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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3502 

To require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish annual performance objectives and to hold the Chief NextGen Officer accountable for 

meeting such objectives. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2016 

Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish 

annual performance objectives and to hold the Chief 

NextGen Officer accountable for meeting such objectives. 

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 ‘‘NextGen Account5 ability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NEXTGEN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS. 

7 Section 214 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 

8 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) 

9 is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub2 section (e); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS.—The Adminis6 trator shall establish annual NextGen performance goals 

7 for each of the performance metrics set forth in subsection 

8 (a) to meet the performance metric baselines identified 

9 under subsection (b). Such goals shall be established in 

10 consultation with public and private NextGen stake11 holders, including the NextGen Advisory Committee.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. NEXTGEN METRICS REPORT. 

13 Section 710(e)(2) of the Vision 100—Century of 

14 Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108–176; 49 

15 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(F) a description of the progress made in 

22 meeting the annual NextGen performance goals 

23 relative to the performance metrics established 

24 under section 214 of the FAA Modernization 


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1 and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 

2 49 U.S.C. 40101 note).’’. 

3 SEC. 4. CHIEF NEXTGEN OFFICER. 

4 Section 106(s) of title 49, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by adding at the end 

7 the following: ‘‘In evaluating the performance of the 

8 Chief NextGen Officer for the purpose of awarding 

9 a bonus under this subparagraph, the Administrator 

10 shall consider the progress toward meeting the 

11 NextGen performance goals established pursuant to 

12 section 214(d) of the FAA Modernization and Re13 form Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 

14 40101 note)’’; and 

15 (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 

16 following: ‘‘The annual performance goals set forth 

17 in the agreement shall include quantifiable NextGen 

18 airspace performance objectives regarding efficiency, 

19 productivity, capacity, and safety, which shall be es20 tablished in consultation with public and private 

21 NextGen stakeholders, including the NextGen Advi22 sory Committee.’’. 

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