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Union Calendar No. 26 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1262 

[Report No. 117–43] 

To establish a task force on improvements for certain notices to airmen, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Mr. STAUBER (for himself and Mr. DESAULNIER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MAY 28, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To establish a task force on improvements for certain notices 

to airmen, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Notice to Airmen Im5 provement Act of 2021’’. 

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 

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

12 Force’’). 

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

14 members appointed by the Administrator, including at 

15 least one member of each of the following: 

16 (1) Air carrier representatives. 

17 (2) Labor union representatives. 

18 (3) General and business aviation representa19 tives. 

20 (4) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 

21 NOTAMs. 

22 (5) Human factors experts. 

23 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in24 clude— 


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1 (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 

2 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 

3 (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 

4 to NOTAMs, including their content and presen5 tation to pilots; 

6 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

7 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in8 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

9 and retention of relevant information; and 

10 (4) providing recommendations for— 

11 (A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 

12 information in a manner that prioritizes or 

13 highlights the most important information, and 

14 optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 

15 information; 

16 (B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 

17 complete, accurate, and contain the proper in18 formation; 

19 (C) any best practices that the FAA 

20 should consider to improve the accuracy and 

21 understandability of NOTAMs and the display 

22 of flight operations information; and 

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

24 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 


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1 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

2 recommendations under this paragraph. 

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

4 of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 

5 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In6 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com7 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

8 Senate a report detailing— 

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

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

11 subsection (c); 

12 (2) the best practices identified and rec13 ommendations provided by the Task Force under 

14 subsection (c)(4); 

15 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

16 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

17 presentation of NOTAMs; and 

18 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec19 ommendations of the Task Force described under 

20 paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 

21 Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 

22 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com23 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 

24 Force. 


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

2 later of— 

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

4 the report required under subsection (d); or 

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

6 on which the Task Force is established under sub7 section (a). 

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

9 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

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

11 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed13 eral Aviation Administration. 

14 (2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no15 tices to airmen required by international or domestic 

16 regulation or law, as described in the order issued by 

17 the FAA on December 11, 2018, titled ‘‘Notices to 

18 Airmen (NOTAM)’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 26 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1262 

[Report No. 117–43] 

A BILL 

To establish a task force on improvements for 

certain notices to airmen, and for other purposes. 

MAY 28, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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