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(C) identify procedures, to be developed in consultation 
with appropriate employee and industry groups, to conduct 
air traffic management in mixed equipage environments; 
and 
(D) establish a policy in test regions referred to in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
in 
consultation 
with 
appropriate 
employee and industry groups, to provide incentives for 
equipage with ADS–B technology, including giving priority 
to aircraft equipped with such technology before the 2020 
equipage deadline. 
SEC. 212. EXPERT REVIEW OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR 
NEXTGEN. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall enter into an arrangement with the National 
Research Council to review the enterprise architecture for the 
NextGen. 
(b) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the review to be conducted 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) highlight the technical activities, including human- 
system design, organizational design, and other safety and 
human factor aspects of the system, that will be necessary 
to successfully transition current and planned modernization 
programs to the future system envisioned by the Joint Planning 
and Development Office of the Administration; 
(2) assess technical, cost, and schedule risk for the software 
development that will be necessary to achieve the expected 
benefits from a highly automated air traffic management 
system and the implications for ongoing modernization projects; 
and 
(3) determine how risks with automation efforts for the 
NextGen can be mitigated based on the experiences of other 
public or private entities in developing complex, software-inten-
sive systems. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report containing the results of the review conducted 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 213. ACCELERATION OF NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) OPERATIONAL
EVOLUTION
PARTNERSHIP
(OEP) AIRPORT 
PROCEDURES.— 
(1) OEP AIRPORTS REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall publish a report, after 
consultation with representatives of appropriate Administration 
employee groups, airport operators, air carriers, general avia-
tion representatives, aircraft and avionics manufacturers, and 
third parties that have received letters of qualification from 
the Administration to design and validate required navigation 
performance flight paths for public use (in this section referred 
to as ‘‘qualified third parties’’) that includes the following: 
(A) RNP/RNAV OPERATIONS FOR OEP AIRPORTS.—The 
required navigation performance and area navigation oper-
ations, including the procedures to be developed, certified, 
and published and the air traffic control operational
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changes, to maximize the fuel efficiency and airspace 
capacity of NextGen commercial operations at each of the 
35 operational evolution partnership airports identified by 
the Administration and any medium or small hub airport 
located within the same metroplex area considered appro-
priate by the Administrator. The Administrator shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, avoid overlays of existing 
flight procedures, but if unavoidable, the Administrator 
shall clearly identify each required navigation performance 
and area navigation procedure that is an overlay of an 
existing instrument flight procedure and the reason why 
such an overlay was used. 
(B) COORDINATION
AND
IMPLEMENTATION
ACTIVITIES 
FOR OEP AIRPORTS.—A description of the activities and oper-
ational changes and approvals required to coordinate and 
utilize the procedures at OEP airports. 
(C) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR OEP AIRPORTS.—A plan 
for implementing the procedures for OEP airports under 
subparagraph (A) that establishes— 
(i) 
clearly 
defined 
budget, 
schedule, 
project 
organization, and leadership requirements; 
(ii) specific implementation and transition steps; 
(iii) baseline and performance metrics for— 
(I) measuring the Administration’s progress 
in implementing the plan, including the percentage 
utilization of required navigation performance in 
the national airspace system; and 
(II) achieving measurable fuel burn and carbon 
dioxide emissions reductions compared to current 
performance; 
(iv) expedited environmental review procedures 
and processes for timely environmental approval of 
area navigation and required navigation performance 
that offer significant efficiency improvements as deter-
mined by baseline and performance metrics under 
clause (iii); 
(v) coordination and communication mechanisms 
with qualified third parties, if applicable; 
(vi) plans to address human factors, training, and 
other issues for air traffic controllers surrounding the 
adoption of RNP procedures in the en route and ter-
minal environments, including in a mixed operational 
environment; and 
(vii) a lifecycle management strategy for RNP 
procedures to be developed by qualified third parties, 
if applicable. 
(D) ADDITIONAL
PROCEDURES
FOR
OEP
AIRPORTS.—A 
process for the identification, certification, and publication 
of additional required navigation performance and area 
navigation procedures that may provide operational bene-
fits at OEP airports, and any medium or small hub airport 
located within the same metroplex area as the OEP airport, 
in the future. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR OEP AIRPORTS.—The 
Administrator shall certify, publish, and implement—
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(A) not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, 30 percent of the required procedures 
at OEP airports; 
(B) not later than 36 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, 60 percent of the required procedures 
at OEP airports; and 
(C) before June 30, 2015, 100 percent of the required 
procedures at OEP airports. 
(b) NON-OEP AIRPORTS.— 
(1) NON-OEP AIRPORTS REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall publish a report, 
after consultation with representatives of appropriate Adminis-
tration employee groups, airport operators, air carriers, general 
aviation representatives, aircraft and avionics manufacturers, 
and third parties that have received letters of qualification 
from the Administration to design and validate required naviga-
tion performance flight paths for public use (in this section 
referred to as ‘‘qualified third parties’’) that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(A) RNP OPERATIONS FOR NON-OEP AIRPORTS.—A list 
of required navigation performance procedures (as defined 
in FAA order 8260.52(d)) to be developed, certified, and 
published, and the air traffic control operational changes, 
to maximize the fuel efficiency and airspace capacity of 
NextGen commercial operations at 35 non-OEP small, 
medium, and large hub airports other than those referred 
to in subsection (a)(1). The Administrator shall choose such 
non-OEP airports considered appropriate by the Adminis-
trator to produce maximum operational benefits, including 
improved fuel efficiency and emissions reductions that do 
not have public RNP procedures that produce such benefits 
on the date of enactment of this Act. The Administrator 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, avoid overlays 
of existing flight procedures, but if unavoidable, the 
Administrator shall clearly identify each required naviga-
tion performance procedure that is an overlay of an existing 
instrument flight procedure and the reason why such an 
overlay was used. 
(B) COORDINATION
AND
IMPLEMENTATION
ACTIVITIES 
FOR NON-OEP AIRPORTS.—A description of the activities and 
operational changes and approvals required to coordinate 
and to utilize the procedures required by subparagraph 
(A) at each of the airports described in such subparagraph. 
(C) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR NON-OEP AIRPORTS.— 
A plan for implementation of the procedures required by 
subparagraph (A) that establishes— 
(i) 
clearly 
defined 
budget, 
schedule, 
project 
organization, and leadership requirements; 
(ii) specific implementation and transition steps; 
(iii) coordination and communications mechanisms 
with qualified third parties; 
(iv) plans to address human factors, training, and 
other issues for air traffic controllers surrounding the 
adoption of RNP procedures in the en route and ter-
minal environments, including in a mixed operational 
environment;
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(v) baseline and performance metrics for— 
(I) measuring the Administration’s progress 
in implementing the plan, including the percentage 
utilization of required navigation performance in 
the national airspace system; and 
(II) achieving measurable fuel burn and carbon 
dioxide emissions reduction compared to current 
performance; 
(vi) expedited environmental review procedures 
and processes for timely environmental approval of 
area navigation and required navigation performance 
that offer significant efficiency improvements as deter-
mined by baseline and performance metrics established 
under clause (v); 
(vii) a description of the software and database 
information, such as a current version of the Noise 
Integrated Routing System or the Integrated Noise 
Model that the Administration will need to make avail-
able to qualified third parties to enable those third 
parties to design procedures that will meet the broad 
range of requirements of the Administration; and 
(viii) lifecycle management strategy for RNP proce-
dures to be developed by qualified third parties, if 
applicable. 
(D) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR NON-OEP AIRPORTS.— 
A process for the identification, certification, and publica-
tion of additional required navigation performance proce-
dures that may provide operational benefits at non-OEP 
airports in the future. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR NON-OEP AIRPORTS.— 
The Administrator shall certify, publish, and implement— 
(A) not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, 25 percent of the required procedures 
for non-OEP airports; 
(B) not later than 36 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, 50 percent of the required procedures 
for non-OEP airports; and 
(C) before June 30, 2016, 100 percent of the required 
procedures for non-OEP airports. 
(c) COORDINATED AND EXPEDITED REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Navigation performance and area naviga-
tion procedures developed, certified, published, or implemented 
under this section shall be presumed to be covered by a categor-
ical exclusion (as defined in section 1508.4 of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations) under chapter 3 of FAA Order 1050.1E 
unless the Administrator determines that extraordinary cir-
cumstances exist with respect to the procedure. 
(2) NEXTGEN
PROCEDURES.—Any navigation performance 
or other performance based navigation procedure developed, 
certified, published, or implemented that, in the determination 
of the Administrator, would result in measurable reductions 
in fuel consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and noise, on 
a per flight basis, as compared to aircraft operations that 
follow existing instrument flight rules procedures in the same 
airspace, shall be presumed to have no significant affect on 
the quality of the human environment and the Administrator