[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 346 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.346

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three


                                 An Act


 
 To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, 
                         and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT.
    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall establish a 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, including at least one member of each of the 
following:
        (1) Air carrier representatives.
        (2) Airport representatives.
        (3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots.
        (4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dispatchers.
        (5) The labor union certified under section 7111 of title 5, 
    United States Code, to represent FAA air traffic control 
    specialists assigned to the United States NOTAMs Office.
        (6) The labor union certified under section 7111 of title 5, 
    United States Code, to represent FAA aeronautical information 
    specialists.
        (7) General and business aviation representatives.
        (8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of NOTAMs.
        (9) Human factors experts.
        (10) Computer system architecture and cybersecurity experts.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force shall include--
        (1) reviewing existing methods for publishing NOTAMs and flight 
    operations information to pilots;
        (2) reviewing regulations, policies, systems, and international 
    standards 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 for--
            (A) improving the publication and delivery 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, 
        timely, relevant to safe flight operations, and contain 
        pertinent information;
            (C) any 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; and
            (E) ways to ensure the stability, resiliency, and 
        cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer system.
    (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 paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (c);
        (2) the best practices identified and recommendations provided 
    by the Task Force under subsection (c)(4);
        (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for additional 
    regulatory or policy actions to improve the publication of NOTAMs; 
    and
        (4) the degree to which implementing the recommendations of the 
    Task Force described under paragraph (2) will address National 
    Transportation Safety Board Safety Recommendation A-18-024.
    (e) Applicable Law.--Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the Task Force.
    (f) Sunset.--The Task Force shall terminate on the later 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 detailed in the report 
required under subsection (d).
    (h) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to require the FAA to duplicate any prior, ongoing, or planned efforts 
related to the improvement of NOTAMs, including any efforts related to 
implementing any previously enacted requirements.
    (i) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) FAA.--The term ``FAA'' means the Federal Aviation 
    Administration.
        (2) NOTAM.--The term ``NOTAM'' means a notice containing 
    information (which is not known sufficiently in advance to 
    publicize by other means) concerning the establishment, condition, 
    or change in any component (including a facility, service, or 
    procedure thereof) or hazard in the National Airspace System, the 
    timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with 
    flight operations.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
    Not later than September 30, 2024, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall make the following improvements:
        (1) Complete implementation of a Federal NOTAM System (in this 
    section referred to as a ``FNS'').
        (2) Implement a back-up system to the FNS.
        (3) Brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
    the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
    Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a plan to enhance the 
    capability to deliver information through the FNS that is machine-
    readable, filterable, and in the format used by the International 
    Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to promote further global 
    harmonization among neighboring Air Navigation Service Providers 
    (ANSPs) and provide users of the National Airspace System with one 
    consistent format for domestic and international operations.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.