[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1775 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1775


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2019

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To establish a task force on NOTAM improvements, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall establish a special task force to be known as the 
FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement (in this section referred to as the 
``Task Force'').
    (b) Composition.--The Task Force shall consist of members appointed 
by the Administrator and shall include the following:
            (1) Air carrier representatives.
            (2) Labor union representatives.
            (3) General and business aviation representatives.
            (4) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of international 
        and domestic regulatory requirements for notices to airmen (in 
        this section referred to as ``NOTAMs'').
            (5) Human factors experts.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force shall include--
            (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting NOTAMs and 
        flight operations information to pilots;
            (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating to NOTAMs, 
        including their content and presentation to pilots;
            (3) evaluating and determining best practices to organize, 
        prioritize, and present flight operations information in a 
        manner that optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 
        information; and
            (4) providing recommendations in the following areas:
                    (A) Improving the presentation of NOTAM information 
                in a manner that prioritizes or highlights the most 
                important information, and optimizes pilot review and 
                retention of relevant information.
                    (B) Ways to ensure that NOTAMs are complete, 
                accurate, and contain the proper information.
                    (C) Any other best practices that the FAA should 
                consider to improve the accuracy and understandability 
                of NOTAMs and the display of flight operations 
                information.
                    (D) Ways to work with air carriers, other airspace 
                users, and aviation service providers to implement 
                solutions that are aligned with the recommendations 
                under this paragraph.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 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 detailing--
            (1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of the Task 
        Force under subsection (c);
            (2) the best practices identified and recommendations 
        provided by the Task Force under subsection (c);
            (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for additional 
        regulatory or policy actions to improve the presentation of 
        NOTAMs; and
            (4) the degree to which implementing the recommendations of 
        the Task Force will address National Transportation Safety 
        Board Safety Recommendation A-18-024.
    (e) Applicable Law.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply to the Task Force.
    (f) Sunset.--The Task Force shall terminate on the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the Task Force submits the report 
        required under subsection (d); or
            (2) the date that is 18 months after the date on which the 
        Task Force is established under subsection (a).
    (g) Authority.--The Administrator shall have the authority to carry 
out the recommendations of the Task Force outlined in the report 
required under subsection (d).

            Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.