H. R. 346 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three 
An Act 
To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NOTAM Improvement Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FAA TASK FORCE ON NOTAM IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall establish a task force to be known as the 
FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of members 
appointed by the Administrator, including at least one member 
of each of the following: 
(1) Air carrier representatives. 
(2) Airport representatives. 
(3) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 
(4) Labor union representatives of aircraft dispatchers. 
(5) The labor union certified under section 7111 of title 
5, United States Code, to represent FAA air traffic control 
specialists assigned to the United States NOTAMs Office. 
(6) The labor union certified under section 7111 of title 
5, United States Code, to represent FAA aeronautical informa-
tion specialists. 
(7) General and business aviation representatives. 
(8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of NOTAMs. 
(9) Human factors experts. 
(10) Computer system architecture and cybersecurity 
experts. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall include— 
(1) reviewing existing methods for publishing NOTAMs 
and flight operations information to pilots; 
(2) reviewing regulations, policies, systems, and inter-
national standards relating to NOTAMs, including their content 
and presentation to pilots; 
(3) evaluating and determining best practices to organize, 
prioritize, and present flight operations information in a 
manner that optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 
information; and 
(4) providing recommendations for—
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(A) improving the publication and delivery of NOTAM 
information in a manner that prioritizes or highlights the 
most important information, and optimizes pilot review 
and retention of relevant information; 
(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are complete, 
accurate, timely, relevant to safe flight operations, and 
contain pertinent information; 
(C) any best practices that the FAA should consider 
to improve the accuracy and understandability of NOTAMs 
and the display of flight operations information; 
(D) ways to work with air carriers, other airspace 
users, and aviation service providers to implement solutions 
that are aligned with the recommendations under this para-
graph; and 
(E) ways to ensure the stability, resiliency, and cyberse-
curity of the NOTAM computer system. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report detailing— 
(1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of the Task 
Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (c); 
(2) the best practices identified and recommendations pro-
vided by the Task Force under subsection (c)(4); 
(3) any recommendations of the Task Force for additional 
regulatory or policy actions to improve the publication of 
NOTAMs; and 
(4) the degree to which implementing the recommendations 
of the Task Force described under paragraph (2) will address 
National Transportation Safety Board Safety Recommendation 
A–18–024. 
(e) APPLICABLE LAW.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall not apply to the Task Force. 
(f) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the later 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). 
(g) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall have the authority 
to carry out the recommendations of the Task Force detailed in 
the report required under subsection (d). 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to require the FAA to duplicate any prior, ongoing, or 
planned efforts related to the improvement of NOTAMs, including 
any efforts related to implementing any previously enacted require-
ments. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means a notice con-
taining information (which is not known sufficiently in advance 
to publicize by other means) concerning the establishment, 
condition, or change in any component (including a facility, 
service, or procedure thereof) or hazard in the National Airspace 
System, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel 
concerned with flight operations.