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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1775 

To establish a task force on NOTAM improvements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2019 

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 NOTAM improvements, 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 2019’’. 

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

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 

8 Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a special 

9 task force to be known as the FAA Task Force on 


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1 NOTAM Improvement (in this section referred to as the 

2 ‘‘Task Force’’). 

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

4 members appointed by the Administrator and shall include 

5 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 international and domestic regulatory requirements 

12 for notices to airmen (in this section referred to as 

13 ‘‘NOTAMs’’). 

14 (5) Human factors experts. 

15 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in16 clude— 

17 (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 

18 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 

19 (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 

20 to NOTAMs, including their content and presen21 tation to pilots; 

22 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

23 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in24 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

25 and retention of relevant information; and 


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1 (4) providing recommendations in the following 

2 areas: 

3 (A) Improving the presentation of NOTAM 

4 information in a manner that prioritizes or 

5 highlights the most important information, and 

6 optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 

7 information. 

8 (B) Ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 

9 complete, accurate, and contain the proper in10 formation. 

11 (C) Any other best practices that the FAA 

12 should consider to improve the accuracy and 

13 understandability of NOTAMs and the display 

14 of flight operations information. 

15 (D) Ways to work with air carriers, other 

16 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 

17 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

18 recommendations under this paragraph. 

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

20 of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 

21 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In22 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com23 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

24 Senate a report detailing— 


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

2 the Task Force under subsection (c); 

3 (2) the best practices identified and rec4 ommendations provided by the Task Force under 

5 subsection (c); 

6 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

7 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

8 presentation of NOTAMs; and 

9 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec10 ommendations of the Task Force will address Na11 tional Transportation Safety Board Safety Rec12 ommendation A–18–024. 

13 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com14 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 

15 Force. 

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

17 earlier of— 

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

19 the report required under subsection (d); or 

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

21 on which the Task Force is established under sub22 section (a). 


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

2 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

3 Force outlined in the report required under subsection (d). 

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