H. R. 302—3 
Sec. 232. Workforce review. 
Subtitle E—International Aviation 
Sec. 241. Promotion of United States aerospace standards, products, and services 
abroad. 
Sec. 242. Bilateral exchanges of safety oversight responsibilities. 
Sec. 243. FAA leadership abroad. 
Sec. 244. Registration, certification, and related fees. 
TITLE III—SAFETY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 301. Definitions. 
Sec. 302. FAA technical training. 
Sec. 303. Safety critical staffing. 
Sec. 304. International efforts regarding tracking of civil aircraft. 
Sec. 305. Aircraft data access and retrieval systems. 
Sec. 306. Advanced cockpit displays. 
Sec. 307. Emergency medical equipment on passenger aircraft. 
Sec. 308. FAA and NTSB review of general aviation safety. 
Sec. 309. Call to action airline engine safety review. 
Sec. 310. Sense of Congress on access to air carrier flight decks. 
Sec. 311. Part 135 accident and incident data. 
Sec. 312. Sense of Congress; pilot in command authority. 
Sec. 313. Report on conspicuity needs for surface vehicles operating on the airside 
of air carrier served airports. 
Sec. 314. Helicopter air ambulance operations data and reports. 
Sec. 315. Aviation rulemaking committee for part 135 pilot rest and duty rules. 
Sec. 316. Report on obsolete test equipment. 
Sec. 317. Helicopter fuel system safety. 
Sec. 318. Applicability of medical certification standards to operators of air bal-
loons. 
Sec. 319. Designated pilot examiner reforms. 
Sec. 320. Voluntary reports of operational or maintenance issues related to aviation 
safety. 
Sec. 321. Evaluation regarding additional ground based transmitters. 
Sec. 322. Improved safety in rural areas. 
Sec. 323. Exit rows. 
Sec. 324. Comptroller General report on FAA enforcement policy. 
Sec. 325. Annual safety incident report. 
Sec. 326. Aircraft air quality. 
Sec. 327. Approach control radar. 
Sec. 328. Report on airline and passenger safety. 
Sec. 329. Performance-based standards. 
Sec. 330. Report and recommendations on certain aviation safety risks. 
Sec. 331. Review of FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing Sys-
tem. 
Sec. 332. Airport rescue and firefighting. 
Sec. 333. Safe air transportation of lithium cells and batteries. 
Sec. 334. Runway safety. 
Sec. 335. Flight attendant duty period limitations and rest requirements. 
Sec. 336. Secondary cockpit barriers. 
Sec. 337. Aircraft cabin evacuation procedures. 
Sec. 338. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 339. Civil penalties for interference. 
Sec. 339A. National in-flight sexual misconduct task force. 
Sec. 339B. Reporting process for sexual misconduct onboard aircraft. 
Subtitle B—Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
Sec. 341. Definitions; Integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into national 
airspace system. 
Sec. 342. Update of FAA comprehensive plan. 
Sec. 343. Unmanned aircraft test ranges. 
Sec. 344. Small unmanned aircraft in the Arctic. 
Sec. 345. Small unmanned aircraft safety standards. 
Sec. 346. Public unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 347. Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 348. Carriage of property by small unmanned aircraft systems for compensa-
tion or hire. 
Sec. 349. Exception for limited recreational operations of unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 350. Use of unmanned aircraft systems at institutions of higher education.
H. R. 302—4 
Sec. 351. Unmanned aircraft systems integration pilot program. 
Sec. 352. Part 107 transparency and technology improvements. 
Sec. 353. Emergency exemption process. 
Sec. 354. Treatment of unmanned aircraft operating underground. 
Sec. 355. Public UAS operations by Tribal governments. 
Sec. 356. Authorization of appropriations for Know Before You Fly campaign. 
Sec. 357. Unmanned aircraft systems privacy policy. 
Sec. 358. UAS privacy review. 
Sec. 359. Study on fire department and emergency service agency use of unmanned 
aircraft systems. 
Sec. 360. Study on financing of unmanned aircraft services. 
Sec. 361. Report on UAS and chemical aerial application. 
Sec. 362. Sense of Congress regarding unmanned aircraft safety. 
Sec. 363. Prohibition regarding weapons. 
Sec. 364. U.S. Counter-UAS system review of interagency coordination processes. 
Sec. 365. Cooperation related to certain counter-UAS technology. 
Sec. 366. Strategy for responding to public safety threats and enforcement utility 
of unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 367. Incorporation of Federal Aviation Administration occupations relating to 
unmanned aircraft into veterans employment programs of the adminis-
tration. 
Sec. 368. Public UAS access to special use airspace. 
Sec. 369. Applications for designation. 
Sec. 370. Sense of Congress on additional rulemaking authority. 
Sec. 371. Assessment of aircraft registration for small unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 372. Enforcement. 
Sec. 373. Federal and local authorities. 
Sec. 374. Spectrum. 
Sec. 375. Federal Trade Commission authority. 
Sec. 376. Plan for full operational capability of unmanned aircraft systems traffic 
management. 
Sec. 377. Early implementation of certain UTM services. 
Sec. 378. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 379. Commercial and governmental operators. 
Sec. 380. Transition language. 
Sec. 381. Unmanned aircraft systems in restricted buildings or grounds. 
Sec. 382. Prohibition. 
Sec. 383. Airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement. 
Sec. 384. Unsafe operation of unmanned aircraft. 
Subtitle C—General Aviation Safety 
Sec. 391. Short title. 
Sec. 392. Expansion of Pilot’s Bill of Rights. 
Sec. 393. Notification of reexamination of certificate holders. 
Sec. 394. Expediting updates to NOTAM Program. 
Sec. 395. Accessibility of certain flight data. 
Sec. 396. Authority for legal counsel to issue certain notices. 
TITLE IV—AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS 
Subtitle A—Airline Customer Service Improvements 
Sec. 401. Definitions. 
Sec. 402. Reliable air service in American Samoa. 
Sec. 403. Cell phone voice communication ban. 
Sec. 404. Improved notification of insecticide use. 
Sec. 405. Consumer complaints hotline. 
Sec. 406. Consumer information on actual flight times. 
Sec. 407. Training policies regarding racial, ethnic, and religious nondiscrimina-
tion. 
Sec. 408. Training on human trafficking for certain staff. 
Sec. 409. Prohibitions against smoking on passenger flights. 
Sec. 410. Report on baggage reporting requirements. 
Sec. 411. Enforcement of aviation consumer protection rules. 
Sec. 412. Strollers. 
Sec. 413. Causes of airline delays or cancellations. 
Sec. 414. Involuntary changes to itineraries. 
Sec. 415. Extension of Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection. 
Sec. 416. Online access to aviation consumer protection information. 
Sec. 417. Protection of pets on airplanes. 
Sec. 418. Advisory committee on air ambulance and patient billing. 
Sec. 419. Air ambulance complaints to the Department of Transportation.
H. R. 302—5 
Sec. 420. Report to Congress on air ambulance oversight. 
Sec. 421. Refunds for other fees that are not honored by a covered air carrier. 
Sec. 422. Advance boarding during pregnancy. 
Sec. 423. Consumer complaint process improvement. 
Sec. 424. Aviation consumer advocate. 
Sec. 425. TICKETS Act. 
Sec. 426. Report on availability of lavatories on commercial aircraft. 
Sec. 427. Consumer protection requirements relating to large ticket agents. 
Sec. 428. Widespread disruptions. 
Sec. 429. Passenger rights. 
Subtitle B—Aviation Consumers With Disabilities 
Sec. 431. Aviation consumers with disabilities study. 
Sec. 432. Study on in-cabin wheelchair restraint systems. 
Sec. 433. Improving wheelchair assistance for individuals with disabilities. 
Sec. 434. Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights. 
Sec. 435. Sense of Congress regarding equal access for individuals with disabilities. 
Sec. 436. Civil penalties relating to harm to passengers with disabilities. 
Sec. 437. Harmonization of service animal standards. 
Sec. 438. Review of practices for ticketing, pre-flight seat assignments, and stowing 
of assistive devices for passengers with disabilities. 
Sec. 439. Advisory committee on the air travel needs of passengers with disabil-
ities. 
Sec. 440. Regulations ensuring assistance for passengers with disabilities in air 
transportation. 
Sec. 441. Transparency for disabled passengers. 
Subtitle C—Small Community Air Service 
Sec. 451. Essential air service authorization. 
Sec. 452. Study on essential air service reform. 
Sec. 453. Air transportation to noneligible places. 
Sec. 454. Inspector general review of service and oversight of unsubsidized carriers. 
Sec. 455. Small community air service. 
Sec. 456. Waivers. 
Sec. 457. Extension of final order establishing mileage adjustment eligibility. 
Sec. 458. Reduction in subsidy-per-passenger. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 501. Definitions. 
Sec. 502. Report on air traffic control modernization. 
Sec. 503. Return on investment report. 
Sec. 504. Air traffic control operational contingency plans. 
Sec. 505. 2020 ADS-B Out mandate plan. 
Sec. 506. Securing aircraft avionics systems. 
Sec. 507. Human factors. 
Sec. 508. Programmatic risk management. 
Sec. 509. Review of FAA strategic cybersecurity plan. 
Sec. 510. Consolidation and realignment of FAA services and facilities. 
Sec. 511. FAA review and reform. 
Sec. 512. Air shows. 
Sec. 513. Part 91 review, reform, and streamlining. 
Sec. 514. Aircraft leasing. 
Sec. 515. Pilots sharing flight expenses with passengers. 
Sec. 516. Terminal Aerodrome Forecast. 
Sec. 517. Public aircraft eligible for logging flight times. 
Sec. 518. Aircraft Registry Office. 
Sec. 519. FAA data transparency. 
Sec. 520. Intra-agency coordination. 
Sec. 521. Administrative Services Franchise Fund. 
Sec. 522. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast. 
Sec. 523. Contract weather observers. 
Sec. 524. Regions and centers. 
Sec. 525. Geosynthetic materials. 
Sec. 526. National Airmail Museum. 
Sec. 527. Status of agreement between FAA and Little Rock Port Authority. 
Sec. 528. Briefing on aircraft diversions from Los Angeles International Airport to 
Hawthorne Municipal Airport. 
Sec. 529. TFR report. 
Sec. 530. Air traffic services at aviation events. 
Sec. 531. Application of veterans’ preference to Federal Aviation Administration 
personnel management system.
H. R. 302—6 
Sec. 532. Clarification of requirements for living history flights. 
Sec. 533. Review and reform of FAA performance management system. 
Sec. 534. NextGen delivery study. 
Sec. 535. Study on allergic reactions. 
Sec. 536. Oxygen mask design study. 
Sec. 537. Air cargo study. 
Sec. 538. Sense of Congress on preventing the transportation of disease-carrying 
mosquitoes and other insects on commercial aircraft. 
Sec. 539. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 540. Report on illegal charter flights. 
Sec. 541. Use of NASA’s super guppy aircraft for commercial transport. 
Sec. 542. Prohibited airspace assessment. 
Sec. 543. Report on multiagency use of airspace and environmental review. 
Sec. 544. Agency procurement reporting requirements. 
Sec. 545. FAA organizational reform. 
Sec. 546. FAA Civil Aviation Registry upgrade. 
Sec. 547. Enhanced air traffic services. 
Sec. 548. Sense of Congress on artificial intelligence in aviation. 
Sec. 549. Study on cybersecurity workforce of FAA. 
Sec. 550. Treatment of multiyear lessees of large and turbine-powered multiengine 
aircraft. 
Sec. 551. Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plans. 
Sec. 552. Study on training of customer-facing air carrier employees. 
Sec. 553. Automated weather observing systems policy. 
Sec. 554. Prioritizing and supporting the Human Intervention Motivation Study 
(HIMS) program and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program 
(FADAP). 
Sec. 555. Cost-effectiveness analysis of equipment rental. 
Sec. 556. Aircraft registration. 
Sec. 557. Requirement to consult with stakeholders in defining scope and require-
ments for future flight service program. 
Sec. 558. Federal Aviation Administration performance measures and targets. 
Sec. 559. Report on plans for air traffic control facilities in the New York City and 
Newark region. 
Sec. 560. Work plan for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area 
Airspace Project. 
Sec. 561. Annual report on inclusion of disabled veteran leave in personnel man-
agement system. 
Sec. 562. Enhanced surveillance capability. 
Sec. 563. Access of air carriers to information about applicants to be pilots from na-
tional driver register. 
Sec. 564. Regulatory reform. 
Sec. 565. Aviation fuel. 
Sec. 566. Right to privacy when using air traffic control system. 
Sec. 567. Federal Aviation Administration workforce review. 
Sec. 568. Review of approval process for use of large air tankers and very large air 
tankers for wildland firefighting. 
Sec. 569. FAA technical workforce. 
Sec. 570. Study on airport credit assistance. 
Sec. 571. Spectrum availability. 
Sec. 572. Special review relating to air space changes. 
Sec. 573. Reimbursement for immigration inspections. 
Sec. 574. FAA employees in Guam. 
Sec. 575. GAO study on airline computer network disruptions. 
Sec. 576. Tower marking. 
Sec. 577. Minimum dimensions for passenger seats. 
Sec. 578. Judicial review for proposed alternative environmental review and ap-
proval procedures. 
Sec. 579. Regulatory streamlining. 
Sec. 580. Spaceports. 
Sec. 581. Special rule for certain aircraft operations (space support vehicles). 
Sec. 582. Portability of repairman certificates. 
Sec. 583. Undeclared hazardous materials public awareness campaign. 
Sec. 584. Liability protection for volunteer pilots who fly for the public benefit. 
TITLE VI—AVIATION WORKFORCE 
Subtitle A—Youth in Aviation 
Sec. 601. Student outreach report. 
Sec. 602. Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force. 
Subtitle B—Women in Aviation 
Sec. 611. Sense of Congress regarding women in aviation.
H. R. 302—7 
Sec. 612. Supporting women’s involvement in the aviation field. 
Subtitle C—Future of Aviation Workforce 
Sec. 621. Aviation and aerospace workforce of the future. 
Sec. 622. Aviation and aerospace workforce of the future study. 
Sec. 623. Sense of Congress on hiring veterans. 
Sec. 624. Aviation maintenance industry technical workforce. 
Sec. 625. Aviation workforce development programs. 
Subtitle D—Unmanned Aircraft Systems Workforce 
Sec. 631. Community and technical college centers of excellence in small unmanned 
aircraft system technology training. 
Sec. 632. Collegiate training initiative program for unmanned aircraft systems. 
TITLE VII—FLIGHT R&D ACT 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Definitions. 
Sec. 703. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—FAA Research and Development Organization 
Sec. 711. Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. 
Sec. 712. Research advisory committee. 
Subtitle C—Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
Sec. 721. Unmanned aircraft systems research and development roadmap. 
Subtitle D—Cybersecurity and Responses to Other Threats 
Sec. 731. Cyber Testbed. 
Sec. 732. Study on the effect of extreme weather on air travel. 
Subtitle E—FAA Research and Development Activities 
Sec. 741. Research plan for the certification of new technologies into the national 
airspace system. 
Sec. 742. Technology review. 
Sec. 743. CLEEN aircraft and engine technology partnership. 
Sec. 744. Research and deployment of certain airfield pavement technologies. 
Subtitle F—Geospatial Data 
Sec. 751. Short title; findings. 
Sec. 752. Definitions. 
Sec. 753. Federal Geographic Data Committee. 
Sec. 754. National Geospatial Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 755. National Spatial Data Infrastructure. 
Sec. 756. National Geospatial Data Asset data themes. 
Sec. 757. Geospatial data standards. 
Sec. 758. GeoPlatform. 
Sec. 759. Covered agency responsibilities. 
Sec. 759A. Limitation on use of Federal funds. 
Sec. 759B. Savings provision. 
Sec. 759C. Private sector. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 761. NextGen research. 
Sec. 762. Advanced Materials Center of Excellence. 
TITLE VIII—AVIATION REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 801. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 802. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
DIVISION C—NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018 
Sec. 1101. Short title. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
Sec. 1103. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1104. Still images. 
Sec. 1105. Electronic records. 
Sec. 1106. Report on Most Wanted List methodology.
H. R. 302—8 
Sec. 1107. Methodology. 
Sec. 1108. Multimodal accident database management system. 
Sec. 1109. Addressing the needs of families of individuals involved in accidents. 
Sec. 1110. Government Accountability Office report on investigation launch deci-
sion-making processes. 
Sec. 1111. Periodic review of safety recommendations. 
Sec. 1112. General organization. 
Sec. 1113. Technical and conforming amendments. 
DIVISION D—DISASTER RECOVERY REFORM 
Sec. 1201. Short title. 
Sec. 1202. Applicability. 
Sec. 1203. Definitions. 
Sec. 1204. Wildfire prevention. 
Sec. 1205. Additional activities. 
Sec. 1206. Eligibility for code implementation and enforcement. 
Sec. 1207. Program improvements. 
Sec. 1208. Prioritization of facilities. 
Sec. 1209. Guidance on evacuation routes. 
Sec. 1210. Duplication of benefits. 
Sec. 1211. State administration of assistance for direct temporary housing and per-
manent housing construction. 
Sec. 1212. Assistance to individuals and households. 
Sec. 1213. Multifamily lease and repair assistance. 
Sec. 1214. Private nonprofit facility. 
Sec. 1215. Management costs. 
Sec. 1216. Flexibility. 
Sec. 1217. Additional disaster assistance. 
Sec. 1218. National veterinary emergency teams. 
Sec. 1219. Right of arbitration. 
Sec. 1220. Unified Federal environmental and historic preservation review. 
Sec. 1221. Closeout incentives. 
Sec. 1222. Performance of services. 
Sec. 1223. Study to streamline and consolidate information collection. 
Sec. 1224. Agency accountability. 
Sec. 1225. Audit of contracts. 
Sec. 1226. Inspector general audit of FEMA contracts for tarps and plastic sheet-
ing. 
Sec. 1227. Relief organizations. 
Sec. 1228. Guidance on inundated and submerged roads. 
Sec. 1229. Extension of assistance. 
Sec. 1230. Guidance and recommendations. 
Sec. 1231. Guidance on hazard mitigation assistance. 
Sec. 1232. Local impact. 
Sec. 1233. Additional hazard mitigation activities. 
Sec. 1234. National public infrastructure predisaster hazard mitigation. 
Sec. 1235. Additional mitigation activities. 
Sec. 1236. Guidance and training by FEMA on coordination of emergency response 
plans. 
Sec. 1237. Certain recoupment prohibited. 
Sec. 1238. Federal assistance to individuals and households and nonprofit facilities. 
Sec. 1239. Cost of assistance estimates. 
Sec. 1240. Report on insurance shortfalls. 
Sec. 1241. Post disaster building safety assessment. 
Sec. 1242. FEMA updates on national preparedness assessment. 
Sec. 1243. FEMA report on duplication in non-natural disaster preparedness grant 
programs. 
Sec. 1244. Study and report. 
Sec. 1245. Review of assistance for damaged underground water infrastructure. 
Sec. 1246. Extension. 
DIVISION E—CONCRETE MASONRY 
Sec. 1301. Short title. 
Sec. 1302. Declaration of policy. 
Sec. 1303. Definitions. 
Sec. 1304. Issuance of orders. 
Sec. 1305. Required terms in orders. 
Sec. 1306. Assessments. 
Sec. 1307. Referenda. 
Sec. 1308. Petition and review. 
Sec. 1309. Enforcement.
H. R. 302—9 
Sec. 1310. Investigation and power to subpoena. 
Sec. 1311. Suspension or termination. 
Sec. 1312. Amendments to orders. 
Sec. 1313. Effect on other laws. 
Sec. 1314. Regulations. 
Sec. 1315. Limitation on expenditures for administrative expenses. 
Sec. 1316. Limitations on obligation of funds. 
Sec. 1317. Study and report by the Government Accountability Office. 
Sec. 1318. Study and report by the Department of Commerce. 
DIVISION F—BUILD ACT OF 2018 
Sec. 1401. Short title. 
Sec. 1402. Definitions. 
TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT 
Sec. 1411. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 1412. United States International Development Finance Corporation. 
Sec. 1413. Management of Corporation. 
Sec. 1414. Inspector General of the Corporation. 
Sec. 1415. Independent accountability mechanism. 
TITLE II—AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 1421. Authorities relating to provision of support. 
Sec. 1422. Terms and conditions. 
Sec. 1423. Payment of losses. 
Sec. 1424. Termination. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1431. Operations. 
Sec. 1432. Corporate powers. 
Sec. 1433. Maximum contingent liability. 
Sec. 1434. Corporate funds. 
Sec. 1435. Coordination with other development agencies. 
TITLE IV—MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND REPORTING 
Sec. 1441. Establishment of risk and audit committees. 
Sec. 1442. Performance measures, evaluation, and learning. 
Sec. 1443. Annual report. 
Sec. 1444. Publicly available project information. 
Sec. 1445. Engagement with investors. 
Sec. 1446. Notifications to be provided by the Corporation. 
TITLE V—CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND PROHIBITIONS 
Sec. 1451. Limitations and preferences. 
Sec. 1452. Additionality and avoidance of market distortion. 
Sec. 1453. Prohibition on support in countries that support terrorism or violate 
human rights and with sanctioned persons. 
Sec. 1454. Applicability of certain provisions of law. 
TITLE VI—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1461. Definitions. 
Sec. 1462. Reorganization plan. 
Sec. 1463. Transfer of functions. 
Sec. 1464. Termination of Overseas Private Investment Corporation and other 
superceded authorities. 
Sec. 1465. Transitional authorities. 
Sec. 1466. Savings provisions. 
Sec. 1467. Other terminations. 
Sec. 1468. Incidental transfers. 
Sec. 1469. Reference. 
Sec. 1470. Conforming amendments. 
DIVISION G—SYRIA STUDY GROUP 
Sec. 1501. Syria Study Group. 
DIVISION H—PREVENTING EMERGING THREATS 
Sec. 1601. Short title. 
Sec. 1602. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 1603. Protecting against unmanned aircraft.
H. R. 302—10 
DIVISION I—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF, 
2018 
Sec. 1701. Budgetary effects. 
DIVISION J—MARITIME SECURITY 
Sec. 1801. Short title. 
Sec. 1802. Definitions. 
Sec. 1803. Coordination with TSA on maritime facilities. 
Sec. 1804. Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain. 
Sec. 1805. Cybersecurity information sharing and coordination in ports. 
Sec. 1806. Facility inspection intervals. 
Sec. 1807. Updates of maritime operations coordination plan. 
Sec. 1808. Evaluation of Coast Guard deployable specialized forces. 
Sec. 1809. Repeal of interagency operational centers for port security and secure 
systems of transportation. 
Sec. 1810. Duplication of efforts in the maritime domain. 
Sec. 1811. Maritime security capabilities assessments. 
Sec. 1812. Container Security Initiative. 
Sec. 1813. Maritime border security review. 
Sec. 1814. Maritime border security cooperation. 
Sec. 1815. Transportation worker identification credential appeals process. 
Sec. 1816. Technical and conforming amendments. 
DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
TITLE I—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
Sec. 1901. Short title; references. 
Sec. 1902. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Organization and Authorizations 
Sec. 1903. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1904. Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration; 5-year 
term. 
Sec. 1905. Transportation Security Administration organization. 
Sec. 1906. Transportation Security Administration efficiency. 
Sec. 1907. Personnel management system review. 
Sec. 1908. TSA leap pay reform. 
Sec. 1909. Rank awards program for transportation security administration execu-
tives and senior professionals. 
Sec. 1910. Transmittals to Congress. 
Subtitle B—Security Technology 
Sec. 1911. Third party testing and verification of screening technology. 
Sec. 1912. Transportation security administration systems integration facility. 
Sec. 1913. Opportunities to pursue expanded networks for business. 
Sec. 1914. Reciprocal recognition of security standards. 
Sec. 1915. Transportation Security Laboratory. 
Sec. 1916. Innovation Task Force. 
Sec. 1917. 5-Year technology investment plan update. 
Sec. 1918. Maintenance of security-related technology. 
Sec. 1919. Biometrics expansion. 
Sec. 1920. Pilot program for automated exit lane technology. 
Sec. 1921. Authorization of appropriations; exit lane security. 
Sec. 1922. Real-time security checkpoint wait times. 
Sec. 1923. GAO report on deployment of screening technologies across airports. 
Sec. 1924. Screening technology review and performance objectives. 
Sec. 1925. Computed tomography pilot programs. 
Subtitle C—Public Area Security 
Sec. 1926. Definitions. 
Sec. 1927. Explosives detection canine capacity building. 
Sec. 1928. Third party domestic canines. 
Sec. 1929. Tracking and monitoring of canine training and testing. 
Sec. 1930. VIPR team statistics. 
Sec. 1931. Public area security working group. 
Sec. 1932. Public area best practices. 
Sec. 1933. Airport worker access controls cost and feasibility study. 
Sec. 1934. Securing airport worker access points. 
Sec. 1935. Law Enforcement Officer Reimbursement Program. 
Sec. 1936. Airport perimeter and access control security.
H. R. 302—11 
Subtitle D—Passenger and Cargo Security 
Sec. 1937. PreCheck Program. 
Sec. 1938. PreCheck expedited screening. 
Sec. 1939. Trusted traveler programs; collaboration. 
Sec. 1940. Passenger security fee. 
Sec. 1941. Third party canine teams for air cargo security. 
Sec. 1942. Known Shipper Program review. 
Sec. 1943. Establishment of air cargo security division. 
Sec. 1944. Air cargo regulation review. 
Sec. 1945. GAO review. 
Sec. 1946. Screening partnership program updates. 
Sec. 1947. Screening performance assessments. 
Sec. 1948. Transportation security training programs. 
Sec. 1949. Traveler redress improvement. 
Sec. 1950. Improvements for screening of passengers with disabilities. 
Sec. 1951. Air cargo advance screening program. 
Sec. 1952. General aviation airports. 
Subtitle E—Foreign Airport Security 
Sec. 1953. Last point of departure airports; security directives. 
Sec. 1954. Last point of departure airport assessment. 
Sec. 1955. Tracking security screening equipment from last point of departure air-
ports. 
Sec. 1956. International security standards. 
Sec. 1957. Aviation security in Cuba. 
Sec. 1958. Report on airports used by Mahan Air. 
Subtitle F—Cockpit and Cabin Security 
Sec. 1959. Federal air marshal service updates. 
Sec. 1960. Crew member self-defense training. 
Sec. 1961. Flight deck safety and security. 
Sec. 1962. Carriage of weapons, explosives, and incendiaries by individuals. 
Sec. 1963. Federal flight deck officer program improvements. 
Subtitle G—Surface Transportation Security 
Sec. 1964. Surface transportation security assessment and implementation of risk- 
based strategy. 
Sec. 1965. Risk-based budgeting and resource allocation. 
Sec. 1966. Surface transportation security management and interagency coordina-
tion review. 
Sec. 1967. Transparency. 
Sec. 1968. TSA counterterrorism asset deployment. 
Sec. 1969. Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 1970. Review of the explosives detection canine team program. 
Sec. 1971. Expansion of national explosives detection canine team program. 
Sec. 1972. Study on security standards and best practices for passenger transpor-
tation systems. 
Sec. 1973. Amtrak security upgrades. 
Sec. 1974. Passenger rail vetting. 
Sec. 1975. Study on surface transportation inspectors. 
Sec. 1976. Security awareness program. 
Sec. 1977. Voluntary use of credentialing. 
Sec. 1978. Background records checks for issuance of hazmat licenses. 
Sec. 1979. Cargo container scanning technology review. 
Sec. 1980. Pipeline security study. 
Sec. 1981. Feasibility assessment. 
Sec. 1982. Best practices to secure against vehicle-based attacks. 
Sec. 1983. Surface transportation stakeholder survey. 
Sec. 1984. Nuclear material and explosive detection technology. 
Subtitle H—Transportation Security 
Sec. 1985. National strategy for transportation security review. 
Sec. 1986. Risk scenarios. 
Sec. 1987. Integrated and unified operations centers. 
Sec. 1988. National Deployment Force. 
Sec. 1989. Information sharing and cybersecurity. 
Sec. 1990. Security technologies tied to foreign threat countries. 
Subtitle I—Conforming and Miscellaneous Amendments 
Sec. 1991. Title 49 amendments.
H. R. 302—12 
Sec. 1992. Table of contents of chapter 449. 
Sec. 1993. Other laws; Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. 
Sec. 1994. Savings provisions. 
DIVISION A—SPORTS MEDICINE 
LICENSURE 
SEC. 11. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Sports Medicine Licensure 
Clarity Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 12. PROTECTIONS FOR COVERED SPORTS MEDICINE PROFES-
SIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a covered sports medicine 
professional who has in effect medical professional liability insur-
ance coverage and provides in a secondary State covered medical 
services that are within the scope of practice of such professional 
in the primary State to an athlete or an athletic team (or a staff 
member of such an athlete or athletic team) pursuant to an agree-
ment described in subsection (c)(4) with respect to such athlete 
or athletic team— 
(1) such medical professional liability insurance coverage 
shall cover (subject to any related premium adjustments) such 
professional with respect to such covered medical services pro-
vided by the professional in the secondary State to such an 
individual or team as if such services were provided by such 
professional in the primary State to such an individual or 
team; and 
(2) to the extent such professional is licensed under the 
requirements of the primary State to provide such services 
to such an individual or team, the professional shall be treated 
as satisfying any licensure requirements of the secondary State 
to provide such services to such an individual or team to the 
extent the licensure requirements of the secondary State are 
substantially similar to the licensure requirements of the pri-
mary State. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed— 
(1) to allow a covered sports medicine professional to pro-
vide medical services in the secondary State that exceed the 
scope of that professional’s license in the primary State; 
(2) to allow a covered sports medicine professional to pro-
vide medical services in the secondary State that exceed the 
scope of a substantially similar sports medicine professional 
license in the secondary State; 
(3) to supersede any reciprocity agreement in effect between 
the two States regarding such services or such professionals; 
(4) to supersede any interstate compact agreement entered 
into by the two States regarding such services or such profes-
sionals; or 
(5) to supersede a licensure exemption the secondary State 
provides for sports medicine professionals licensed in the pri-
mary State. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this division, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) ATHLETE.—The term ‘‘athlete’’ means—
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(A) an individual participating in a sporting event or 
activity for which the individual may be paid; 
(B) an individual participating in a sporting event or 
activity sponsored or sanctioned by a national governing 
body; or 
(C) an individual for whom a high school or institution 
of higher education provides a covered sports medicine 
professional. 
(2) ATHLETIC TEAM.—The term ‘‘athletic team’’ means a 
sports team— 
(A) composed of individuals who are paid to participate 
on the team; 
(B) composed of individuals who are participating in 
a sporting event or activity sponsored or sanctioned by 
a national governing body; or 
(C) for which a high school or an institution of higher 
education provides a covered sports medicine professional. 
(3) COVERED MEDICAL SERVICES.—The term ‘‘covered med-
ical services’’ means general medical care, emergency medical 
care, athletic training, or physical therapy services. Such term 
does not include care provided by a covered sports medicine 
professional— 
(A) at a health care facility; or 
(B) while a health care provider licensed to practice 
in the secondary State is transporting the injured indi-
vidual to a health care facility. 
(4) COVERED SPORTS MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL.—The term 
‘‘covered sports medicine professional’’ means a physician, ath-
letic trainer, or other health care professional who— 
(A) is licensed to practice in the primary State; 
(B) provides covered medical services, pursuant to a 
written agreement with an athlete, an athletic team, a 
national governing body, a high school, or an institution 
of higher education; and 
(C) prior to providing the covered medical services 
described in subparagraph (B), has disclosed the nature 
and extent of such services to the entity that provides 
the professional with liability insurance in the primary 
State. 
(5) HEALTH CARE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘health care facility’’ 
means a facility in which medical care, diagnosis, or treatment 
is provided on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Such term 
does not include facilities at an arena, stadium, or practice 
facility, or temporary facilities existing for events where ath-
letes or athletic teams may compete. 
(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
(7) LICENSE.—The term ‘‘license’’ or ‘‘licensure’’, as applied 
with respect to a covered sports medicine professional, means 
a professional that has met the requirements and is approved 
to provide covered medical services in accordance with State 
laws and regulations in the primary State. Such term may 
include the registration or certification, or any other form of 
special recognition, of an individual as such a professional, 
as applicable.
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(8) NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY.—The term ‘‘national gov-
erning body’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
220501 of title 36, United States Code. 
(9) PRIMARY STATE.—The term ‘‘primary State’’ means, with 
respect to a covered sports medicine professional, the State 
in which— 
(A) the covered sports medicine professional is licensed 
to practice; and 
(B) the majority of the covered sports medicine profes-
sional’s practice is underwritten for medical professional 
liability insurance coverage. 
(10) SECONDARY
STATE.—The term ‘‘secondary State’’ 
means, with respect to a covered sports medicine professional, 
any State that is not the primary State. 
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each commonwealth, terri-
tory, or possession of the United States. 
(12) SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR.—The term ‘‘substantially 
similar’’, with respect to the licensure by primary and secondary 
States of a sports medicine professional, means that both the 
primary and secondary States have in place a form of licensure 
for such professionals that permits such professionals to provide 
covered medical services. 
DIVISION B—FAA REAUTHORIZATION 
ACT OF 2018 
SEC. 101. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS. 
In this division, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA Programs 
SEC. 111. AIRPORT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE 
COMPATIBILITY PLANNING AND PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 47504(c)’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘section 
47504(c)— 
‘‘(1) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(2) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(3) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(4) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(5) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 
‘‘(6) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’. 
(b) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by striking ‘‘2018,’’ and inserting ‘‘2023,’’.
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SEC. 112. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM AIRPORT AND AIR-
WAY TRUST FUND.—Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) $3,330,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
‘‘(2) $3,398,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
‘‘(3) $3,469,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(4) $3,547,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(5) $3,624,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(6) $3,701,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—Section 48101(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘Automated Sur-
face Observation System/Automated Weather Observing System 
Upgrade’’ and inserting ‘‘Authorized Expenditures’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘may be used for the implementation’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘may be used for the following: 
‘‘(1) The implementation and use of upgrades to the current 
automated surface observation system/automated weather 
observing system, if the upgrade is successfully demonstrated. 
‘‘(2) The acquisition and construction of remote towers (as 
defined in section 161 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018). 
‘‘(3) The remediation and elimination of identified cyberse-
curity vulnerabilities in the air traffic control system. 
‘‘(4) The construction of facilities dedicated to improving 
the cybersecurity of the National Airspace System. 
‘‘(5) Systems associated with the Data Communications 
program. 
‘‘(6) The infrastructure, sustainment, and the elimination 
of the deferred maintenance backlog of air navigation facilities 
and other facilities for which the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion is responsible. 
‘‘(7) The modernization and digitization of the Civil Aviation 
Registry. 
‘‘(8) The construction of necessary Priority 1 National Air-
space System facilities. 
‘‘(9) Cost-beneficial construction, rehabilitation, or retro-
fitting programs designed to reduce Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration facility operating costs.’’. 
SEC. 113. FAA OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(k)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (F) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) $10,247,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(B) $10,486,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(C) $10,732,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(D) $11,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(E) $11,269,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 
‘‘(F) $11,537,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—Section 106(k)(2) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) Not more than the following amounts for commer-
cial space transportation activities: 
‘‘(i) $22,587,000 for fiscal year 2018.
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‘‘(ii) $33,038,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
‘‘(iii) $43,500,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(iv) $54,970,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(v) $64,449,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(vi) $75,938,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.—Section 106(k)(3) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 
through 2018,’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 2023,’’. 
SEC. 114. WEATHER REPORTING PROGRAMS. 
Section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘To reimburse the’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘the Secretary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘To 
sustain the aviation weather reporting programs of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, the Secretary of Transportation’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) $39,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’. 
SEC. 115. ADJUSTMENT TO AIP PROGRAM FUNDING. 
Section 48112 of title 49, United States Code, and the item 
relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 481 of such 
title, are repealed. 
SEC. 116. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 48114(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘in fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year 
thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 
SEC. 117. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) MARSHALL
ISLANDS, MICRONESIA, AND
PALAU.—Section 
47115 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (i); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i); and 
(3) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
years 2012 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 
through 2023’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF COMPATIBLE LAND USE PLANNING
AND 
PROJECTS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—Section 47141(f) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
(c) MIDWAY ISLAND AIRPORT.—Section 186(d) of the Vision 
100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108– 
176; 117 Stat. 2518) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2012 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 2018 through 2023’’. 
(d) EXTENSION
OF PILOT PROGRAM
FOR REDEVELOPMENT
OF 
AIRPORT PROPERTIES.—Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization 
and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility Charges 
SEC. 121. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE MODERNIZATION. 
(a) PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES; GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 40117(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘, if the Secretary finds—’’ and inserting a period; and
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(2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(b) 
PILOT
PROGRAM
FOR
PASSENGER
FACILITY
CHARGE 
AUTHORIZATIONS AT NONHUB AIRPORTS.—Section 40117(l) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AT NONHUB AIRPORTS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘nonhub’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 122. FUTURE AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINANCING 
STUDY. 
(a) 
FUTURE
AVIATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND
FINANCING 
STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into an agree-
ment with a qualified organization to conduct a study assessing 
the infrastructure needs of airports and existing financial resources 
for commercial service airports and make recommendations on the 
actions needed to upgrade the national aviation infrastructure 
system to meet the growing and shifting demands of the 21st 
century. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study, the qualified 
organization shall convene and consult with a panel of national 
experts, including representatives of— 
(1) nonhub airports; 
(2) small hub airports; 
(3) medium hub airports; 
(4) large hub airports; 
(5) airports with international service; 
(6) nonprimary airports; 
(7) local elected officials; 
(8) relevant labor organizations; 
(9) passengers; 
(10) air carriers; 
(11) the tourism industry; and 
(12) the business travel industry. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the study, the qualified 
organization shall consider— 
(1) the ability of airport infrastructure to meet current 
and projected passenger volumes; 
(2) the available financial tools and resources for airports 
of different sizes; 
(3) the available financing tools and resources for airports 
in rural areas; 
(4) the current debt held by airports, and its impact on 
future construction and capacity needs; 
(5) the impact of capacity constraints on passengers and 
ticket prices; 
(6) the purchasing power of the passenger facility charge 
from the last increase in 2000 to the year of enactment of 
this Act; 
(7) the impact to passengers and airports of indexing the 
passenger facility charge for inflation; 
(8) how long airports are constrained with current pas-
senger facility charge collections; 
(9) the impact of passenger facility charges on promoting 
competition;
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(10) the additional resources or options to fund terminal 
construction projects; 
(11) the resources eligible for use toward noise reduction 
and emission reduction projects; 
(12) the gap between the cost of projects eligible for the 
airport improvement program and the annual Federal funding 
provided; 
(13) the impact of regulatory requirements on airport infra-
structure financing needs; 
(14) airline competition; 
(15) airline ancillary fees and their impact on ticket pricing 
and taxable revenue; and 
(16) the ability of airports to finance necessary safety, 
security, capacity, and environmental projects identified in cap-
ital improvement plans. 
(d) LARGE HUB AIRPORTS.—The study shall, to the extent not 
considered under subsection (c), separately evaluate the infrastruc-
ture requirements of the large hub airports identified in the 
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). The evalua-
tion shall— 
(1) analyze the current and future capacity constraints 
of large hub airports; 
(2) quantify large hub airports’ infrastructure require-
ments, including terminal, landside, and airside infrastructure; 
(3) quantify the percentage growth in infrastructure 
requirements of the large hub airports relative to other commer-
cial service airports; 
(4) analyze how much funding from the airport improve-
ment program (AIP) has gone to meet the requirements of 
large hub airports over the past 10 years; and 
(5) project how much AIP funding would be available to 
meet the requirements of large hub airports in the next 5 
years if funding levels are held constant. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the qualified organization shall submit to the 
Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on the results of the study described in subsection (a), including 
its findings and recommendations related to each item in sub-
sections (c) and (d). 
(f) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘qualified organization’’ means an independent nonprofit 
organization that recommends solutions to public policy challenges 
through objective analysis. 
SEC. 123. INTERMODAL ACCESS PROJECTS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall, 
after consideration of all public comments, publish in the Federal 
Register a final policy amendment consistent with the notice pub-
lished in the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 26611). 
Subtitle C—Airport Improvement Program 
Modifications 
SEC. 131. GRANT ASSURANCES. 
Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(17), by striking ‘‘each contract’’ and 
inserting ‘‘if any phase of such project has received funds under 
this subchapter, each contract’’; 
(2) in subsection (r)(3), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(u) CONSTRUCTION OF RECREATIONAL AIRCRAFT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The construction of a covered aircraft 
shall be treated as an aeronautical activity for purposes of— 
‘‘(A) determining an airport’s compliance with a grant 
assurance made under this section or any other provision 
of law; and 
‘‘(B) the receipt of Federal financial assistance for air-
port development. 
‘‘(2) COVERED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘covered aircraft’ means an aircraft— 
‘‘(A) used or intended to be used exclusively for rec-
reational purposes; and 
‘‘(B) constructed or under construction by a private 
individual at a general aviation airport. 
‘‘(v) COMMUNITY USE OF AIRPORT LAND.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(13), and 
subject to paragraph (2), the sponsor of a public-use airport 
shall not be considered to be in violation of this subtitle, or 
to be found in violation of a grant assurance made under 
this section, or under any other provision of law, as a condition 
for the receipt of Federal financial assistance for airport 
development, solely because the sponsor has entered into an 
agreement, including a revised agreement, with a local govern-
ment providing for the use of airport property for an interim 
compatible recreational purpose at below fair market value. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—This subsection shall apply only— 
‘‘(A) to an agreement regarding airport property that 
was initially entered into before the publication of the 
Federal Aviation Administration’s Policy and Procedures 
Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, dated February 
16, 1999; 
‘‘(B) if the agreement between the sponsor and the 
local government is subordinate to any existing or future 
agreements between the sponsor and the Secretary, 
including agreements related to a grant assurance under 
this section; 
‘‘(C) to airport property that was acquired under a 
Federal airport development grant program; 
‘‘(D) if the airport sponsor has provided a written state-
ment to the Administrator that the property made available 
for a recreational purpose will not be needed for any aero-
nautical purpose during the next 10 years; 
‘‘(E) if the agreement includes a term of not more 
than 2 years to prepare the airport property for the interim 
compatible recreational purpose and not more than 10 
years of use for that purpose; 
‘‘(F) if the recreational purpose will not impact the 
aeronautical use of the airport; 
‘‘(G) if the airport sponsor provides a certification that 
the sponsor is not responsible for preparation, start-up,
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operations, maintenance, or any other costs associated with 
the recreational purpose; and 
‘‘(H) if the recreational purpose is consistent with Fed-
eral land use compatibility criteria under section 47502. 
‘‘(3) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
may be construed as permitting a diversion of airport revenue 
for the capital or operating costs associated with the community 
use of airport land.’’. 
SEC. 132. MOTHERS’ ROOMS. 
(a) GRANT ASSURANCES.—Section 47107 of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(w) MOTHERS’ ROOMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of Transportation may approve an 
application under this subchapter for an airport development 
project grant only if the Secretary receives written assurances 
that the airport owner or operator will maintain— 
‘‘(A) a lactation area in the sterile area of each pas-
senger terminal building of the airport; and 
‘‘(B) a baby changing table in one men’s and one 
women’s restroom in each passenger terminal building of 
the airport. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) AIRPORT SIZE.—The requirement in paragraph (1) 
shall only apply to applications submitted by the airport 
sponsor of a medium or large hub airport. 
‘‘(B) PREEXISTING
FACILITIES.—On application by an 
airport sponsor, the Secretary may determine that a lacta-
tion area in existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act complies with the requirement in paragraph (1), not-
withstanding the absence of one of the facilities or 
characteristics referred to in the definition of the term 
‘lactation area’ in this subsection. 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—The requirement in paragraph (1) 
shall not apply with respect to a project grant application 
for a period of time, determined by the Secretary, if the 
Secretary determines that construction or maintenance 
activities make it impracticable or unsafe for the lactation 
area to be located in the sterile area of the building. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term— 
‘‘(A) ‘lactation area’ means a room or similar accommo-
dation that— 
‘‘(i) provides a location for members of the public 
to express breast milk that is shielded from view and 
free from intrusion from the public; 
‘‘(ii) has a door that can be locked; 
‘‘(iii) includes a place to sit, a table or other flat 
surface, a sink or sanitizing equipment, and an elec-
trical outlet; 
‘‘(iv) is readily accessible to and usable by individ-
uals with disabilities, including individuals who use 
wheelchairs; and 
‘‘(v) is not located in a restroom; and
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‘‘(B) ‘sterile area’ has the same meaning given that 
term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.’’. 
(b) TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS.—Section 47119(a) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) LACTATION
AREAS.—In addition to the projects 
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may approve a project 
for terminal development for the construction or installation 
of a lactation area (as defined in section 47107(w)) at a commer-
cial service airport.’’. 
SEC. 133. CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM. 
(a) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CONTRACT PROGRAM.— 
(1) SPECIAL
RULE.—Section 47124(b)(1)(B) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under the program continued under 
this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under the Contract Tower 
Program’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘exceeds the benefit for a period of 
18 months after such determination is made’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘exceeds the benefit— 
‘‘(i) for the 1-year period after such determination 
is made; or 
‘‘(ii) if an appeal of such determination is 
requested, for the 1-year period described in subsection 
(d)(4)(D).’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION.—Section 47124(b)(3)(D) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under the program’’ and inserting 
‘‘under the Cost-share Program’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Airports with 
air service provided under part 121 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and more than 25,000 passenger 
enplanements in calendar year 2014 shall be exempt from 
any cost-share requirement under this paragraph.’’. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS.— 
(A) GRANTS.—Section 47124(b)(4)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended in each of clauses (i)(III) and 
(ii)(III) by inserting ‘‘, including remote air traffic control 
tower equipment certified by the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’’ after ‘‘1996’’. 
(B) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 47124(b)(4)(B)(i)(I) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘contract tower 
program established under subsection (a) and continued 
under paragraph (1) or the pilot program established under 
paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘Contract Tower Program or 
the Cost-share Program’’. 
(C) 
LIMITATION
ON
FEDERAL
SHARE.—Section 
47124(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subparagraph (C). 
(4) 
BENEFIT-TO-COST
CALCULATION
FOR
PROGRAM 
APPLICANTS.—Section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) BENEFIT-TO-COST CALCULATION.—Not later than 
90 days after receiving an application to the Contract Tower 
Program, the Secretary shall calculate a benefit-to-cost
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ratio (as described in subsection (d)) for the applicable 
air traffic control tower for purposes of selecting towers 
for participation in the Contract Tower Program.’’. 
(b) CRITERIA TO EVALUATE PARTICIPANTS.—Section 47124 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) CRITERIA TO EVALUATE PARTICIPANTS.— 
‘‘(1) TIMING OF EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) TOWERS PARTICIPATING IN COST-SHARE PROGRAM.— 
In the case of an air traffic control tower that is operated 
under the Cost-share Program, the Secretary shall annually 
calculate a benefit-to-cost ratio with respect to the tower. 
‘‘(B) TOWERS PARTICIPATING IN CONTRACT TOWER PRO-
GRAM.—In the case of an air traffic control tower that 
is operated under the Contract Tower Program, the Sec-
retary shall not calculate a benefit-to-cost ratio after the 
date of enactment of this subsection with respect to the 
tower unless the Secretary determines that the annual 
aircraft traffic at the airport where the tower is located 
has decreased— 
‘‘(i) by more than 25 percent from the previous 
year; or 
‘‘(ii) by more than 55 percent cumulatively in the 
preceding 3-year period. 
‘‘(2) COSTS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In establishing a benefit- 
to-cost ratio under this section with respect to an air traffic 
control tower, the Secretary shall consider only the following 
costs: 
‘‘(A) The Federal Aviation Administration’s actual cost 
of wages and benefits of personnel working at the tower. 
‘‘(B) The Federal Aviation Administration’s actual tele-
communications costs directly associated with the tower. 
‘‘(C) The Federal Aviation Administration’s costs of 
purchasing and installing any air traffic control equipment 
that would not have been purchased or installed except 
as a result of the operation of the tower. 
‘‘(D) The Federal Aviation Administration’s actual 
travel costs associated with maintaining air traffic control 
equipment that is owned by the Administration and would 
not be maintained except as a result of the operation of 
the tower. 
‘‘(E) Other actual costs of the Federal Aviation 
Administration directly associated with the tower that 
would not be incurred except as a result of the operation 
of the tower (excluding costs for noncontract tower-related 
personnel and equipment, even if the personnel or equip-
ment is located in the contract tower building). 
‘‘(3) OTHER CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED.—In establishing 
a benefit-to-cost ratio under this section with respect to an 
air traffic control tower, the Secretary shall add a 10 percentage 
point margin of error to the benefit-to-cost ratio determination 
to acknowledge and account for the direct and indirect economic 
and other benefits that are not included in the criteria the 
Secretary used in calculating that ratio. 
‘‘(4) REVIEW OF COST-BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS.—In issuing 
a benefit-to-cost ratio determination under this section with
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respect to an air traffic control tower located at an airport, 
the Secretary shall implement the following procedures: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary shall provide the airport (or the 
State or local government having jurisdiction over the air-
port) at least 90 days following the date of receipt of 
the determination to submit to the Secretary a request 
for an appeal of the determination, together with updated 
or additional data in support of the appeal. 
‘‘(B) Upon receipt of a request for an appeal submitted 
pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) transmit to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration any updated or additional 
data submitted in support of the appeal; and 
‘‘(ii) provide the Administrator not more than 90 
days to review the data and provide a response to 
the Secretary based on the review. 
‘‘(C) After receiving a response from the Administrator 
pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) provide the airport, State, or local government 
that requested the appeal at least 30 days to review 
the response; and 
‘‘(ii) withhold from taking further action in connec-
tion with the appeal during that 30-day period. 
‘‘(D) If, after completion of the appeal procedures with 
respect to the determination, the Secretary requires the 
tower to transition into the Cost-share Program, the Sec-
retary shall not require a cost-share payment from the 
airport, State, or local government for 1 year following 
the last day of the 30-day period described in subparagraph 
(C). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONTRACT
TOWER
PROGRAM.—The term ‘Contract 
Tower Program’ means the level I air traffic control tower 
contract program established under subsection (a) and contin-
ued under subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) COST-SHARE PROGRAM.—The term ‘Cost-share Program’ 
means the cost-share program established under subsection 
(b)(3).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 47124(b) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘the program estab-
lished under paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Cost-share Pro-
gram’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CONTRACT AIR TRAFFIC 
CONTROL TOWER PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘COST-SHARE PRO-
GRAM’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘contract tower 
program established under subsection (a) and continued 
under paragraph (1) (in this paragraph referred to as the 
‘Contract Tower Program’)’’ and inserting ‘‘Contract Tower 
Program’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘In carrying out 
the program’’ and inserting ‘‘In carrying out the Cost-share 
Program’’;
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(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘participate in 
the program’’ and inserting ‘‘participate in the Cost-share 
Program’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘the program 
continued under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Contract 
Tower Program’’. 
(d) APPROVAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT 
TOWER PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration has not implemented a revised cost-benefit 
methodology for purposes of determining eligibility for the Con-
tract Tower Program before the date that is 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, any airport with an applica-
tion for participation in the Contract Tower Program pending 
as of January 1, 2017, shall be approved for participation 
in the Contract Tower Program if the Administrator determines 
the tower is eligible under the criteria set forth in the Federal 
Aviation Administration report entitled ‘‘Establishment and 
Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers’’, 
and dated August 1990 (FAA–APO–90–7). 
(2) REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The Adminis-
trator shall respond not later than 60 days after the date 
the Administrator receives a formal request from an airport 
and air traffic control contractor for additional authority to 
expand contract tower operational hours and staff to accommo-
date flight traffic outside of current tower operational hours. 
(3) DEFINITION OF CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Contract Tower Program’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 47124(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, as added by this Act. 
SEC. 134. GOVERNMENT SHARE OF PROJECT COSTS. 
Section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘primary airport having 
at least .25 percent of the total number of passenger boardings 
each year at all commercial service airports;’’ and inserting 
‘‘medium or large hub airport;’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) 95 percent for a project that— 
‘‘(A) the Administrator determines is a successive phase 
of a multiphase construction project for which the sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(B) for which the United States Government’s share 
of allowable project costs would otherwise be capped at 
90 percent under paragraph (2) or (3).’’. 
SEC. 135. UPDATED VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. 
Section 47112(c)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or Operation New Dawn for more’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Operation New Dawn, Operation Inherent Resolve, 
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, or any successor contingency 
operation to such operations for more’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘or Operation New Dawn (whichever is 
later)’’ and inserting ‘‘Operation New Dawn, Operation Inherent 
Resolve, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, or any successor contin-
gency operation to such operations (whichever is later)’’.
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SEC. 136. USE OF STATE HIGHWAY SPECIFICATIONS. 
Section 47114(d)(5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) USE
OF
STATE
HIGHWAY
SPECIFICATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall use the highway specifications of a State for airfield 
pavement construction and improvement using funds made 
available under this subsection at nonprimary airports serving 
aircraft that do not exceed 60,000 pounds gross weight if— 
‘‘(A) such State requests the use of such specifications; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) safety will not be negatively affected; and 
‘‘(ii) the life of the pavement, with necessary 
maintenance and upkeep, will not be shorter than it 
would be if constructed using Administration stand-
ards.’’. 
SEC. 137. FORMER MILITARY AIRPORTS. 
Section 47118(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the airport is— 
‘‘(A) a former military installation that, at any time 
after December 31, 1965, was owned and operated by the 
Department of Defense; and 
‘‘(B) a nonhub primary airport.’’. 
SEC. 138. ELIGIBILITY OF CCTV PROJECTS FOR AIRPORT IMPROVE-
MENT PROGRAM. 
Section 47119(a)(1)(B) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘directly related to moving passengers’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘directly related to— 
‘‘(i) moving passengers’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) installing security cameras in the public area 
of the interior and exterior of the terminal; and’’. 
SEC. 139. STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM EXPANSION. 
Section 47128(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘not more than 9 qualified States for fiscal years 2000 
and 2001 and 10 qualified States for each fiscal year thereafter’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not more than 20 qualified States for each fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 140. NON-MOVEMENT AREA SURVEILLANCE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 47142 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 47143. Non-movement area surveillance surface display 
systems pilot program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may carry out a pilot program to support non- 
Federal acquisition and installation of qualifying non-movement 
area surveillance surface display systems and sensors if—
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‘‘(1) the Administrator determines that such systems and 
sensors would improve safety or capacity in the National Air-
space System; and 
‘‘(2) the non-movement area surveillance surface display 
systems and sensors supplement existing movement area sys-
tems and sensors at the selected airports established under 
other programs administered by the Administrator. 
‘‘(b) PROJECT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying out the pilot 
program, the Administrator may make a project grant out 
of funds apportioned under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) 
of section 47114(c) to not more than 5 eligible sponsors to 
acquire and install qualifying non-movement area surveillance 
surface display systems and sensors. The airports selected to 
participate in the pilot program shall have existing Administra-
tion movement area systems and airlines that are participants 
in Federal Aviation Administration’s airport collaborative deci-
sion-making process. 
‘‘(2) DATA EXCHANGE PROCESSES.—As part of the pilot pro-
gram carried out under this section, the Administrator may 
establish data exchange processes to allow airport participation 
in the Administration’s airport collaborative decision-making 
process and fusion of the non-movement surveillance data with 
the Administration’s movement area systems. 
‘‘(c) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective on October 
1, 2023. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) NON-MOVEMENT AREA.—The term ‘non-movement area’ 
means the portion of the airfield surface that is not under 
the control of air traffic control. 
‘‘(2) NON-MOVEMENT AREA SURVEILLANCE SURFACE DISPLAY 
SYSTEMS AND SENSORS.—The term ‘non-movement area surveil-
lance surface display systems and sensors’ means a non-Federal 
surveillance system that uses on-airport sensors that track 
vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders in 
the non-movement area. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFYING NON-MOVEMENT AREA SURVEILLANCE SUR-
FACE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SENSORS.—The term ‘qualifying non- 
movement area surveillance surface display system and sensors’ 
means a non-movement area surveillance surface display 
system that— 
‘‘(A) provides the required transmit and receive data 
formats consistent with the National Airspace System 
architecture at the appropriate service delivery point; 
‘‘(B) is on-airport; and 
‘‘(C) is airport operated.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of 
contents of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 47142 the following: 
‘‘47143. Non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot program.’’. 
SEC. 141. PROPERTY CONVEYANCE RELEASES. 
Section 817(a) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 
2012 (49 U.S.C. 47125 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or section 23’’ and inserting ‘‘, section 
23’’; and
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(2) by inserting ‘‘, or section 47125 of title 49, United 
States Code’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 142. STUDY REGARDING TECHNOLOGY USAGE AT AIRPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall initiate a study on— 
(1) technology developed by international entities (including 
foreign nations and companies) that have been installed in 
American airports and aviation systems over the past decade, 
including the nation where the technology was developed and 
any airports utilizing the technology; and 
(2) aviation safety-related technology developed and imple-
mented by international entities with proven track records 
of success that may assist in establishing best practices to 
improve American aviation operations and safety. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 143. STUDY ON AIRPORT REVENUE DIVERSION. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
initiate a study of— 
(1) the legal and financial challenges related to repealing 
the exception in section 47107(b)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, for those airports that the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion has identified are covered by the exception; and 
(2) measures that may be taken to mitigate the impact 
of repealing the exception. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study required under subsection (a) shall 
address— 
(1) the level of revenue diversion at the airports covered 
by the exception described in subsection (a)(1) and the uses 
of the diverted revenue; 
(2) the terms of any bonds or financial covenants an airport 
owner has issued relying on diverted airport revenue; 
(3) applicable local laws or ordinances requiring use of 
airport revenue for nonairport purposes; 
(4) whether repealing the exception would improve the 
long-term financial performance of impacted airports; and 
(5) any other practical implications of repealing the excep-
tion for airports or the national aviation system. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the 
study. 
SEC. 144. GAO STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF GRANTING AN EXCLUSIVE 
RIGHT OF AERONAUTICAL SERVICES TO AN AIRPORT 
SPONSOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study to examine the cases in which an airport 
sponsor has exercised an exclusive right (commonly known as a 
proprietary exclusive right), as described in the Federal Aviation 
Advisory Circular 150/1590–6 issued on January 4, 2007.
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(b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study described under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on the findings of the 
study. 
SEC. 145. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SMART AIRPORTS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Secretary of Transportation should 
produce a smart airports initiative plan that focuses on creating 
a more consumer-friendly and digitally connected airport experi-
ence. The plan should include recommendations on modernizing 
technologies to provide more efficient check-ins, shortened security 
lines, Wi-Fi and GPS upgrades, as well as improvements of aircraft 
turnaround for on-time boarding and flights. The purpose of the 
initiative is to invest in technologies and infrastructure toward 
better-connected airports while providing appropriate national secu-
rity and cybersecurity for travelers. 
SEC. 146. CRITICAL AIRFIELD MARKINGS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
issue a request for proposal for a study that includes— 
(1) an independent, third-party study to assess the dura-
bility of Type III and Type I glass beads applied to critical 
markings over a 2-year period at not fewer than 2 primary 
airports in varying weather conditions to measure the 
retroreflectivity levels of such markings on a quarterly basis; 
and 
(2) a study at 2 other airports carried out by applying 
Type III glass beads on half of the centerline and Type I 
glass beads to the other half and providing for assessments 
from pilots through surveys administered by a third party 
as to the visibility and performance of the Type III glass beads 
as compared to the Type I glass beads over a 1-year period. 
SEC. 147. GENERAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY. 
Section 44502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) TRANSFERS OF AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An airport may transfer, without consid-
eration, to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, an eligible air traffic system or equipment that con-
forms to performance specifications of the Administrator if a 
Government airport aid program, airport development aid pro-
gram, or airport improvement project grant was used to assist 
in purchasing the system or equipment. 
‘‘(2) ACCEPTANCE.—The Administrator shall accept the 
eligible air traffic system or equipment and operate and main-
tain it under criteria of the Administrator. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘eligible air 
traffic system or equipment’ means— 
‘‘(A) an instrument landing system consisting of a glide 
slope and localizer (if the Administrator has determined 
that a satellite navigation system cannot provide a suitable 
approach to an airport); 
‘‘(B) an Automated Weather Observing System weather 
observation system; or
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‘‘(C) a Remote Communication Air/Ground and Remote 
Communication Outlet communications facility.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) AIRPORT SPACE.— 
‘‘(1) RESTRICTION.—The Administrator may not require an 
airport owner or sponsor (as defined in section 47102) to provide 
to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost any of 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Building construction, maintenance, utilities, or 
expenses for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting. 
‘‘(B) Space in a facility owned by the airport owner 
or sponsor for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting. 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
may be construed to affect— 
‘‘(A) any agreement the Secretary may have or make 
with an airport owner or sponsor for the airport owner 
or sponsor to provide any of the items described in para-
graph (1)(A) or (1)(B) at below-market rates; or 
‘‘(B) any grant assurance that requires an airport 
owner or sponsor to provide land to the Administration 
without cost for an air traffic control facility.’’. 
SEC. 148. RECYCLING PLANS; UNCATEGORIZED SMALL AIRPORTS. 
(a) PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION APPROVAL.—Section 47106(a) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘that includes the project’’ 
before ‘‘, the master plan’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6)(E), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) if the project is at an airport that is listed as having 
an unclassified status under the most recent national plan 
of integrated airport systems (as described in section 47103), 
the project will be funded with an amount appropriated under 
section 47114(d)(3)(B) and is— 
‘‘(A) for maintenance of the pavement of the primary 
runway; 
‘‘(B) for obstruction removal for the primary runway; 
‘‘(C) for the rehabilitation of the primary runway; or 
‘‘(D) for a project that the Secretary considers necessary 
for the safe operation of the airport.’’. 
(b) NONPRIMARY APPORTIONMENT.—Section 47114(d)(3) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) During fiscal years 2019 and 2020— 
‘‘(i) an airport that accrued apportionment funds 
under subparagraph (A) in fiscal year 2013 that is 
listed as having an unclassified status under the most 
recent national plan of integrated airport systems shall 
continue to accrue apportionment funds under subpara-
graph (A) at the same amount the airport accrued 
apportionment funds in fiscal year 2013, subject to 
the conditions of this paragraph;
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‘‘(ii) notwithstanding the period of availability as 
described in section 47117(b), an amount apportioned 
to an airport under clause (i) shall be available to 
the airport only during the fiscal year in which the 
amount is apportioned; and 
‘‘(iii) notwithstanding the waiver permitted under 
section 47117(c)(2), an airport receiving apportionment 
funds under clause (i) may not waive its claim to 
any part of the apportioned funds in order to make 
the funds available for a grant for another public- 
use airport. 
‘‘(D) An airport that re-establishes its classified status 
shall be eligible to accrue apportionment funds pursuant 
to subparagraph (A) so long as such airport retains its 
classified status.’’. 
SEC. 149. EVALUATION OF AIRPORT MASTER PLANS. 
Section 47106 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) EVALUATION OF AIRPORT MASTER PLANS.—When evaluating 
the master plan of an airport for purposes of this subchapter, 
the Secretary shall take into account— 
‘‘(1) the role the airport plays with respect to medical 
emergencies and evacuations; and 
‘‘(2) the role the airport plays in emergency or disaster 
preparedness in the community served by the airport.’’. 
SEC. 150. DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN. 
Section 47113(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) ‘small business concern’— 
‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term in section 3 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); but 
‘‘(B) in the case of a concern in the construction 
industry, a concern shall be considered a small business 
concern if the concern meets the size standard for the 
North American Industry Classification System Code 
237310, as adjusted by the Small Business Administra-
tion;’’. 
SEC. 151. SMALL AIRPORT REGULATION RELIEF. 
Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2018 THROUGH 
2020.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) and subject to 
subparagraph (G), the Secretary shall apportion to a 
sponsor of an airport under that subparagraph for each 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2020 an amount based on 
the number of passenger boardings at the airport during 
calendar year 2012 if the airport— 
‘‘(i) had 10,000 or more passenger boardings during 
calendar year 2012; 
‘‘(ii) had fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings 
during the calendar year used to calculate the appor-
tionment for fiscal year 2018, 2019, or 2020, as 
applicable, under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(iii) had scheduled air service at any point in 
the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment.
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‘‘(G) LIMITATIONS
AND
WAIVERS.—The authority to 
make apportionments in the manner prescribed in subpara-
graph (F) may be utilized no more than 3 years in a 
row. The Secretary may waive this limitation if the Sec-
retary determines that an airport’s enplanements are 
substantially close to 10,000 enplanements and the airport 
sponsor or affected communities are taking reasonable 
steps to restore enplanements above 10,000. 
‘‘(H) 
MINIMUM
APPORTIONMENT
FOR
COMMERCIAL 
SERVICE
AIRPORTS
WITH
MORE
THAN
8,000
PASSENGER 
BOARDINGS IN A CALENDAR YEAR.—Not less than $600,000 
may be apportioned under subparagraph (A) for each fiscal 
year to each sponsor of a commercial service airport that 
had fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings, but at least 
8,000 passenger boardings, during the prior calendar year.’’. 
SEC. 152. CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN CONTROL TOWERS. 
Section 47116(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CONTROL TOWER CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 47124(b)(4)(A), the Secretary may provide grants under 
this section to an airport sponsor participating in the contract 
tower program under section 47124 for the construction or 
improvement of a nonapproach control tower, as defined by 
the Secretary, and for the acquisition and installation of air 
traffic control, communications, and related equipment to be 
used in that tower. Such grants shall be subject to the distribu-
tion requirements of subsection (b) and the eligibility require-
ments of section 47124(b)(4)(B).’’. 
SEC. 153. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
Section 47123 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Transportation’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) INDIAN EMPLOYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) TRIBAL SPONSOR PREFERENCE.—Consistent with section 
703(i) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2(i)), 
nothing in this section shall preclude the preferential employ-
ment of Indians living on or near a reservation on a project 
or contract at— 
‘‘(A) an airport sponsored by an Indian tribal govern-
ment; or 
‘‘(B) an airport located on an Indian reservation. 
‘‘(2) STATE PREFERENCE.—A State may implement a pref-
erence for employment of Indians on a project carried out 
under this subchapter near an Indian reservation. 
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall consult with 
Indian tribal governments and cooperate with the States to 
implement this subsection. 
‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘Indian tribal government’ has the same meaning 
given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).’’.
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SEC. 154. DEFINITION OF AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 47116(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) AIRPORT
DEVELOPMENT
FOR
ELIGIBLE
MOUNTAINTOP 
AIRPORTS.—In making grants to sponsors described in sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall give priority consideration to 
mass grading and associated structural support (including 
access road, duct banks, and other related infrastructure) at 
mountaintop airports, provided that the airport would not 
otherwise have sufficient surface area for— 
‘‘(A) eligible and justified airport development projects; 
or 
‘‘(B) additional hangar space.’’. 
SEC. 155. GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT EXPIRED FUNDS. 
Section 47117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘An amount’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) IN GEN-
ERAL.—An amount’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘If the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), if the amount’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXPIRED AMOUNTS APPORTIONED FOR GENERAL AVIATION 
AIRPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), if an amount apportioned under section 47114(d) is 
not obligated within the time specified in paragraph (1), 
that amount shall be added to the discretionary fund under 
section 47115 of this title, provided that— 
‘‘(i) amounts made available under paragraph 
(2)(A) shall be used for grants for projects in accordance 
with section 47115(d)(2) at airports eligible to receive 
an apportionment under section 47114(d)(2) or (3)(A), 
whichever is applicable; and 
‘‘(ii) amounts made available under paragraph 
(2)(A) that are not obligated by July 1 of the fiscal 
year in which the funds will expire shall be made 
available for all projects in accordance with section 
47115(d)(2). 
‘‘(B) STATE
BLOCK
GRANT
PROGRAM.—If an amount 
apportioned to an airport under section 47114(d)(3)(A) is 
not obligated within the time specified in paragraph (1), 
and the airport is located in a State participating in the 
State block grant program under section 47128, the amount 
shall be made available to that State under the same 
conditions as if the State had been apportioned the amount 
under section 47114(d)(3)(B).’’. 
SEC. 156. PRIORITY REVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN COLD 
WEATHER STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, to the extent practicable, shall schedule the 
Administrator’s review of construction projects so that projects to 
be carried out in the States in which the weather during a typical 
calendar year prevents major construction projects from being car-
ried out before May 1 are reviewed as early as possible.
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(b) BRIEFING.—The Administrator shall provide a briefing to 
the appropriate committees of Congress annually on the effective-
ness of the review and prioritization. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 154 of the FAA Mod-
ernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47112 note) and 
the item relating to that section in the table of contents under 
section 1(b) of that Act (126 Stat. 13) are repealed. 
SEC. 157. MINORITY AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS PARTICIPATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) While significant progress has occurred due to the 
establishment of the airport disadvantaged business enterprise 
program (sections 47107(e) and 47113 of title 49, United States 
Code), discrimination and related barriers continue to pose 
significant obstacles for minority- and women-owned businesses 
seeking to do business in airport-related markets across the 
Nation. These continuing barriers merit the continuation of 
the airport disadvantaged business enterprise program. 
(2) Congress has received and reviewed testimony and docu-
mentation of race and gender discrimination from numerous 
sources, including congressional hearings and roundtables, sci-
entific reports, reports issued by public and private agencies, 
news stories, reports of discrimination by organizations and 
individuals, and discrimination lawsuits. This testimony and 
documentation shows that race- and gender-neutral efforts 
alone are insufficient to address the problem. 
(3) This testimony and documentation demonstrates that 
discrimination across the Nation poses a barrier to full and 
fair participation in airport-related businesses of women busi-
ness owners and minority business owners in the racial groups 
detailed in parts 23 and 26 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and has impacted firm development and many aspects 
of airport-related business in the public and private markets. 
(4) This testimony and documentation provides a strong 
basis that there is a compelling need for the continuation 
of the airport disadvantaged business enterprise program and 
the airport concessions disadvantaged business enterprise pro-
gram to address race and gender discrimination in airport- 
related business. 
(b) PROMPT PAYMENTS.— 
(1) REPORTING OF COMPLAINTS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall ensure that each 
airport that participates in the Program tracks, and reports 
to the Administrator, the number of covered complaints made 
in relation to activities at that airport. 
(2) IMPROVING COMPLIANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall take actions 
to assess and improve compliance with prompt payment 
requirements under part 26 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(B) CONTENTS
OF
ASSESSMENT.—In carrying out 
subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall assess— 
(i) whether requirements relating to the inclusion 
of prompt payment language in contracts are being 
satisfied;
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(ii) whether and how airports are enforcing prompt 
payment requirements; 
(iii) the processes by which covered complaints 
are received and resolved by airports; 
(iv) whether improvements need to be made to— 
(I) better track covered complaints received 
by airports; and 
(II) assist the resolution of covered complaints 
in a timely manner; 
(v) whether changes to prime contractor specifica-
tions need to be made to ensure prompt payments 
to subcontractors; and, 
(vi) whether changes to prime contractor specifica-
tions need to be made to ensure prompt payment of 
retainage to subcontractors. 
(C) REPORTING.—The Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an appropriate website operated by 
the Administrator a report describing the results of the 
assessment completed under this paragraph, including a 
plan to respond to such results. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(A) COVERED
COMPLAINT.—The term ‘‘covered com-
plaint’’ means a complaint relating to an alleged failure 
to satisfy a prompt payment requirement under part 26 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(B) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the airport 
disadvantaged business enterprise program referenced in 
subsection (a)(1) of the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47113 note). 
SEC. 158. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. 
Section 47115 of title 49, United States Code, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a program 
to provide grants, subject to the conditions of this subsection, 
for any purpose for which amounts are made available under 
section 48103 that the Secretary considers most appropriate 
to carry out this subchapter. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant made under this subsection 
shall be treated as having been made pursuant to the 
Secretary’s authority under section 47104(a) and from the 
Secretary’s discretionary fund under subsection (a) of this 
section. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
subsection, grants made under this subsection shall not 
be subject to subsection (c), section 47117(e), or any other 
apportionment formula, special apportionment category, or 
minimum percentage set forth in this chapter. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY AND PRIORITIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may provide grants 
under this subsection for an airport or terminal develop-
ment project at any airport that is eligible to receive a 
grant from the discretionary fund under subsection (a) 
of this section.
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‘‘(B) PRIORITIZATION.—Not less than 50 percent of the 
amounts available under this subsection shall used to pro-
vide grants at— 
‘‘(i) airports that are eligible for apportionment 
under section 47114(d)(3); and 
‘‘(ii) nonhub and small hub airports. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection the 
following amounts: 
‘‘(i) $1,020,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
‘‘(ii) $1,041,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(iii) $1,064,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(iv) $1,087,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(v) $1,110,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Sums authorized to be appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) shall remain available for 
2 fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 159. STATE TAXATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40116(d)(2)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) except as otherwise provided under section 47133, levy 
or collect a tax, fee, or charge, first taking effect after the 
date of enactment of this clause, upon any business located 
at a commercial service airport or operating as a permittee 
of such an airport that is not generally imposed on sales or 
services by that State, political subdivision, or authority unless 
wholly utilized for airport or aeronautical purposes.’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section or an 
amendment made by this section shall affect a change to a rate 
or other provision of a tax, fee, or charge under section 40116 
of title 49, United States Code, that was enacted prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. Such provision of a tax, fee, or 
charge shall continue to be subject to the requirements to which 
such provision was subject under that section as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 160. AIRPORT INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47134 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting ‘‘Airport 
investment partnership program’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, with respect to not 
more than 10 airports,’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘The Secretary may 
grant an exemption to a sponsor’’ and inserting ‘‘If the Secretary 
grants an exemption to a sponsor pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall grant an exemption to the sponsor’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘The Secretary may 
grant an exemption to a purchaser or lessee’’ and inserting 
‘‘If the Secretary grants an exemption to a sponsor pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall grant an exemption to 
the corresponding purchaser or lessee’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.— 
‘‘(1) MULTIPLE
AIRPORTS.—The Secretary may consider 
applications under this section submitted by a public airport
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sponsor for multiple airports under the control of the sponsor 
if all airports under the control of the sponsor are located 
in the same State. 
‘‘(2) PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION.—A purchaser or lessee may 
be an entity in which a sponsor has an interest.’’; and 
(6) by striking subsections (l) and (m) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(l) PREDEVELOPMENT
LIMITATION.—A grant to an airport 
sponsor under this subchapter for predevelopment planning costs 
relating to the preparation of an application or proposed application 
under this section may not exceed $750,000 per application or 
proposed application.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 47134 and inserting the following: 
‘‘47134. Airport investment partnership program.’’. 
SEC. 161. REMOTE TOWER PILOT PROGRAM FOR RURAL AND SMALL 
COMMUNITIES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall establish— 
(A) in consultation with airport operators and other 
aviation stakeholders, a pilot program at public-use air-
ports to construct and operate remote towers in order to 
assess their operational benefits; 
(B) a selection process for participation in the pilot 
program; and 
(C) a clear process for the safety and operational certifi-
cation of the remote towers. 
(2) SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.— 
(A) SAFETY
RISK
MANAGEMENT
PANEL.—Prior to the 
operational use of a remote tower under the pilot program 
established in subsection (a), the Administrator shall con-
vene a safety risk management panel for the tower to 
address any safety issues with respect to the tower. The 
panels shall be created and utilized in a manner similar 
to that of the safety risk management panels previously 
convened for remote towers and shall take into account 
existing best practices and operational data from existing 
remote towers in the United States. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the pilot program, 
the Administrator shall consult with operators of remote 
towers in the United States and foreign countries to design 
the pilot program in a manner that leverages as many 
safety and airspace efficiency benefits as possible. 
(3) APPLICATIONS.—The operator of an airport seeking to 
participate in the pilot program shall submit to the Adminis-
trator an application that is in such form and contains such 
information as the Administrator may require. 
(4) PROGRAM DESIGN.—In designing the pilot program, the 
Administrator shall— 
(A) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that 
at least 2 different vendors of remote tower systems partici-
pate;
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(B) identify which air traffic control information and 
data will assist the Administrator in evaluating the feasi-
bility, safety, costs, and benefits of remote towers; 
(C) implement processes necessary to collect the 
information and data identified in subparagraph (B); 
(D) develop criteria, in addition to considering possible 
selection criteria in paragraph (5), for the selection of air-
ports that will best assist the Administrator in evaluating 
the feasibility, safety, costs, and benefits of remote towers, 
including the amount and variety of air traffic at an airport; 
and 
(E) prioritize the selection of airports that can best 
demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of remote towers, 
including applicants proposing to operate multiple remote 
towers from a single facility. 
(5) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION.—In selecting 
airports for participation in the pilot program, the Adminis-
trator, after consultation with representatives of labor organiza-
tions representing operators and employees of the air traffic 
control system, shall consider for participation in the pilot 
program— 
(A) 1 nonhub airport; 
(B) 3 airports that are not primary airports and that 
do not have existing air traffic control towers; 
(C) 1 airport that participates in the Contract Tower 
Program; and 
(D) 1 airport selected at the discretion of the Adminis-
trator. 
(6) DATA.—The Administrator shall clearly identify and 
collect air traffic control information and data from partici-
pating airports that will assist the Administrator in evaluating 
the feasibility, safety, costs, and benefits of remote towers. 
(7) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date the 
first remote tower is operational, and annually thereafter, the 
Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report— 
(A) detailing any benefits, costs, or safety improve-
ments associated with the use of the remote towers; and 
(B) evaluating the feasibility of using remote towers, 
particularly in the Contract Tower Program, for airports 
without an air traffic control tower, to improve safety at 
airports with towers, or to reduce costs without impacting 
safety at airports with or without existing towers. 
(8) DEADLINE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall select airports 
for participation in the pilot program. 
(9) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Contract 
Tower Program’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
47124(e) of title 49, United States Code, as added by this 
Act. 
(B) REMOTE TOWER.—The term ‘‘remote tower’’ means 
a remotely operated air navigation facility, including all 
necessary system components, that provides the functions 
and capabilities of an air traffic control tower whereby 
air traffic services are provided to operators at an airport 
from a location that may not be on or near the airport.
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(C) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘nonhub airport’’, 
‘‘primary airport’’, and ‘‘public-use airport’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 47102 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(10) SUNSET.—This subsection, including the report 
required under paragraph (8), shall not be in effect after Sep-
tember 30, 2023. 
(b) REMOTE TOWER PROGRAM.—Concurrent with the establish-
ment of the process for safety and operational certification of remote 
towers under subsection (a)(1)(C), the Administrator shall establish 
a process to authorize the construction and commissioning of addi-
tional remote towers that are certificated under subsection (a)(1)(C) 
at other airports. 
(c) AIP FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of the pilot pro-
gram under subsection (a), and after certificated remote towers 
are available under subsection (b), constructing a remote tower 
or acquiring and installing air traffic control, communications, or 
related equipment specifically for a remote tower shall be considered 
airport development (as defined in section 47102 of title 49, United 
States Code) for purposes of subchapter I of chapter 471 of that 
title if the components are installed and used at the airport, except, 
as needed, for off-airport sensors installed on leased towers. 
SEC. 162. AIRPORT ACCESS ROADS IN REMOTE LOCATIONS. 
Notwithstanding section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, 
for fiscal years 2018 through 2023— 
(1) the definition of the term ‘‘airport development’’ under 
that section includes the construction of a storage facility to 
shelter snow removal equipment or aircraft rescue and fire-
fighting equipment that is owned by an airport sponsor and 
used exclusively to maintain safe airfield operations, up to 
the facility size necessary to accommodate the types and quan-
tities of equipment prescribed by the FAA, regardless of 
whether Federal funding was used to acquire the equipment; 
(2) a storage facility to shelter snow removal equipment 
may exceed the facility size limitation described in paragraph 
(1) if the airport sponsor certifies to the Secretary that the 
following conditions are met: 
(A) The storage facility to be constructed will be used 
to store snow removal equipment exclusively used for 
clearing airfield pavement of snow and ice following a 
weather event. 
(B) The airport is categorized as a local general avia-
tion airport in the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2017– 
2021 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) 
report. 
(C) The 30-year annual snowfall normal of the nearest 
weather station based on the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Summary of Monthly Normals 
1981–2010 exceeds 26 inches. 
(D) The airport serves as a base for a medical air 
ambulance transport aircraft. 
(E) The airport master record (Form 5010–1) effective 
on September 14, 2017 for the airport indicates 45 based 
aircraft consisting of single engine, multiple engine, and 
jet engine aircraft.
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(F) No funding under this section will be used for 
any portion of the storage facility designed to shelter 
maintenance and operations equipment that are not 
required for clearing airfield pavement of snow and ice. 
(G) The airport sponsor will complete design of the 
storage building not later than September 30, 2019, and 
will initiate construction of the storage building not later 
than September 30, 2020. 
(H) The area of the storage facility, or portion thereof, 
to be funded under this subsection does not exceed 6,000 
square feet; and 
(3) the definition of the term ‘‘terminal development’’ under 
that section includes the development of an airport access road 
that— 
(A) is located in a noncontiguous State; 
(B) is not more than 5 miles in length; 
(C) connects to the nearest public roadways of not 
more than the 2 closest census designated places; and 
(D) may provide incidental access to public or private 
property that is adjacent to the road and is not otherwise 
connected to a public road. 
SEC. 163. LIMITED REGULATION OF NON-FEDERALLY SPONSORED 
PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Transportation may not directly or indirectly regulate— 
(1) the acquisition, use, lease, encumbrance, transfer, or 
disposal of land by an airport owner or operator; 
(2) any facility upon such land; or 
(3) any portion of such land or facility. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to— 
(1) any regulation ensuring— 
(A) the safe and efficient operation of aircraft or safety 
of people and property on the ground related to aircraft 
operations; 
(B) that an airport owner or operator receives not 
less than fair market value in the context of a commercial 
transaction for the use, lease, encumbrance, transfer, or 
disposal of land, any facilities on such land, or any portion 
of such land or facilities; or 
(C) that the airport pays not more than fair market 
value in the context of a commercial transaction for the 
acquisition of land or facilities on such land; 
(2) any regulation imposed with respect to land or a facility 
acquired or modified using Federal funding; or 
(3) any authority contained in— 
(A) a Surplus Property Act instrument of transfer, 
or 
(B) section 40117 of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the applicability of sections 47107(b) or 47133 
of title 49, United States Code, to revenues generated by the use, 
lease, encumbrance, transfer, or disposal of land under subsection 
(a), facilities upon such land, or any portion of such land or facilities. 
(d) 
AMENDMENTS
TO
AIRPORT
LAYOUT
PLANS.—Section 
47107(a)(16) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) the Secretary will review and approve or dis-
approve only those portions of the plan (or any subsequent 
revision to the plan) that materially impact the safe and 
efficient operation of aircraft at, to, or from the airport 
or that would adversely affect the safety of people or prop-
erty on the ground adjacent to the airport as a result 
of aircraft operations, or that adversely affect the value 
of prior Federal investments to a significant extent;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘if the alteration’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘airport; and’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘unless the alteration— 
‘‘(i) is outside the scope of the Secretary’s review 
and approval authority as set forth in subparagraph 
(B); or 
‘‘(ii) complies with the portions of the plan 
approved by the Secretary; and’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (D), in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘when an alternation’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Secretary, will’’ and inserting ‘‘when an alteration 
in the airport or its facility is made that is within the scope 
of the Secretary’s review and approval authority as set forth 
in subparagraph (B), and does not conform with the portions 
of the plan approved by the Secretary, and the Secretary decides 
that the alteration adversely affects the safety, utility, or effi-
ciency of aircraft operations, or of any property on or off the 
airport that is owned, leased, or financed by the Government, 
then the owner or operator will, if requested by the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 164. SEASONAL AIRPORTS. 
Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, as amended 
by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) SEASONAL
AIRPORTS.—Notwithstanding section 
47102, if the Secretary determines that a commercial 
service airport with at least 8,000 passenger boardings 
receives scheduled air carrier service for fewer than 6 
months in the calendar year used to calculate apportion-
ments to airport sponsors in a fiscal year, then the Sec-
retary shall consider the airport to be a nonhub primary 
airport for purposes of this chapter.’’. 
SEC. 165. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. 
Section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (K), by striking ‘‘7505a) and if 
such project will result in an airport receiving appropriate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘7505a)) and if the airport would be able 
to receive’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (L) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(L) a project by a commercial service airport for the 
acquisition of airport-owned vehicles or ground support 
equipment equipped with low-emission technology if the 
airport is located in an air quality nonattainment or 
maintenance area (as defined in sections 171(2) and 175A 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501(2); 7505a)), if the 
airport would be able to receive appropriate emission
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credits (as described in section 47139), and the vehicles 
are; 
‘‘(i) used exclusively on airport property; or 
‘‘(ii) used exclusively to transport passengers and 
employees between the airport and the airport’s 
consolidated rental car facility or an intermodal surface 
transportation facility adjacent to the airport.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(P) an on-airport project to improve the reliability 
and efficiency of the airport’s power supply and to prevent 
power disruptions to the airfield, passenger terminal, and 
any other airport facilities, including the acquisition and 
installation of electrical generators, separation of the air-
port’s main power supply from its redundant power supply, 
and the construction or modification of airport facilities 
to install a microgrid (as defined in section 641 of the 
United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17231)). 
‘‘(Q) converting or retrofitting vehicles and ground sup-
port equipment into eligible zero-emission vehicles and 
equipment (as defined in section 47136) and for acquiring, 
by purchase or lease, eligible zero-emission vehicles and 
equipment. 
‘‘(R) predevelopment planning, including financial, 
legal, or procurement consulting services, related to an 
application or proposed application for an exemption under 
section 47134.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘regulations’’ and inserting 
‘‘requirements’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘public’’ and inserting 
‘‘public-use’’. 
SEC. 166. PILOT PROGRAM SUNSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 47136 and 47140 of title 49, United 
States Code, are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Sections 47136a and 47140a of title 49, United States 
Code, are redesignated as sections 47136 and 47140, respec-
tively. 
(2) Section 47139 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The analysis for chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the items relating to sections 47136, 47136a, 
47140, and 47140a; 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 47135 
the following: 
‘‘47136. Zero-emission airport vehicles and infrastructure.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after the item relating to section 47139 
the following: 
‘‘47140. Increasing the energy efficiency of airport power sources.’’.
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SEC. 167. BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) NOTICE OF WAIVERS.—If the Secretary of Transportation 
determines that it is necessary to waive the application of section 
50101(a) of title 49, United States Code, based on a finding under 
section 50101(b) of that title, the Secretary, at least 10 days before 
the date on which the waiver takes effect, shall— 
(1) make publicly available, in an easily identifiable location 
on the website of the Department of Transportation, a detailed 
written justification of the waiver determination; and 
(2) provide an informal public notice and comment oppor-
tunity on the waiver determination. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
waivers issued under section 50101 of title 49, United States Code, 
during the fiscal year. 
Subtitle D—Airport Noise and 
Environmental Streamlining 
SEC. 171. FUNDING ELIGIBILITY FOR AIRPORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) COST
REIMBURSEMENTS.—Section 47140(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, as so redesignated, is amended by striking 
‘‘airport.’’ and inserting ‘‘airport, and to reimburse the airport 
sponsor for the costs incurred in conducting the assessment.’’. 
(b) SAFETY PRIORITY.—Section 47140(b)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, as so redesignated, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
a certification that no safety projects are being be deferred by 
requesting a grant under this section,’’ after ‘‘an application’’. 
SEC. 172. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN FLIGHTS BY STAGE 2 AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall initiate a pilot program to permit an operator 
of a stage 2 aircraft to operate that aircraft in nonrevenue service 
into not more than 4 medium hub airports or nonhub airports 
if— 
(1) the airport— 
(A) is certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations; 
(B) has a runway that— 
(i) is longer than 8,000 feet and not less than 
200 feet wide; and 
(ii) is load bearing with a pavement classification 
number of not less than 38; and 
(C) has a maintenance facility with a maintenance 
certificate issued under part 145 of such title; and 
(2) the operator of the stage 2 aircraft operates not more 
than 10 flights per month using that aircraft. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate on the 
earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; or
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(2) the date on which the Administrator determines that 
no stage 2 aircraft remain in service. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MEDIUM HUB AIRPORT; NONHUB AIRPORT.—The terms 
‘‘medium hub airport’’ and ‘‘nonhub airport’’ have the meanings 
given those terms in section 40102 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(2) STAGE 2 AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘‘stage 2 aircraft’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘stage 2 airplane’’ in section 91.851 
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 173. ALTERNATIVE AIRPLANE NOISE METRIC EVALUATION DEAD-
LINE. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
complete the ongoing evaluation of alternative metrics to the current 
Day Night Level (DNL) 65 standard. 
SEC. 174. UPDATING AIRPORT NOISE EXPOSURE MAPS. 
Section 47503(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REVISED MAPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An airport operator that submits a noise 
exposure map under subsection (a) shall submit a revised map 
to the Secretary if, in an area surrounding an airport, a change 
in the operation of the airport would establish a substantial 
new noncompatible use, or would significantly reduce noise 
over existing noncompatible uses, that is not reflected in either 
the existing conditions map or forecast map currently on file 
with the Federal Aviation Administration. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—A submission under paragraph (1) shall be 
required only if the relevant change in the operation of the 
airport occurs during— 
‘‘(A) the forecast period of the applicable noise exposure 
map submitted by an airport operator under subsection 
(a); or 
‘‘(B) the implementation period of the airport operator’s 
noise compatibility program.’’. 
SEC. 175. ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NOISE CONCERNS. 
When proposing a new area navigation departure procedure, 
or amending an existing procedure that would direct aircraft 
between the surface and 6,000 feet above ground level over noise 
sensitive areas, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall consider the feasibility of dispersal headings or other 
lateral track variations to address community noise concerns, if— 
(1) the affected airport operator, in consultation with the 
affected community, submits a request to the Administrator 
for such a consideration; 
(2) the airport operator’s request would not, in the judg-
ment of the Administrator, conflict with the safe and efficient 
operation of the national airspace system; and 
(3) the effect of a modified departure procedure would 
not significantly increase noise over noise sensitive areas, as 
determined by the Administrator.
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SEC. 176. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FAA NEXTGEN PROJECTS 
LOCATED IN METROPLEXES. 
(a) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT POLICY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall complete a review of the 
Federal Aviation Administration’s community involvement practices 
for Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) projects 
located in metroplexes identified by the Administration. The review 
shall include, at a minimum, a determination of how and when 
to engage airports and communities in performance-based naviga-
tion proposals. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after completion of the 
review, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report on— 
(1) how the Administration will improve community 
involvement 
practices 
for 
NextGen 
projects 
located 
in 
metroplexes; 
(2) how and when the Administration will engage airports 
and communities in performance-based navigation proposals; 
and 
(3) lessons learned from NextGen projects and pilot pro-
grams and how those lessons learned are being integrated 
into community involvement practices for future NextGen 
projects located in metroplexes. 
SEC. 177. LEAD EMISSIONS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into 
appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Research 
Council will study aviation gasoline. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study shall include an assessment of— 
(1) existing non-leaded fuel alternatives to the aviation 
gasoline used by piston-powered general aviation aircraft; 
(2) ambient lead concentrations at and around airports 
where piston-powered general aviation aircraft are used; and 
(3) mitigation measures to reduce ambient lead concentra-
tions, including increasing the size of run-up areas, relocating 
run-up areas, imposing restrictions on aircraft using aviation 
gasoline, and increasing the use of motor gasoline in piston- 
powered general aviation aircraft. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress the study developed by the 
National Research Council pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 178. TERMINAL SEQUENCING AND SPACING. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on 
the status of Terminal Sequencing and Spacing (TSAS) implementa-
tion across all completed NextGen metroplexes with specific 
information provided by airline regarding the adoption and equip-
ping of aircraft and the training of pilots in its use. 
SEC. 179. AIRPORT NOISE MITIGATION AND SAFETY STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion shall initiate a study to review and evaluate existing studies
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and analyses of the relationship between jet aircraft approach and 
takeoff speeds and corresponding noise impacts on communities 
surrounding airports. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the study initiated under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall determine— 
(1) whether a decrease in jet aircraft approach or takeoff 
speeds results in significant aircraft noise reductions; 
(2) whether the jet aircraft approach or takeoff speed reduc-
tion necessary to achieve significant noise reductions— 
(A) jeopardizes aviation safety; or 
(B) decreases the efficiency of the National Airspace 
System, including lowering airport capacity, increasing 
travel times, or increasing fuel burn; 
(3) the advisability of using jet aircraft approach or takeoff 
speeds as a noise mitigation technique; and 
(4) if the Administrator determines that using jet aircraft 
approach or takeoff speeds as a noise mitigation technique 
is advisable, whether any of the metropolitan areas specifically 
identified in section 189(b)(2) would benefit from such a noise 
mitigation technique without a significant impact to aviation 
safety or the efficiency of the National Airspace System. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results of the study initiated 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 180. REGIONAL OMBUDSMEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, with respect to each region of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, the Regional Administrator for that region shall 
designate an individual to be the Regional Ombudsman for the 
region. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each Regional Ombudsman shall— 
(1) serve as a regional liaison with the public, including 
community groups, on issues regarding aircraft noise, pollution, 
and safety; 
(2) make recommendations to the Administrator for the 
region to address concerns raised by the public and improve 
the consideration of public comments in decision-making proc-
esses; and 
(3) be consulted on proposed changes in aircraft operations 
affecting the region, including arrival and departure routes, 
in order to minimize environmental impacts, including noise. 
SEC. 181. FAA LEADERSHIP ON CIVIL SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall exercise leadership in the creation of Federal 
and international policies, regulations, and standards relating to 
the certification and safe and efficient operation of civil supersonic 
aircraft. 
(b) EXERCISE OF LEADERSHIP.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Administrator shall— 
(1) consider the needs of the aerospace industry and other 
stakeholders when creating policies, regulations, and standards 
that enable the safe commercial deployment of civil supersonic 
aircraft technology and the safe and efficient operation of civil 
supersonic aircraft; and
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(2) obtain the input of aerospace industry stakeholders 
regarding— 
(A) the appropriate regulatory framework and timeline 
for permitting the safe and efficient operation of civil super-
sonic aircraft within United States airspace, including 
updating or modifying existing regulations on such oper-
ation; 
(B) issues related to standards and regulations for 
the type certification and safe operation of civil supersonic 
aircraft, including noise certification, including— 
(i) the operational differences between subsonic 
aircraft and supersonic aircraft; 
(ii) costs and benefits associated with landing and 
takeoff noise requirements for civil supersonic aircraft, 
including impacts on aircraft emissions; 
(iii) public and economic benefits of the operation 
of civil supersonic aircraft and associated aerospace 
industry activity; and 
(iv) challenges relating to ensuring that standards 
and regulations aimed at relieving and protecting the 
public health and welfare from aircraft noise and sonic 
booms are economically reasonable, technologically 
practicable, and appropriate for civil supersonic air-
craft; and 
(C) other issues identified by the Administrator or 
the aerospace industry that must be addressed to enable 
the safe commercial deployment and safe and efficient oper-
ation of civil supersonic aircraft. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The Administrator, in the 
appropriate international forums, shall take actions that— 
(1) demonstrate global leadership under subsection (a); 
(2) address the needs of the aerospace industry identified 
under subsection (b); and 
(3) protect the public health and welfare. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing— 
(1) the Administrator’s actions to exercise leadership in 
the creation of Federal and international policies, regulations, 
and standards relating to the certification and safe and efficient 
operation of civil supersonic aircraft; 
(2) planned, proposed, and anticipated actions to update 
or modify existing policies and regulations related to civil super-
sonic aircraft, including those identified as a result of industry 
consultation and feedback; and 
(3) a timeline for any actions to be taken to update or 
modify existing policies and regulations related to civil super-
sonic aircraft. 
(e) LONG-TERM REGULATORY REFORM.— 
(1) NOISE STANDARDS.—Not later than March 31, 2020, 
the Administrator shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking 
to revise part 36 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
to include supersonic aircraft in the applicability of such part. 
The proposed rule shall include necessary definitions, noise 
standards for landing and takeoff, and noise test requirements 
that would apply to a civil supersonic aircraft.
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(2) SPECIAL
FLIGHT
AUTHORIZATIONS.—Not later than 
December 31, 2019, the Administrator shall issue a notice 
of proposed rulemaking to revise appendix B of part 91 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to modernize the applica-
tion process for a person applying to operate a civil aircraft 
at supersonic speeds for the purposes stated in that rule. 
(f) NEAR-TERM
CERTIFICATION
OF
SUPERSONIC
CIVIL
AIR-
CRAFT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a person submits an application 
requesting type certification of a civil supersonic aircraft pursu-
ant to part 21 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, before 
the Administrator promulgates a final rule amending part 36 
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, in accordance with 
subsection (e)(1), the Administrator shall, not later than 18 
months after having received such application, issue a notice 
of proposed rulemaking applicable solely for the type certifi-
cation, inclusive of the aircraft engines, of the supersonic air-
craft design for which such application was made. 
(2) CONTENTS.—A notice of proposed rulemaking described 
in paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) address safe operation of the aircraft type, 
including development and flight testing prior to type cer-
tification; 
(B) address manufacturing of the aircraft; 
(C) address continuing airworthiness of the aircraft; 
(D) specify landing and takeoff noise standards for 
that aircraft type that the Administrator considers appro-
priate, practicable, and consistent with section 44715 of 
title 49, United States Code; and 
(E) consider differences between subsonic and super-
sonic aircraft including differences in thrust requirements 
at equivalent gross weight, engine requirements, aero-
dynamic characteristics, operational characteristics, and 
other physical properties. 
(3) NOISE AND PERFORMANCE DATA.—The requirement of 
the Administrator to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking 
under paragraph (1) shall apply only if an application contains 
sufficient aircraft noise and performance data as the Adminis-
trator finds necessary to determine appropriate noise standards 
and operating limitations for the aircraft type consistent with 
section 44715 of title 49, United States Code. 
(4) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 18 months after the end 
of the public comment period provided in the notice of proposed 
rulemaking required under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
shall publish in the Federal Register a final rule applying 
solely to the aircraft model submitted for type certification. 
(5) REVIEW OF RULES OF CIVIL SUPERSONIC FLIGHTS.—Begin-
ning December 31, 2020, and every 2 years thereafter, the 
Administrator shall review available aircraft noise and perform-
ance data, and consult with heads of appropriate Federal agen-
cies, to determine whether section 91.817 of title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations, and Appendix B of part 91 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations, may be amended, consistent 
with section 44715 of title 49, United States Code, to permit 
supersonic flight of civil aircraft over land in the United States. 
(6) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
NOISE
STANDARDS.—The portion 
of the regulation issued by the Administrator of the Federal
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Aviation Administration titled ‘‘Revision of General Operating 
and Flight Rules’’ and published in the Federal Register on 
August 18, 1989 (54 Fed. Reg. 34284) that restricts operation 
of civil aircraft at a true flight Mach number greater than 
1 shall have no force or effect beginning on the date on which 
the Administrator publishes in the Federal Register a final 
rule specifying sonic boom noise standards for civil supersonic 
aircraft. 
SEC. 182. MANDATORY USE OF THE NEW YORK NORTH SHORE HELI-
COPTER ROUTE. 
(a) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall provide notice of, and an opportunity 
for, at least 60 days of public comment with respect to the 
regulations in subpart H of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(2) TIMING.—The public comment period required under 
paragraph (1) shall begin not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) PUBLIC HEARING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall hold a public 
hearing in the communities impacted by the regulations described 
in subsection (a)(1) to solicit feedback with respect to the regula-
tions. 
(c) REVIEW.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate a review of the regula-
tions described in subsection (a)(1) that assesses the— 
(1) noise impacts of the regulations for communities, 
including 
communities 
in 
locations 
where 
aircraft 
are 
transitioning to or from a destination or point of landing; 
(2) enforcement of applicable flight standards, including 
requirements for helicopters operating on the relevant route 
to remain at or above 2,500 feet mean sea level; and 
(3) availability of alternative or supplemental routes to 
reduce the noise impacts of the regulations, including the 
institution of an all water route over the Atlantic Ocean. 
SEC. 183. STATE STANDARDS FOR AIRPORT PAVEMENTS. 
Section 47105(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’ 
the first place it appears; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) PAVEMENT STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—At the request of a State, 
the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after the date 
of the request, provide technical assistance to the State 
in developing standards, acceptable to the Secretary under 
subparagraph (B), for pavement on nonprimary public-use 
airports in the State. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) continue to provide technical assistance under 
subparagraph (A) until the standards are approved 
under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) clearly indicate to the State the standards 
that are acceptable to the Secretary, considering, at 
a minimum, local conditions and locally available mate-
rials.’’.
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SEC. 184. ELIGIBILITY OF PILOT PROGRAM AIRPORTS. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY FUND.—Section 47115 of title 49, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AIRPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may make grants with 
funds made available under this section for an airport partici-
pating in the program under section 47134 if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary has approved the application of an 
airport sponsor under section 47134(b) in fiscal year 2019; 
and 
‘‘(B) the grant will— 
‘‘(i) satisfy an obligation incurred by an airport 
sponsor under section 47110(e) or funded by a non-
public sponsor for an airport development project on 
the airport; or 
‘‘(ii) provide partial Federal reimbursement for air-
port development (as defined in section 47102) on the 
airport layout plan initiated in the fiscal year in which 
the application was approved, or later, for over a period 
of not more than 10 years. 
‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
SECTIONS.—Grants 
made under this subsection shall not be subject to— 
‘‘(A) subsection (c) of this section; 
‘‘(B) section 47117(e); or 
‘‘(C) any other apportionment formula, special appor-
tionment category, or minimum percentage set forth in 
this chapter.’’. 
(b) ALLOWABLE PROJECT COSTS; LETTERS OF INTENT.—Section 
47110(e) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AIRPORTS.—The Secretary may 
issue a letter of intent under this section to an airport sponsor 
with an approved application under section 47134(b) if— 
‘‘(A) the application was approved in fiscal year 2019; and 
‘‘(B) the project meets all other requirements set forth 
in this chapter.’’. 
SEC. 
185. 
GRANDFATHERING 
OF 
CERTAIN 
DEED 
AGREEMENTS 
GRANTING THROUGH-THE-FENCE ACCESS TO GENERAL 
AVIATION AIRPORTS. 
Section 47107(s) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—The terms and conditions of paragraph 
(2) shall not apply to an agreement described in paragraph 
(1) made before the enactment of the FAA Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95) that the Secretary 
determines does not comply with such terms and conditions 
but involves property that is subject to deed or lease restrictions 
that are considered perpetual and that cannot readily be 
brought into compliance. However, if the Secretary determines 
that the airport sponsor and residential property owners are 
able to make any modification to such an agreement on or 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the exemption 
provided by this paragraph shall no longer apply.’’. 
SEC. 186. STAGE 3 AIRCRAFT STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
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initiate a review of the potential benefits, costs, and other impacts 
that would result from a phaseout of covered stage 3 aircraft. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The review shall include— 
(1) a determination of the number, types, frequency of 
operations, and owners and operators of covered stage 3 air-
craft; 
(2) an analysis of the potential benefits, costs, and other 
impacts to air carriers, general aviation operators, airports, 
communities surrounding airports, and the general public asso-
ciated with phasing out or reducing the operations of covered 
stage 3 aircraft, assuming such a phaseout or reduction is 
put into effect over a reasonable period of time; 
(3) a determination of lessons learned from the phaseout 
of stage 2 aircraft that might be applicable to a phaseout 
or reduction in the operations of covered stage 3 aircraft, 
including comparisons between the benefits, costs, and other 
impacts associated with the phaseout of stage 2 aircraft and 
the potential benefits, costs, and other impacts determined 
under paragraph (2); 
(4) a determination of the costs and logistical challenges 
associated with recertifying stage 3 aircraft capable of meeting 
stage 4 noise levels; and 
(5) a determination of stakeholder views on the feasibility 
and desirability of phasing out covered stage 3 aircraft, 
including the views of— 
(A) air carriers; 
(B) airports; 
(C) communities surrounding airports; 
(D) aircraft and avionics manufacturers; 
(E) operators of covered stage 3 aircraft other than 
air carriers; and 
(F) such other stakeholders and aviation experts as 
the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the 
review. 
(d) COVERED STAGE 3 AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered stage 3 aircraft’’ means a civil subsonic jet aircraft 
that is not capable of meeting the stage 4 noise levels in part 
36 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 187. AIRCRAFT NOISE EXPOSURE. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall conclude the Administrator’s ongoing review 
of the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and its effects 
on communities around airports. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report containing the results of the review. 
(2) PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall con-
tain such preliminary recommendations as the Administrator 
determines appropriate for revising the land use compatibility 
guidelines in part 150 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
based on the results of the review and in coordination with 
other agencies.
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SEC. 188. STUDY REGARDING DAY-NIGHT AVERAGE SOUND LEVELS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall evaluate alternative metrics to the current 
average day-night level standard, such as the use of actual noise 
sampling and other methods, to address community airplane noise 
concerns. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results of the study under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 189. STUDY ON POTENTIAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS 
OF OVERFLIGHT NOISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall enter into an agreement with an eligible 
institution of higher education to conduct a study on the health 
impacts of noise from aircraft flights on residents exposed to a 
range of noise levels from such flights. 
(b) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The study conducted under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) include an examination of the incremental health 
impacts attributable to noise exposure that result from aircraft 
flights, including sleep disturbance and elevated blood pressure; 
(2) be focused on residents in the metropolitan area of— 
(A) Boston; 
(B) Chicago; 
(C) the District of Columbia; 
(D) New York; 
(E) the Northern California Metroplex; 
(F) Phoenix; 
(G) the Southern California Metroplex; 
(H) Seattle; or 
(I) such other area as may be identified by the Adminis-
trator; 
(3) consider, in particular, the incremental health impacts 
on residents living partly or wholly underneath flight paths 
most frequently used by aircraft flying at an altitude lower 
than 10,000 feet, including during takeoff or landing; 
(4) include an assessment of the relationship between a 
perceived increase in aircraft noise, including as a result of 
a change in flight paths that increases the visibility of aircraft 
from a certain location, and an actual increase in aircraft 
noise, particularly in areas with high or variable levels of 
nonaircraft-related ambient noise; and 
(5) consider the economic harm or benefits to businesses 
located party or wholly underneath flight paths most frequently 
used by aircraft flying at an altitude lower than 10,000 feet, 
including during takeoff or landing. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution of higher education is eligible 
to conduct the study if the institution— 
(1) has— 
(A) a school of public health that has participated 
in the Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation 
Emissions Mitigation of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; or
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(B) a center for environmental health that receives 
funding from the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences; 
(2) is located in one of the areas identified in subsection 
(b); 
(3) applies to the Administrator in a timely fashion; 
(4) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator 
that the institution is qualified to conduct the study; 
(5) agrees to submit to the Administrator, not later than 
3 years after entering into an agreement under subsection 
(a), the results of the study, including any source materials 
used; and 
(6) meets such other requirements as the Administrator 
determines necessary. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the 
Administrator receives the results of the study, the Administrator 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the study 
and a summary of the results. 
SEC. 190. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation may carry 
out a pilot program involving not more than 6 projects at public- 
use airports in accordance with this section. 
(b) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the Secretary may 
make grants to sponsors of public-use airports from funds appor-
tioned under section 47117(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts from a grant received by the 
sponsor of a public-use airport under the program shall be used 
for environmental mitigation projects that will measurably reduce 
or mitigate aviation impacts on noise, air quality, or water quality 
at the airport or within 5 miles of the airport. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, an environmental 
mitigation project approved under this section shall be treated 
as eligible for assistance under that chapter. 
(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting from among applicants 
for participation in the program, the Secretary may give priority 
consideration to projects that— 
(1) will achieve the greatest reductions in aircraft noise, 
airport emissions, or airport water quality impacts either on 
an absolute basis or on a per dollar of funds expended basis; 
and 
(2) will be implemented by an eligible consortium. 
(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project 
carried out under the program shall be 50 percent. 
(g) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Not more than $2,500,000 may be 
made available by the Secretary in grants under the program 
for any single project. 
(h) IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary may establish 
and publish information identifying best practices for reducing or 
mitigating aviation impacts on noise, air quality, and water quality 
at airports or in the vicinity of airports based on the projects 
carried out under the program. 
(i) SUNSET.—The program shall terminate 5 years after the 
Secretary makes the first grant under the program. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply:
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(1) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘eligible consortium’’ 
means a consortium that is composed of 2 or more of the 
following entities: 
(A) Businesses incorporated in the United States. 
(B) Public or private educational or research organiza-
tions located in the United States. 
(C) Entities of State or local governments in the United 
States. 
(D) Federal laboratories. 
(2) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION
PROJECT.—The 
term 
‘‘environmental mitigation project’’ means a project that— 
(A) introduces new environmental mitigation tech-
niques or technologies that have been proven in laboratory 
demonstrations; 
(B) proposes methods for efficient adaptation or 
integration of new concepts into airport operations; and 
(C) will demonstrate whether new techniques or tech-
nologies for environmental mitigation are— 
(i) practical to implement at or near multiple 
public-use airports; and 
(ii) capable of reducing noise, airport emissions, 
or water quality impacts in measurably significant 
amounts. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration may accept funds from the Secretary of 
Defense to increase the authorized funding for this section 
by the amount of such transfer only to carry out projects 
designed for environmental mitigation at a site previously, 
but not currently, managed by the Department of Defense. 
(2) ADDITIONAL GRANTEES.—If additional funds are made 
available by the Secretary of Defense under paragraph (1), 
the Administrator may increase the number of grantees under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 191. EXTENDING AVIATION DEVELOPMENT STREAMLINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47171 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘general aviation airport construction or 
improvement projects,’’ after ‘‘congested airports,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) 
GENERAL
AVIATION
AIRPORT
CONSTRUCTION
OR 
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.—A general aviation airport construc-
tion or improvement project shall be subject to the coordinated 
and expedited environmental review process requirements set 
forth in this section.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; 
(5) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; and
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(6) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 47175 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) 
GENERAL
AVIATION
AIRPORT
CONSTRUCTION
OR 
IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT.—The term ‘general aviation airport 
construction or improvement project’ means— 
‘‘(A) a project for the construction or extension of a 
runway, including any land acquisition, helipad, taxiway, 
safety area, apron, or navigational aids associated with 
the runway or runway extension, at a general aviation 
airport, a reliever airport, or a commercial service airport 
that is not a primary airport (as such terms are defined 
in section 47102); and 
‘‘(B) any other airport development project that the 
Secretary designates as facilitating aviation capacity 
building projects at a general aviation airport.’’. 
SEC. 192. ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES AND TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47136 of title 49, United States Code, 
as so redesignated, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation may estab-
lish a pilot program under which the sponsors of public-use airports 
may use funds made available under this chapter or section 48103 
for use at such airports to carry out— 
‘‘(1) activities associated with the acquisition, by purchase 
or lease, and operation of eligible zero-emission vehicles and 
equipment, including removable power sources for such 
vehicles; and 
‘‘(2) the construction or modification of infrastructure to 
facilitate the delivery of fuel, power or services necessary for 
the use of such vehicles. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A public-use airport is eligible for participa-
tion in the program if the eligible vehicles or equipment are— 
‘‘(1) used exclusively on airport property; or 
‘‘(2) used exclusively to transport passengers and employees 
between the airport and— 
‘‘(A) nearby facilities which are owned or controlled 
by the airport or which otherwise directly support the 
functions or services provided by the airport; or 
‘‘(B) an intermodal surface transportation facility adja-
cent to the airport.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (d) through (f) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project 
carried out under the program shall be the Federal share specified 
in section 47109. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sponsor of a public-use airport may 
use not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available 
to the sponsor under the program in any fiscal year for— 
‘‘(A) technical assistance; and 
‘‘(B) project management support to assist the airport 
with the solicitation, acquisition, and deployment of zero-
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emission vehicles, related equipment, and supporting infra-
structure. 
‘‘(2) PROVIDERS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To receive the 
technical assistance or project management support described 
in paragraph (1), participants in the program may use— 
‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization selected by the Secretary; 
or 
‘‘(B) a university transportation center receiving grants 
under section 5505 in the region of the airport. 
‘‘(f) MATERIALS IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary 
may create and make available materials identifying best practices 
for carrying out activities funded under the program based on 
previous related projects and other sources. 
‘‘(g) ALLOWABLE PROJECT COST.—The allowable project cost 
for the acquisition of a zero-emission vehicle shall be the total 
cost of purchasing or leasing the vehicle, including the cost of 
technical assistance or project management support described in 
subsection (e). 
‘‘(h) FLEXIBLE PROCUREMENT.—A sponsor of a public-use airport 
may use funds made available under the program to acquire, by 
purchase or lease, a zero-emission vehicle and a removable power 
source in separate transactions, including transactions by which 
the airport purchases the vehicle and leases the removable power 
source. 
‘‘(i) TESTING REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A sponsor of a public-use airport may 
not use funds made available under the program to acquire 
a zero-emission vehicle unless that make, model, or type of 
vehicle has been tested by a Federal vehicle testing facility 
acceptable to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS.—A certification of 
compliance under paragraph (1) shall be considered a certifi-
cation required under this subchapter for purposes of section 
47126. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT.— 
The term ‘eligible zero-emission vehicle and equipment’ means 
a zero-emission vehicle, equipment related to such a vehicle, 
or ground support equipment that includes zero-emission tech-
nology that is— 
‘‘(A) used exclusively on airport property; or 
‘‘(B) used exclusively to transport passengers and 
employees between the airport and— 
‘‘(i) nearby facilities which are owned or controlled 
by the airport or which otherwise directly support the 
functions or services provided by the airport; or 
‘‘(ii) an intermodal surface transportation facility 
adjacent to the airport. 
‘‘(2) REMOVABLE
POWER
SOURCE.—The term ‘removable 
power source’ means a power source that is separately installed 
in, and removable from, a zero-emission vehicle and may 
include a battery, a fuel cell, an ultra-capacitor, or other power 
source used in a zero-emission vehicle. 
‘‘(3) ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLE.—The term ‘zero-emission 
vehicle’ means—
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‘‘(A) a zero-emission vehicle as defined in section 
88.102–94 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
‘‘(B) a vehicle that produces zero exhaust emissions 
of any criteria pollutant (or precursor pollutant) under 
any possible operational modes and conditions.’’. 
(b) 
SPECIAL
APPORTIONMENT
CATEGORIES.—Section 
47117(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘for airport development described in section 47102(3)(Q),’’ 
after ‘‘under section 47141,’’. 
(c) DEPLOYMENT OF ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transportation may 
establish a zero-emission airport technology program— 
(A) to facilitate the deployment of commercially viable 
zero-emission airport vehicles, technology, and related 
infrastructure; and 
(B) to minimize the risk of deploying such vehicles, 
technology, and infrastructure. 
(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 
(A) ASSISTANCE
TO
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.—The 
Secretary may provide assistance under the program to 
not more than 3 geographically diverse, eligible organiza-
tions to conduct zero-emission airport technology and infra-
structure projects. 
(B) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide 
assistance under the program in the form of grants, con-
tracts, and cooperative agreements. 
(3) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.— 
(A) NATIONAL SOLICITATION.—In selecting participants, 
the Secretary shall— 
(i) conduct a national solicitation for applications 
for assistance under the program; and 
(ii) select the recipients of assistance under the 
program on a competitive basis. 
(B) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
selecting 
from 
among 
applicants for assistance under the program, the Secretary 
shall consider— 
(i) the ability of an applicant to contribute signifi-
cantly to deploying zero-emission technology as the 
technology relates to airport operations; 
(ii) the financing plan and cost-share potential of 
the applicant; and 
(iii) other factors, as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(C) PRIORITY.—ln selecting from among applicants for 
assistance under the program, the Secretary shall give 
priority consideration to an applicant that has successfully 
managed advanced transportation technology projects, 
including projects related to zero-emission transportation 
operations. 
(4) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A recipient of assistance under 
the program shall use the assistance— 
(A) to review and conduct demonstrations of zero-emis-
sion technologies and related infrastructure at airports; 
(B) to evaluate the credibility of new, unproven vehicle 
and energy-efficient technologies in various aspects of air-
port operations prior to widespread investment in the tech-
nologies by airports and the aviation industry;
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(C) to collect data and make the recipient’s findings 
available to airports, so that airports can evaluate the 
applicability of new technologies to their facilities; and 
(D) to report the recipient’s findings to the Secretary. 
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project carried out under the program may not exceed 
80 percent. 
(B) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—A grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement under this section shall be subject 
to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(A) 
ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term 
‘‘eligible 
organization’’ means an organization that has expertise 
in zero-emission technology. 
(B) ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘organization’’ means— 
(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(ii) a university transportation center receiving 
grants under section 5505 of title 49, United States 
Code; or 
(iii) any other Federal or non-Federal entity as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
TITLE II—FAA SAFETY CERTIFICATION 
REFORM 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Administrator of the FAA. 
(2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ 
means the Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Com-
mittee established under section 202. 
(3) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Transportation. 
(5) SYSTEMS SAFETY APPROACH.—The term ‘‘systems safety 
approach’’ means the application of specialized technical and 
managerial skills to the systematic, forward-looking identifica-
tion and control of hazards throughout the lifecycle of a project, 
program, or activity. 
SEC. 202. SAFETY OVERSIGHT AND CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a Safety 
Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee.
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(b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall provide advice to 
the Secretary on policy-level issues facing the aviation community 
that are related to FAA safety oversight and certification programs 
and activities, including, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Aircraft and flight standards certification processes, 
including efforts to streamline those processes. 
(2) Implementation and oversight of safety management 
systems. 
(3) Risk-based oversight efforts. 
(4) Utilization of delegation and designation authorities, 
including organization designation authorization. 
(5) Regulatory interpretation standardization efforts. 
(6) Training programs. 
(7) Expediting the rulemaking process and giving priority 
to rules related to safety. 
(8) Enhancing global competitiveness of United States 
manufactured and United States certificated aerospace and 
aviation products and services throughout the world. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—In carrying out its duties under subsection 
(b), the Advisory Committee shall: 
(1) Foster industry collaboration in an open and trans-
parent manner. 
(2) Consult with, and ensure participation by— 
(A) the private sector, including representatives of— 
(i) general aviation; 
(ii) commercial aviation; 
(iii) aviation labor; 
(iv) aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul; 
(v) aviation, aerospace, and avionics manufac-
turing; 
(vi) unmanned aircraft systems operators and 
manufacturers; and 
(vii) the commercial space transportation industry; 
(B) members of the public; and 
(C) other interested parties. 
(3) Recommend consensus national goals, strategic objec-
tives, and priorities for the most efficient, streamlined, and 
cost-effective certification and safety oversight processes in 
order to maintain the safety of the aviation system and, at 
the same time, allow the FAA to meet future needs and ensure 
that aviation stakeholders remain competitive in the global 
marketplace. 
(4) Provide policy guidance recommendations for the FAA’s 
certification and safety oversight efforts. 
(5) On a regular basis, review and provide recommenda-
tions on the FAA’s certification and safety oversight efforts. 
(6) Periodically review and evaluate registration, certifi-
cation, and related fees. 
(7) Provide appropriate legislative, regulatory, and guid-
ance recommendations for the air transportation system and 
the aviation safety regulatory environment. 
(8) Recommend performance objectives for the FAA and 
industry. 
(9) Recommend performance metrics and goals to track 
and review the FAA and the regulated aviation industry on
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their progress towards streamlining certification reform, con-
ducting flight standards reform, and carrying out regulation 
consistency efforts. 
(10) Provide a venue for tracking progress toward national 
goals and sustaining joint commitments. 
(11) Recommend recruiting, hiring, training, and continuing 
education objectives for FAA aviation safety engineers and avia-
tion safety inspectors. 
(12) Provide advice and recommendations to the FAA on 
how to prioritize safety rulemaking projects. 
(13) Improve the development of FAA regulations by pro-
viding information, advice, and recommendations related to 
aviation issues. 
(14) Facilitate the validation and acceptance of United 
States manufactured and United States certificated products 
and services throughout the world. 
(d) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall be com-
posed of the following members: 
(A) The Administrator (or the Administrator’s des-
ignee). 
(B) At least 11 individuals, appointed by the Secretary, 
each of whom represents at least 1 of the following 
interests: 
(i) Transport aircraft and engine manufacturers. 
(ii) General aviation aircraft and engine manufac-
turers. 
(iii) Avionics and equipment manufacturers. 
(iv) Aviation labor organizations, including collec-
tive bargaining representatives of FAA aviation safety 
inspectors and aviation safety engineers. 
(v) General aviation operators. 
(vi) Air carriers. 
(vii) Business aviation operators. 
(viii) Unmanned aircraft systems manufacturers 
and operators. 
(ix) Aviation safety management experts. 
(x) Aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul. 
(xi) Airport owners and operators. 
(2) NONVOTING MEMBERS.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—In 
addition 
to 
the 
members 
appointed under paragraph (1), the Advisory Committee 
shall be composed of nonvoting members appointed by the 
Secretary from among individuals representing FAA safety 
oversight program offices. 
(B) DUTIES.—The nonvoting members may— 
(i) take part in deliberations of the Advisory Com-
mittee; and 
(ii) provide input with respect to any final reports 
or recommendations of the Advisory Committee. 
(C) LIMITATION.—The nonvoting members may not rep-
resent any stakeholder interest other than that of an FAA 
safety oversight program office. 
(3) TERMS.—Each voting member and nonvoting member 
of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Secretary shall 
be appointed for a term of 2 years.
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(4) COMMITTEE
CHARACTERISTICS.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall have the following characteristics: 
(A) Each voting member under paragraph (1)(B) shall 
be an executive officer of the organization who has decision-
making authority within the member’s organization and 
can represent and enter into commitments on behalf of 
such organization. 
(B) The ability to obtain necessary information from 
experts in the aviation and aerospace communities. 
(C) A membership size that enables the Advisory Com-
mittee to have substantive discussions and reach consensus 
on issues in a timely manner. 
(D) Appropriate expertise, including expertise in certifi-
cation and risked-based safety oversight processes, oper-
ations, policy, technology, labor relations, training, and 
finance. 
(5) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Public Law 
104–65 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) may not be construed to prohibit 
or otherwise limit the appointment of any individual as a 
member of the Advisory Committee. 
(e) CHAIRPERSON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson of the Advisory Com-
mittee shall be appointed by the Secretary from among those 
members of the Advisory Committee that are voting members 
under subsection (d)(1)(B). 
(2) TERM.—Each member appointed under paragraph (1) 
shall serve a term of 2 years as Chairperson. 
(f) MEETINGS.— 
(1) FREQUENCY.—The Advisory Committee shall meet at 
least twice each year at the call of the Chairperson. 
(2) PUBLIC ATTENDANCE.—The meetings of the Advisory 
Committee shall be open and accessible to the public. 
(g) SPECIAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Advisory Committee may estab-
lish special committees composed of private sector representa-
tives, members of the public, labor representatives, and other 
relevant parties in complying with consultation and participa-
tion requirements under this section. 
(2) RULEMAKING ADVICE.—A special committee established 
by the Advisory Committee may— 
(A) provide rulemaking advice and recommendations 
to the Advisory Committee with respect to aviation-related 
issues; 
(B) provide the FAA additional opportunities to obtain 
firsthand information and insight from those parties that 
are most affected by existing and proposed regulations; 
and 
(C) assist in expediting the development, revision, or 
elimination of rules without circumventing public rule-
making processes and procedures. 
(3) APPLICABLE LAW.—Public Law 92–463 shall not apply 
to a special committee established by the Advisory Committee. 
(h) SUNSET.—The Advisory Committee shall terminate on the 
last day of the 6-year period beginning on the date of the initial 
appointment of the members of the Advisory Committee.
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(i) TERMINATION OF AIR TRAFFIC PROCEDURES ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE.—The Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee estab-
lished by the FAA shall terminate on the date of the initial appoint-
ment of the members of the Advisory Committee. 
Subtitle B—Aircraft Certification Reform 
SEC. 211. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND 
METRICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the Advisory Committee is established under section 202, 
the Administrator shall establish performance objectives and apply 
and track performance metrics for the FAA and the aviation 
industry relating to aircraft certification in accordance with this 
section. 
(b) COLLABORATION.—The Administrator shall carry out this 
section in collaboration with the Advisory Committee and update 
agency performance objectives and metrics after considering the 
recommendations of the Advisory Committee under paragraphs (8) 
and (9) of section 202(c). 
(c) PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Administrator shall establish performance objectives for the 
FAA and the aviation industry to ensure that, with respect to 
aircraft certification, progress is made toward, at a minimum— 
(1) eliminating certification delays and improving cycle 
times; 
(2) increasing accountability for both the FAA and the 
aviation industry; 
(3) achieving full utilization of FAA delegation and designa-
tion authorities, including organizational designation authoriza-
tion; 
(4) fully implementing risk management principles and 
a systems safety approach; 
(5) reducing duplication of effort; 
(6) increasing transparency; 
(7) developing and providing training, including recurrent 
training, in auditing and a systems safety approach to certifi-
cation oversight; 
(8) improving the process for approving or accepting certifi-
cation actions between the FAA and bilateral partners; 
(9) maintaining and improving safety; 
(10) streamlining the hiring process for— 
(A) qualified systems safety engineers to support the 
FAA’s efforts to implement a systems safety approach; 
and 
(B) 
qualified 
systems 
engineers 
to 
guide 
the 
engineering of complex systems within the FAA; and 
(11) maintaining the leadership of the United States in 
international aviation and aerospace. 
(d) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Administrator shall apply and track performance metrics for 
the FAA and the regulated aviation industry established by the 
Advisory Committee. 
(e) DATA GENERATION.— 
(1) BASELINES.—Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Advisory Committee recommends initial performance
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metrics for the FAA and the regulated aviation industry under 
section 202, the Administrator shall generate initial data with 
respect to each of the performance metrics applied and tracked 
under this section. 
(2) BENCHMARKS TO MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARD GOALS.— 
The Administrator shall use the metrics applied and tracked 
under this section to generate data on an ongoing basis and 
to measure progress toward the achievement of national goals 
recommended by the Advisory Committee. 
(f) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall make data gen-
erated using the performance metrics applied and tracked under 
this section available to the public in a searchable, sortable, and 
downloadable format through the internet website of the FAA or 
other appropriate methods and shall ensure that the data are 
made available in a manner that— 
(1) does not provide identifying information regarding an 
individual or entity; and 
(2) 
prevents 
inappropriate 
disclosure 
of 
proprietary 
information. 
SEC. 212. ORGANIZATION DESIGNATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 44736. Organization designation authorizations 
‘‘(a) DELEGATIONS OF FUNCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
when overseeing an ODA holder, the Administrator of the FAA 
shall— 
‘‘(A) require, based on an application submitted by 
the ODA holder and approved by the Administrator (or 
the Administrator’s designee), a procedures manual that 
addresses all procedures and limitations regarding the 
functions to be performed by the ODA holder; 
‘‘(B) delegate fully to the ODA holder each of the func-
tions to be performed as specified in the procedures manual, 
unless the Administrator determines, after the date of the 
delegation and as a result of an inspection or other inves-
tigation, that the public interest and safety of air commerce 
requires a limitation with respect to 1 or more of the 
functions; 
‘‘(C) conduct regular oversight activities by inspecting 
the ODA holder’s delegated functions and taking action 
based on validated inspection findings; and 
‘‘(D) for each function that is limited under subpara-
graph (B), work with the ODA holder to develop the ODA 
holder’s capability to execute that function safely and effec-
tively and return to full authority status. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES OF ODA HOLDERS.—An ODA holder shall— 
‘‘(A) perform each specified function delegated to the 
ODA holder in accordance with the approved procedures 
manual for the delegation; 
‘‘(B) make the procedures manual available to each 
member of the appropriate ODA unit; and 
‘‘(C) cooperate fully with oversight activities conducted 
by the Administrator in connection with the delegation.
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‘‘(3) EXISTING
ODA
HOLDERS.—With regard to an ODA 
holder operating under a procedures manual approved by the 
Administrator before the date of enactment of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2018, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) at the request of the ODA holder and in an expedi-
tious manner, approve revisions to the ODA holder’s proce-
dures manual; 
‘‘(B) delegate fully to the ODA holder each of the func-
tions to be performed as specified in the procedures manual, 
unless the Administrator determines, after the date of the 
delegation and as a result of an inspection or other inves-
tigation, that the public interest and safety of air commerce 
requires a limitation with respect to one or more of the 
functions; 
‘‘(C) conduct regular oversight activities by inspecting 
the ODA holder’s delegated functions and taking action 
based on validated inspection findings; and 
‘‘(D) for each function that is limited under subpara-
graph (B), work with the ODA holder to develop the ODA 
holder’s capability to execute that function safely and effec-
tively and return to full authority status. 
‘‘(b) ODA OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the 
FAA shall identify, within the FAA Office of Aviation Safety, 
a centralized policy office to be known as the Organization 
Designation Authorization Office or the ODA Office. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the ODA Office shall be 
to provide oversight and ensure the consistency of the FAA’s 
audit functions under the ODA program across the FAA. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The ODA Office shall— 
‘‘(A)(i) at the request of an ODA holder, eliminate 
all limitations specified in a procedures manual in place 
on the day before the date of enactment of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2018 that are low and medium 
risk as determined by a risk analysis using criteria estab-
lished by the ODA Office and disclosed to the ODA holder, 
except where an ODA holder’s performance warrants the 
retention of a specific limitation due to documented con-
cerns about inadequate current performance in carrying 
out that authorized function; 
‘‘(ii) require an ODA holder to establish a corrective 
action plan to regain authority for any retained limitations; 
‘‘(iii) require an ODA holder to notify the ODA Office 
when all corrective actions have been accomplished; and 
‘‘(iv) make a reassessment to determine if subsequent 
performance in carrying out any retained limitation war-
rants continued retention and, if such reassessment deter-
mines performance meets objectives, lift such limitation 
immediately; 
‘‘(B) improve FAA and ODA holder performance and 
ensure full utilization of the authorities delegated under 
the ODA program; 
‘‘(C) develop a more consistent approach to audit prior-
ities, procedures, and training under the ODA program;
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‘‘(D) review, in a timely fashion, a random sample 
of limitations on delegated authorities under the ODA pro-
gram to determine if the limitations are appropriate; 
‘‘(E) ensure national consistency in the interpretation 
and application of the requirements of the ODA program, 
including any limitations, and in the performance of the 
ODA program; and 
‘‘(F) at the request of an ODA holder, review and 
approve new limitations to ODA functions. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
‘‘(1) FAA.—The term ‘FAA’ means the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
‘‘(2) ODA HOLDER.—The term ‘ODA holder’ means an entity 
authorized to perform functions pursuant to a delegation made 
by the Administrator of the FAA under section 44702(d). 
‘‘(3) ODA UNIT.—The term ‘‘ODA unit’’ means a group 
of 2 or more individuals who perform, under the supervision 
of an ODA holder, authorized functions under an ODA. 
‘‘(4) ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘organization’’ means a firm, 
partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock 
association, or governmental entity. 
‘‘(5) ORGANIZATION DESIGNATION AUTHORIZATION; ODA.—The 
term ‘Organization Designation Authorization’ or ‘ODA’ means 
an authorization by the FAA under section 44702(d) for an 
organization composed of 1 or more ODA units to perform 
approved functions on behalf of the FAA.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 447 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘44736. Organization designation authorizations.’’. 
SEC. 213. ODA REVIEW. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPERT REVIEW PANEL.— 
(1) EXPERT PANEL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall convene a 
multidisciplinary expert review panel (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Panel’’). 
(2) COMPOSITION OF PANEL.— 
(A) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Panel shall be 
composed of not more than 20 members appointed by the 
Administrator. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The members appointed to the 
Panel shall— 
(i) each have a minimum of 5 years of experience 
in processes and procedures under the ODA program; 
and 
(ii) represent, at a minimum, ODA holders, avia-
tion manufacturers, safety experts, and FAA labor 
organizations, including labor representatives of FAA 
aviation safety inspectors and aviation safety engi-
neers. 
(b) SURVEY.—The Panel shall conduct a survey of ODA holders 
and ODA program applicants to document and assess FAA certifi-
cation and oversight activities, including use of the ODA program 
and the timeliness and efficiency of the certification process. In
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carrying out this subsection, the Panel shall consult with appro-
priate survey experts to best design and conduct the survey. 
(c) ASSESSMENT
AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Panel shall 
assess and make recommendations concerning— 
(1) the FAA’s processes and procedures under the ODA 
program and whether the processes and procedures function 
as intended; 
(2) the best practices of and lessons learned by ODA holders 
and FAA personnel who provide oversight of ODA holders; 
(3) performance incentive policies that— 
(A) are related to the ODA program for FAA personnel; 
and 
(B) do not conflict with the public interest; 
(4) training activities related to the ODA program for FAA 
personnel and ODA holders; 
(5) the impact, if any, that oversight of the ODA program 
has on FAA resources and the FAA’s ability to process applica-
tions for certifications outside of the ODA program; and 
(6) the results of the survey conducted under subsection 
(b). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date the Panel 
is convened under subsection (a), the Panel shall submit to the 
Administrator, the Advisory Committee, and the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the findings and recommenda-
tions of the Panel. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—The definitions contained in section 44736 
of title 49, United States Code, as added by this Act, apply to 
this section. 
(f) APPLICABLE LAW.—Public Law 92–463 shall not apply to 
the Panel. 
(g) SUNSET.—The Panel shall terminate on the date of submis-
sion of the report under subsection (d), or on the date that is 
1 year after the Panel is convened under subsection (a), whichever 
occurs first. 
SEC. 214. TYPE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44704(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) TYPE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 months after the 
date of enactment of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, 
the Administrator shall establish an effective, timely, and 
milestone-based issue resolution process for type certifi-
cation activities under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) PROCESS REQUIREMENTS.—The resolution process 
shall provide for— 
‘‘(i) resolution of technical issues at pre-established 
stages of the certification process, as agreed to by 
the Administrator and the type certificate applicant; 
‘‘(ii) automatic elevation to appropriate manage-
ment personnel of the Federal Aviation Administration 
and the type certificate applicant of any major certifi-
cation process milestone that is not completed or 
resolved within a specific period of time agreed to 
by the Administrator and the type certificate applicant; 
and
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‘‘(iii) resolution of a major certification process 
milestone elevated pursuant to clause (ii) within a 
specific period of time agreed to by the Administrator 
and the type certificate applicant. 
‘‘(C) 
MAJOR
CERTIFICATION
PROCESS
MILESTONE 
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘major certification 
process milestone’ means a milestone related to a type 
certification basis, type certification plan, type inspection 
authorization, issue paper, or other major type certification 
activity agreed to by the Administrator and the type certifi-
cate applicant.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 44704 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended in the section heading by striking ‘‘air-
worthiness certificates,,’’ and inserting ‘‘airworthiness certifi-
cates,’’. 
SEC. 215. REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR SMALL GENERAL 
AVIATION AIRPLANES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall initiate a review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s 
implementation of the final rule titled ‘‘Revision of Airworthiness 
Standards for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category 
Airplanes’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 96572). 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the review, the Comp-
troller General shall assess— 
(1) how the rule puts into practice the Administration’s 
efforts to implement performance and risk-based safety stand-
ards; 
(2) the extent to which the rule has resulted in the 
implementation of a streamlined regulatory regime to improve 
safety, reduce regulatory burden, and decrease costs; 
(3) whether the rule and its implementation have spurred 
innovation and technological adoption; 
(4) how consensus standards accepted by the FAA facilitate 
the development of new safety equipment and aircraft capabili-
ties; and 
(5) whether lessons learned from the rule and its 
implementation have resulted in best practices that could be 
applied to airworthiness standards for other categories of air-
craft. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of initiation 
of the review, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on the results of the review, 
including findings and recommendations. 
SEC. 216. ODA STAFFING AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Administra-
tion’s progress with respect to— 
(1) determining what additional model inputs and labor 
distribution codes are needed to identify ODA oversight staffing 
needs; 
(2) developing and implementing system-based evaluation 
criteria and risk-based tools to aid ODA team members in 
targeting their oversight activities;
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(3) developing agreements and processes for sharing 
resources to ensure adequate oversight of ODA personnel per-
forming certification and inspection work at supplier and com-
pany facilities; and 
(4) ensuring full utilization of ODA authority. 
(b) ODA DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘ODA’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 44736 of title 49, United States 
Code, as added by this Act. 
Subtitle C—Flight Standards Reform 
SEC. 221. FLIGHT STANDARDS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND 
METRICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the Advisory Committee is established under section 202, 
the Administrator shall establish performance objectives and apply 
and track performance metrics for the FAA and the aviation 
industry relating to flight standards activities in accordance with 
this section. 
(b) COLLABORATION.—The Administrator shall carry out this 
section in collaboration with the Advisory Committee, and update 
agency performance objectives and metrics after considering the 
recommendations of the Advisory Committee under paragraphs (8) 
and (9) of section 202(c). 
(c) PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Administrator shall establish performance objectives for the 
FAA and the aviation industry to ensure that, with respect to 
flight standards activities, progress is made toward, at a min-
imum— 
(1) eliminating delays with respect to such activities; 
(2) increasing accountability for both the FAA and the 
aviation industry; 
(3) achieving full utilization of FAA delegation and designa-
tion authorities, including organizational designation authority; 
(4) fully implementing risk management principles and 
a systems safety approach; 
(5) reducing duplication of effort; 
(6) eliminating inconsistent regulatory interpretations and 
inconsistent enforcement activities; 
(7) improving and providing greater opportunities for 
training, including recurrent training, in auditing and a sys-
tems safety approach to oversight; 
(8) developing and allowing utilization of a single master 
source for guidance; 
(9) providing and utilizing a streamlined appeal process 
for the resolution of regulatory interpretation questions; 
(10) maintaining and improving safety; and 
(11) increasing transparency. 
(d) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Administrator shall apply and track performance metrics for 
the FAA and the regulated aviation industry established by the 
Advisory Committee. 
(e) DATA GENERATION.— 
(1) BASELINES.—Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Advisory Committee recommends initial performance 
metrics for the FAA and the regulated aviation industry under
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section 202, the Administrator shall generate initial data with 
respect to each of the performance metrics applied and tracked 
under this section. 
(2) BENCHMARKS TO MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARD GOALS.— 
The Administrator shall use the metrics applied and tracked 
under this section to generate data on an ongoing basis and 
to measure progress toward the achievement of national goals 
recommended by the Advisory Committee. 
(f) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall make data gen-
erated using the performance metrics applied and tracked under 
this section available to the public in a searchable, sortable, and 
downloadable format through the internet website of the FAA or 
other appropriate methods and shall ensure that the data are 
made available in a manner that— 
(1) does not provide identifying information regarding an 
individual or entity; and 
(2) 
prevents 
inappropriate 
disclosure 
of 
proprietary 
information. 
SEC. 222. FAA TASK FORCE ON FLIGHT STANDARDS REFORM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish the 
FAA Task Force on Flight Standards Reform (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The membership of the Task Force 
shall be appointed by the Administrator. 
(2) NUMBER.—The Task Force shall be composed of not 
more than 20 members. 
(3) REPRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—The membership of 
the Task Force shall include representatives, with knowledge 
of flight standards regulatory processes and requirements, of— 
(A) air carriers; 
(B) general aviation; 
(C) business aviation; 
(D) repair stations; 
(E) unmanned aircraft systems operators; 
(F) flight schools; 
(G) labor unions, including those representing FAA 
aviation safety inspectors and those representing FAA avia-
tion safety engineers; 
(H) aviation and aerospace manufacturers; and 
(I) aviation safety experts. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall include, at 
a minimum, identifying best practices and providing recommenda-
tions, for current and anticipated budgetary environments, with 
respect to— 
(1) simplifying and streamlining flight standards regulatory 
processes, including issuance and oversight of certificates; 
(2) reorganizing Flight Standards Services to establish an 
entity organized by function rather than geographic region, 
if appropriate; 
(3) FAA aviation safety inspector training opportunities; 
(4) ensuring adequate and timely provision of Flight Stand-
ards activities and responses necessary for type certification, 
operational evaluation, and entry into service of newly manufac-
tured aircraft;
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(5) FAA aviation safety inspector standards and perform-
ance; and 
(6) achieving, across the FAA, consistent— 
(A) regulatory interpretations; and 
(B) application of oversight activities. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing— 
(1) the best practices identified and recommendations pro-
vided by the Task Force under subsection (c); and 
(2) any recommendations of the Task Force for additional 
regulatory, policy, or cost-effective legislative action to improve 
the efficiency of agency activities. 
(e) APPLICABLE LAW.—Public Law 92–463 shall not apply to 
the Task Force. 
(f) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the earlier 
of— 
(1) the date on which the Task Force submits the report 
required under subsection (d); or 
(2) the date that is 18 months after the date on which 
the Task Force is established under subsection (a). 
SEC. 223. CENTRALIZED SAFETY GUIDANCE DATABASE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a central-
ized safety guidance database that will— 
(1) encompass all of the regulatory guidance documents 
of the FAA Office of Aviation Safety; 
(2) contain, for each such guidance document, a link to 
the Code of Federal Regulations provision to which the docu-
ment relates; and 
(3) be publicly available in a manner that— 
(A) protects from disclosure identifying information 
regarding an individual or entity; and 
(B) prevents inappropriate disclosure proprietary 
information. 
(b) DATA ENTRY TIMING.— 
(1) EXISTING DOCUMENTS.—Not later than 14 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
begin entering into the database established under subsection 
(a) all of the regulatory guidance documents of the Office of 
Aviation Safety that are in effect and were issued before the 
date on which the Administrator begins such entry process. 
(2) NEW DOCUMENTS AND CHANGES.—On and after the date 
on which the Administrator begins the document entry process 
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall ensure that all 
new regulatory guidance documents of the Office of Aviation 
Safety and any changes to existing documents are included 
in the database established under subsection (a) as such docu-
ments or changes to existing documents are issued. 
(c) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In establishing the database 
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult and collaborate 
with appropriate stakeholders, including labor organizations 
(including those representing aviation workers, FAA aviation safety 
engineers and FAA aviation safety inspectors) and aviation industry 
stakeholders.
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(d) REGULATORY GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘regulatory guidance documents’’ means all forms 
of written information issued by the FAA that an individual or 
entity may use to interpret or apply FAA regulations and require-
ments, including information an individual or entity may use to 
determine acceptable means of compliance with such regulations 
and requirements, such as an order, manual, circular, policy state-
ment, legal interpretation memorandum, or rulemaking document. 
SEC. 224. REGULATORY CONSISTENCY COMMUNICATIONS BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a Regu-
latory Consistency Communications Board (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Board’’). 
(b) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In establishing the Board, 
the Administrator shall consult and collaborate with appropriate 
stakeholders, including FAA labor organizations (including labor 
organizations representing FAA aviation safety inspectors) and 
industry stakeholders. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall be composed of FAA rep-
resentatives, appointed by the Administrator, from— 
(1) the Flight Standards Service; 
(2) the Aircraft Certification Service; and 
(3) the Office of the Chief Counsel. 
(d) FUNCTIONS.—The Board shall carry out the following func-
tions: 
(1) Establish, at a minimum, processes by which— 
(A) FAA personnel and persons regulated by the FAA 
may submit anonymous regulatory interpretation questions 
without fear of retaliation; 
(B) FAA personnel may submit written questions, and 
receive written responses, as to whether a previous 
approval or regulatory interpretation issued by FAA per-
sonnel in another office or region is correct or incorrect; 
and 
(C) any other person may submit written anonymous 
regulatory interpretation questions. 
(2) Meet on a regular basis to discuss and resolve questions 
submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) and the appropriate 
application of regulations and policy with respect to each ques-
tion. 
(3) Provide to a person that submitted a question pursuant 
to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) a timely written 
response to the question. 
(4) Establish a process to make resolutions of common 
regulatory interpretation questions publicly available to FAA 
personnel, persons regulated by the FAA, and the public with-
out revealing any identifying data of the person that submitted 
the question and in a manner that protects any proprietary 
information. 
(5) Ensure the incorporation of resolutions of questions 
submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) into regulatory guidance 
documents, as such term is defined in section 223(d). 
(e) PERFORMANCE METRICS, TIMELINES, AND GOALS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the Advisory Committee 
recommends performance objectives and performance metrics for 
the FAA and the regulated aviation industry under section 202,
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the Administrator, in collaboration with the Advisory Committee, 
shall— 
(1) establish performance metrics, timelines, and goals to 
measure the progress of the Board in resolving regulatory 
interpretation questions submitted pursuant to subsection 
(d)(1); and 
(2) implement a process for tracking the progress of the 
Board in meeting the performance metrics, timelines, and goals 
established under paragraph (1). 
Subtitle D—Safety Workforce 
SEC. 231. SAFETY WORKFORCE TRAINING STRATEGY. 
(a) SAFETY WORKFORCE TRAINING STRATEGY.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall review and revise its safety workforce training strategy to 
ensure that such strategy— 
(1) aligns with an effective risk-based approach to safety 
oversight; 
(2) best uses available resources; 
(3) allows FAA employees participating in organization 
management teams or conducting ODA program audits to com-
plete, in a timely fashion, appropriate training, including recur-
rent training, in auditing and a systems safety approach to 
oversight; 
(4) seeks knowledge-sharing opportunities between the FAA 
and the aviation industry in new technologies, equipment and 
systems, best practices, and other areas of interest related 
to safety oversight; 
(5) functions within the current and anticipated budgetary 
environments; 
(6) fosters an inspector and engineer workforce that has 
the skills and training necessary to improve risk-based 
approaches that focus on requirements management and 
auditing skills; and 
(7) includes, as appropriate, milestones and metrics for 
meeting the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (5). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
revision of the strategy required under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report on the implementation of the strategy and progress in 
meeting any milestones and metrics included in the strategy. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) ODA; ODA
HOLDER.—The terms ‘‘ODA’’ and ‘‘ODA 
holder’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 44736 
of title 49, United States Code, as added by this Act. 
(2) ODA PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘ODA program’’ means the 
program to standardize FAA management and oversight of 
the organizations that are approved to perform certain functions 
on behalf of the Administration under section 44702(d) of title 
49, United States Code. 
(3) 
ORGANIZATION
MANAGEMENT
TEAM.—The 
term 
‘‘organization management team’’ means a team consisting of 
FAA aviation safety engineers, flight test pilots, and aviation
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safety inspectors overseeing an ODA holder and its certification 
activity. 
SEC. 232. WORKFORCE REVIEW. 
(a) WORKFORCE REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a review to assess the workforce and 
training needs of the FAA Office of Aviation Safety in the antici-
pated budgetary environment. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The review required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) a review of current aviation safety inspector and avia-
tion safety engineer hiring, training, and recurrent training 
requirements; 
(2) an analysis of the skills and qualifications required 
of aviation safety inspectors and aviation safety engineers for 
successful performance in the current and future projected avia-
tion safety regulatory environment, including the need for a 
systems engineering discipline within the FAA to guide the 
engineering of complex systems, with an emphasis on auditing 
designated authorities; 
(3) a review of current performance incentive policies of 
the FAA, as applied to the Office of Aviation Safety, including 
awards for performance; 
(4) an analysis of ways the FAA can work with industry 
and labor, including labor groups representing FAA aviation 
safety inspectors and aviation safety engineers, to establish 
knowledge-sharing opportunities between the FAA and the 
aviation industry regarding new equipment and systems, best 
practices, and other areas of interest; and 
(5) recommendations on the most effective qualifications, 
training programs (including e-learning training), and perform-
ance incentive approaches to address the needs of the future 
projected aviation safety regulatory system in the anticipated 
budgetary environment. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the 
review required under subsection (a). 
Subtitle E—International Aviation 
SEC. 241. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES AEROSPACE STANDARDS, 
PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ABROAD. 
Section 40104 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) PROMOTION
OF UNITED STATES AEROSPACE STANDARDS, 
PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ABROAD.—The Secretary shall take appro-
priate actions to— 
‘‘(1) promote United States aerospace-related safety stand-
ards abroad; 
‘‘(2) facilitate and vigorously defend approvals of United 
States aerospace products and services abroad; 
‘‘(3) with respect to bilateral partners, utilize bilateral 
safety agreements and other mechanisms to improve validation 
of United States certificated aeronautical products, services,