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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 66 

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25, 2023 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. MORAN, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish a task force on improvements for notices to 

air missions, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NOTAM Improvement 

5 Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

9 the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a task 

10 force to be known as the FAA Task Force on NOTAM 


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1 Improvement (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task 

2 Force’’). 

3 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 

4 members appointed by the Administrator, including at 

5 least one member of each of the following: 

6 (1) Air carrier representatives. 

7 (2) Airport representatives. 

8 (3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 

9 (4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dis10 patchers. 

11 (5) The labor union certified under section 

12 7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 

13 FAA air traffic control specialists assigned to the 

14 United States NOTAMs Office. 

15 (6) The labor union certified under section 

16 7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 

17 FAA aeronautical information specialists. 

18 (7) General and business aviation representa19 tives. 

20 (8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 

21 NOTAMs. 

22 (9) Human factors experts. 

23 (10) Computer system architecture and cyberse24 curity experts. 


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1 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in2 clude— 

3 (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 

4 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 

5 (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 

6 to NOTAMs, including their content and presen7 tation to pilots; 

8 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

9 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in10 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

11 and retention of relevant information; and 

12 (4) providing recommendations for— 

13 (A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 

14 information in a manner that prioritizes or 

15 highlights the most important information, and 

16 optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 

17 information; 

18 (B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 

19 complete, accurate, and contain the proper in20 formation; 

21 (C) any best practices that the FAA 

22 should consider to improve the accuracy and 

23 understandability of NOTAMs and the display 

24 of flight operations information; 


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1 (D) ways to work with air carriers, other 

2 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 

3 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

4 recommendations under this paragraph; and 

5 (E) ensuring the stability, resiliency, and 

6 cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer system. 

7 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

8 of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 

9 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In10 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com11 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

12 Senate a report detailing— 

13 (1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of 

14 the Task Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

15 subsection (c); 

16 (2) the best practices identified and rec17 ommendations provided by the Task Force under 

18 subsection (c)(4); 

19 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

20 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

21 presentation of NOTAMs; and 

22 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec23 ommendations of the Task Force described under 

24 paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 

25 Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 


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1 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com2 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 

3 Force. 

4 (f) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the 

5 later of— 

6 (1) the date on which the Task Force submits 

7 the report required under subsection (d); or 

8 (2) the date that is 18 months after the date 

9 on which the Task Force is established under sub10 section (a). 

11 (g) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall have the 

12 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

13 Force detailed in the report required under subsection (d). 

14 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed16 eral Aviation Administration. 

17 (2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no18 tices to air missions required by international or do19 mestic regulation or law, as described in FAA Order 

20 7930.2S. 

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