In the Senate of the United States, 
May 9, 2023. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 346) entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a task force 
on improvements for notices to air missions, and for other 
purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
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 Improve-
ment (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’).
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(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 dis-
patchers. 
(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 aero-
nautical information specialists. 
(7) General and business aviation representa-
tives. 
(8) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 
NOTAMs. 
(9) Human factors experts. 
(10) Computer system architecture and cyberse-
curity experts. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-
clude—
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(1) reviewing existing methods for publishing 
NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 
(2) reviewing regulations, policies, systems, and 
international standards relating to NOTAMs, includ-
ing their content and presentation to pilots; 
(3) evaluating and determining best practices to 
organize, prioritize, and present flight operations in-
formation in a manner that optimizes pilot review 
and retention of relevant information; and 
(4) providing recommendations for— 
(A) improving the publication and delivery 
of NOTAM information in a manner that 
prioritizes or highlights the most important in-
formation, and optimizes pilot review and reten-
tion of relevant information; 
(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are com-
plete, accurate, timely, relevant to safe flight op-
erations, and contain pertinent information; 
(C) any best practices that the FAA should 
consider to improve the accuracy and under-
standability of NOTAMs and the display of 
flight operations information; 
(D) ways to work with air carriers, other 
airspace users, and aviation service providers to
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(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 improve-
ment of NOTAMs, including any efforts related to imple-
menting any previously enacted requirements. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means a no-
tice containing information (which is not known suf-
ficiently in advance to publicize by other means) con-
cerning the establishment, condition, or change in 
any component (including a facility, service, or pro-
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cedure thereof) or hazard in the National Airspace 
System, the timely knowledge of which is essential to 
personnel concerned with flight operations. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 
Not later than September 30, 2024, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall make the fol-
lowing improvements: 
(1) Complete implementation of a Federal 
NOTAM System (in this section referred to as a 
‘‘FNS’’). 
(2) Implement a back-up system to the FNS. 
(3) Brief the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on a plan to enhance the capa-
bility to deliver information through the FNS that is 
machine-readable, filterable, and in the format used 
by the International Civil Aviation Organization 
(ICAO) to promote further global harmonization 
among neighboring Air Navigation Service Providers 
(ANSPs) and provide users of the National Airspace
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System with one consistent format for domestic and 
international operations. 
Attest: 
Secretary.