the Administration in addition to any regular 
compensation and benefits. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the implementation of this section. 
SEC. 206. GAO REVIEW OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH 
TRANSFORMING TO THE NEXT GENERATION 
AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General shall con-
duct a review of the progress and challenges associated with 
transforming the Nation’s air traffic control system into the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘NextGen System’’). 
(b) REVIEW.—The review shall include the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the continued implementa-
tion and institutionalization of the processes that are 
key to the ability of the Air Traffic Organization to 
effectively maintain management structures and sys-
tems acquisitions procedures utilized under the cur-
rent air traffic control modernization program as a 
basis for the NextGen System. 
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(2) An assessment of the progress and challenges 
associated with collaboration and contributions of the 
partner agencies working with the Joint Planning 
and Development Office of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘JPDO’’) in planning and implementing the NextGen 
System. 
(3) The progress and challenges associated with 
coordinating government and industry stakeholders in 
activities relating to the NextGen System, including 
an assessment of the contributions of the NextGen In-
stitute. 
(4) An assessment of planning and implementa-
tion of the NextGen System against established sched-
ules, milestones, and budgets. 
(5) An evaluation of the recently modified orga-
nizational structure of the JPDO. 
(6) An examination of transition planning by 
the Air Traffic Organization and the JPDO. 
(7) Any other matters or aspects of planning and 
coordination of the NextGen System by the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the JPDO that the 
Comptroller General determines appropriate. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
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(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PRIORITIES.—Not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General shall determine the pri-
ority of topics to be reviewed under this section and 
report such priorities to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) PERIODIC REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON RE-
SULTS OF THE REVIEW.—The Comptroller General 
shall periodically submit to the committees referred to 
in paragraph (1) a report on the results of the review 
conducted under this section. 
SEC. 207. GAO REVIEW OF NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANS-
PORTATION SYSTEM ACQUISITION AND PRO-
CEDURES DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a 
review of the progress made and challenges related to the 
acquisition of designated technologies and the development 
of procedures for the Next Generation Air Transportation 
System (in this section referred to as the ‘‘NextGen Sys-
tem’’). 
(b) SPECIFIC SYSTEMS REVIEW.—The review shall in-
clude, at a minimum, an examination of the acquisition 
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costs, schedule, and other relevant considerations for the fol-
lowing systems: 
(1) 
En 
Route 
Automation 
Modernization 
(ERAM). 
(2) Standard Terminal Automation Replacement 
System/Common Automated Radar Terminal System 
(STARS/CARTS). 
(3) Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast 
(ADS–B). 
(4) System Wide Information Management 
(SWIM). 
(5) Traffic Flow Management Modernization 
(TFM–M). 
(c) REVIEW.—The review shall include, at a min-
imum, an assessment of the progress and challenges related 
to the development of standards, regulations, and proce-
dures that will be necessary to implement the NextGen Sys-
tem, including required navigation performance, area navi-
gation, the airspace management program, and other pro-
grams and procedures that the Comptroller General identi-
fies as relevant to the transformation of the air traffic sys-
tem. 
(d) PERIODIC REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON RESULTS OF 
THE REVIEW.—The Comptroller General shall periodically 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
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ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re-
port on the results of the review conducted under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 208. DOT INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF OPER-
ATIONAL AND APPROACH PROCEDURES BY A 
THIRD PARTY. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall conduct a review regarding 
the effectiveness of the oversight activities conducted by the 
Federal Aviation Administration in connection with any 
agreement with or delegation of authority to a third party 
for the development of flight procedures for the national air-
space system. 
(b) ASSESSMENTS.—The Inspector General shall in-
clude, at a minimum, in the review— 
(1) an assessment of the extent to which the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration is relying or intends to 
rely on a third party for the development of new pro-
cedures and a determination of whether the Adminis-
tration has established sufficient mechanisms and 
staffing to provide safety oversight of a third party; 
and 
(2) an assessment regarding whether the Admin-
istration has sufficient existing personnel and tech-
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