H. R. 302 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals, to reauthorize Fed-
eral aviation programs, to improve aircraft safety certification processes, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FAA Reauthor-
ization Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
DIVISION A—SPORTS MEDICINE LICENSURE 
Sec. 11. Short title. 
Sec. 12. Protections for covered sports medicine professionals. 
DIVISION B—FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018 
Sec. 101. Definition of appropriate committees of Congress. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA Programs 
Sec. 111. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and 
programs. 
Sec. 112. Facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 113. FAA operations. 
Sec. 114. Weather reporting programs. 
Sec. 115. Adjustment to AIP program funding. 
Sec. 116. Funding for aviation programs. 
Sec. 117. Extension of expiring authorities. 
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility Charges 
Sec. 121. Passenger facility charge modernization. 
Sec. 122. Future aviation infrastructure and financing study. 
Sec. 123. Intermodal access projects. 
Subtitle C—Airport Improvement Program Modifications 
Sec. 131. Grant assurances. 
Sec. 132. Mothers’ rooms. 
Sec. 133. Contract Tower Program. 
Sec. 134. Government share of project costs. 
Sec. 135. Updated veterans’ preference. 
Sec. 136. Use of State highway specifications. 
Sec. 137. Former military airports. 
Sec. 138. Eligibility of CCTV projects for airport improvement program. 
Sec. 139. State block grant program expansion. 
Sec. 140. Non-movement area surveillance pilot program. 
Sec. 141. Property conveyance releases. 
Sec. 142. Study regarding technology usage at airports. 
Sec. 143. Study on airport revenue diversion.
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Sec. 144. GAO study on the effect of granting an exclusive right of aeronautical 
services to an airport sponsor. 
Sec. 145. Sense of Congress on smart airports. 
Sec. 146. Critical airfield markings. 
Sec. 147. General facilities authority. 
Sec. 148. Recycling plans; uncategorized small airports. 
Sec. 149. Evaluation of airport master plans. 
Sec. 150. Definition of small business concern. 
Sec. 151. Small airport regulation relief. 
Sec. 152. Construction of certain control towers. 
Sec. 153. Nondiscrimination. 
Sec. 154. Definition of airport development. 
Sec. 155. General aviation airport expired funds. 
Sec. 156. Priority review of construction projects in cold weather States. 
Sec. 157. Minority and disadvantaged business participation. 
Sec. 158. Supplemental discretionary funds. 
Sec. 159. State taxation. 
Sec. 160. Airport investment partnership program. 
Sec. 161. Remote tower pilot program for rural and small communities. 
Sec. 162. Airport access roads in remote locations. 
Sec. 163. Limited regulation of non-federally sponsored property. 
Sec. 164. Seasonal airports. 
Sec. 165. Amendments to definitions. 
Sec. 166. Pilot program sunsets. 
Sec. 167. Buy America requirements. 
Subtitle D—Airport Noise and Environmental Streamlining 
Sec. 171. Funding eligibility for airport energy efficiency assessments. 
Sec. 172. Authorization of certain flights by stage 2 aircraft. 
Sec. 173. Alternative airplane noise metric evaluation deadline. 
Sec. 174. Updating airport noise exposure maps. 
Sec. 175. Addressing community noise concerns. 
Sec. 176. Community involvement in FAA NextGen projects located in metroplexes. 
Sec. 177. Lead emissions. 
Sec. 178. Terminal sequencing and spacing. 
Sec. 179. Airport noise mitigation and safety study. 
Sec. 180. Regional ombudsmen. 
Sec. 181. FAA leadership on civil supersonic aircraft. 
Sec. 182. Mandatory use of the New York North Shore Helicopter Route. 
Sec. 183. State standards for airport pavements. 
Sec. 184. Eligibility of pilot program airports. 
Sec. 185. Grandfathering of certain deed agreements granting through-the-fence ac-
cess to general aviation airports. 
Sec. 186. Stage 3 aircraft study. 
Sec. 187. Aircraft noise exposure. 
Sec. 188. Study regarding day-night average sound levels. 
Sec. 189. Study on potential health and economic impacts of overflight noise. 
Sec. 190. Environmental mitigation pilot program. 
Sec. 191. Extending aviation development streamlining. 
Sec. 192. Zero-emission vehicles and technology. 
TITLE II—FAA SAFETY CERTIFICATION REFORM 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee. 
Subtitle B—Aircraft Certification Reform 
Sec. 211. Aircraft certification performance objectives and metrics. 
Sec. 212. Organization designation authorizations. 
Sec. 213. ODA review. 
Sec. 214. Type certification resolution process. 
Sec. 215. Review of certification process for small general aviation airplanes. 
Sec. 216. ODA staffing and oversight. 
Subtitle C—Flight Standards Reform 
Sec. 221. Flight standards performance objectives and metrics. 
Sec. 222. FAA task force on flight standards reform. 
Sec. 223. Centralized safety guidance database. 
Sec. 224. Regulatory Consistency Communications Board. 
Subtitle D—Safety Workforce 
Sec. 231. Safety workforce training strategy.