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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1775 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 29, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Notice to Airmen Im3 provement Act of 2019’’. 

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

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 

6 Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a special 

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

8 NOTAM Improvement (in this section referred to as the 

9 ‘‘Task Force’’). 

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

11 members appointed by the Administrator and shall include 

12 the following: 

13 (1) Air carrier representatives. 

14 (2) Labor union representatives. 

15 (3) General and business aviation representa16 tives. 

17 (4) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 

18 international and domestic regulatory requirements 

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

20 ‘‘NOTAMs’’). 

21 (5) Human factors experts. 

22 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in23 clude— 

24 (1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 

25 NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 


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1 (2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 

2 to NOTAMs, including their content and presen3 tation to pilots; 

4 (3) evaluating and determining best practices to 

5 organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in6 formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 

7 and retention of relevant information; and 

8 (4) providing recommendations in the following 

9 areas: 

10 (A) Improving the presentation of NOTAM 

11 information in a manner that prioritizes or 

12 highlights the most important information, and 

13 optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 

14 information. 

15 (B) Ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 

16 complete, accurate, and contain the proper in17 formation. 

18 (C) Any other best practices that the FAA 

19 should consider to improve the accuracy and 

20 understandability of NOTAMs and the display 

21 of flight operations information. 

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

23 airspace users, and aviation service providers to 

24 implement solutions that are aligned with the 

25 recommendations under this paragraph. 


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

2 of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 

3 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In4 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com5 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

6 Senate a report detailing— 

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

8 the Task Force under subsection (c); 

9 (2) the best practices identified and rec10 ommendations provided by the Task Force under 

11 subsection (c); 

12 (3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 

13 additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 

14 presentation of NOTAMs; and 

15 (4) the degree to which implementing the rec16 ommendations of the Task Force will address Na17 tional Transportation Safety Board Safety Rec18 ommendation A–18–024. 

19 (e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com20 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task 

21 Force. 

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

23 earlier of— 

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

25 the report required under subsection (d); or 


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

2 on which the Task Force is established under sub3 section (a). 

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

5 authority to carry out the recommendations of the Task 

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

Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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