110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2881 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appro-
priations for the Federal Aviation Administration for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safe-
ty and capacity, to provide stable funding for the na-
tional aviation system, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Reauthorization Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code. 
Sec. 3. Effective date. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA Programs 
Sec. 101. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning 
and programs. 
Sec. 102. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 103. FAA operations. 
Sec. 104. Research, engineering, and development. 
Sec. 105. Funding for aviation programs. 
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility Charges 
Sec. 111. PFC authority. 
Sec. 112. PFC eligibility for bicycle storage. 
Sec. 113. Noise compatibility projects. 
Sec. 114. Intermodal ground access project pilot program. 
Sec. 115. Impacts on airports of accommodating connecting passengers. 
Subtitle C—Fees for FAA Services 
Sec. 121. Update on overflights. 
Sec. 122. Registration fees. 
Subtitle D—AIP Modifications 
Sec. 131. Amendments to AIP definitions. 
Sec. 132. Amendments to grant assurances. 
Sec. 133. Government share of project costs. 
Sec. 134. Amendments to allowable costs. 
Sec. 135. Uniform certification training for airport concessions under disadvan-
taged business enterprise program. 
Sec. 136. Preference for small business concerns owned and controlled by dis-
abled veterans. 
Sec. 137. Calculation of State apportionment fund. 
Sec. 138. Reducing apportionments. 
Sec. 139. Minimum amount for discretionary fund. 
Sec. 140. Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau. 
Sec. 141. Use of apportioned amounts. 
Sec. 142. Sale of private airport to public sponsor. 
Sec. 143. Airport privatization pilot program. 
Sec. 144. Airport security program. 
Sec. 145. Sunset of pilot program for purchase of airport development rights.
Sec. 146. Extension of grant authority for compatible land use planning and 
projects by State and local governments. 
Sec. 147. Repeal of limitations on Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 
Sec. 148. Midway Island Airport. 
Sec. 149. Puerto Rico minimum guarantee. 
Sec. 150. Miscellaneous amendments. 
TITLE II—NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 
AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MODERNIZATION 
Sec. 201. Mission statement; sense of Congress. 
Sec. 202. Next generation air transportation system joint planning and develop-
ment office. 
Sec. 203. Next Generation Air Transportation Senior Policy Committee. 
Sec. 204. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast services. 
Sec. 205. Inclusion of stakeholders in air traffic control modernization projects. 
Sec. 206. GAO review of challenges associated with transforming to the Next 
Generation Air Transportation System. 
Sec. 207. GAO review of Next Generation Air Transportation System acquisi-
tion and procedures development. 
Sec. 208. DOT inspector general review of operational and approach procedures 
by a third party. 
Sec. 209. Expert review of enterprise architecture for Next Generation Air 
Transportation System. 
Sec. 210. NEXTGEN technology testbed. 
Sec. 211. Clarification of authority to enter into reimbursable agreements. 
Sec. 212. Definition of air navigation facility. 
Sec. 213. Improved management of property inventory. 
Sec. 214. Clarification to acquisition reform authority. 
Sec. 215. Assistance to foreign aviation authorities. 
Sec. 216. Front line manager staffing. 
Sec. 217. Flight service stations. 
Sec. 218. NextGen Research and Development Center of Excellence. 
Sec. 219. Airspace redesign. 
TITLE III—SAFETY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 301. Age standards for pilots. 
Sec. 302. Judicial review of denial of airman certificates. 
Sec. 303. Release of data relating to abandoned type certificates and supple-
mental type certificates. 
Sec. 304. Inspection of foreign repair stations. 
Sec. 305. Runway safety. 
Sec. 306. Improved pilot licenses. 
Sec. 307. Aircraft fuel tank safety improvement. 
Sec. 308. Flight crew fatigue. 
Sec. 309. Occupational safety and health standards for flight attendants on 
board aircraft. 
Sec. 310. Aircraft surveillance in mountainous areas. 
Sec. 311. Off-airport, low-altitude aircraft weather observation technology. 
Sec. 312. Noncertificated maintenance providers. 
Sec. 313. Aircraft rescue and firefighting standards. 
Subtitle B—Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Sec. 321. Commercial unmanned aircraft systems integration plan. 
Sec. 322. Special rules for certain unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 323. Public unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 324. Definitions. 
TITLE IV—AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS 
Sec. 401. Monthly air carrier reports. 
Sec. 402. Flight operations at Reagan National Airport. 
Sec. 403. EAS contract guidelines. 
Sec. 404. Essential air service reform. 
Sec. 405. Small community air service. 
Sec. 406. Air passenger service improvements. 
Sec. 407. Contents of competition plans. 
Sec. 408. Extension of competitive access reports. 
Sec. 409. Contract tower program. 
Sec. 410. Airfares for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 411. Medical oxygen and portable respiratory assistive devices. 
Sec. 412. Repeal of essential air service local participation program. 
Sec. 413. GAO study of essential air service subsidy cap. 
Sec. 414. Notice to communities prior to termination of eligibility for subsidized 
essential air service. 
Sec. 415. Restoration of eligibility to a place determined by the Secretary to 
be ineligible for subsidized essential air service. 
Sec. 416. Office of Rural Aviation. 
Sec. 417. Adjustments to compensation for significantly increased costs. 
Sec. 418. Review of air carrier flight delays, cancellations, and associated 
causes. 
Sec. 419. European Union rules for passenger rights. 
Sec. 420. Establishment of advisory committee for aviation consumer protec-
tion. 
Sec. 421. Denied boarding compensation. 
Sec. 422. Schedule reduction. 
Sec. 423. Expansion of dot airline consumer complaint investigations. 
TITLE V—ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND STREAMLINING 
Sec. 501. Amendments to air tour management program. 
Sec. 502. State block grant program. 
Sec. 503. Airport funding of special studies or reviews. 
Sec. 504. Grant eligibility for assessment of flight procedures. 
Sec. 505. CLEEN research, development, and implementation partnership. 
Sec. 506. Prohibition on operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or 
less not complying with stage 3 noise levels. 
Sec. 507. Environmental mitigation pilot program. 
Sec. 508. Aircraft departure queue management pilot program. 
Sec. 509. High performance and sustainable air traffic control facilities. 
Sec. 510. Regulatory responsibility for aircraft engine noise and emissions 
standards. 
Sec. 511. Continuation of air quality sampling. 
Sec. 512. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 513. Airport noise compatibility planning study, Port Authority of New 
York and New Jersey. 
TITLE VI—FAA EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATION
Sec. 601. Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system. 
Sec. 602. MSPB remedial authority for FAA employees. 
Sec. 603. FAA technical training and staffing. 
Sec. 604. Designee program. 
Sec. 605. Staffing model for aviation safety inspectors. 
Sec. 606. Safety critical staffing. 
Sec. 607. FAA air traffic controller staffing. 
Sec. 608. Assessment of training programs for air traffic controllers. 
Sec. 609. Collegiate training initiative study. 
Sec. 610. FAA Task Force on Air Traffic Control Facility Conditions. 
TITLE VII—AVIATION INSURANCE 
Sec. 701. General authority. 
Sec. 702. Extension of authority to limit third party liability of air carriers 
arising out of acts of terrorism. 
Sec. 703. Clarification of reinsurance authority. 
Sec. 704. Use of independent claims adjusters. 
Sec. 705. Extension of program authority. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 801. Air carrier citizenship. 
Sec. 802. Disclosure of data to Federal agencies in interest of national security. 
Sec. 803. FAA access to criminal history records and database systems. 
Sec. 804. Clarification of air carrier fee disputes. 
Sec. 805. Study on national plan of integrated airport systems. 
Sec. 806. Express carrier employee protection. 
Sec. 807. Consolidation and realignment of FAA facilities. 
Sec. 808. Accidental death and dismemberment insurance for National Trans-
portation Safety Board employees. 
Sec. 809. GAO study on cooperation of airline industry in international child 
abduction cases. 
Sec. 810. Lost Nation Airport, Ohio. 
Sec. 811. Pollock Municipal Airport, Louisiana. 
Sec. 812. Human intervention and motivation study program. 
Sec. 813. Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone. 
Sec. 814. Merrill Field Airport, Anchorage, Alaska. 
Sec. 815. 1940 Air Terminal Museum at William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, 
Texas. 
Sec. 816. Duty periods and flight time limitations applicable to flight crew-
members. 
Sec. 817. Labor integration. 
Sec. 818. Pilot program for redevelopment of airport properties. 
Sec. 819. Helicopter operations over Long Island, New York. 
Sec.
820. Cabin temperature standards study. 
Sec. 821. Civil penalties technical amendments. 
Sec. 822. Realignment of terminal radar approach control at Palm Beach Inter-
national Airport. 
Sec. 823. Study and report on alleviating congestion. 
Sec. 824. Airline personnel training enhancement. 
Sec. 825. Study on Feasibility of Development of a Public Internet Web-based 
Search Engine on Wind Turbine Installation Obstruction. 
TITLE IX—FEDERAL AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT