committed while the airman was exercising 
the privileges of the certificate; or 
‘‘(ii) to believe the airman obtained 
the certificate through fraudulent means. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Be-
fore taking any action to reexamine an airman 
holding a certificate issued under section 44703 
of this title, the Administrator shall provide to 
the airman— 
‘‘(i) the specific justification for the 
reexamination; and 
‘‘(ii) any releasable information gath-
ered by the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion that form the basis for that justifica-
tion.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION 
OF AIRMEN CERTIFICATES AFTER REEXAMINATION.— 
Section 44709(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), and by moving such 
clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), and by moving such 
subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the 
right; 
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(3) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCA-
TION OF AIRMEN CERTIFICATES AFTER REEXAMINA-
TION.—The Administrator may not amend, modify, 
suspend, or revoke an airman certificate issued 
under section 44703 of this title after a reexamina-
tion of the airman holding the certificate unless the 
Administrator demonstrates by a preponderance of 
the evidence that the airman— 
‘‘(A) lacks the skills and competency, or 
care, judgment, and responsibility, necessary to 
hold the certificate; or 
‘‘(B) materially contributed to the issuance 
of the certificate by fraudulent means.’’. 
(c) APPEALS.—Section 44709(f) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) APPEALS RELATING TO REEXAMINATION 
OF
AIRMEN
CERTIFICATES.—If the Administrator 
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amends, modifies, suspends, or revokes an airman 
certificate after reexamination of the airman holding 
the certificate in violation of subsection (a)(2), the 
airman may elect to file an appeal in the United 
States district court in which the airman resides or 
in which the action in question occurred, or in the 
United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia, instead of filing an appeal with the Board 
under subsection (d).’’. 
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
44709(d)(1) of such title is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)(1)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)(1)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(ii)’’. 
SEC. 5. EXPEDITING UPDATES TO NOTAM PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may not take any enforcement ac-
tion, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, against any individual for 
a violation of a NOTAM (as defined in section 3 of the 
Pilot’s Bill of Rights (49 U.S.C. 44701 note)) until the 
Administrator certifies that the Administrator has com-
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plied with the requirements of section 3 of the Pilot’s Bill 
of Rights, as amended by this section, to— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 3 of the Pilot’s Bill of 
Rights (Public Law 112–153; 126 Stat. 1162; 49 U.S.C. 
44701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘begin’’ and inserting 
‘‘complete the implementation of’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) to establish a repository, in a public 
central location, to maintain and archive all 
NOTAMs, including the original content and 
form of the notices, the original date of publica-
tion, and any amendments to such notices with 
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the date of each amendment, in a manner that 
is Internet-accessible, machine-readable, and 
searchable;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) to establish a rating system to 
prioritize each NOTAM by the urgency and im-
portance of the NOTAM; and 
‘‘(E) to specify the times during which 
temporary flight restrictions are in effect and 
the duration of a designation of special use air-
space in a specific area.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION
OF
REPOSITORY
AS
SOLE 
SOURCE FOR NOTAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall consider the repository for 
NOTAMs 
established 
under 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B) to be the sole location for airmen to 
check for NOTAMs; and 
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‘‘(B) may not consider a NOTAM to be 
announced and published until the NOTAM is 
included in the repository. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON TAKING ACTION FOR VIO-
LATIONS OF NOTAMS NOT IN REPOSITORY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (A), on and after the date on 
which the repository established under sub-
section (a)(2)(B) is final and published, the Ad-
ministrator may not take any enforcement ac-
tion against an airman for a violation of a 
NOTAM during a flight if that NOTAM is not 
available through the repository before the com-
mencement of the flight and reasonably acces-
sible and identifiable to the airman. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
NATIONAL
SECU-
RITY.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the 
case of an enforcement action for a violation of 
a NOTAM that directly relates to national se-
curity.’’. 
SEC. 6. ACCESSIBILITY OF CERTAIN FLIGHT DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 47124 the following: 
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