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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1262 

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 

A BILL 

To establish a task force on improvements for certain notices 

to airmen, 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 ‘‘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 


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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) Labor union representatives. 

8 (3) General and business aviation representa9 tives. 

10 (4) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 

11 NOTAMs. 

12 (5) Human factors experts. 

13 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in14 clude— 

15 (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 

16 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 

17 (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 

18 to NOTAMs, including their content and presen19 tation to pilots; 

20 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

21 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in22 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

23 and retention of relevant information; and 

24 (4) providing recommendations for— 


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1 (A) improving the presentation of NOTAM 

2 information in a manner that prioritizes or 

3 highlights the most important information, and 

4 optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 

5 information; 

6 (B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 

7 complete, accurate, and contain the proper in8 formation; 

9 (C) any best practices that the FAA 

10 should consider to improve the accuracy and 

11 understandability of NOTAMs and the display 

12 of flight operations information; and 

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

14 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 

15 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

16 recommendations under this paragraph. 

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

18 of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 

19 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In20 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com21 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

22 Senate a report detailing— 

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

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

25 subsection (c); 


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1 (2) the best practices identified and rec2 ommendations provided by the Task Force under 

3 subsection (c)(4); 

4 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

5 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

6 presentation of NOTAMs; and 

7 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec8 ommendations of the Task Force described under 

9 paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 

10 Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 

11 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com12 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 

13 Force. 

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

15 later of— 

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

17 the report required under subsection (d); or 

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

19 on which the Task Force is established under sub20 section (a). 

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

22 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

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

24 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed2 eral Aviation Administration. 

3 (2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no4 tices to airmen required by international or domestic 

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

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

7 Airmen (NOTAM)’’. 

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