[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5783-S5784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2455. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema 
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2699, between lines 19 and 20, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 804. (a) FAA Outreach to Community and Elected 
     Officials When Proposing New or Modified Flight Procedures.--
     In order to avoid having to subsequently modify products and 
     services developed as a part of the NextGen Performance Based 
     Navigation (PBN) Implementation Process--FAA Order 
     JO7100.41A, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall comply with the requirements of this 
     section.
       (b) Notification to Officials.--The Administrator shall 
     notify the public of any proposed new PBN flight procedure or 
     flight procedure change affecting airspace at altitudes below 
     18,000 feet. This notification shall be made not later than 
     30 days after the date of the entry of the procedure into the 
     FAA Performance Based Navigation IFP Gateway to the elected 
     governing body of each of the cities and counties within 5 
     miles of such a proposed new or modified flight procedure, to 
     any Member of Congress whose district is within 5 miles of 
     such a proposed new or modified flight procedure, and to any 
     Aviation Roundtable whose jurisdictional area is within 5 
     miles of such a proposed new or modified flight procedure.
       (c) Notification Contents.--Notification shall be made with 
     sufficient specificity for an official to determine if such 
     new or modified flight procedure being processed is likely to 
     affect constituents of such official and shall include--
       (1) name of flight procedure;
       (2) name of the proponent of the flight procedure;
       (3) whether the flight procedure is a new or modified 
     procedure and, if modified, the changes being proposed;
       (4) name of existing procedure if the procedure 
     substantially replaces an existing procedure;
       (5) approximate flight path including latitude and 
     longitude of the proposed procedure overlaid on a satellite 
     map such as Google Earth or similar;
       (6) approximate altitudes of proposed flight path; and
       (7) contact person to provide additional information.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section, the following 
     definitions apply:
       (1) Aviation roundtable.--The term ``Aviation Roundtable'' 
     means an organization designed to address community concerns 
     over a sustained period of time regarding aircraft operations 
     often associated with a nearby airport.
       (2) FAA order jo7100.41a.--The term ``FAA Order 
     JO7100.41A'' means FAA Order JO7100.41A and any other 
     successor versions of such Order.
       (3) Flight procedure.--The term ``flight procedure'' means 
     a preplanned Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedure 
     published for pilot use, in graphic or textual format, that 
     provides obstruction clearance from the terminal area to the 
     en route structure (departure) or from the en route structure 
     to the terminal area (arrival).
       (4) IFP.--The term ``IFP'' means instrument flight 
     procedure.

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       (5) Instrument flight procedures gateway.--The term 
     ``Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway'' means a centralized 
     instrument flight procedures data portal providing, among 
     others, current IFPs under Development or Amendments with 
     Tentative Publication Date and Status.
       (6) Elected governing body.--The term ``elected governing 
     body'' means a municipal body having legislative and 
     administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and 
     appropriating funds, such as a City Council, Town Council, 
     County Board of Supervisors, or similar.
       (7) PBN.--The term ``PBN'' means performance based 
     navigation.
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