56FC5079A67B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide recommendations
or projections for the rulemaking to be conducted under subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="HE3F0F2006E014D3A9CB02557ACE68443"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to define the acceptable
standards for operations and certification of commercial unmanned aircraft
systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6D069BCB7AB743D18BAEF11063E4C214"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to ensure that
commercial unmanned aircraft systems include a sense and avoid capability, if
necessary for safety purposes; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF50FCA273FF4153AF143F04958B1ACD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to develop standards
and requirements for the operator and pilot of a commercial unmanned aircraft
system, including standards and requirements for registration and
licensing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C4789A06B084B98BCFEA9069C5E3FC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommend how best to
enhance the technologies and subsystems necessary to provide for the safe and
routine operations of commercial unmanned aircraft systems in the national
airspace system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BC5AC92E1AE463BBAB59781AC6A2D3A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommend how a phased-in
approach for the integration of commercial unmanned aircraft systems into the
national airspace system can best be achieved and a timeline upon which such a
phase-in shall occur.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E118ED551054399B166A5BB20F0A66C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
plan to be developed under paragraph (1) shall provide for the safe integration
of commercial unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system not
later than September 30, 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6D3F45829CD4688B62109226ABBD657"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2109446051840BAAF096697C54FBBE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than one year
after the date of enactment of this Act, a copy of the plan developed under
paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7153E79D5CDD462AA88D21D3F39F97D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>annually thereafter, a
report on the activities of the Secretary under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4DF3031F661A4A99BC5FAA9A35DD215E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the date on which the integration plan is submitted
to Congress under subsection (a)(4), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of proposed
rulemaking to implement the recommendations of the integration plan.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA650EFC2B4DB46359B27DC6368BF7AA5"><enum>323.</enum><header>Special rules for
certain unmanned aircraft systems</header>
<subsection id="H788C0FCB79F7452BB40E722EA11B340F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall determine if certain unmanned aircraft systems
may operate safely in the national airspace system. The Secretary may make such
determination before completion of the plan and rulemaking required by section
322 of this Act or the guidance required by section 324 of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB0E119E563B4C75B9C0EF640F95545A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment of unmanned
aircraft systems</header><text>In making the determination under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall determine, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB5CCAA46844435D9EA9CB86E2667664"><enum>(1)</enum><text>which types of unmanned
aircraft systems, if any, as a result of their size, weight, speed, operational
capability, proximity to airports and population areas, and operation within
visual line-of-sight do not create a hazard to users of the national airspace
system or the public or pose a threat to national security; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D14CD0C08AD47CCAC1C8D224B55D871"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether a certificate of
waiver, certificate of authorization, or airworthiness certification under
section 44704 of title 49, United States Code, is required for the operation of
unmanned aircraft systems identified under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H282186BF449C46C5879DABE93CD0BECA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for safe
operation</header><text>If the Secretary determines under this section that
certain unmanned aircraft systems may operate safely in the national airspace
system, the Secretary shall establish requirements for the safe operation of
such aircraft systems in the national airspace system.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBE5059661D054A56A883C40658DE636F"><enum>324.</enum><header>Public unmanned
aircraft systems</header>
<subsection id="HD72EC097B3394331B0450B4C9B3ADE2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not
later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall issue guidance regarding the operation of public unmanned aircraft
systems to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB68743ACAFC046B4B554AB69A3564585"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expedite the issuance of
a certificate of authorization process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A9A262220E642D5AACCD73ED060C57F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for a
collaborative process with public agencies to allow for an incremental
expansion of access to the national airspace system as technology matures. the
necessary safety analysis and data become available, and until standards are
completed and technology issues are resolved; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98CE6EEAD5D1464191722EC573B8FDFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>facilitate the capability
of public agencies to develop and use test ranges, subject to operating
restrictions required by the Federal Aviation Administration, to test and
operate unmanned aircraft systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8796E4B2B17F41E59B3D7DB38B062C53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for operation
and certification</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2015, the Secretary
shall develop and implement operational and certification standards for
operation of public unmanned aircraft systems.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5087BF8F2F624E76AFF6B3B6632562ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header>Unmanned aircraft
systems test ranges</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H94F1B29BB08E4AD08CA3970DDAB2061B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall establish a program to integrate unmanned
aircraft systems into the national airspace system at 4 test ranges.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC592758E7DC24E84A3489F3CACFF3119"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing
the program under subsection (a), the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD31FCA57DE5D4355B23DD86A2B353FA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>safely designate
nonexclusionary airspace for integrated manned and unmanned flight operations
in the national airspace system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF8CC6A8BEC14093AB2799F6C177262C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop certification
standards and air traffic requirements for unmanned flight operations at test
ranges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEB8D7E388DC478DA2005236551D3DC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate with and
leverage the resources of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and
the Department of Defense;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2C52D09EFC94B49AFF7DBDCE6CF0B76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>address both commercial
and public unmanned aircraft systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33EF0C547810478D8981BD7F6D200F21"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that the program
is coordinated with the Next Generation Air Transportation System; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE334DB7DA85E4560B00DB077069C64C9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide for verification
of the safety of unmanned aircraft systems and related navigation procedures
before integration into the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8918C973F8794777B341AEA4F84B6000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Test range
locations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the
location of the 4 test ranges of the program under subsection (a), the
Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H48C5BC7F7C8D42E4A8E34A96C182D203"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into consideration
geographic and climatic diversity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2680050CDF3C4D609B292AF68D78A515"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after consulting with the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the
Secretary of the Air Force, take into consideration the location of available
research radars.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H149EBF88C3B94357AAC203B5E2968DA1"><enum>C</enum><header>Safety and
Protections</header>
<section id="H900EC40507824D1A9B138D854C82A29B"><enum>331.</enum><header>Postemployment
restrictions for flight standards inspectors</header>
<subsection id="H06368DFDB91F40CD930B82D6E5AEEDAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44711 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H2B223833B8CB47459E64D68F698AD49E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Postemployment
restrictions for flight standards inspectors</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEFCAABB699846588E18152AFC17FCC5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>A
person holding an operating certificate issued under title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, may not knowingly employ, or make a contractual arrangement that
permits, an individual to act as an agent or representative of the certificate
holder in any matter before the Federal Aviation Administration if the
individual, in the preceding 2-year period—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61D2275EF567458BB50528DFEF74ADFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">served as, or was responsible for oversight
of, a flight standards inspector of the Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC9CF933BF204568B15F24494C25D4BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>had responsibility to
inspect, or oversee inspection of, the operations of the certificate
holder.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35D974C02846444DA1898B4D4B3B39A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Written and oral
communications</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), an individual shall
be considered to be acting as an agent or representative of a certificate
holder in a matter before the Administration if the individual makes any
written or oral communication on behalf of the certificate holder to the
Administration (or any of its officers or employees) in connection with a
particular matter, whether or not involving a specific party and without regard
to whether the individual has participated in, or had responsibility for, the
particular matter while serving as a flight standards inspector of the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC32619DCE1494C069B3FAC23F6DEAA26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual employed by a
certificate holder as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5C7A9DD630B448728BB29382599BD85A"><enum>332.</enum><header>Review of air
transportation oversight system database</header>
<subsection id="HA3A69387FFAE42829AE8554BF792F06A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall establish a process by which the air transportation
oversight system database of the Administration is reviewed by regional teams
of employees of the Administration, including at least one employee on each
team representing aviation safety inspectors, on a monthly basis to ensure
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB92F7B640AFE4139A29AB0FA08008591"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any trends in regulatory
compliance are identified; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BC607136D6E4159BCAD5173FD10F221"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriate corrective
actions are taken in accordance with Administration regulations, advisory
directives, policies, and procedures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD43852ADC0EF4FFAB520B7FC85317BFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Monthly team
reports</header>
<paragraph id="H60D9EBC96F554655BAEACACF03C00398"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A regional team of employees conducting a monthly review
of the air transportation oversight system database under subsection (a) shall
submit to the Administrator, the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety,
and the Director of Flight Standards Service a report each month on the results
of the review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9245AE5BCCD245BC9EDF05E37592F5E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
report submitted under paragraph (1) shall identify—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6D3740D9B4F4A1D808CBFCC51CA48C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any trends in regulatory
compliance discovered by the team of employees in conducting the monthly
review; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF26BDB15591A40F6AC9B254E225C8C2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any corrective actions
taken or proposed to be taken in response to the trends.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EE15A6C48E44A5BAAEDC90DC74016A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biannual reports to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator,
on a biannual basis, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the
reviews of the air transportation oversight system database conducted under
this section, including copies of reports received under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26F1451C135C46199CEFD345D0ED9321" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>333.</enum><header>Improved voluntary
disclosure reporting system</header>
<subsection id="H9A645D82C9DC4242941748449AFC54A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voluntary disclosure
reporting program defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<quote>Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program</quote> means the program
established by the Federal Aviation Administration through Advisory Circular
00–58A, dated September 8, 2006, including any subsequent revisions
thereto.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F3AF14F1E1648C3AF8141504BA595D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall modify the Voluntary
Disclosure Reporting Program to require inspectors to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA622E93BA010433BA2BB948170DFA792"><enum>(1)</enum><text>verify that air carriers
are implementing comprehensive solutions to correct the underlying causes of
the violations voluntarily disclosed by such air carriers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H553AADE8867849E283BAE22D89ECEB85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>confirm, before approving
a final report of a violation, that a violation with the same root causes, has
not been previously discovered by an inspector or self-disclosed by the air
carrier.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H90A7867C22F34A27B91BEE56753B72DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supervisory review of
voluntary self-disclosures</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a
process by which voluntary self-disclosures received from air carriers are
reviewed and approved by a supervisor after the initial review by an
inspector.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4590E96FD6E4BD78DA5D5B57A3F96E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inspector General
Study</header>
<paragraph id="HB4896AA1ED534D65AABBCB524B3A8C6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation
shall conduct a study of the Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91047AC61AD247958F5916959B22F207"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Inspector General shall examine, at a minimum, if the
Administration—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9172B9EE071B48979EECD190313601AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducts comprehensive reviews of voluntary
disclosure reports before closing a voluntary disclosure report under the
provisions of the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FAD8A37C5A845C6B82D4A34B2EB23F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluates the effectiveness of corrective
actions taken by air carriers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E474317DDC5425FA458799910E51953"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effectively prevents abuse of the voluntary
disclosure reporting program through its secondary review of self-disclosures
before they are accepted and closed by the Administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC52AB49120224B1796EF1B896F02EE7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector
General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives and Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted
under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48919324A21F4F11B63D2BE5D6DD6BE5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>334.</enum><header>Aviation
Whistleblower Investigation Office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106 (as amended by this Act) is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B9552D1883E479EA0E68EE9A2978352" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE1DD65CBB83C41F5807666EF93CF71A1"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Aviation safety
whistleblower investigation office</header>
<paragraph id="H721A468DC56B49E6AAE3EB9CBC5366AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Federal Aviation Administration (in this section referred
to as the <quote>Agency</quote>) an Aviation Safety Whistleblower Investigation
Office (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D705FC2DA1F4AC686D57F27DFC0C9A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header>
<subparagraph id="HC1FB00836EDA49C6AB211641EB76D2C7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
head of the Office shall be the Director, who shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12C3E401CB874626A2501502A9F2BAAC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Director shall have a demonstrated ability in investigations and knowledge of
or experience in aviation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3574472B6CA94E73898E165594ED7676"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The
Director shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D33E0A813744E4C82BE2BA2B053823D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>Any
individual appointed to fill a vacancy in the position of the Director
occurring before the expiration of the term for which the individual’s
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of that
term.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAC2704CFB0BA470C803ED3C42ECF9144"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Complaints and
investigations</header>
<subparagraph id="H5E1F24F4C6FB4B39BC628DC15F4D4895"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority of
director</header><text>The Director shall—</text>
<clause id="H1A76ED0980A645439EAF481BE097A741"><enum>(i)</enum><text>receive complaints and
information submitted by employees of persons holding certificates issued under
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and employees of the Agency concerning
the possible existence of an activity relating to a violation of an order,
regulation, or standard of the Agency or any other provision of Federal law
relating to aviation safety;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCCB59A465C064569B93E6D8B7F0AFDB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assess complaints and
information submitted under clause (i) and determine whether a substantial
likelihood exists that a violation of an order, regulation, or standard of the
Agency or any other provision of Federal law relating to aviation safety has
occurred; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F1FD3FF572545188D0F7E73B6A4CF9C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>based on findings of
the assessment conducted under clause (ii), make recommendations to the
Administrator in writing for further investigation or corrective
actions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE13850C012654E5E819DB65650C643B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disclosure of
identities</header><text>The Director shall not disclose the identity of an
individual who submits a complaint or information under subparagraph (A)(i)
unless—</text>
<clause id="H97CE7E7AA6B64B249EFCB0A19D4F2A47"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual consents
to the disclosure in writing; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H51A2746A864942C3BAAEC8B22552971D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director determines,
in the course of an investigation, that the disclosure is required by
regulation, statute, or court order, or is otherwise unavoidable, in which case
the Director shall provide the individual reasonable advanced notice of the
disclosure.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A6E6AF7F42E4F448A562C1A4AD37A9A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Independence of
director</header><text>The Secretary, the Administrator, or any officer or
employee of the Agency may not prevent or prohibit the Director from
initiating, carrying out, or completing any assessment of a complaint or
information submitted under subparagraph (A)(i) or from reporting to Congress
on any such assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29720F04B75E4FC9B88317218DD42D8B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Access to
information</header><text>In conducting an assessment of a complaint or
information submitted under subparagraph (A)(i), the Director shall have access
to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations,
and other material necessary to determine whether a substantial likelihood
exists that a violation of an order, regulation, or standard of the Agency or
any other provision of Federal law relating to aviation safety may have
occurred.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC55651275A2C4F5B95CA319D7F174AEF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Responses to
recommendations</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which
the Administrator receives a report with respect to an investigation, the
Administrator shall respond to a recommendation made by the Director under
subparagraph (A)(iii) in writing and retain records related to any further
investigations or corrective actions taken in response to the
recommendation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H490EF7F636964210997F03B13D2AEF76"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Incident
reports</header><text>If the Director determines there is a substantial
likelihood that a violation of an order, regulation, or standard of the Agency
or any other provision of Federal law relating to aviation safety has occurred
that requires immediate corrective action, the Director shall report the
potential violation expeditiously to the Administrator and the Inspector
General of the Department of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08E6410D9EBB46E39C773187F9D6D77C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reporting of criminal
violations to inspector general</header><text>If the Director has reasonable
grounds to believe that there has been a violation of Federal criminal law, the
Director shall report the violation expeditiously to the Inspector
General.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA91C06BDFCD4D3785CF51A2CC1458C6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Annual reports to
Congress</header><text>Not later than October 1 of each year, the Director
shall submit to Congress a report containing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2028F1EB22EB48E28A2D8161C1004070"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on the number
of submissions of complaints and information received by the Director under
paragraph (3)(A)(i) in the preceding 12-month period;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7F94E637F774FA6ABACA97A30F43885"><enum>(B)</enum><text>summaries of those
submissions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H213637F0C7474CF5AA7E8AF5F2265603"><enum>(C)</enum><text>summaries of further
investigations and corrective actions recommended in response to the
submissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CA30FAA46134816A44027F69B5B570E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>summaries of the
responses of the Administrator to such
recommendations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58603D6DCA834FD68D00C042AA381E90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>335.</enum><header>Duty periods and
flight time limitations applicable to flight crewmembers</header>
<subsection id="H65B51B7FE39347F3965E3E380F0D8C05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rulemaking on
applicability of part 121 duty periods and flight time limitations to part 91
operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding, if such a
proceeding has not already been initiated, to require a flight crewmember who
is employed by an air carrier conducting operations under part 121 of title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations, and who accepts an additional assignment for
flying under part 91 of such title from the air carrier or from any other air
carrier conducting operations under part 121 or 135 of such title, to apply the
period of the additional assignment (regardless of whether the assignment is
performed by the flight crewmember before or after an assignment to fly under
part 121 of such title) toward any limitation applicable to the flight
crewmember relating to duty periods or flight times under part 121 of such
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H245F160100BA4FC8ABE90754831549D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking on
applicability of part 135 duty periods and flight time limitations to part 91
operations</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to require a
flight crewmember who is employed by an air carrier conducting operations under
part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and who accepts an
additional assignment for flying under part 91 of such title from the air
carrier or any other air carrier conducting operations under part 121 or 135 of
such title, to apply the period of the additional assignment (regardless of
whether the assignment is performed by the flight crewmember before or after an
assignment to fly under part 135 of such title) toward any limitation
applicable to the flight crewmember relating to duty periods or flight times
under part 135 of such title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H20F70A67AAC94931B85E2F6929971919"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Separate rulemaking
proceedings required</header><text>The rulemaking proceeding required under
subsection (b) shall be separate from the rulemaking proceeding required under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Air Service
Improvements</header>
<subtitle id="H6E010E495343454598954985665C95A7"><enum>A</enum><header>Essential Air
Service</header>
<section id="H23C37470FA3C46D3B7E8CD2B2265D8DB"><enum>401.</enum><header>Essential air service
marketing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 41733(c)(1)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A042DC100854ACB81118E15C68B0A93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34E6F23EE4B64D939B385B264FA81E92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB2C0E9BD7584DF898F7715B0E2FE317"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE18FF460037B440FA8CB081D0ACDC3D5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4F1D0C1F921E41D79D3E081112CBB18A" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the air carrier has included a plan
in its proposal to market its services to the community;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H690D46D3524A42289BCDF7B89B35C76E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Notice to
communities prior to termination of eligibility for subsidized essential air
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 41733 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H83F4D7FDE8864EBBBED6095CC9DEB3DF" reported-display-style="italic">
<subsection id="H20B59E6B72FA4F30A64850361ACBB9B9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice to communities
prior to termination of eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H0B36A84D16D54B62A3915E3BE1B8C766"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
notify each community receiving basic essential air service for which
compensation is being paid under this subchapter on or before the 45th day
before issuing any final decision to end the payment of such compensation due
to a determination by the Secretary that providing such service requires a rate
of subsidy per passenger in excess of the subsidy cap.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7088F4DDA8448619DBE2895EA2CBF4C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures to avoid
termination</header><text>The Secretary shall establish, by order, procedures
by which each community notified of an impending loss of subsidy under
paragraph (1) may work directly with an air carrier to ensure that the air
carrier is able to submit a proposal to the Secretary to provide essential air
service to such community for an amount of compensation that would not exceed
the subsidy cap.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69D331CFFDAC48B4910AC3FB07229F4F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance
provided</header><text>The Secretary shall provide, by order, to each community
notified under paragraph (1) information regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0E09A78E98341979E92ECBDBB6E4C02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the procedures
established pursuant to paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H609CD72ABD534412BC8F021CFE5B2849"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the maximum amount of
compensation that could be provided under this subchapter to an air carrier
serving such community that would comply with the subsidy cap.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF28117C156524AB682929BB198EAC2CD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subsidy cap
defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>subsidy cap</quote>
means the subsidy cap established by section 332 of Public Law 106–69 (113
Stat.
1022).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H9E53FDC796FE4F45B8218CD873015C4A"><enum>403.</enum><header>Essential air service
contract guidelines</header>
<subsection id="H6397AE4349B7417FA615A29C24720CA9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compensation
guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
41737(a)(1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2FB3BF310A434B0C944F234A050E83E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H196A710A813942A2AEAB52401AAE1F1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B93B45F907442E694C55A6A6BF6B7CF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HBF8A9027E61C464593873F1EF9B69909" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H821C14FBA62E4EA7B1567F1ED2ED6A84" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include provisions under
which the Secretary may encourage an air carrier to improve air service for
which compensation is being paid under this subchapter by incorporating
financial incentives in an essential air service contract based on specified
performance goals, including goals related to improving on-time performance,
reducing the number of flight cancellations, establishing convenient
connections to flights providing service beyond hub airports, and increasing
marketing efforts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64E0198515D741D386F22965D2050318" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include provisions under
which the Secretary may execute a long-term essential air service contract to
encourage an air carrier to provide air service to an eligible place if it
would be in the public interest to do
so.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HECCD51FA2D2A420BB507AD0AD158B78E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for issuance
of revised guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation shall issue revised guidelines governing the rate of
compensation payable under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United
States Code, that incorporate the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H30939C482B9B4003979D99AC5A71F47B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of issuance of revised guidelines pursuant to
subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the extent to
which the revised guidelines have been implemented and the impact, if any, such
implementation has had on air carrier performance and community satisfaction
with air service for which compensation is being paid under subchapter II of
chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED19643A0189465AAB9874217DA6B8AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Essential air
service reform</header>
<subsection id="H0C16E87352C64F69ACD94CE0AA80D477"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section
41742(a)(1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8F0CDC88F9D47C082AE49E8FDC3BE7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
sum of $50,000,000 is</quote> and inserting <quote>the following sums
are</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD801B53A382C40BC8DDE9CDD342D9E58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subchapter for each fiscal year.</quote> and
inserting</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE08126E7D737478CBA6FE3F871556EE1" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<text>subchapter:</text><subparagraph id="HC6DC14C7045B4C36A977322790B904E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for each fiscal year through
fiscal year 2013.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D0DDBB2C50A4C839BFE9E0DAFDFF7FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount necessary, as
determined by the Secretary, to carry out the essential air service program in
Alaska and Hawaii for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E86DCB8E7404838801A9307DAE1FD78"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
funds</header><text>Section 41742(a)(2) is amended by striking <quote>there is
authorized to be appropriated $77,000,000 for each fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>there is authorized to be appropriated out of the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 $97,500,000 for fiscal year 2011, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2013</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A5450F6BEFE4916BE7C3177EA52A510"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administering program
within available funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41742(b) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF3C9A8F5A1840B6A6B18B153CCAD5D8" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<subsection id="H4B3A823E385D4DD69DA843E6B1CA04DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administering program
within available funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary is authorized to take such actions as may be necessary to
administer the essential air service program under this subchapter within the
amount of funding made available for the
program.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC1BCDC0041F4486BFBAE29365257975" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header>Small community air
service</header>
<subsection id="HF39428DF616A4189BA370546C41551A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>Section
41743(c)(5) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C3241F5DE3B45C8AC355DBF3C5A1C48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD9E0E89FA004FC98BE46A0414DBA9FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) by
striking <quote>fashion.</quote> and inserting <quote>fashion; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAADCF6034844CBEBD5E5DCDE46B27AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H226D1F82C9344EC3ADCDABD7A060BB2D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>multiple communities
cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air
service into one regional
airport.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H761FA0D537064BCBAB362D493D119F5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To make
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41743(e)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H5C84F616F2C4484887FCDB6963290B09"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authority To make
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of amounts made available under section 41742(a)(4)(A), the
Secretary may make agreements to provide assistance under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57CEF9439084449BBF99193089CC8D76" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header>Adjustments to
compensation for significantly increased costs</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H53BAF554B98346A3A8AE530BF951D377"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency
across-The-Board adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of funds, the
Secretary of Transportation may increase the rates of compensation payable to
air carriers under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States
Code, to compensate such carriers for increased aviation fuel costs without
regard to any agreement or requirement relating to the renegotiation of
contracts or any notice requirement under section 41734 of such title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H81AEE084257F4F9A85031B0C0E8780ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expedited process for
adjustments to individual contracts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H48DB0021A4974814A29EF4E3AC53A116"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 41734(d) is amended by striking “continue to pay”
and all that follows through “compensation sufficient” and inserting “provide
the carrier with compensation sufficient”.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9D522662CF40424AAD6CE3ACCC59F176"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to
compensation to air carriers for air service provided after the 30th day
following the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7B4363F0BDB4E42927F5B5DA8D2DA3C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subsidy
cap</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds, the Secretary may
waive, on a case-by-case basis, the subsidy-per-passenger cap established by
section 332 of Public Law 106–69 (113 Stat. 1022). A waiver issued under this
subsection shall remain in effect for a limited period of time, as determined
by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AA17D8E4B5C4E49AE660CD67BF89511" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header>Repeal of EAS local
participation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
41747, and the item relating to section 41747 in the analysis for chapter 417,
are repealed.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A06A4E4726F4635BE07FA80756B7BA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.</enum><header>Sunset of essential
air service program</header>
<subsection id="H16EEF204ED53430989974C8C11F5B486"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of
chapter 417 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0580457283B040FDB3A5E95FD27B2721" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="H9E80DFB70580492494ABB0676A0CF375"><enum>41749.</enum><header>Sunset</header>
<subsection id="H4FE91507AD574DD69F3D16838F205BBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b), the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to carry out
the essential air service program under this subchapter shall sunset on October
1, 2013.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F3F81D3302A4069AC6E69617AAF1257"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alaska and
Hawaii</header><text>The Secretary may continue to carry out the essential air
service program under this subchapter in Alaska and Hawaii following the sunset
date specified in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE0366D5D7FDD4062AA1540D96012DD9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 417 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 41748
the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">41749.
Sunset.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H98E44BFBB0074334982FE288168F9B17"><enum>B</enum><header>Passenger Air Service
Improvements</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C7BCBF816564E2BBC906AA1338E1406"><enum>421.</enum><header>Smoking
prohibition</header>
<subsection id="H0DB7EE6335EE44B19A50D61A465419B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41706 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H260FC117C0FC4CDE91F89760EA315082"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by
striking “<header-in-text level="section" style="USC">scheduled</header-in-text>” and inserting “<header-in-text level="section" style="USC">passenger</header-in-text>”; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC94B64AE2FA4DF6B39F7945BD5E5BC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H0E50E05E84C64E7A9C573B9B631AAAC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Smoking prohibition in
interstate and intrastate air transportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual may not smoke—</text>
<paragraph id="HAA7BF2AAC8434F83A84094265C9CFCC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an aircraft in scheduled passenger
interstate or intrastate air transportation; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA050E261AA764840ACCF3F96B6A6D373"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in an aircraft in
nonscheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation, if a flight
attendant is a required crewmember on the aircraft (as determined by the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56167B46DCB144088B7AE76AED321364"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Smoking prohibition in
foreign air transportation</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall
require all air carriers and foreign air carriers to prohibit smoking—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA7D942D61E749E4A79EFEB20D9D0B69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in an aircraft in
scheduled passenger foreign air transportation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6B71E7AADF7438E95B237E3670C2837"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in an aircraft in
nonscheduled passenger foreign air transportation, if a flight attendant is a
required crewmember on the aircraft (as determined by the Administrator or a
foreign
government).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80ADC10CA6CC47DEA73A8A6A4CD523D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 417 is amended by striking the item relating to section 41706 and
inserting the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">41706. Prohibitions against smoking on
passenger
flights.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A3753572E994B04A11EDBF9C7B81CCA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>422.</enum><header>Monthly air carrier
reports</header>
<subsection id="HFD05F8EDBD474C32A27944BEF8CAEC50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41708 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HECF22B23B966410C8ED1304539EF2355"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Diverted and cancelled
flights</header>
<paragraph id="H51E65B35DD7C45309A7C33E1354C521F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Monthly
reports</header><text>The Secretary shall require an air carrier referred to in
paragraph (2) to file with the Secretary a monthly report on each flight of the
air carrier that is diverted from its scheduled destination to another airport
and each flight of the air carrier that departs the gate at the airport at
which the flight originates but is cancelled before wheels-off time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54EF55AC9E0349ECA8F6253DC144021D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>An
air carrier that is required to file a monthly airline service quality
performance report pursuant to part 234 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, shall be subject to the requirement of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H747C1086D36041AB9E0E1F986EF1E647"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
monthly report filed by an air carrier under paragraph (1) shall include, at a
minimum, the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0A148CDB26A4377816B58D149A9FE7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For a diverted
flight—</text>
<clause id="HDC473A5DE8D54AB58AF683095469A9DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the flight number of the
diverted flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A0B00DD4AF040E4B99B80B49457FA39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the scheduled
destination of the flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5953C3AAD9814363B40F0D160647A362"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the date and time of
the flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H096F09B4407B47DEB88ADB010B4B1232"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the airport to which the
flight was diverted;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCDED463F2D234F91A4A3CE347A754491"><enum>(v)</enum><text>wheels-on time at the
diverted airport;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB2271FA26E514B74A8E6D223C0E711D5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the time, if any,
passengers deplaned the aircraft at the diverted airport; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB255BAC027084316911D3EAF7B818B46"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>if the flight arrives
at the scheduled destination airport—</text>
<subclause id="H2DD46B1241B54E65B826BDED2071DFBE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the gate-departure time
at the diverted airport;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H27977058692545869D8425F5E41AF276"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the wheels-off time at
the diverted airport;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H21884C810BC14864A881E985BEFE5CE9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the wheels-on time at
the scheduled arrival airport; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD7A7F00808B74BBE9F3CE53238038085"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the gate-arrival time at
the scheduled arrival airport.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41ADD00A1A5C47B7901C163F3CDF9EF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For flights cancelled
after gate departure—</text>
<clause id="H140428C158BA413D97E2B060BF098D3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the flight number of the
cancelled flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEC868DFAA19946CC85E4EA6661215B3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the scheduled origin and
destination airports of the cancelled flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB6257E603054EDABC467166B5CA24A6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the date and time of
the cancelled flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H50326EBE25A14E58AADCD4CE4EC5E048"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the gate-departure time
of the cancelled flight; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEDCE80DD5CA44228B2E27597034A27FE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the time the aircraft
returned to the gate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E035E147A4140108CADD215EFE0B686"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary shall compile the information provided in the monthly reports filed
pursuant to paragraph (1) in a single monthly report and publish such report on
the Internet Web site of the Department of
Transportation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0B0EB95546954685B3207889805BF5AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation shall require monthly reports pursuant to the amendment made by
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H81ABFD34B9AA4160AF0A357A6210DDDA"><enum>423.</enum><header>Flight operations at
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport</header>
<subsection id="H2C486E1925894E7A89875F96C5661C1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Beyond-<enum-in-header>P</enum-in-header>erimeter
exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41718(a)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H59A527AC586D4160B7FDE5592A909C7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Secretary</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E885FA24EE8454F95446F57E429DAC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>24</quote> and inserting <quote>34</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H46E0275900DA477CB3E4BED16A34A83C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41718(c)(2) is amended by striking
<quote>3 operations</quote> and inserting <quote>5 operations</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5877CCE9D3A8461681961D5DF7181119"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Slots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41718(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF069592B96A749CBB2F302190C70742E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F8BEAF2B3BC4B0BA9343613FAB6E97F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE8157244A1CC4BC5AE58F0FA1176F84B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Slots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reduce the hourly air
carrier slot quota for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport under section
93.123(a) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, by a total of 10 slots that
are available for allocation. Such reductions shall be taken in the 6:00 a.m.,
10:00 p.m., or 11:00 p.m. hours, as determined by the Secretary, in order to
grant exemptions under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99B8EC64032C494C8621D7C2EB481375"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scheduling
priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41718 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H56BD6431ED5A47058D857C37D2D98900"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52622E888C564197A96C83FE50AA1022"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (d) the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="H2877A09D23514DAEB49A60DDF5896ECB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scheduling
priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations conducted
by new entrant air carriers and limited incumbent air carriers shall be
provided a scheduling priority over operations conducted by other air carriers
granted exemptions pursuant to this section, with the highest scheduling
priority provided to beyond-perimeter operations conducted by the new entrant
air carriers and limited incumbent air
carriers.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B6F1E218B204FC09DB5E4BC52E9CD92"><enum>424.</enum><header>Musical
instruments</header>
<subsection id="H7B84FBCE0B45426291689AC851E78C32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 417 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<section id="H2E7350AB50EC4E0AA90F45BCA3EBA1F5"><enum>41724.</enum><header>Musical
instruments</header>
<subsection id="H8941DF529FCE4AB1B91BA5C749820074"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Instruments in
passenger compartment</header><text>An air carrier providing air transportation
shall permit a passenger to carry a musical instrument in a closet, baggage
compartment, or cargo stowage compartment (approved by the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration) in the passenger compartment of the aircraft
used to provide such transportation if—</text>
<paragraph id="H97BE6F2D83A147C9B38BACB7E36FBB4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the instrument can be
stowed in accordance with the requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage or
cargo set forth by the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H188877B8F4C84AD0910F5B6186F55507"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there is space for such
stowage on the aircraft.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4B8A22469FB44CE849348F1E5F94D0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Large instruments in
passenger compartment</header><text>An air carrier providing air transportation
shall permit a passenger to carry a musical instrument that is too large to be
secured in a closet, baggage compartment, or cargo stowage compartment pursuant
to subsection (a) in the passenger compartment of the aircraft used to provide
such transportation if—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF5E36EB53484DDDA653670DFFBB6427"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the instrument can be
stowed in accordance with the requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage or
cargo set forth by the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F7AB4F0BE5F4AFC8DBAF39E3EC7CC74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the passenger has
purchased a seat to accommodate the instrument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H613FFAA86DA94D79B1F7D1651B2146A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Instruments as checked
baggage</header><text>An air carrier providing air transportation shall
transport as baggage a musical instrument that may not be carried in the
passenger compartment of the aircraft used to provide such transportation
pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) and that is the property of a passenger on
the aircraft if—</text>
<paragraph id="H75E15098FAFC4559A4A8F128D46B0941"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the sum of the length,
width, and height of the instrument (measured in inches of the outside linear
dimensions of the instrument, including the case) does not exceed 150 inches or
the size restrictions for that aircraft;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H285A41A2103E4FB8B871701717B3EFEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the weight of the
instrument does not exceed 165 pounds or the weight restrictions for that
aircraft; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBB42C95010842CD86CDC5DB737232A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the instrument can be
stowed in accordance with the requirements for carriage of baggage or cargo set
forth by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD9B35CE7EB27463C8560187E2EE8BBC3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Air carrier
terms</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
an air carrier from limiting the carrier’s liability for carrying a musical
instrument or requiring a passenger to purchase insurance to cover the value of
a musical instrument transported by the
carrier.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9534D8099FBD4B298647E67F0B776D65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary
or appropriate to implement the amendment made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7184C70E8EA3454D812135FCE5D55FF3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">41724. Musical
instruments.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69BCB797701C44BE87CDBFAD65AF41DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>425.</enum><header>Passenger air
service improvements</header>
<subsection id="H01B104F3F5284565A9E5C2C5CC4FCCE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle VII is amended by inserting after chapter 421
the following:</text>
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<chapter id="H7F613D1D34104D68BAB3D41F6FFA28A2"><enum>423</enum><header>Passenger air service
improvements</header>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H11D8A37FDBB4462B9B6F1670451CA0AD" level="section">42301. Emergency contingency plans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H53514674D2464AA1ACDCB24EB1507204" level="section">42302. Consumer complaints.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H61BB352D4A9A49AF82EC67935A2FBF04" level="section">42303. Use of insecticides in passenger
aircraft.</toc-entry>
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<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11D8A37FDBB4462B9B6F1670451CA0AD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>42301.</enum><header>Emergency
contingency plans</header>
<subsection id="HC601A7CD1175421E84C9DBE82198401D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission of air
carrier and airport plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, each of the
following air carriers and airport operators shall submit to the Secretary of
Transportation for review and approval an emergency contingency plan in
accordance with the requirements of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H926C2504DDDD4FD48B6B93316AA63944"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An air carrier providing
covered air transportation at a large hub or medium hub airport.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE61ED286A57542B2909AC404D607251F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An operator of a large
hub or medium hub airport.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2963D15C646B4347A76DD8C70411BDF2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An operator of an airport
used by an air carrier described in paragraph (1) for diversions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3C23919E7C5845A2BECBFB4C91EA8BDB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Air carrier
plans</header>
<paragraph id="H0BE36CD977FD49FAAB28034A0527736F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plans for individual
airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An air carrier shall
submit an emergency contingency plan under subsection (a) for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE06AF22A9804F0EB15168CC591A3B8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each large hub and medium hub airport at
which the carrier provides covered air transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02CD5FC65ACA45129B3902549A44B91D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each large hub and medium hub airport at
which the carrier has flights for which the carrier has primary responsibility
for inventory control.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H04DF05382E19411FA1A3869DBDC8F383"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
emergency contingency plan submitted by an air carrier for an airport under
subsection (a) shall contain a description of how the carrier will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H157505074CCA4766A9279CD5521FF2BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide food, potable
water, restroom facilities, and access to medical treatment for passengers
onboard an aircraft at the airport that is on the ground for an extended period
of time without access to the terminal;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00E40D52C2214CA9A43E12DD1E5ACC89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow passengers to
deplane following excessive tarmac delays; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F96D2858419484797C98E7AEB6E6048"><enum>(C)</enum><text>share facilities and make
gates available at the airport in an emergency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H72B7EE5962C843A58657F40377B92EBD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Airport
plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An emergency
contingency plan submitted by an airport operator under subsection (a) shall
contain a description of how the operator, to the maximum extent practicable,
will—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D06FF3A7F2E4FCDAAD927D143751715"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
deplanement of passengers following excessive tarmac delays;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68D067455D2F442496DCF9C770EF146E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the sharing
of facilities and make gates available at the airport in an emergency;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10620A22DEB84921BAF5ED787C754D9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide a sterile area
following excessive tarmac delays for passengers who have not yet cleared U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H407BF58B6D1A49E381AD2EC155B92FEA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updates</header>
<paragraph id="H6DB0CF1ECF96458F8C9D3D43115446E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Air
carriers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An air carrier shall
update the emergency contingency plan submitted by the carrier under subsection
(a) every 3 years and submit the update to the Secretary for review and
approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37DE44650EE04503A7986FF5FE23480F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Airports</header><text>An
airport operator shall update the emergency contingency plan submitted by the
operator under subsection (a) every 5 years and submit the update to the
Secretary for review and approval.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDF70A5DD26E47E5BEA3666749660465"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Approval</header>
<paragraph id="H1D916DC9A572404D89CB5BDF6BAB60E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days after the date of the receipt of an emergency contingency plan submitted
under subsection (a) or an update submitted under subsection (d), the Secretary
shall review and approve or, if necessary, require modifications to the plan or
update to ensure that the plan or update will effectively address emergencies
and provide for the health and safety of passengers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0614C4C9A8F4EEFA366D100B3C4BD95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to approve or
require modifications</header><text>If the Secretary fails to approve or
require modifications to a plan or update under paragraph (1) within the
timeframe specified in that paragraph, the plan or update shall be deemed to be
approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD88BBF5F0BBA4C69BD13E57391CA804D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adherence
required</header><text>An air carrier or airport operator shall adhere to an
emergency contingency plan of the carrier or operator approved under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H754882F9060B4F82BBDCF845B61084BF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Minimum
standards</header><text>The Secretary may establish, as necessary or desirable,
minimum standards for elements in an emergency contingency plan required to be
submitted under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C80450C6B1C43DC877206F7F3B3C172"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Public
access</header><text>An air carrier or airport operator required to submit an
emergency contingency plan under this section shall ensure public access to the
plan after its approval under this section on the Internet Web site of the
carrier or operator or by such other means as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3F0E139ABB04406595CDC7ABC5DB8D54"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HE93FE5D852584D73853264D5B943780E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered air
transportation</header><text>The term <quote>covered air transportation</quote>
means scheduled or public charter passenger air transportation provided by an
air carrier that operates an aircraft that as originally designed has a
passenger capacity of 30 or more seats.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF085AE0326154979B3F664712E1EC4F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tarmac
delay</header><text>The term <quote>tarmac delay</quote> means the period
during which passengers are on board an aircraft on the tarmac—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD6B45A6660F4EC2A5D219FB43DE8DDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>awaiting takeoff after
the aircraft doors have been closed or after passengers have been boarded if
the passengers have not been advised they are free to deplane; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF35D7F36051C4618AFA55510398C500F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>awaiting deplaning after
the aircraft has landed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53514674D2464AA1ACDCB24EB1507204" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>42302.</enum><header>Consumer
complaints</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0669BD9D6B0450DB7E5C3CECA16AEBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall establish a consumer complaints toll-free hotline
telephone number for the use of passengers in air transportation and shall take
actions to notify the public of—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F5457A3A49146EA8F53656F41F0B75C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that telephone number;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22D40D7B7752418D8778F48155346B60"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Internet Web site of the Aviation
Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A00F4984DEC493AAE9C54DDD1EBA7C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice to passengers on
the internet</header><text>An air carrier or foreign air carrier providing
scheduled air transportation using any aircraft that as originally designed has
a passenger capacity of 30 or more passenger seats shall include on the
Internet Web site of the carrier—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4862BA0AF124C918AA01598C5641F14"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the hotline telephone number established
under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B6C3A29F4F74B88BB886526304B677E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the email address,
telephone number, and mailing address of the air carrier for the submission of
complaints by passengers about air travel service problems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DA3D98703D1452190F587BCF85223B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Internet Web site and
mailing address of the Aviation Consumer Protection Division of the Department
of Transportation for the submission of complaints by passengers about air
travel service problems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE229CF4D5CDF434FA09F2441443E2754"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice to passengers on
boarding documentation</header><text>An air carrier or foreign air carrier
providing scheduled air transportation using any aircraft that as originally
designed has a passenger capacity of 30 or more passenger seats shall include
the hotline telephone number established under subsection (a) on—</text>
<paragraph id="H72EEFC80C1F3475388DF656E37CEC9A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prominently displayed
signs of the carrier at the airport ticket counters in the United States where
the air carrier operates; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D60F24418194A76A84B1C8E6413C70C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any electronic
confirmation of the purchase of a passenger ticket for air transportation
issued by the air carrier.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H61BB352D4A9A49AF82EC67935A2FBF04"><enum>42303.</enum><header>Use of insecticides
in passenger aircraft</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HECD8241A05654D288792917ACCF4AA23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information To be
provided on the Internet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Transportation shall establish, and make available to the general
public, an Internet Web site that contains a listing of countries that may
require an air carrier or foreign air carrier to treat an aircraft passenger
cabin with insecticides prior to a flight in foreign air transportation to that
country or to apply an aerosol insecticide in an aircraft cabin used for such a
flight when the cabin is occupied with passengers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF685DE0730884BE48097F01BFEC753E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required
disclosures</header><text>An air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent
selling, in the United States, a ticket for a flight in foreign air
transportation to a country listed on the Internet Web site established under
subsection (a) shall refer the purchaser of the ticket to the Internet Web site
established under subsection (a) for additional
information.</text>
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</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4E4119E744524430B2115AC605053983"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section
46301 is amended in subsections (a)(1)(A) and (c)(1)(A) by inserting
<quote>chapter 423,</quote> after <quote>chapter 421,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F051F45792643769AAF53DACD02C52D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability of
requirements</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, the requirements of
chapter 423 of title 49, United States Code, as added by this section, shall
begin to apply 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FFAC26F69924A4F93820FF3AE3F5BEB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for subtitle VII is amended by inserting
after the item relating to chapter 421 the following:</text>
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<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter"><toc-enum>423.</toc-enum><level-header level="chapter">Passenger Air Service
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</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H344586EC31F344958D9928119867EA44"><enum>426.</enum><header>Airfares for members
of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="H914B906EA14B439BA48EFC6A2C7E6AEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H50175C882BDB445FACF15FDB50F5A86B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Armed Forces is
comprised of approximately 1,450,000 members who are stationed on active duty
at more than 6,000 military bases in 146 different countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9C8B6D1B43E4045A77F43879ADD8C1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States is
indebted to the members of the Armed Forces, many of whom are in grave danger
due to their engagement in, or exposure to, combat;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5B25772221C4B889CE193FE65149411"><enum>(3)</enum><text>military service,
especially in the current war against terrorism, often requires members of the
Armed Forces to be separated from their families on short notice, for long
periods of time, and under very stressful conditions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H483C0DF08BD74C1CAD2FA65858B81274"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the unique demands of
military service often preclude members of the Armed Forces from purchasing
discounted advance airline tickets in order to visit their loved ones at home;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F7901F4B9BD4DE1BD83BC400FADB7CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>it is the patriotic duty
of the people of the United States to support the members of the Armed Forces
who are defending the Nation’s interests around the world at great personal
sacrifice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D364D6CF2B34880A7462190C38D4F0F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2093704CF93F4624B4F1AB8A25161CF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all United States
commercial air carriers should seek to lend their support with flexible,
generous policies applicable to members of the Armed Forces who are traveling
on leave or liberty at their own expense; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1CCE9BDF8E64FFFA32AA541B54243CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>each United States air
carrier, for all members of the Armed Forces who have been granted leave or
liberty and who are traveling by air at their own expense, should—</text>
<subparagraph id="H73478ECB98464F8BB7D69326AF51337F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek to provide reduced
air fares that are comparable to the lowest airfare for ticketed flights and
that eliminate to the maximum extent possible advance purchase
requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B6E90EC372B4E16A1AD342B402EB2A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seek to eliminate change
fees or charges and any penalties;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6480B63256ED467488A41230689E23EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>seek to eliminate or
reduce baggage and excess weight fees;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E2E622EA7644EA9A202C5E2AE07D6BC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>offer flexible terms that
allow members to purchase, modify, or cancel tickets without time restrictions,
and to waive fees (including baggage fees), ancillary costs, or penalties;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94C7706869EB4A41BCC20AC327D6159C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>seek to take proactive
measures to ensure that all airline employees, particularly those who issue
tickets and respond to members of the Armed Forces and their family members,
are trained in the policies of the airline aimed at benefitting members of the
Armed Forces who are on leave.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A3DE59B7D934F06BF93BB62E988238E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>427.</enum><header>Review of air
carrier flight delays, cancellations, and associated causes</header>
<subsection id="H57174E37455D4835A6E2EE6BC009A187"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall conduct a review
regarding air carrier flight delays, cancellations, and associated causes to
update its 2000 report numbered CR–2000–112 and titled <quote>Audit of Air
Carrier Flight Delays and Cancellations</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13ECA04046634D3BA8A0FB42881057F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessments</header><text>In
conducting the review under subsection (a), the Inspector General shall
assess—</text>
<paragraph id="H30E3E638B328446FA01E5E0DFFB9F707"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the need for an update on
delay and cancellation statistics, including with respect to the number of
chronically delayed flights and taxi-in and taxi-out times;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB41759DA2A1145BBB4C2E1F943BB06D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">air carriers’ scheduling practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9042FCA03F5B4012B327F4699A52D9D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for a reexamination of capacity
benchmarks at the Nation’s busiest airports;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81DAE6E95A764165831FBDA1F2E044B5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of flight delays and
cancellations on air travelers, including recommendations for programs that
could be implemented to address the impact of flight delays on air
travelers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1310B6B561146CFBD9E21276AB226C4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect that limited air carrier service
options on routes have on the frequency of delays and cancellations on such
routes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08B2691A33A14F3287830459BD8A34CA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the effect of the rules
and regulations of the Department of Transportation on the decisions of air
carriers to delay or cancel flights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1881720FBEB4C3594CB24A06064DA25"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the impact of flight
delays and cancellations on the airline industry.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75A00EB19C5D42C0AC3F47175FC8F89B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector
General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the review conducted
under this section, including the assessments described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59132870375D4571A8C08195C55935C8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>428.</enum><header>Denied boarding
compensation</header>
<subsection id="H80AE25A054674448B6814E7C9F71316F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Evaluation of denied
boarding compensation</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of
Transportation shall evaluate the amount provided by air carriers for denied
boarding compensation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H57F60AEDA2E5466B9FC24168C393354E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
amount</header><text>If, upon completing an evaluation required under
subsection (a), the Secretary determines that the amount provided for denied
boarding compensation should be adjusted, the Secretary shall issue a
regulation to adjust such compensation.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CA53DC5F69047649E89AAB88F105678" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>429.</enum><header>Compensation for
delayed baggage</header>
<subsection id="H78970B84019B4368B897FA3D06622417"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Comptroller General shall conduct a study to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE04EDB049032488AB0B7A42103011B6E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examine delays in the
delivery of checked baggage to passengers of air carriers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC53B6674B52486B85295F1117081C41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the options for
and examine the impact of establishing minimum standards to compensate a
passenger in the case of an unreasonable delay in the delivery of checked
baggage.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0160B14C14904C8EBC826D1F42B99662"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall take into account the
additional fees for checked baggage that are imposed by many air carriers and
how the additional fees should improve an air carrier’s baggage
performance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE421C32647E44E3DB4A777033EBBBE65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D0DCCAE95514481B24ACB6C9DA37610" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>430.</enum><header>Schedule
reduction</header>
<subsection id="HDCD360D753244EEDB39E8EFD5467BF9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration determines that—</text>
<paragraph id="H16B2E24158D04174BC2050E121B4A4CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the aircraft operations
of air carriers during any hour at an airport exceed the hourly maximum
departure and arrival rate established by the Administrator for such
operations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C76A0D61199429C8B22CB0806347E8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the operations in excess
of the maximum departure and arrival rate for such hour at such airport are
likely to have a significant adverse effect on the safe and efficient use of
navigable airspace,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">the
Administrator shall convene a meeting of such carriers to reduce pursuant to
section 41722 of title 49, United States Code, on a voluntary basis, the number
of such operations so as not to exceed the maximum departure and arrival
rate.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5647D7731A44D0A85C68404A12CADED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No
agreement</header><text>If the air carriers participating in a meeting with
respect to an airport under subsection (a) are not able to agree to a reduction
in the number of flights to and from the airport so as not to exceed the
maximum departure and arrival rate, the Administrator shall take such action as
is necessary to ensure such reduction is implemented.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACEFDE12BC9743CCB22AD9525F170B65" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>431.</enum><header>DOT airline consumer
complaint investigations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary of Transportation may investigate consumer complaints
regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3046242B28445CA9DFB9F0DC26C53C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>flight
cancellations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78DE4689E6664FA4A8A70F9B2090196F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>compliance with Federal
regulations concerning overbooking seats on flights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H362405331A82413E84653B6793C7D505"><enum>(3)</enum><text>lost, damaged, or delayed
baggage, and difficulties with related airline claims procedures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6203BAC952F74160BC353CA4E2004D28"><enum>(4)</enum><text>problems in obtaining
refunds for unused or lost tickets or fare adjustments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AAA044F451A4875AFB9E868F93CBC14"><enum>(5)</enum><text>incorrect or incomplete
information about fares, discount fare conditions and availability,
overcharges, and fare increases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD8F76D4FD9D4D6C9C302A103DA22597"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the rights of passengers
who hold frequent flyer miles or equivalent redeemable awards earned through
customer-loyalty programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DD08D8E8AA540A8A924DF39E14BB66F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>deceptive or misleading
advertising.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD2CFBB71F7D44288B5D0588A68200A59"><enum>432.</enum><header>Study of operators
regulated under part 135</header>
<subsection id="H55509921BC424A2881E7142A033D52C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with interested parties,
shall conduct a study of operators regulated under part 135 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5C1043979AB74DC0A93595E9147D38AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Administrator shall analyze the part 135 fleet in the United States,
which shall include analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="HB423C53891DC48D69133F2ECB8FB5590"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the size and type of
aircraft in the fleet;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64053358641940D396B4B487D937E8F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the equipment utilized by
the fleet;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7296992D6DC447AFAD925B32B7858826"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the hours flown each year
by the fleet;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76DC3510421E4D1EAFB87C6C9785B155"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the utilization rates
with respect to the fleet;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD96815F22205406F9184EFCDE4999118"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the safety record of
various categories of use and aircraft types with respect to the fleet, through
a review of the database of the National Transportation Safety Board;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39BC7C9AC0464A16A71593314DBC8C5F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the sales revenues of the
fleet; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F6C93F9854242A1B81AAF864D755754"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the number of passengers
and airports served by the fleet.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB29E0651A0F44977BFA143CF24F57B09"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H985876B21C1C436F8217C6404D339296"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8930D50D4C124336AEEFDF6D69C93018"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
the submission of the report required under paragraph (1), and every 2 years
thereafter, the Administrator shall update the report required under that
paragraph and submit the updated report to the committees specified in that
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85C205E056D542E9A77FA1695112B9E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>433.</enum><header>Use of cell phones
on passenger aircraft</header>
<subsection id="H3EC832C084894480875F1D9BA54F8F21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cell phone
study</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct a
study on the impact of the use of cell phones for voice communications in an
aircraft during a flight in scheduled passenger air transportation where
currently permitted by foreign governments in foreign air
transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA423914FB9DB4E88A2869EFF359C9A36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H0421F8B519BF4768A3572DB6530A09BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of foreign government and air
carrier policies on the use of cell phones during flight;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3233C13F185401A85D568D0B05D6CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a review of the extent to
which passengers use cell phones for voice communications during flight;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0BD8D7D342E483B97B3CA1E910F10ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a summary of any impacts
of cell phone use during flight on safety, the quality of the flight experience
of passengers, and flight attendants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC24F343C435842798F12986FFAE856D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Comment
period</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register the results
of the study and allow 60 days for public comment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7689B15602C44F34895C5CDAC467176C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cell phone
report</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Environmental
Streamlining</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB398F8A6BFFB448EA179362F1443FAAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Overflights of
national parks</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5E9FD3D3949F4B22A5A9988773A530BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
40128(a)(1)(C) is amended by inserting <quote>or voluntary agreement under
subsection (b)(7)</quote> before <quote>for the park</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAB432284F1EC4351AA76E5997067B34E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption for national
parks with 50 or fewer flights each year</header><text>Section 40128(a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76E173A4B4A94031AEE0E16D68A3229F" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB6141B355AF74FFB925D48922936598B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exemption for national
parks with 50 or fewer flights each year</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D38B1D4C70F4E588D2424C34568AA80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a national park that has
50 or fewer commercial air tour operations over the park each year shall be
exempt from the requirements of this section, except as provided in
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8AA1EC41C42C4728B043CD28DD7F3D69"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Withdrawal of
exemption</header><text>If the Director determines that an air tour management
plan or voluntary agreement is necessary to protect park resources and values
or park visitor use and enjoyment, the Director shall withdraw the exemption of
a park under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H571E0435CF3C468D98D1FCA1C1471CD9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>List of parks</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HE733D4E116AC4CDDB4652CF6E60B49DE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director and
Administrator shall jointly publish a list each year of national parks that are
covered by the exemption provided under this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H26B527B7937B48979D2AD4E6BA34A49D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification of
withdrawal of exemption</header><text>The Director shall inform the
Administrator, in writing, of each determination to withdraw an exemption under
subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D1F5E33382C4AFD9FF3D329BD61A58D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>A commercial air tour operator conducting commercial air
tour operations over a national park that is exempt from the requirements of
this section shall submit to the Administrator and the Director a report each
year that includes the number of commercial air tour operations the operator
conducted during the preceding one-year period over such
park.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAFC70B2E286C464EA10E74C019818A8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Air tour management
plans</header><text>Section 40128(b) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F9FDC7762BB46BB9FCDB0F42D508ED7" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H06D796BB4D034EA0B275E62ADFE65123"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Voluntary
agreements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1B3731BC99846F995327930B419FEC7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As an alternative to
an air tour management plan, the Director and the Administrator may enter into
a voluntary agreement with a commercial air tour operator (including a new
entrant commercial air tour operator and an operator that has interim operating
authority) that has applied to conduct commercial air tour operations over a
national park to manage commercial air tour operations over such national
park.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD14C876E4B648FEA391114E258B8779"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Park
protection</header><text>A voluntary agreement under this paragraph with
respect to commercial air tour operations over a national park shall address
the management issues necessary to protect the resources of such park and
visitor use of such park without compromising aviation safety or the air
traffic control system and may—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H60F42A4A44CE420ABEF120A2B8D0014A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include provisions such
as those described in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (3);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD96AE51773984E2CA9E57094E116F476"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include provisions to
ensure the stability of, and compliance with, the voluntary agreement;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE1FE102EC78046509548777884CC8278"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide for fees for
such operations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9569B0DB25A4D8AB7F6098CC6812445"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public</header><text>The
Director and the Administrator shall provide an opportunity for public review
of a proposed voluntary agreement under this paragraph and shall consult with
any Indian tribe whose tribal lands are, or may be, flown over by a commercial
air tour operator under a voluntary agreement under this paragraph. After such
opportunity for public review and consultation, the voluntary agreement may be
implemented without further administrative or environmental process beyond that
described in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1666184D8ACA4D3AB4BB6A98D037B21A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H492B4492E9CF41A4977844DF10A38C2A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A voluntary agreement
under this paragraph may be terminated at any time at the discretion of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H94AE48ECA91D46149759E1AC54DDE446"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Director, if the
Director determines that the agreement is not adequately protecting park
resources or visitor experiences; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H875BDF684FB54203BF89005BAE95E344"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Administrator, if
the Administrator determines that the agreement is adversely affecting aviation
safety or the national aviation system.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H7B7A7CD30F98456A8CF7592482F8E98B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effect of
termination</header><text>If a voluntary agreement with respect to a national
park is terminated under this subparagraph, the operators shall conform to the
requirements for interim operating authority under subsection (c) until an air
tour management plan for the park is in
effect.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC7662B95467D44D4914CFECC2A7444B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interim operating
authority</header><text>Section 40128(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBB1B0B9B74354059A58E5244739B6143"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(2)(I) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H8776BF1D5AF141F799BD33BCA154C092" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H66711A2A0FD44B9192AA860A509793AE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may allow for modifications of the interim
operating authority without further environmental review beyond that described
in this subsection, if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7BA686D665DF4257B2CCB54054651A08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate information
regarding the existing and proposed operations of the operator under the
interim operating authority is provided to the Administrator and the
Director;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB172807E851943DB864E18A4D2F4E10A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator
determines that there would be no adverse impact on aviation safety or the air
traffic control system; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF0702B1934ED4A82B96F16AD026C2F84"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director agrees
with the modification, based on the professional expertise of the Director
regarding the protection of the resources, values, and visitor use and
enjoyment of the park.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0DBA5037DA334DE6BEEA95A0BF4AFCE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>if
the Administrator determines</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H32C9A8D15C6F4359B097F8F2A45FECFA" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<text>without further
environmental process beyond that described in this paragraph,
if—</text><clause commented="no" id="HFB645B14FF244F728329393EADDADF8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate information on
the proposed operations of the operator is provided to the Administrator and
the Director by the operator making the request;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5257E218D36E42E1B78D51D5DA90DB2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator agrees
that there would be no adverse impact on aviation safety or the air traffic
control system; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H21EB6CA24BA6420C8164A6A9ED62CC3D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director agrees,
based on the Director’s professional expertise regarding the protection of park
resources and values and visitor use and
enjoyment.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDDEA512F62B04B338078CAA94BF003E5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Operator
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40128 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6F5B642AF332441E8229081F4090F310"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and
(f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCDCF1BA54930407E8A36CCEDD6B1D76A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41C3ABBA1A614448843B600599273D10" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H18612518212F44408921B40F7C052576"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commercial air tour
operator reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5C3AC94106C443739828867FB9E1F076"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
commercial air tour operator conducting a commercial air tour operation over a
national park under interim operating authority granted under subsection (c) or
in accordance with an air tour management plan or voluntary agreement under
subsection (b) shall submit to the Administrator and the Director a report
regarding the number of commercial air tour operations over each national park
that are conducted by the operator and such other information as the
Administrator and Director may request in order to facilitate administering the
provisions of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF181737A0BD74D44AC24BB92C848D039"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report
submission</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of
2011</short-title>, the Administrator and the Director shall jointly issue an
initial request for reports under this subsection. The reports shall be
submitted to the Administrator and the Director with a frequency and in a
format prescribed by the Administrator and the
Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE3298BE612B4D90A79A4A3735DB7D2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>State block grant
program</header>
<subsection id="H4EB49C6BC05747AEB6BE268B416121AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47128(a)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8CBAEFC58AF34E2BA0301DB70D6EB035"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence by
striking <quote>prescribe regulations</quote> and inserting <quote>issue
guidance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB491744EC3674816980D47BFF0EB1E71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence by
striking <quote>regulations</quote> and inserting
<quote>guidance</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1229C7BAA7E4A868481E456D5BFFBF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications and
selection</header><text>Section 47128(b)(4) is amended by inserting before the
semicolon the following: <quote>, including the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), State and local environmental policy
acts, Executive orders, agency regulations and guidance, and other Federal
environmental requirements</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H41305F000CCC4767B4ADA5EC214B6A7B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Environmental analysis
and coordination requirements</header><text>Section 47128 is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HA369AF5464D7493D88CABF46BEC7CB65" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H99A2C07D19EF448BAF59769E0F436EE6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental analysis
and coordination requirements</header><text>A Federal agency, other than the
Federal Aviation Administration, that is responsible for issuing an approval,
license, or permit to ensure compliance with a Federal environmental
requirement applicable to a project or activity to be carried out by a State
using amounts from a block grant made under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FE9800D70D74C82A6A4A5402149D2A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate and consult
with the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9794BAF5704488A871E5F38C466D48D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use the environmental
analysis prepared by the State for the project or activity if such analysis is
adequate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE16B7A6A63DB47AF9BEC018D75E1E7D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>as necessary, consult
with the State to describe the supplemental analysis the State must provide to
meet applicable Federal
requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H7BB25543D0D246CFAFF0354E9B771CF6"><enum>503.</enum><header>NextGen environmental
efficiency projects streamlining</header>
<subsection id="H1206CC03087F4C4796C9966C6D8F9341"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aviation project review
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47171(a) is
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>and aviation
security projects</quote> and inserting <quote>aviation security projects, and
NextGen environmental efficiency projects</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9EE16A032B0E4BC8AA6319FCA5BE0050"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Aviation projects
subject to a streamlined Environmental review process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47171(b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC8EC1AD959D42FAA2470C0BD2162D96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1)
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96C28272C7494B3787B637A34B6545A5" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H587A3E868E864F5387AFD82FAFFFAC23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Airport capacity
enhancement projects at congested airports and certain NextGen environmental
efficiency projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
following projects shall be subject to the coordinated and expedited
environmental review process requirements set forth in this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CD0FA7DCED04438B5BCA3AC99370E2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An airport capacity enhancement project at
a congested airport.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35068044C3D24E5B81AD47A3E052ED2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A NextGen environmental efficiency project
at an Operational Evolution Partnership airport or any congested
airport.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF759057C72EF47BC8CE81757153A9436"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6BA79D834F745A595625BCA95690A65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">and aviation
security projects</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">projects, aviation security projects, and any
NextGen environmental efficiency projects</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CFB2E062C5A4200B782C8129D024BBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by
striking <quote>or aviation security project</quote> and inserting <quote>, an
aviation security project, or any NextGen environmental efficiency
project</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4A2076F19774098845FAC7E7E889515"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>or
aviation security project</quote> and inserting <quote>, aviation security
project, or NextGen environmental efficiency project</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD37FBA19C0854DDD8076D3B54CBE58E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>High priority for
environmental reviews</header><text>Section 47171(c)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>an airport capacity enhancement project at a congested airport</quote>
and inserting <quote>a project described in subsection (b)(1)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H41925A3E8BF0434DA9903183D5B8E774"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Identification of
jurisdictional agencies</header><text>Section 47171(d) is amended by striking
<quote>each airport capacity enhancement project at a congested airport</quote>
and inserting <quote>a project described in subsection (b)(1)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA70AE1C86CB24D6BA36C5629D6C4490B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Lead agency
responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
47171(h) is amended by striking <quote>airport capacity enhancement projects at
congested airports</quote> and inserting <quote>projects described in
subsection (b)(1)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB2659A84BECF4AE58146112B907B2B25"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Alternatives
analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47171(k) is
amended by striking <quote>an airport capacity enhancement project at a
congested airport</quote> and inserting <quote>a project described in
subsection (b)(1)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE282E201D41948A0805A0461CF9434A0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47171 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71A5DFC8920A4D9C999B075078FF7B56" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<subsection id="HCEA4D733D7D5419E9CBC01649D42EAA6"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H0021D45D1F874D6CB9376F943B17FF90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Congested
airport</header><text>The term <quote>congested airport</quote> means an
airport that accounted for at least one percent of all delayed aircraft
operations in the United States in the most recent year for which data is
available and an airport listed in table 1 of the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2004.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1050ED8D4C24FAF86E589CF67C18362"><enum>(2)</enum><header>NextGen environmental
efficiency project</header><text>The term <quote>NextGen environmental
efficiency project</quote> means a Next Generation Air Transportation System
aviation project that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9136AF4E43A84F608D8488DF2A344954"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develops and certifies
performance-based navigation procedures; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H137F1F5933F34E9F8C20258619FA823C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develops other
environmental mitigation projects the Secretary may designate as facilitating a
reduction in noise, fuel consumption, or emissions from air traffic
operations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H95FC2764C1B148A58D61343181D50942"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Performance-based
navigation</header><text>The term <quote>performance-based navigation</quote>
means a framework for defining performance requirements in navigation
specifications that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6BBCC42995EE470F8D211B6F4CCE0B1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>can be applied to an air
traffic route, instrument procedure, or defined airspace; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H70DA30B06858401D87A2824327867DE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides a basis for the
design and implementation of automated flight paths, airspace design, and
obstacle
clearance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77CB7F2B4DCF46C081CF6D98092D7AE5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header>Airport funding of
special studies or reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47173(a) is amended by striking
<quote>services of consultants in order to</quote> and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA6C3C965AB17400D99417644B173FE09" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<text>services of
consultants—</text><paragraph id="H8F8E2EC58FB841AFA85F391EF0583FC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to facilitate the timely
processing, review, and completion of environmental activities associated with
an airport development project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05E7E814DCE2435AA886712C52DCB1CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to conduct special
environmental studies related to an airport project funded with Federal
funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7E38D15A3694B06A40922CB43B2CF9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to conduct special
studies or reviews to support approved noise compatibility measures described
in part 150 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6F244D795D34FBE85D8629CE8B3C677"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to conduct special
studies or reviews to support environmental mitigation in a record of decision
or finding of no significant impact by the Federal Aviation Administration;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA09FC6E815E4D1F95B9B78285249EE7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to facilitate the timely processing,
review, and completion of environmental activities associated with new or
amended flight procedures, including performance-based navigation procedures,
such as required navigation performance procedures and area navigation
procedures.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DD34500B1E445FFAFE3429521DFD5B0"><enum>505.</enum><header>Noise compatibility
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47504(a)(2)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H58A88D39E2A943BB941C2CC654DB8EE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon in subparagraph (D);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76E92BDE4C8E46BE95BCA93C7827F791"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>operations.</quote> in subparagraph (E) and inserting <quote>operations;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17E5B4B598F84AD98C168D1112D9474B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H716C726F2E4549EBA637C29213FF882F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC1BE082EDC434D5E97B7667715D4DAA4" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>conducting comprehensive
land use planning (including master plans, traffic studies, environmental
evaluation, and economic and feasibility studies), jointly with neighboring
local jurisdictions undertaking community redevelopment in an area in which
land or other property interests have been acquired by the operator pursuant to
this section, to encourage and enhance redevelopment opportunities that reflect
zoning and uses that will prevent the introduction of additional incompatible
uses and enhance redevelopment
potential.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB0506C5EBAE34C86B12A40040709469D"><enum>506.</enum><header>Grant eligibility for
assessment of flight procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47504 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H1F02B9A7E2164DAA884E5C4E5E13C6C3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA05250FA769C4EE7BCFA92DC7445189A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants for assessment
of flight procedures</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B89148F7E9643C49B2DEDB5B7B60CCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary may make a grant to an airport operator to
assist in completing environmental review and assessment activities for
proposals to implement flight procedures at such airport that have been
approved as part of an airport noise compatibility program under subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H996799F96A104F54BA0EB7D87796D29E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may
accept funds from an airport operator, including funds provided to the operator
under paragraph (1), to hire additional staff or obtain the services of
consultants in order to facilitate the timely processing, review, and
completion of environmental activities associated with proposals to implement
flight procedures at such airport that have been approved as part of an airport
noise compatibility program under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E4CE28401DF4ED5BD9E5E032C9DC489"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipts credited as
offsetting collections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31,
any funds accepted under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FABDC6F59284859AA5CD280CB4BB633"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be credited as
offsetting collections to the account that finances the activities and services
for which the funds are accepted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06E518E5A16A4CA991F69E58223BDD98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be available for
expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the
funds are accepted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15825C0B430741B6BB87C9724E97FA98"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall remain available
until
expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H720AAB49F0564E398C462E845407566B"><enum>507.</enum><header>Determination of fair
market value of residential properties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47504 (as amended by this Act) is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CA248E2F55343D2957C8343EE704FDD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAF4ED7D7DB07494D83B57F19290FA092"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Determination of fair
market value of residential properties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving a project to acquire
residential real property using financial assistance made available under this
section or chapter 471, the Secretary shall ensure that the appraisal of the
property to be acquired disregards any decrease or increase in the fair market
value of the real property caused by the project for which the property is to
be acquired, or by the likelihood that the property would be acquired for the
project, other than that due to physical deterioration within the reasonable
control of the
owner.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H52F30226198A4D8A8016A45182E67756"><enum>508.</enum><header>Prohibition on
operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with
stage 3 noise levels</header>
<subsection id="H67335ECCC88F42ABB3C882752B0DC7EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 475 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H86B8A681E9A04FC5AB0F1DE598DF1C8F" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="HD8F7C09591774C1C891FA651F03C3236"><enum>47534.</enum><header>Prohibition on
operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with
stage 3 noise levels</header>
<subsection id="HFBF07DACBDED4B1F930AC09B7259EED5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Except
as otherwise provided by this section, after December 31, 2014, a person may
not operate a civil subsonic jet airplane with a maximum weight of 75,000
pounds or less, and for which an airworthiness certificate (other than an
experimental certificate) has been issued, to or from an airport in the United
States unless the Secretary of Transportation finds that the aircraft complies
with stage 3 noise levels.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4F0AC95CFAD8418AB00AA9CC2251B2F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Aircraft operations
outside 48 contiguous States</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to
aircraft operated only outside the 48 contiguous States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC86B6F8166147AC8BF6790ABD2302F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary
operations</header><text>The Secretary may allow temporary operation of an
aircraft otherwise prohibited from operation under subsection (a) to or from an
airport in the contiguous United States by granting a special flight
authorization for one or more of the following circumstances:</text>
<paragraph id="HBA98A64AC08741B48EECF0C48C1CDB5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To sell, lease, or use
the aircraft outside the 48 contiguous States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA546FDC5EC84AE5BC5D3CA3C1862878"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To scrap the
aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE925588EBCFA443983C2E032B44EA660"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To obtain modifications
to the aircraft to meet stage 3 noise levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F09286797CC4223B10BDF9B2A4DA267"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To perform scheduled
heavy maintenance or significant modifications on the aircraft at a maintenance
facility located in the contiguous 48 States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47F84F80AB0547A28E126E62CF956E83"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To deliver the aircraft
to an operator leasing the aircraft from the owner or return the aircraft to
the lessor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H205D69638BD84A1F925DC4BEB1631E91"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To prepare, park, or
store the aircraft in anticipation of any of the activities described in
paragraphs (1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H311164809BCA4052B5FD6BEC346BEA44"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To provide transport of
persons and goods in the relief of an emergency situation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3EE3230E39A4FA9A72ECB976541F438"><enum>(8)</enum><text>To divert the aircraft to
an alternative airport in the 48 contiguous States on account of weather,
mechanical, fuel, air traffic control, or other safety reasons while conducting
a flight in order to perform any of the activities described in paragraphs (1)
through (7).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA1F9D29C51642B2B3511BD451BBF84E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary may prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary
for the implementation of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1CBF22B11080426C9902533A8F150C81"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header>
<paragraph id="H0E815D5A8AA14994B94821421F39AF4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>AIP grant
assurances</header><text>Noncompliance with subsection (a) shall not be
construed as a violation of section 47107 or any regulations prescribed
thereunder.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4CADC252AE444EB89D5722CEC34C2E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pending
applications</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed as
interfering with, nullifying, or otherwise affecting determinations made by the
Federal Aviation Administration, or to be made by the Administration, with
respect to applications under part 161 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, that were pending on the date of enactment of this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1E15A14F4E44072BDCF335FB217F3D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HB685B3F237E849D2B016EFBD8593C23E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 47531 is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02A24236AE2A4226BCB4B02DFFA81E91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">for violating
sections 47528–47530</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0565D89DE5647538F9B5475E8E68DF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>47529,
or 47530</quote> and inserting <quote>47529, 47530, or 47534</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB711919377E04A7D9AE9E04332807169"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 47532 is amended
by inserting <quote>or 47534</quote> after <quote>47528–47531</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E4389C67A0F493E9A6576D075D60BBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The analysis for
subchapter II of chapter 475 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6BB0CD802FA4C24A9C52CBDF41C51C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item
relating to section 47531 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H0B7F964CC3CC4057AFF50FD795FC0D57" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">47531.
Penalties.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E69D2FB159A45B2A83AE912B555BB70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H30BD878249C24963B184C98286D28710" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">47534. Prohibition on operating certain
aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with stage 3 noise
levels.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D4445E3995640199DF65340614E5A00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header>Aircraft departure
queue management pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HB05AA025C33E4CC89F475C2DC00EFA43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out a pilot program at not more than 5 public-use
airports under which the Federal Aviation Administration shall use funds made
available under section 48101(a) to test air traffic flow management tools,
methodologies, and procedures that will allow air traffic controllers of the
Administration to better manage the flow of aircraft on the ground and reduce
the length of ground holds and idling time for aircraft.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF36CDFB0FD224BA89C7E45A975C69B29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>In selecting from among airports at which to conduct the
pilot program, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to airports at
which improvements in ground control efficiencies are likely to achieve the
greatest fuel savings or air quality or other environmental benefits, as
measured by the amount of reduced fuel, reduced emissions, or other
environmental benefits per dollar of funds expended under the pilot
program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD0974406999A41E8B27CD7C786036CC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>Not more than a total of $2,500,000 may be expended under
the pilot program at any single public-use airport.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F3250A68337487DB37E0082642800D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>510.</enum><header>High performance,
sustainable, and cost-effective air traffic control facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration may implement, to the extent practicable, sustainable practices
for the incorporation of energy-efficient design, equipment, systems, and other
measures in the construction and major renovation of air traffic control
facilities of the Administration in order to reduce energy consumption at,
improve the environmental performance of, and reduce the cost of maintenance
for such facilities.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2F6EE6B94F24704937097E011EB75D5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC307AD86A84404186DDE434B8040998"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the European Union
directive extending the European Union’s emissions trading proposal to
international civil aviation without working through the International Civil
Aviation Organization (in this section referred to as the <quote>ICAO</quote>)
in a consensus-based fashion is inconsistent with the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, completed in Chicago on December 7, 1944 (TIAS
1591; commonly known as the <quote>Chicago Convention</quote>), and other
relevant air services agreements and antithetical to building international
cooperation to address effectively the problem of greenhouse gas emissions by
aircraft engaged in international civil aviation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42C9332BB0A34FA6A2F62FAAA2EAEC58"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the European Union and its member states
should instead work with other contracting states of ICAO to develop a
consensual approach to addressing aircraft greenhouse gas emissions through
ICAO.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9923FB479BC49ACB47CF367C7DD4D84" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>512.</enum><header>Aviation noise
complaints</header>
<subsection id="H155E1C7B91944E248E0006499DB13D1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Telephone number
posting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, each owner or operator of a large
hub airport (as defined in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code)
shall publish on an Internet Web site of the airport a telephone number to
receive aviation noise complaints related to the airport.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FE11D9D7F7C4ABFAF6518C843F09711"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Summaries and
reports</header><text>Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, an owner or operator that receives noise
complaints from 25 individuals during the preceding year under subsection (a)
shall submit to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration a
report regarding the number of complaints received and a summary regarding the
nature of such complaints. The Administrator shall make such information
available to the public by electronic means.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>FAA Employees and
Organization</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F6B3E393837491994C43D322EFC20C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Federal Aviation
Administration personnel management system</header>
<subsection id="H78BE861C8B7649A4A532E297BBEB6FE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dispute
resolution</header><text>Section 40122(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD53BCDF5B30D4CE4AA8625CFC21D7D39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H415767BF047A47E2BD2B87AD2833EE99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HFFC5A641A79C4D57ABD18C9885C42228" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7AD03D96932549679EC36F65B499312D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dispute
resolution</header>
<subparagraph id="HC4274032614F4D71B9B5301DFC36B7C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mediation</header><text>If
the Administrator does not reach an agreement under paragraph (1) or the
provisions referred to in subsection (g)(2)(C) with the exclusive bargaining
representative of the employees, the Administrator and the bargaining
representative—</text>
<clause id="H4D4096ED363B48FEAF6D3049D5DC7F63"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall use the services of
the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to attempt to reach such
agreement in accordance with part 1425 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations
(as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011</short-title>);
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H36E40C74558D4E16BD1105F641A7BD22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may by mutual agreement
adopt alternative procedures for the resolution of disputes or impasses arising
in the negotiation of the collective-bargaining agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BB54307C9AE44C29310A932842C6F82"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mid-term
bargaining</header><text>If the services of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service under subparagraph (A)(i) do not lead to the resolution of
issues in controversy arising from the negotiation of a mid-term
collective-bargaining agreement, the Federal Service Impasses Panel shall
assist the parties in resolving the impasse in accordance with section 7119 of
title 5.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3F0CD1B6AB84EBFAAA985BDD325D1DC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Binding arbitration for
term bargaining</header>
<clause id="HA289E86F64174E8B91C6201DF242326C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Assistance from federal
service impasses panel</header><text>If the services of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service under subparagraph (A)(i) do not lead to the
resolution of issues in controversy arising from the negotiation of a term
collective-bargaining agreement, the Administrator and the exclusive bargaining
representative of the employees (in this subparagraph referred to as the
<quote>parties</quote>) shall submit their issues in controversy to the Federal
Service Impasses Panel. The Panel shall assist the parties in resolving the
impasse by asserting jurisdiction and ordering binding arbitration by a private
arbitration board consisting of 3 members.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC41714C9C94B4E3586311A7AEC451D85"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Appointment of
arbitration board</header><text>The Executive Director of the Panel shall
provide for the appointment of the 3 members of a private arbitration board
under clause (i) by requesting the Director of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service to prepare a list of not less than 15 names of arbitrators
with Federal sector experience and by providing the list to the parties. Not
later than 10 days after receiving the list, the parties shall each select one
person from the list. The 2 arbitrators selected by the parties shall then
select a third person from the list not later than 7 days after being selected.
If either of the parties fails to select a person or if the 2 arbitrators are
unable to agree on the third person in 7 days, the parties shall make the
selection by alternately striking names on the list until one arbitrator
remains.</text>
</clause><clause id="H98DB641138AA48E68A1A6FBF6FE43097"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Framing issues in
controversy</header><text>If the parties do not agree on the framing of the
issues to be submitted for arbitration, the arbitration board shall frame the
issues.</text>
</clause><clause id="H135CA2D1767F4ED1BE04B70EC88ABA2B"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>The
arbitration board shall give the parties a full and fair hearing, including an
opportunity to present evidence in support of their claims and an opportunity
to present their case in person, by counsel, or by other representative as they
may elect.</text>
</clause><clause id="H071F4744090C4141824FE2E030B13156"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Decisions</header><text>The
arbitration board shall render its decision within 90 days after the date of
its appointment. Decisions of the arbitration board shall be conclusive and
binding upon the parties.</text>
</clause><clause id="H25DAC9C4AEDA41F99407D476A3B62D6B"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Matters for
consideration</header><text>The arbitration board shall take into consideration
such factors as—</text>
<subclause id="H993B41D92266404C9B1E98CAD0944081"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the effect of its
arbitration decisions on the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to
attract and retain a qualified workforce;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA12C969F02B846639BC636CDCAB1ACF7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the effect of its
arbitration decisions on the Federal Aviation Administration’s budget;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC90A08ACD0664C87BFE3295C05C0F7E8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the effect of its
arbitration decisions on other Federal Aviation Administration employees;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA9B58EC7C6B14C9A89A8361DC891DAC5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any other factors whose
consideration would assist the board in fashioning a fair and equitable
award.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H25F3E6FFE66E4C39AFFE7E32281AA5E0"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The
parties shall share costs of the arbitration equally.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49AF2F0DFDF0439DB7EFB31E6424E16C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ratification of
agreements</header><text>Upon reaching a voluntary agreement or at the
conclusion of the binding arbitration under paragraph (2)(C), the final
agreement, except for those matters decided by an arbitration board, shall be
subject to ratification by the exclusive bargaining representative of the
employees, if so requested by the bargaining representative, and the final
agreement shall be subject to approval by the head of the agency in accordance
with the provisions referred to in subsection
(g)(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F37AB713AA444858788F2B9E9F0DB3F"><enum>602.</enum><header>Presidential rank
award program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
40122(g)(2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FC7DBDBE91C4879A57F2AE4451B0740"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G) by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18D22867C33A4F26A816DA5A05B659B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H) by striking
<quote>Board.</quote> and inserting <quote>Board; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BA7F5EFB6B7490EB0F29F510F90DC21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5330ABAA1D294873A4A4464092EAF8A6" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H254D4E0968354CA1AEC3FF29F494D930"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section
4507 (relating to Meritorious Executive or Distinguished Executive rank awards)
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 4507a (relating to Meritorious Senior
Professional or Distinguished Senior Professional rank awards), except
that—</text>
<clause id="H4EEB7FA9A17F439CB7D12B063A8CA6F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for purposes of applying
such provisions to the personnel management system—</text>
<subclause id="HFE926BBD843540068B4BBBF594761BE2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> means the Department of Transportation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H383C5CCD5ED1414787181C5B73B5ED7E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the term <term>senior
executive</term> means a Federal Aviation Administration executive;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H94903CBCE4DF4D198B4E07BA3431B8E7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the term <term>career
appointee</term> means a Federal Aviation Administration career executive;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H62D77EB1B7A249B1B5B910E6D2452111"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the term <term>senior
career employee</term> means a Federal Aviation Administration career senior
professional;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6DF7865FE8C45BBB8A7A7B22FF3AC99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>receipt by a career
appointee or a senior career employee of the rank of Meritorious Executive or
Meritorious Senior Professional entitles the individual to a lump-sum payment
of an amount equal to 20 percent of annual basic pay, which shall be in
addition to the basic pay paid under the Federal Aviation Administration
Executive Compensation Plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF318B450B914ABE91868A09A11E648E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>receipt by a career
appointee or a senior career employee of the rank of Distinguished Executive or
Distinguished Senior Professional entitles the individual to a lump-sum payment
of an amount equal to 35 percent of annual basic pay, which shall be in
addition to the basic pay paid under the Federal Aviation Administration
Executive Compensation
Plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9C3B2253AAE4557BDC973588AFB5793" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>FAA technical
training and staffing</header>
<subsection id="H90E004B8D30D44A583E73847CC2E6885"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="HA8E3AA485804405395574DFA72BF4B79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct a study to assess the
adequacy of the Administrator’s technical training strategy and improvement
plan for airway transportation systems specialists (in this section referred to
as <quote>FAA systems specialists</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9106C1FCE19E488EB6DA9EDF15652C22"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0E2797826D64E6C9E725BB0E7875B04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a review of the current
technical training strategy and improvement plan for FAA systems
specialists;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H597698A7AA924CE2990EA3F69ED36083"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations to improve the technical
training strategy and improvement plan needed by FAA systems specialists to be
proficient in the maintenance of the latest technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB313D11F1252461D8786A36F306C8328"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of actions that the
Administration has undertaken to ensure that FAA systems specialists receive
up-to-date training on the latest technologies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD96E698BAC684FB2B3945CA8FEBDD18A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a recommendation
regarding the most cost-effective approach to provide training to FAA systems
specialists.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F1843425F9C43B4BF546F612039C395"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA57E9F70247E4899913097F6022990C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workload of systems
specialists</header>
<paragraph id="H879B43274A194298BB1AF44EBB735083"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study by National
Academy of Sciences</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall make appropriate arrangements for the National Academy of Sciences to
conduct a study of the assumptions and methods used by the Federal Aviation
Administration to estimate staffing needs for FAA systems specialists to ensure
proper maintenance and certification of the national airspace system in the
most cost effective manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC44DE3EBC1E4EF594794529C90B7719"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study, the National
Academy of Sciences shall interview interested parties, including labor,
government, and industry representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18998EEECBC244D7BF36E45DFB57A385"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the initiation of the arrangements under paragraph
(1), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CD33F86202542E6A629E57E8EB5E748" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header>Safety critical
staffing</header>
<subsection id="H44EB8D8F15B746B39CB1FFBF6E2467B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
October 1, 2011, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
implement, to the extent practicable and in a cost-effective manner, the
staffing model for aviation safety inspectors developed pursuant to the
National Academy of Sciences study entitled <quote>Staffing Standards for
Aviation Safety Inspectors</quote>. In doing so, the Administrator shall
consult with interested persons, including aviation safety inspectors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6380700C05B4E8EA41535B4A0A83515"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than October 1 of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2011,
the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the staffing model described in
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8273E5846DDA451D926C58F0CFCEC946"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Safety critical
positions defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>safety
critical positions</quote> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B25A34174AD4D97B8FB57DB52173AB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>aviation safety
inspectors, safety technical specialists, and operational support positions in
the Flight Standards Service (as such terms are used in the Administration’s
fiscal year 2011 congressional budget justification); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A9CF3907F9E4C05A6F85BC7817FC595"><enum>(2)</enum><text>manufacturing safety
inspectors, pilots, engineers, chief scientific and technical advisors, safety
technical specialists, and operational support positions in the Aircraft
Certification Service (as such terms are used in the Administration’s fiscal
year 2011 congressional budget justification).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H023DA1EF33564CF5AC2BD86A84301092" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>FAA air traffic
controller staffing</header>
<subsection id="H488A17E77AC74522BEB8E3CAC43A9506"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study by National
Academy of Sciences</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences
to conduct a study of the air traffic controller standards used by the Federal
Aviation Administration (in this section referred to as the <quote>FAA</quote>)
to estimate staffing needs for FAA air traffic controllers to ensure the safe
operation of the national airspace system in the most cost effective
manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC9CE36F76B84301B36A5B1871298945"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the study, the National Academy of Sciences shall interview
interested parties, including employee, Government, and industry
representatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDB735B90F2334C27A56F8C83DFE6A33F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C74770F754A432B92FFF3175582E518"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an examination of representative
information on productivity, human factors, traffic activity, and improved
technology and equipment used in air traffic control;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBA36927F39045AEBBC2949E8FA61563"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an examination of recent National Academy
of Sciences reviews of the complexity model performed by MITRE Corporation that
support the staffing standards models for the en route air traffic control
environment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7C380076E744467A36904FE8A674842"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consideration of the
Administration’s current and estimated budgets and the most cost-effective
staffing model to best leverage available funding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BAB4AF866D74D369C82EE290D8C802D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the National
Academy of Sciences shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6424667FF7C14A97AC4DA4E46BB6ED0B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header>Air traffic control
specialist qualification training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44506 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF1B1693E782D432B8879A4DD7F153AAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as
subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8740F277041845159730F7D08197D659"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6DE71916E62487590F9F1A441A437DD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD77EA41D08E44F76BDF0530117F075A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Air traffic control
specialist qualification training</header>
<paragraph id="H8317F202199C40B2BD3092FB086BE954"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment of air
traffic control specialists</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator is authorized to appoint
a qualified air traffic control specialist candidate for placement in an
airport traffic control facility if the candidate has—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C678C0F77A944D4B4C8FF6961F15470"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received a control tower
operator certification (referred to in this subsection as a <quote>CTO</quote>
certificate); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H779EC6DDC860429C941CD4A9B3DAB9AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfied all other
applicable qualification requirements for an air traffic control specialist
position.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FD76AF5084E45C8A202A2821C94A671"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation and
benefits</header><text>An individual appointed under paragraph (1) shall
receive the same compensation and benefits, and be treated in the same manner
as, any other individual appointed as a developmental air traffic
controller.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BD8C1FEC6704F079F486E27750E32E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates the effectiveness of the air
traffic control specialist qualification training provided pursuant to this
section, including the graduation rates of candidates who received a CTO
certificate and are working in airport traffic control facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E91B16740A7474C9355F72CCCC6784E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional
appointments</header><text>If the Administrator determines that air traffic
control specialists appointed pursuant to this subsection are more successful
in carrying out the duties of an air traffic controller than air traffic
control specialists hired from the general public without any such
certification, the Administrator shall increase the number of appointments of
candidates who possess such certification.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DE70F9AD18D4FA59050E17D70EC4FAC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reimbursement for
travel expenses associated with certifications</header>
<subparagraph id="H9D7453F9A6644719BB4CECA3099EEC7A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subparagraph (B), the Administrator may accept reimbursement from an
educational entity that provides training to an air traffic control specialist
candidate to cover reasonable travel expenses of the Administrator associated
with issuing certifications to such candidates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68EF949C10D04D52BFC03FB403F7CAC0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
reimbursements</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, any
reimbursement authorized to be collected under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="HEC6C61834BEA4258A853B93CDEB3F827"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be credited as offsetting
collections to the account that finances the activities and services for which
the reimbursement is accepted;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F3A642E8CCC4552AC4730D091445098"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be available for
expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the
reimbursement is accepted, including all costs associated with collecting such
reimbursement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB57960650B344F0A8BB9BCDB63838CA1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>remain available until
expended.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04984940F81944EDB86D73582A60A7D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header>Assessment of
training programs for air traffic controllers</header>
<subsection id="H1BB2993ABEC64FDA9158CADB8EDA1727"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall conduct a study to assess the adequacy of training
programs for air traffic controllers, including the Administrator’s technical
training strategy and improvement plan for air traffic controllers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE94606E5C4674B91815DB84283DAD062"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFDCF67AE40B49FA9B8FA4198862D349"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a review of the current
training system for air traffic controllers, including the technical training
strategy and improvement plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H838610F109C846958E339FFECC8EA8FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of the
competencies required of air traffic controllers for successful performance in
the current and future projected air traffic control environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55C425326FC749C98BA9241CD82E062B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of the
competencies projected to be required of air traffic controllers as the Federal
Aviation Administration transitions to the Next Generation Air Transportation
System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68D43A6A490C47BDBC9DCF70D55FE7DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an analysis of various
training approaches available to satisfy the controller competencies identified
under paragraphs (2) and (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H899B3202065D47328CB0462282E4404A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommendations to
improve the current training system for air traffic controllers, including the
technical training strategy and improvement plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1796F863A834E79AC09F480786DB02C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the most cost-effective
approach to provide training to air traffic controllers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1614A9145ED4B46BF339B9C05BB9F3C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFF30D4FC9A244EEA9160DB12190FB8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>608.</enum><header>Collegiate training
initiative study</header>
<subsection id="HDADED4BE5238404B86B01DD152AFD92B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study on training options for graduates of the Collegiate Training Initiative
program (in this section referred to as <quote>CTI</quote> programs) conducted
under section 44506(c) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7CF3A84672404C8EB6A74D0EA2A3F8DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall analyze the impact of providing as an alternative to the current
training provided at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center of the Federal
Aviation Administration a new controller orientation session at the Mike
Monroney Aeronautical Center for graduates of CTI programs followed by
on-the-job training for newly hired air traffic controllers who are graduates
of CTI programs and shall include an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="H8617ECFC84E1488EB6C6B8ED81EDC0F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cost effectiveness of
such an alternative training approach; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1AA06E5451F4B1EBC012BA286222A41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effect that such an
alternative training approach would have on the overall quality of training
received by graduates of CTI programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBDB7AD6814FB4C5BA7034F7FF2EBCAD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF047DEB9BBD4BB69E75AB2142CA6191" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>609.</enum><header>FAA facility
conditions</header>
<subsection id="H3CB3BAD0A7CF4F47B4E69C7546569A37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Comptroller General shall conduct a study of—</text>
<paragraph id="H4DFD98DFD24845B39B0D62248684507D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the conditions of a
sampling of Federal Aviation Administration facilities across the United
States, including offices, towers, centers, and terminal radar air
control;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F0C296036184D23AA45C5A59CD45458"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reports from employees of
the Administration relating to respiratory ailments and other health conditions
resulting from exposure to mold, asbestos, poor air quality, radiation, and
facility-related hazards in facilities of the Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99AA97920A574B90A291E50863A5078E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conditions of such
facilities that could interfere with such employees' ability to effectively and
safely perform their duties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FBF4B9A6E394B8C8253C4116A837C89"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the ability of managers
and supervisors of such employees to promptly document and seek remediation for
unsafe facility conditions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBD738CA36B143A698A38FCD382DB3AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>whether employees of the
Administration who report facility-related illnesses are treated
appropriately;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED60E90A50C346E78400F6D405EC9310"><enum>(6)</enum><text>utilization of
scientifically approved remediation techniques to mitigate hazardous conditions
in accordance with applicable State and local regulations and Occupational
Safety and Health Administration practices by the Administration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0373F9AE7A445EEA8D0E4E516903D4B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>resources allocated to
facility maintenance and renovation by the Administration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2ECFC0424DF34290A098BDA2BB1E761C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Facility condition
indices</header><text>The Comptroller General shall review the facility
condition indices of the Administration for inclusion in the recommendations
under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4B04A0FB0E742C0B592227089DCBC34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Based
on the results of the study and review of facility condition indices under
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall make such recommendations as the
Comptroller General considers necessary to—</text>
<paragraph id="H64B83A3972A64E21BA1961884C38EC9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prioritize those
facilities needing the most immediate attention based on risks to employee
health and safety;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8002730154E447189817C54419CA89F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the
Administration is using scientifically approved remediation techniques in all
facilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB581681CCB34FF9B2E4554579352C97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist the Administration
in making programmatic changes so that aging facilities do not deteriorate to
unsafe levels.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D872CC4315D422189E389B1676058BD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Administrator, the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on results of the
study, including the recommendations under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBC088BD44E34EEFA8902C00C6BA4879" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>610.</enum><header>Frontline manager
staffing</header>
<subsection id="H8B2F4F3509B74FE691D6D20CE6C34A17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall commission an independent study on
frontline manager staffing requirements in air traffic control
facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13F9ECD76E064D63AECAFBD729B1A08E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator may take into consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="H554FADCA58D443F19659799897C271B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the managerial tasks
expected to be performed by frontline managers, including employee development,
management, and counseling;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H627987BBE9F344C48584CD74FBBD2C75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of supervisory
positions of operation requiring watch coverage in each air traffic control
facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD714E9AFDA5B4C5EA65322CC7A2E15CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coverage requirements in
relation to traffic demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48EF132B940C4FAA8D1481ABAFCA38CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facility type;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CAF1A37528B4D77B26748F56C21BF8B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>complexity of traffic and
managerial responsibilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5A8739514714CB597D08476E5C13B84"><enum>(6)</enum><text>proficiency and training
requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CC26F545D114A83BB74B9D35F316A36"><enum>(7)</enum><text>such other factors as the
Administrator considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC467C6917109461BB020138D85A9B82D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participation</header><text>The
Administrator shall ensure the participation of frontline managers who
currently work in safety-related operational areas of the
Administration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4608F15FF28842F8AFDBE8B1DE3911D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>The
Administrator shall transmit any determinations made as a result of the study
to the heads of the appropriate lines of business within the Administration,
including the Chief Operating Officer of the Air Traffic Organization.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD8A79095FA67456CB4E0027031436369"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report on the results of the study and a description of any
determinations submitted to the Chief Operating Officer under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC53FBB319099441AA0859E4BD0D24A9A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>frontline manager</quote> means first-level,
operational supervisors and managers who work in safety-related operational
areas of the Administration.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Aviation
Insurance</header>
<section id="H6A676015DE8D4A4281B63466A3601B6A"><enum>701.</enum><header>General
authority</header>
<subsection id="H894A80D622F54AFAAE332CEDE1DC2175"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of
policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44302(f)(1)
is amended by striking <quote>shall extend through</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>the termination date</quote> and inserting <quote>shall extend
through September 30, 2013, and may extend through December 31, 2013, the
termination date</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H08AF3DAE42244CA5BD3B202564017802"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Successor
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44302(f) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86F83C1966E74797A6C1530DD88BE4D3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB3D7FD208C7C41CDB8454EBFA08A4161"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Successor
program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H40D1F9DAD6624C7B93CB43A0099BE129"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After December 31,
2021, coverage for the risks specified in a policy that has been extended under
paragraph (1) shall be provided in an airline industry sponsored risk retention
or other risk-sharing arrangement approved by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A57A3131BDA4D068ED6072FF2DB013F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfer of
premiums</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HFEC22C0334524F209E1F061FF5D3EBDF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On December 31, 2021,
and except as provided in clause (ii), premiums collected by the Secretary from
the airline industry after September 22, 2001, for any policy under this
subsection, and interest earned thereon, as determined by the Secretary, shall
be transferred to an airline industry sponsored risk retention or other
risk-sharing arrangement approved by the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF2AE0B313E374C5B8E9093333ECC0780"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination of
amount transferred</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount
transferred pursuant to clause (i) shall be less—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD35BD5594DBB4DFBBD7F2395B991B7AC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of any claims paid out on such
policies from September 22, 2001, through December 31, 2021;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H3B9AC27C463549D0B4078AA6F13CA60E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of any claims pending under such
policies as of December 31, 2021; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1895EC79B100424484C98525ED902BCC"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost, as determined by the Secretary,
of administering the provision of insurance policies under this chapter from
September 22, 2001, through December 31,
2021.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE716D5648E054D338269113ECF73F4C9"><enum>702.</enum><header>Extension of authority
to limit third-party liability of air carriers arising out of acts of
terrorism</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The first sentence
of section 44303(b) is amended by striking <quote>ending on</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>the Secretary may certify</quote> and inserting
<quote>ending on December 31, 2013, the Secretary may certify</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6166FC153A0542C88D0D946D1CBDDB9B"><enum>703.</enum><header>Clarification of
reinsurance authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
second sentence of section 44304 is amended by striking <quote>the
carrier</quote> and inserting <quote>any insurance carrier</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF069231CD04849F1B87A5742FDEF7DB3"><enum>704.</enum><header>Use of independent
claims adjusters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second
sentence of section 44308(c)(1) is amended by striking <quote>agent</quote> and
inserting <quote>agent, or a claims adjuster who is independent of the
underwriting agent,</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81240ADBF1C64B47B0A2609BC4DC2702" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Disclosure of data
to Federal agencies in interest of national security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40119(b) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HA725BF8D226E4C6B89DCFD8FDF97A425" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8A54F92D9FDD4D84857E93CEED201D81" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 552a of title 5
shall not apply to disclosures that the Administrator may make from the systems
of records of the Administration to any Federal law enforcement, intelligence,
protective service, immigration, or national security official in order to
assist the official receiving the information in the performance of official
duties.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD305291D7BF14F398DA905A886A74F32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header>FAA access to
criminal history records and database systems</header>
<subsection id="H85FA190040934D20AB96183E20E463E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 401 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92FBD3673B834583ACADAEB3291F2CD5" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="H837A2252C0FD4E3190670524BBFF173D"><enum>40130.</enum><header>FAA access to
criminal history records and database systems</header>
<subsection id="H86FDED8592264D4D88243332AE4BC9FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Access to records and
database systems</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC837514864124C82B1E293E33E1133C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to
information</header><text>Notwithstanding section 534 of title 28, and
regulations issued to implement such section, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration may have direct access to a system of documented
criminal justice information maintained by the Department of Justice or by a
State, but may do so only for the purpose of carrying out civil and
administrative responsibilities of the Administration to protect the safety and
security of the national airspace system or to support the missions of the
Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and other law
enforcement agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB43069D04214410F924E0AD6D949CCE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Release of
information</header><text>In accessing a system referred to in paragraph (1),
the Administrator shall be subject to the same conditions and procedures
established by the Department of Justice or the State for other governmental
agencies with direct access to the system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89F0E7816E7148149DEA5006EDBD6678"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Administrator may not use the direct access authorized under paragraph (1) to
conduct criminal investigations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6797069D19E24C778C344B25FF77E154"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designated
employees</header><text>The Administrator shall designate, by order, employees
of the Administration who shall carry out the authority described in subsection
(a). The designated employees may—</text>
<paragraph id="HE6AF310566F8405CAF1DD142B0D66E45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have direct access to and
receive criminal history, driver, vehicle, and other law enforcement
information contained in the law enforcement databases of the Department of
Justice, or any jurisdiction of a State, in the same manner as a police officer
employed by a State or local authority of that State who is certified or
commissioned under the laws of that State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD10DF42A1A64286BF67B92A29CB7FC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use any radio, data link,
or warning system of the Federal Government, and of any jurisdiction in a
State, that provides information about wanted persons, be-on-the-lookout
notices, warrant status, or other officer safety information to which a police
officer employed by a State or local authority in that State who is certified
or commissioned under the laws of that State has direct access and in the same
manner as such police officer; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA10ACD2D2EB4F8680EC5C725B3103C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>receive Federal, State,
or local government communications with a police officer employed by a State or
local authority in that State in the same manner as a police officer employed
by a State or local authority in that State who is commissioned under the laws
of that State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA9A40A068589400AADB93EBC5F155663"><enum>(c)</enum><header>System of documented
criminal justice information defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<term>system of documented criminal justice information</term> means any law
enforcement database, system, or communication containing information
concerning identification, criminal history, arrests, convictions, arrest
warrants, wanted or missing persons, including the National Crime Information
Center and its incorporated criminal history databases and the National Law
Enforcement Telecommunications
System.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFFC2171AE51544A6A1F7A608A5991392"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 401 is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80EFB8CBCA234C38A6CA6C03AEC5F699" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">40130. FAA access to criminal
history records and database
systems.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC79D94102514F378C48C012A2B345BC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header>Civil penalties
technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
46301 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C82053AF5F44875943DA656E613FAD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(A)
by inserting <quote>chapter 451,</quote> before <quote>section
47107(b)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18266227859547129795B1B3399A4443"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(5)(A)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6ADAC50CC584B3EB3E8A5C9923BAEB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or
chapter 449</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 449</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8B473BC35EE40119D541E0C9957592B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>44909)</quote> the following: <quote>, or chapter 451</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E9FC81DABD143AE8E153AEABB3EEEF4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF4969CF02E54938B848F7D4DD699BB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>44723)</quote> the following: <quote>, chapter 451 (except section
45107)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CFE2B42EAF84D37A4CEC170FFC753A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>44909),</quote> the following: <quote>section 45107,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A2562FAF9D94BABBBE4292487CEFA0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>46302</quote> and inserting <quote>section 46302</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5DF5D7F010E46119E60E7F82AF5E0A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>46303</quote> and inserting <quote>section 46303</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29837D1F46C84D97B39D4A1C4B43E3DD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1)(A)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0CC5E14EC7A34EA2995B117B817CECE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or
chapter 449</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 449</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8073F992F136482B9F8C5FED6DE00DC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>44909)</quote> the following: <quote>, or chapter 451</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HAAA82AE4689F49BEA883409BB8C05D53"><enum>804.</enum><header>Realignment and
consolidation of FAA services and facilities</header>
<subsection id="HB5D3FCF0DD294C2FB9DEEAF915073C09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 445 (as
amended by this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F4CE84BF1FF4B18B513AB546AA6A54C" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="HB0891A34222C46DFBC75C1E3E225FAD0"><enum>44519.</enum><header>Realignment and
consolidation of FAA services and facilities</header>
<subsection id="H7F0E32A85EBC44FAB99CA11819476481"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to establish
a fair process that will result in the realignment and consolidation of FAA
services and facilities to help reduce capital, operating, maintenance, and
administrative costs and facilitate Next Generation Air Transportation System
air traffic control modernization efforts without adversely affecting
safety.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF2B25CD448594F898BB9C10ADEBC6A41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
requirements of this section, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall realign and consolidate FAA services and facilities
pursuant to recommendations made by the Aviation Facilities and Services Board
established under subsection (g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC6CD58DA2F624FE5960AB7AB077D88BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrator’s
recommendations</header>
<paragraph id="H532B021A626841DDB8B9739270E6881C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Proposed
criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="HA901A935E88D4CD2B87FB61ED0CB40F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall develop proposed criteria for use
by the Administrator in making recommendations for the realignment and
consolidation of FAA services and facilities under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFBCA5F9375F4041A41B7275D3051B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication;
transmittal to Congress</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall publish the proposed
criteria in the Federal Register and transmit the proposed criteria to the
congressional committees of interest.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EBA7DC68006416EB3A4072BA9EB836C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notice and
comment</header><text>The Administrator shall provide an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed criteria for a period of at least 30 days and shall
include notice of that opportunity in the Federal Register.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DD96C5F4437420DA0C0849CBF2AA732"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D8C0909F93E4E03919D81843CAA1956"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall establish final criteria based on
the proposed criteria developed under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFC1643DBBC045F9AAD8DAB793F62E28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication;
transmittal to Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall publish the final criteria
in the Federal Register and transmit the final criteria to the congressional
committees of interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE64147FAE5614DD09440604E4E637719"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations</header>
<subparagraph id="H8F0D246443444CE1AB02FB8E3D553F3B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make recommendations for the realignment and consolidation of FAA
services and facilities under this section based on the final criteria
established under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63240FC53EDC4008AA86C51F8F5C918B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
recommendations shall consist of a list of FAA services and facilities for
realignment and consolidation, together with a justification for each service
and facility included on the list.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D621D93B9374E6FBDCFB9E7B0979EB1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication;
transmittal to Board and Congress</header><text>Not later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall publish the
recommendations in the Federal Register and transmit the recommendations to the
Board and the congressional committees of interest.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA813F15C10984F219CAC8DE66483F14D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Information</header><text>The
Administrator shall make available to the Board and the Comptroller General all
information used by the Administrator in establishing the
recommendations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B9B45DD983341269AD2E9A1FED54E7F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Additional
recommendations</header><text>The Administrator is authorized to make
additional recommendations under this paragraph every 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1558D5BF13847ED8B65FC8FA10C5ED2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Board’s review and
recommendations</header>
<paragraph id="H8F5AB5E570784A48B518CD6632C08EA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public
hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30
days after the date of receipt of the Administrator’s recommendations under
subsection (c), the Board shall conduct public hearings on the
recommendations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5F309F624754F938A4DCA993C68B0AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Board’s
recommendations</header>
<subparagraph id="H2F3A5E11229F4C73A15DDD3FFE5AB86F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the Board’s
review and analysis of the Administrator’s recommendations and any public
comments received under paragraph (1), the Board shall develop a report
containing the Board’s findings and conclusions concerning the Administrator’s
recommendations, together with the Board’s recommendations for realignment and
consolidation of FAA services and facilities. The Board shall explain and
justify in the report any recommendation made by the Board that differs from a
recommendation made by the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H33011CBA54FF4DA580FB0A99601A8D1B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication in Federal
Register; transmittal to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of
receipt of the Administrator’s recommendations under subsection (c), the Board
shall publish the report in the Federal Register and transmit the report to the
congressional committees of interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE05DC281DF6246F68DB337FC31B9C03D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance of
Comptroller General</header><text>The Comptroller General shall assist the
Board, to the extent requested by the Board, in the Board’s review and analysis
of the Administrator’s recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75D0D22D15374DDB86A4E60FBE0F6AF9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Realignment and
consolidation of FAA services and facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (f), the
Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC00E56D07C81455BBE9CF5CB18630C4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">realign or consolidate the FAA services and
facilities recommended for realignment or consolidation by the Board in a
report transmitted under subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93FC7FC8989E4BCFB465DE8CF5FFEECF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>initiate all such
realignments and consolidations not later than one year after the date of the
report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF69BF46C5F8496E87F8532C93543BD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>complete all such
realignments and consolidations not later than 3 years after the date of the
report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75EEFA8762CF4F2DAB2ED1C41BF3A6D8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Congressional
disapproval</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DBBB9F84D90475393E15CE248B7B12F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may
not carry out a recommendation of the Board for realignment or consolidation of
FAA services and facilities that is included in a report transmitted under
subsection (d) if a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted disapproving
such recommendation before the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7987E3D074E64EEDA4C421A43FDBE87B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the last day of the
30-day period beginning on the date of the report; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0B8C5963AA8429BBA28B110A4BB2D96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the adjournment of
Congress sine die for the session during which the report is
transmitted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H73CCE6B27F0B49D59C999E0D19B0CA62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Computation of 30-day
period</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the days on which either
house of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3
days to a day certain shall be excluded in computation of the 30-day
period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF68F12A15C284FD18EBC9A5571473F68"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Aviation Facilities and
Services Board</header>
<paragraph id="H14B0A016C35846528BDB9B0C32078780"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary
of Transportation shall establish an independent board to be known as the
<quote>Aviation Facilities and Services Board</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90C87F948234411EBBE87BE9FA97C4B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Board shall be composed of the following members:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A7936968CD948EFA5576280B27D567B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary (or a
designee of the Secretary), who shall be the Chair of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H220A1CD348A24BD0888D3C06EC8B35EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Two members appointed by
the Secretary, who may not be officers or employees of the Federal
Government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB70C895A0A24B3C83E7700B48E949BA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Comptroller General
(or a designee of the Comptroller General), who shall be a nonvoting member of
the Board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DD6D560750B4A82BE2701F62BE8B382"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Board shall carry out the duties specified for the Board in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66B1BE79599342B08882F7B81CF45723"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The
members of the Board to be appointed under paragraph (2)(B) shall each be
appointed for a term of 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69798F85103045F9A7579B86FED3BA2B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy in the Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment was made, but the individual appointed to fill the vacancy shall
serve only for the unexpired portion of the term for which the individual’s
predecessor was appointed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26DAC57993524A9FAE5FB8011AC1F351"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Compensation and
benefits</header><text>A member of the Board may not receive any compensation
or benefits from the Federal Government for serving on the Board, except
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91DB066373124625A0766E8B82E59B73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a member shall receive
compensation for work injuries under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB84B3A84CD949E7BAA9917924795CE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a member shall be paid
actual travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses when away
from the member’s usual place of residence in accordance with section 5703 of
title 5.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9D5F49F0BAD41EB9039E8703F3CA93A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The
Administrator shall make available to the Board such staff, information, and
administrative services and assistance as may be reasonably required to enable
the Board to carry out its responsibilities under this section. The Board may
employ experts and consultants on a temporary or intermittent basis with the
approval of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H297860539498412CB466FAD0AB8B8086"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal Advisory
Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)
shall not apply to the Board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DFA41F116714991B53796F0EF6952C3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H3D840B2AB36F4C32B117A99A6BF6E380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014 $200,000 for the Board
to carry out its duties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H568A42FBD9984845BDA46EC5D9F53735"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB0B102114B343C7A1E13C81010351F7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effect on other
authorities</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
the authorities provided in section 44503 or the existing authorities or
responsibilities of the Administrator under this title to manage the operations
of the Federal Aviation Administration, including realignment or consolidation
of facilities or services.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78234D4CDB654E18AFC27BDDB93BEBE6"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H9B1BF786712044B49D226AA0D179B4E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Board</header><text>The
term <quote>Board</quote> means the Aviation Facilities and Services Board
established under subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6D6E22374864FDA95C9CBA557F619C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional
committees of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <quote>congressional committees of interest</quote> means the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H198DA6017C96448E837C9F880352F098"><enum>(3)</enum><header>FAA</header><text>The
term <quote>FAA</quote> means the Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA18F9F1B070748099B27C9661121B918"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Realignment</header><text>The
term <quote>realignment</quote> includes any action that relocates functions
and personnel positions but does not include an overall reduction in personnel
resulting from workload
adjustments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDC8E9F8F7734FCEAE92DDEC38C96FEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 445 (as amended by this Act)
is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="HB0891A34222C46DFBC75C1E3E225FAD0" level="section">44519. Realignment and consolidation of FAA
services and
facilities.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD8C1B73C0C94C469FEE338994268F98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>805.</enum><header>Limiting access to
flight decks of all-cargo aircraft</header>
<subsection id="HF2DA2B13AEBB49FE9E8ECF2D363082C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, in consultation with appropriate air carriers, aircraft
manufacturers, and air carrier labor representatives, shall conduct a study to
assess the feasibility of developing a physical means, or a combination of
physical and procedural means, to prohibit individuals other than authorized
flight crewmembers from accessing the flight deck of an all-cargo
aircraft.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC845D11E42B64F3F8BA1A6118DBC6D36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H62980C651207484F97CCFFF3AB3684DD"><enum>806.</enum><header>Consolidation or
elimination of obsolete, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary reports; use of
electronic media format</header>
<subsection id="HC110A8ED616A4C1C86182D652AB7F4AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consolidation or
elimination of reports</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H1197B2DAA0234067B36CFECED9B824C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of obsolete,
redundant, or otherwise unnecessary reports the Administration is required by
law to submit to the Congress or publish that the Administrator recommends
eliminating or consolidating with other reports; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC035E7A73CE42699F6405A71ADFE232"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an estimate of the cost
savings that would result from the elimination or consolidation of those
reports.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80D0B6BF9210468D99A7AD726B3B55DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of electronic media
for reports</header>
<paragraph id="HB55FF1BEF8BE45AD93EF4B01BFC99F5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Administration—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7A671950FFE48069F206DACC781F643"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may not publish any
report required or authorized by law in printed format; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89F23E572BDC4E3B9C9BD926B0925217"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall publish any such
report by posting it on the Administration's Internet Web site in an easily
accessible and downloadable electronic format.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H475FF04B25914CC9993484D67B0186D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph
(1) does not apply to any report with respect to which the Administrator
determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72580D759044461AB59FD4E8C0D58FD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>its publication in
printed format is essential to the mission of the Federal Aviation
Administration; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB77E229AD31948828F5340407E8DCC13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>its publication in
accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1) would disclose matter—</text>
<clause id="H52648484039A445BB86B6FE5B8210134"><enum>(i)</enum><text>described in section
552(b) of title 5, United States Code; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6A3AD277628434CAD7348BD844577CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the disclosure of which
would have an adverse impact on aviation safety or security, as determined by
the Administrator.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF17C8C3549254436AEB7509A8D21CE03"><enum>807.</enum><header>Prohibition on use of
certain funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation may not use any funds made available pursuant to this Act
(including any amendment made by this Act) to name, rename, designate, or
redesignate any project or program authorized by this Act (including any
amendment made by this Act) for an individual then serving in Congress as a
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator.</text>
</section><section id="H3339E8C168EB4EC3AD19456D0D246749"><enum>808.</enum><header>Study on aviation fuel
prices</header>
<subsection id="HDDF0B59239D74DEC88ED18BC6B71996D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a study and report to Congress
on the impact of increases in aviation fuel prices on the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and the aviation industry in general.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42A616A3A8834243A1CB872AF1D2071E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include an assessment of the impact of increases in aviation fuel
prices on—</text>
<paragraph id="H2EF2AC46729D4D50BDBD86682E11A763"><enum>(1)</enum><text>general aviation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4675BEB58CE442EFB2C683115C4C75C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>commercial passenger
aviation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF17E041B328344A98F3266349562521C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>piston aircraft purchase
and use;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC7D97C661C441E695568DF4701AB64E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the aviation services
industry, including repair and maintenance services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81870325DDD84C308A12FBE50C55B727"><enum>(5)</enum><text>aviation
manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H305A5E6F65BB4154A72291C9127C0BC1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>aviation exports;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3475A822723448038400333C9CD5D6FE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the use of small airport
installations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2670ECAB651347BAA7B377A9E5FB869C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assumptions about
aviation fuel prices</header><text>In conducting the study required by
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall use the average aviation fuel
price for fiscal year 2010 as a baseline and measure the impact of increases in
aviation fuel prices that range from 5 percent to 200 percent over the 2010
baseline.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE51827D0862D480C8A80E72C9E27307B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>809.</enum><header>Wind turbine
lighting</header>
<subsection id="HFF79C75227AA4E019768BC72663FA334"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct a study on
wind turbine lighting systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FDA2E548ECB4BD5A68A93A7BC803DA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator shall examine the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA17E3278349E4802BC8D5FDD3652367F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The aviation safety
issues associated with alternative lighting strategies, technologies, and
regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7184C4D44B174553B4D2BABD8F330A6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The feasibility of
implementing alternative lighting strategies or technologies to improve
aviation safety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55AC1951A1B0438188CAE2C316C5D400"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any other issue relating
to wind turbine lighting.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED349107A25B4C2C9944E3C80F74E646"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study, including
information and recommendations concerning the issues examined under subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE631444945AE4EA89AB0458056180D45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>810.</enum><header>Air-rail code
sharing study</header>
<subsection id="H8CD322EB4FAB42B980373801AB591A6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Code share
study</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate a study regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F59C33071A443628951DE15F843C2E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the existing airline and
intercity passenger rail code sharing arrangements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE504D62D2E5B4110AD66737EDAA0D86A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the feasibility, costs to
taxpayers and other parties, and benefits of increasing intermodal connectivity
of airline and intercity passenger rail facilities and systems to improve
passenger travel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B06A659BAC341D3939D7B3E0977C80F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A4ADB3191864711ABED209A866C6989"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the potential costs to
taxpayers and other parties and benefits of the implementation of more
integrated scheduling between airlines and Amtrak or other intercity passenger
rail carriers achieved through code sharing arrangements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22AB4B7DF3654D16A6CAC57FB1744659"><enum>(2)</enum><text>airport and intercity
passenger rail operations that can improve connectivity between airports and
intercity passenger rail facilities and stations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C951704B2EC4B198E4EA8FACB27191B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the experience of other
countries with airport and intercity passenger rail connectivity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H385FA541E2C645A1B53356B5D2E3EA86"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such other issues the
Comptroller General considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA93949AC84A4208B8F56C4CC668BF3E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the
study, including any conclusions of the Comptroller General resulting from the
study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8FB4F1D2F144611809FB78F099DF3E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>811.</enum><header>D.C. Metropolitan
Area Special Flight Rules Area</header>
<subsection id="H92E59CF0792748B9808DF2D66540ABAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission of Plan to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a plan for the D.C. Metropolitan Area Special
Flight Rules Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46EA200817E64156A65F7AB0919C3C73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan shall outline
specific changes to the D.C. Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area that
will decrease operational impacts and improve general aviation access to
airports in the National Capital Region that are currently impacted by the
zone.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27166E265499405E852D048747283B81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>812.</enum><header>FAA review and
reform</header>
<subsection id="HCEA12C5654ED4923AA8A5C34030DFB68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency
review</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall undertake a
thorough review of each program, office, and organization within the
Administration, including the Air Traffic Organization, to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="HA58FFA550B5C4120978D975B3BD7732F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>duplicative positions,
programs, roles, or offices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC15307E44DC044C4A194BCF64BBB75A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>wasteful
practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE1D01455DAC4674A176ADC197EA0D55"><enum>(3)</enum><text>redundant, obsolete, or
unnecessary functions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60CE6F8C354F4796ADC393BC81483273"><enum>(4)</enum><text>inefficient processes;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2D58669A7CE4349A836F11429B0FA15"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ineffectual or outdated
policies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB6BA499327C4868B067BBFE8956344A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions To streamline
and reform FAA</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall undertake such actions as may be
necessary to address the Administrator’s findings under subsection (a),
including—</text>
<paragraph id="HFBC733ADDCB14055A76360A635F16494"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consolidating,
phasing-out, or eliminating duplicative positions, programs, roles, or
offices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4437E2583C114F458C92E9ACFEAF012D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>eliminating or
streamlining wasteful practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CBED723FED14726AE8CD71E59CDD66E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>eliminating or
phasing-out redundant, obsolete, or unnecessary functions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BD723ECCBB14204907E652B2B7C7721"><enum>(4)</enum><text>reforming and
streamlining inefficient processes so that the activities of the Administration
are completed in an expedited and efficient manner; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC40F1CDB1CF46D2B46AC45238B3B957"><enum>(5)</enum><text>reforming or eliminating
ineffectual or outdated policies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A8D90FC30774DC2BA34BCBB6FAD2A87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Administrator shall have the authority to
undertake the actions required under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2AABB4231BC34BD6AF217DB7F65AA22C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the actions
taken by the Administrator under this section, including any recommendations
for legislative or administrative actions.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DDA4FCC3E0D43D59AB0646A0888A5ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>813.</enum><header>Cylinders of
compressed oxygen or other oxidizing gases</header>
<subsection id="HF7448467F94547D8BE45EAEBF653B669"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection
(b), the transportation within the State of Alaska of cylinders of compressed
oxygen or other oxidizing gases aboard aircraft shall be exempt from compliance
with the regulations described in subsection (c) to the extent that the
regulations require that oxidizing gases transported aboard aircraft be
enclosed in outer packaging capable of passing the flame penetration and
resistance test and the thermal resistance test, without regard to the end use
of the cylinders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2C65EAFC5044C3CAF43B0C29C727A7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability of
exemption</header><text>The exemption provided by subsection (a) shall apply in
circumstances in which transportation of the cylinders by ground or vessel is
unavailable and transportation by aircraft is the only practical means for
transporting the cylinders to their destination.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4BCCE82A1F843109BD1363BE063EEC3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Description of
regulatory requirements</header><text>The regulations referred to in subsection
(a) are the regulations of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration contained in sections 173.302(f)(3), 173.302(f)(4),
173.302(f)(5), 173.304(f)(3), 173.304(f)(4), 173.304(f)(5), and 175.501(b) of
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>National Mediation
Board</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6B4613AE25A4696BC975CB63B4A82D3"><enum>901.</enum><header>Authority of Inspector
General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the Railway
Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="H78AF6336F508479B9A63557C64772991"><enum>15.</enum><header>Authority of Inspector General</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H74ECC459BBDC475F9A800225AE9DD024"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation, in accordance with the mission of the Inspector General to
prevent and detect fraud and abuse, is authorized to review the financial
management, property management, and business operations of the Mediation
Board, including internal accounting and administrative control systems, to
determine compliance with applicable Federal laws, rules, and
regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H8702D0ED2B274439ABA2691400A6FDD2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Inspector General shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2495954642EA478EBC99818E2F82F1AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>keep the chairman of the
Mediation Board and Congress fully and currently informed about problems
relating to administration of the internal accounting and administrative
control systems of the Mediation Board;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42516A8B8E61449384714B71B3AA466E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue findings and
recommendations for actions to address such problems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6AF958E65F04B29BC6902F45F7EEFE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>report periodically to
Congress on any progress made in implementing actions to address such
problems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HD40DDA23A0754D4FA2B1D312C568B754" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to
information</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Inspector General
may exercise authorities granted to the Inspector General under subsections (a)
and (b) of section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HDFB476AF6E274DFD86F60782C40C1043" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorizations of
Appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H56871B151AC9428EB3BB31A6F99BF42B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for use by
the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation not more than
$125,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014 to cover expenses
associated with activities pursuant to the authority exercised under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C736EA82F3C4A8488360E4AC85DA15E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reimbursable
agreement</header><text>In the absence of an appropriation under this
subsection for an expense referred to in paragraph (1), the Inspector General
and the Mediation Board shall have a reimbursable agreement to cover such
expense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC692B1FF7085492DA42FE0DCE39C6CE8"><enum>902.</enum><header>Evaluation and audit
of National Mediation Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the Railway Labor Act (as amended
by section 901 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="HFE0147A6D53449B2B6986BEEE0A8A9D9"><enum>16.</enum><header>Evaluation and audit of Mediation Board</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8F1EF02D18394D7695FDE75E57A4CF45"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to promote economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness in the administration of the programs, operations, and activities
of the Mediation Board, the Comptroller General shall evaluate and audit the
programs and expenditures of the Mediation Board. Such an evaluation and audit
shall be conducted at least annually, but may be conducted as determined
necessary by the Comptroller General or the appropriate congressional
committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H65CE913FED874B9284D0FE2228642A9C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibility of
comptroller general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall evaluate and
audit Mediation Board programs, operations, and activities, including at a
minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6E39879DFD44B659878067670259B3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information management
and security, including privacy protection of personally identifiable
information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC8948F84E454C7C93C8D3761815170C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>resource
management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ABC130DB35149DC81C13564E8FFA0B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>workforce
development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB54CA350F70847B5A1124ECAEEA94339"><enum>(4)</enum><text>procurement and
contracting planning, practices, and policies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55688B5A2C894BC69DE6969E8E9A6F25"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to which the
Mediation Board follows leading practices in selected management areas;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H277ECE4010FA43F99B8277626B0D25AF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the processes the
Mediation Board follows to address challenges in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H799DC6B2A44A4FA9B710F8197184561A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initial investigations of
representation applications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF00D473CAEB45F08B51AFBD11654EAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determining and
certifying representatives of employees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4535A822ACB84AF99070E37203819204"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring that the process
occurs without interference, influence, or coercion.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H7FF36009123A4D2386C56A9BC38B83A2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H127A2479B6DA446F8A6105D4C96FE805"><enum>903.</enum><header>Repeal of
rule</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective January 1,
2011, the rule prescribed by the National Mediation Board relating to
representation election procedures published on May 11, 2010 (95 Fed. Reg.
26062) and revising sections 1202 and 1206 of title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations, shall have no force or effect.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Commercial Space
Transportation</header>
<section id="H350049311FAF4B3898613C4FD48500FD"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Space flight
passengers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 509 of
title 51, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2434E47D47AB4280A3C88806ACCDF889"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>space
flight participant</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>space
flight passenger</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2ACF672E33BF4F2F9BEF6EFA9EE05576"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>space
flight participants</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>space
flight passengers</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section>
March 23, 2011
The Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and the
Judiciary discharged;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed