IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1262 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 16, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To establish a task force on improvements for certain notices 
to airmen, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Notice to Airmen Im-
provement Act of 2021’’. 
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 
Improvement (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task 
Force’’). 
(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) Labor union representatives of airline pilots. 
(3) Labor union certified under section 7111 of 
title 5, United States Code, to represent FAA air 
traffic control specialists assigned to the U.S. 
NOTAM Office. 
(4) Labor union certified under section 7111 of 
title 5, United States Code, to represent FAA aero-
nautical information specialists. 
(5) General and business aviation representa-
tives. 
(6) Aviation safety experts with knowledge of 
NOTAMs. 
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(7) Human factors experts. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-
clude— 
(1) reviewing existing methods for presenting 
NOTAMs and flight operations information to pilots; 
(2) reviewing regulations and policies relating 
to NOTAMs, including their content and presen-
tation 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 presentation of NOTAM 
information in a manner that prioritizes or 
highlights the most important information, and 
optimizes pilot review and retention of relevant 
information; 
(B) ways to ensure that NOTAMs are 
complete, accurate, and contain the proper in-
formation; 
(C) any best practices that the FAA 
should consider to improve the accuracy and 
understandability of NOTAMs and the display 
of flight operations information; and 
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(D) ways to work with air carriers, other 
airspace users, and aviation service providers to 
implement solutions that are aligned with the 
recommendations under this paragraph. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report detailing— 
(1) the results of the reviews and evaluations of 
the Task Force under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
subsection (c); 
(2) the best practices identified and rec-
ommendations provided by the Task Force under 
subsection (c)(4); 
(3) any recommendations of the Task Force for 
additional regulatory or policy actions to improve the 
presentation of NOTAMs; and 
(4) the degree to which implementing the rec-
ommendations of the Task Force described under 
paragraph (2) will address National Transportation 
Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024. 
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(e) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 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 sub-
section (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) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
(2) NOTAM.—The term ‘‘NOTAM’’ means no-
tices to airmen required by international or domestic 
regulation or law, as described in the order issued by 
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the FAA on December 11, 2018, titled ‘‘Notices to 
Airmen (NOTAM)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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