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(E) Recommendations for safety and oper-
ational standards for unmanned aircraft detec-
tion systems. 
(F) The feasibility of deployment of the 
systems at other airports. 
(3) FORMAT.—To the extent practicable, the re-
port prepared under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted in an unclassified format. If necessary, the 
report may include a classified annex. 
(f) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT DETECTION SYSTEM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘unmanned aircraft de-
tection system’’ means a system that can carry out the 
activities described in subsection (c). 
(g) SUNSET.—The pilot program established under 
subsection (a) shall cease to be effective on the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) the date of the submission of the report 
under subsection (e). 
(h) AUTHORITY.—After the pilot program ceases to 
be effective, the Secretary may use unmanned aircraft de-
tection systems to detect and mitigate the unauthorized 
operation of unmanned aircraft that pose a risk to aviation 
safety. 
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SEC. 441. EVALUATION OF AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION FOR 
SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 
(a) METRICS.—Beginning not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and 
track metrics to assess compliance with and effectiveness 
of the registration of small unmanned aircraft systems by 
the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to the in-
terim final rule issued on December 16, 2015, entitled 
‘‘Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Un-
manned Aircraft’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 78593) and any subse-
quent final rule, including metrics with respect to— 
(1) the levels of compliance with the interim 
final rule and any subsequent final rule; 
(2) the number of enforcement actions taken by 
the Administration for violations of or noncompli-
ance with the interim final rule and any subsequent 
final rule, together with a description of the actions; 
and 
(3) the effect of the interim final rule and any 
subsequent final rule on compliance with any fees 
associated with the use of small unmanned aircraft 
systems. 
(b) EVALUATION.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Transportation shall evaluate— 
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(1) the Administration’s progress in developing 
and tracking the metrics set forth in subsection (a); 
and 
(2) the reliability, effectiveness, and efficiency 
of the Administration’s registration program for 
small unmanned aircraft. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Transportation 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 con-
taining— 
(1) the results of the evaluation required under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) recommendations to the Administrator and 
Congress for improvements to the registration proc-
ess for small unmanned aircraft. 
TITLE V—AIR SERVICE 
IMPROVEMENTS 
Subtitle A—Passenger Air Service 
Improvements 
SEC. 501. FAMILIES TRAVELING TOGETHER. 
Section 41712 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(d) FAMILIES TRAVELING TOGETHER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be an unfair or de-
ceptive practice under subsection (a) for any ticket 
agent, air carrier, foreign air carrier, or other person 
offering to sell tickets for air transportation to fail 
to disclose, whether verbally in oral communication 
or in writing in written or electronic communication, 
prior to an individual’s purchase of more than 1 
ticket for a covered flight, the notification in para-
graph (2), if such purchase includes a ticket for a 
child. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The notification required 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following 
statement: ‘It is not possible to assign 2 or more 
seats together on at least 1 of the flights you have 
selected. Please be advised that you may not be able 
to sit next to other members of your travel party, 
even if you are traveling with a child.’. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘‘(A) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an 
individual who is less than 13 years of age on 
the date a covered flight is scheduled to occur. 
‘‘(B) COVERED FLIGHT.—The term ‘cov-
ered flight’ means a flight of an air carrier or 
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foreign air carrier in air transportation as to 
which— 
‘‘(i) a purchaser of a ticket may speci-
fy an advance seat assignment, with or 
without the assessment of a charge or fee; 
and 
‘‘(ii) 2 or more laterally adjacent seats 
are not available on the flight for advance 
assignment.’’. 
SEC. 502. CELL PHONE VOICE COMMUNICATION BAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 417 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 41725. Prohibition on certain cell phone voice com-
munications 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall issue regulations— 
‘‘(1) to prohibit an individual on an aircraft 
from engaging in voice communications using a mo-
bile communications device during a flight of that 
aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate or intra-
state air transportation; and 
‘‘(2) that exempt from the prohibition described 
in paragraph (1) any— 
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‘‘(A) member of the flight crew on duty on 
an aircraft; 
‘‘(B) flight attendant on duty on an air-
craft; and 
‘‘(C) Federal law enforcement officer act-
ing in an official capacity. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) FLIGHT.—The term ‘flight’ means, with 
respect to an aircraft, the period beginning when the 
aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft 
lands. 
‘‘(2) MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘mobile 
communications device’ means any portable 
wireless telecommunications equipment utilized 
for the transmission or reception of voice data. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The term ‘mobile com-
munications device’ does not include a phone in-
stalled on an aircraft.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 41724 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘41725. Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications.’’. 
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SEC. 503. AVAILABILITY OF CONSUMER RIGHTS INFORMA-
TION. 
Section 42302(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the air carrier’s customer service plan.’’. 
SEC. 504. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS HOTLINE. 
Section 42302 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary 
shall periodically evaluate the benefits of using mobile 
phone applications or other widely used technologies to 
provide new means for air passengers to communicate 
complaints in addition to the telephone number estab-
lished under subsection (a) and shall provide such new 
means as the Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 505. IMPROVED NOTIFICATION OF INSECTICIDE USE. 
Section 42303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.—An air carrier, for-
eign air carrier, or ticket agent selling, in the United 
States, a ticket for a flight in foreign air transportation 
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to a country listed on the Internet Web site established 
under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) disclose, on its own Internet Web site or 
through other means, that the destination country 
may require the air carrier or foreign air carrier to 
treat an aircraft passenger cabin with insecticides 
prior to the flight or to apply an aerosol insecticide 
in an aircraft cabin used for such a flight when the 
cabin is occupied with passengers; and 
‘‘(2) refer the purchaser of the ticket to the 
Internet Web site established under subsection (a) 
for additional information.’’. 
SEC. 506. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AVIATION CON-
SUMER PROTECTION. 
Section 411 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘first 2 cal-
endar years’’ and inserting ‘‘first 6 calendar years’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘March 31, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 
SEC. 507. DELAYED CHECKED BAGGAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 
a rulemaking proceeding to require that air carriers re-
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fund any baggage fees charged to a passenger for checked 
baggage on a flight in scheduled passenger interstate or 
intrastate air transportation if the checked baggage of 
that passenger is not delivered within the 24-hour period 
beginning at the time of the arrival of the flight of the 
passenger at the destination at which the passenger was 
to retrieve the checked baggage. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) CHECKED BAGGAGE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘checked 
baggage’’ means property tendered by or on be-
half of a person and accepted for transport by 
an air carrier providing passenger service, 
which is inaccessible to passengers during 
flight. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘checked bag-
gage’’ does not include accompanied commercial 
courier consignments. 
(2) BAGGAGE FEE.—The term ‘‘baggage fee’’ 
means fees charged to a passenger by an air carrier 
solely for the conveyance of checked baggage. 
SEC. 508. AIR TRAVEL ACCESSIBILITY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue the 
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supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking referenced in 
the Secretary’s Report on Significant Rulemakings, dated 
June 15, 2015, and assigned Regulation Identification 
Number 2105–AE12. 
Subtitle B—Small Community Air 
Service 
SEC. 531. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE REFORM. 
Section 41732 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding section 41733(e), at 
the request of an eligible place, the Secretary may waive, 
in whole or in part, subsections (a) and (b) of this section 
and subsections (a) through (c) of section 41734 for the 
eligible place if the Secretary determines that the waiver 
is— 
‘‘(1) in the public interest; or 
‘‘(2) a cost-effective improvement to the quality 
of air service for the eligible place.’’. 
SEC. 532. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 41742(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Out of the 
amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 
2016 through 2019, out of the amounts’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000 
for fiscal year 2011’’ and all that follows before ‘‘to 
carry out’’ and inserting ‘‘$175,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2016, $178,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, 
$181,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2018, 
and 
$185,000,000 for fiscal year 2019’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 
THROUGH 2022.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the essential air service program 
under this subchapter— 
‘‘(A) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(B) $308,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
and 
‘‘(C) $315,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 
SEC. 533. EXTENSION OF FINAL ORDER ESTABLISHING 
MILEAGE ADJUSTMENT ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 
SEC. 534. STUDY ON ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE REFORM. 
(a) STUDY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study on the ef-
fects of section 6 of the Airport and Airway Exten-
sion Act of 2011, Part IV (Public Law 112–27), sec-
tion 421 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 
of 2012 (Public Law 112–95), and other relevant 
Federal laws enacted after 2010, including the 
amendments made by those laws, on the Essential 
Air Service program. 
(2) SCOPE.—In conducting the study under 
paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall ana-
lyze, at a minimum— 
(A) the impact of each relevant Federal 
law, including the amendments made by each 
law, on the Essential Air Service program; 
(B) what actions communities and air car-
riers have taken to reduce ticket prices or in-
crease enplanements as a result of each law; 
(C) the issuance of waivers by the Sec-
retary under section 41731(e) of title 49, 
United States Code; 
(D) whether budgetary savings resulted 
from each law; and 
(E) options for further reform of the Es-
sential Air Service program. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report on the results of the study conducted 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 535. SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 41743(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) SIZE.—On the date of submission of the 
relevant application under subsection (b), the airport 
serving the community or consortium— 
‘‘(A) is not larger than a small hub air-
port, as determined using the Department of 
Transportation’s most recently published classi-
fication; and 
‘‘(B) has— 
‘‘(i) insufficient air carrier service; or 
‘‘(ii) unreasonably high air fares.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
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(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E) the assistance will be used to help re-
store scheduled passenger air service that has 
been terminated;’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2022 to carry out this section. Such sums 
shall remain available until expended.’’. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 601. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION STRA-
TEGIC CYBERSECURITY PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall prepare and 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 
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report containing a strategic cybersecurity plan for the 
Federal Aviation Administration. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The strategic cybersecu-
rity plan shall— 
(1) use a total systems approach that takes into 
account the interactions of different components of 
the national airspace system; 
(2) identify short- and long-term objectives and 
actions that can be taken to reduce the vulnerability 
of the national airspace system to cyberattacks; 
(3) address the cybersecurity risks associated 
with the modernization of the national airspace sys-
tem and the automation of aircraft, equipment, and 
technology; and 
(4) support the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion in establishing cybersecurity standards to assist 
the ATC Corporation in its responsibilities associ-
ated with managing air traffic services in a secure 
manner after the date of transfer, as defined in sec-
tion 90101(a) of title 49, as added by this Act. 
SEC. 602. CONSOLIDATION AND REALIGNMENT OF FAA 
SERVICES AND FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 804(a) of the FAA Mod-
ernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 44501 
note) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The purpose 
of the report shall be—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(B) to reduce’’ and inserting ‘‘The purpose 
of the report shall be to reduce’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) INPUT.—The report shall be prepared by 
the Administrator (or the Administrator’s designee) 
with the participation of— 
‘‘(A) representatives of labor organizations 
representing air traffic control system employ-
ees of the FAA; and 
‘‘(B) industry stakeholders.’’. 
(b) FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY CONSOLI-
DATION
AND
REALIGNMENT
PROJECTS.—Notwith-
standing section 90316(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
as added by this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
continue to carry out any consolidation or realignment 
project commenced under section 804 of the FAA Mod-
ernization and Reform Act of 2012. 
SEC. 603. METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AU-
THORITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au-
thority (in this section referred to as ‘‘MWAA’’), 
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