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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6560 

To require The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 

notify the public of any proposed new PBN flight procedure, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 1, 2023 

Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. 

SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to notify the public of any proposed new 

PBN flight procedure, 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 ‘‘Notify Officials To 

5 Inform Fully and Impel Educated Decisions Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘NOTIFIED Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FAA OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY AND ELECTED OF2 FICIALS WHEN PROPOSING NEW OR MODI3 FIED FLIGHT PROCEDURES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to avoid having to subse5 quently modify products and services developed as a part 

6 of the NextGen Performance Based Navigation (PBN) 

7 Implementation Process—FAA Order JO7100.41A, the 

8 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

9 shall comply with the requirements of this section. 

10 (b) NOTIFICATION TO OFFICIALS.—The Adminis11 trator shall notify the public of any proposed new PBN 

12 flight procedure or flight procedure change affecting air13 space at altitudes below 18,000 feet. This notification 

14 shall be made not later than 30 days after the date of 

15 the entry of the procedure into the FAA Performance 

16 Based Navigation IFP Gateway to the elected governing 

17 body of each of the cities and counties within 5 miles of 

18 such a proposed new or modified flight procedure, to any 

19 Member of Congress whose district is within 5 miles of 

20 such a proposed new or modified flight procedure, and to 

21 any Aviation Roundtable whose jurisdictional area is with22 in 5 miles of such a proposed new or modified flight proce23 dure. 

24 (c) NOTIFICATION CONTENTS.—Notification shall be 

25 made with sufficient specificity for an official to determine 

26 if such new or modified flight procedure being processed 


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1 is likely to affect constituents of such official and shall 

2 include— 

3 (1) name of flight procedure; 

4 (2) name of the proponent of the flight proce5 dure; 

6 (3) whether the flight procedure is a new or 

7 modified procedure and, if modified, the changes 

8 being proposed; 

9 (4) name of existing procedure if the procedure 

10 substantially replaces an existing procedure; 

11 (5) approximate flight path including latitude 

12 and longitude of the proposed procedure overlaid on 

13 a satellite map such as Google Earth or similar; 

14 (6) approximate altitudes of proposed flight 

15 path; and 

16 (7) contact person to provide additional infor17 mation. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi19 nitions apply: 

20 (1) AVIATION ROUNDTABLE.—The term ‘‘Avia21 tion Roundtable’’ means an organization designed to 

22 address community concerns over a sustained period 

23 of time regarding aircraft operations often associ24 ated with a nearby airport. 


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1 (2) FAA ORDER JO7100.41A.—The term ‘‘FAA 

2 Order JO7100.41A’’ means FAA Order 

3 JO7100.41A and any other successor versions of 

4 such Order. 

5 (3) FLIGHT PROCEDURE.—The term ‘‘flight 

6 procedure’’ means a preplanned Instrument Flight 

7 Rules (IFR) procedure published for pilot use, in 

8 graphic or textual format, that provides obstruction 

9 clearance from the terminal area to the en route 

10 structure (departure) or from the en route structure 

11 to the terminal area (arrival). 

12 (4) IFP.—The term ‘‘IFP’’ means instrument 

13 flight procedure. 

14 (5) INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PROCEDURES GATE15 WAY.—The term ‘‘Instrument Flight Procedures 

16 Gateway’’ means a centralized instrument flight pro17 cedures data portal providing, among others, current 

18 IFPs under Development or Amendments with Ten19 tative Publication Date and Status. 

20 (6) ELECTED GOVERNING BODY.—The term 

21 ‘‘elected governing body’’ means a municipal body 

22 having legislative and administrative powers, such as 

23 passing ordinances and appropriating funds, such as 

24 a City Council, Town Council, County Board of Su25 pervisors, or similar. 


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1 (7) PBN.—The term ‘‘PBN’’ means perform2 ance based navigation. 

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