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Calendar No. 282 

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 

DECEMBER 13, 2023 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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’’. 

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

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

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

4 the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a task 

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

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

7 Force’’). 

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

9 members appointed by the Administrator, including at 

10 least one member of each of the following: 

11 (1) Air carrier representatives. 

12 (2) Airport representatives. 

13 (3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 

14 (4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dis15 patchers. 

16 (5) The labor union certified under section 

17 7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 

18 FAA air traffic control specialists assigned to the 

19 United States NOTAMs Office. 

20 (6) The labor union certified under section 

21 7111 of title 5, United States Code, to represent 

22 FAA aeronautical information specialists. 

23 (7) General and business aviation representa24 tives. 

25 (8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 

26 NOTAMs. 

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1 (9) Human factors experts. 

2 (10) Computer system architecture and cyberse3 curity experts. 

4 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in5 clude— 

6 (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 

7 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 

8 (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 

9 to NOTAMs, including their content and presen10 tation to pilots; 

11 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

12 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in13 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

14 and retention of relevant information; and 

15 (4) providing recommendations for— 

16 (A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 

17 information in a manner that prioritizes or 

18 highlights the most important information, and 

19 optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 

20 information; 

21 (B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 

22 complete, accurate, and contain the proper in23 formation; 

24 (C) any best practices that the FAA 

25 should consider to improve the accuracy and 

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1 understandability of NOTAMs and the display 

2 of flight operations information; 

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

4 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 

5 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

6 recommendations under this paragraph; and 

7 (E) ensuring the stability, resiliency, and 

8 cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer system. 

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

10 of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 

11 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In12 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

14 Senate a report detailing— 

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

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

17 subsection (c); 

18 (2) the best practices identified and rec19 ommendations provided by the Task Force under 

20 subsection (c)(4); 

21 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

22 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

23 presentation of NOTAMs; and 

24 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec25 ommendations of the Task Force described under 

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1 paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 

2 Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 

3 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com4 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 

5 Force. 

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

7 later of— 

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

9 the report required under subsection (d); or 

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

11 on which the Task Force is established under sub12 section (a). 

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

14 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

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

16 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed18 eral Aviation Administration. 

19 (2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no20 tices to air missions required by international or do21 mestic regulation or law, as described in FAA Order 

22 7930.2S. 

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

25 Act of 2023’’. 

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

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

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

4 Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a task force 

5 to be known as the FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improve6 ment (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

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

8 members appointed by the Administrator, including at least 

9 one member of each of the following: 

10 (1) Air carrier representatives. 

11 (2) Airport representatives. 

12 (3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 

13 (4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dis14 patchers. 

15 (5) The labor union certified under section 7111 

16 of title 5, United States Code, to represent FAA air 

17 traffic control specialists assigned to the United 

18 States NOTAMs Office. 

19 (6) The labor union certified under section 7111 

20 of title 5, United States Code, to represent FAA aero21 nautical information specialists. 

22 (7) General and business aviation representa23 tives. 

24 (8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 

25 NOTAMs. 

26 (9) Human factors experts. 

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1 (10) Computer system architecture and cyberse2 curity experts. 

3 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in4 clude— 

5 (1) reviewing existing methods for publishing 

6 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 

7 (2) reviewing regulations, policies, systems, and 

8 international standards relating to NOTAMs, includ9 ing their content and presentation to pilots; 

10 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

11 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in12 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

13 and retention of relevant information; and 

14 (4) providing recommendations for— 

15 (A) improving the publication and delivery 

16 of NOTAM information in a manner that 

17 prioritizes or highlights the most important in18 formation, and optimizes pilot review and reten19 tion of relevant information; 

20 (B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are com21 plete, accurate, timely, relevant to safe flight op22 erations, and contain pertinent information; 

23 (C) any best practices that the FAA should 

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1 standability of NOTAMs and the display of 

2 flight operations information; 

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

4 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 

5 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

6 recommendations under this paragraph; and 

7 (E) ways to ensure the stability, resiliency, 

8 and cybersecurity of the NOTAM computer sys9 tem. 

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

11 the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force shall 

12 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc13 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

14 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re15 port detailing— 

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

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

18 subsection (c); 

19 (2) the best practices identified and rec20 ommendations provided by the Task Force under sub21 section (c)(4); 

22 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

23 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

24 publication of NOTAMs; and 

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1 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec2 ommendations of the Task Force described under 

3 paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 

4 Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 

5 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, shall not apply to the Task Force. 

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

8 later of— 

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

10 report required under subsection (d); or 

11 (2) the date that is 18 months after the date on 

12 which the Task Force is established under subsection 

13 (a). 

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

15 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

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

17 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

18 may be construed to require the FAA to duplicate any 

19 prior, ongoing, or planned efforts related to the improve20 ment of NOTAMs, including any efforts related to imple21 menting any previously enacted requirements. 

22 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal 

24 Aviation Administration. 

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1 (2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means a no2 tice containing information (which is not known suf3 ficiently in advance to publicize by other means) con4 cerning the establishment, condition, or change in 

5 any component (including a facility, service, or pro6 cedure thereof) or hazard in the National Airspace 

7 System, the timely knowledge of which is essential to 

8 personnel concerned with flight operations. 

9 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 

10 Not later than September 30, 2024, the Administrator 

11 of the Federal Aviation Administration shall make the fol12 lowing improvements: 

13 (1) Complete implementation of a Federal 

14 NOTAM System (in this section referred to as a 

15 ‘‘FNS’’). 

16 (2) Implement a back-up system to the FNS. 

17 (3) Brief the Committee on Transportation and 

18 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor20 tation of the Senate on a plan to enhance the capa21 bility to deliver information through the FNS that is 

22 machine-readable, filterable, and in the format used 

23 by the International Civil Aviation Organization 

24 (ICAO) to promote further global harmonization 

25 among neighboring Air Navigation Service Providers 

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1 (ANSPs) and provide users of the National Airspace 

2 System with one consistent format for domestic and 

3 international operations. 

Calendar No. 282 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 66 

A BILL 

notices to air missions, and for other purposes. 

To establish a task force on improvements for 

DECEMBER 13, 2023 

Reported with an amendment