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(B) transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report on the assessments conducted under subparagraph 
(A), including any legislative recommendations to effectuate 
the safety improvements described in clauses (i) through 
(iii) of that subparagraph. 
(6) TERMINATION.—The working group, and any working 
group subcommittees, shall terminate 90 days after the date 
the report is transmitted under paragraph (5). 
(d) LITHIUM BATTERY AIR SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish, in accord-
ance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.), a lithium ion and lithium metal battery 
air safety advisory committee (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘‘Committee’’). 
(2) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 
(A) facilitate communication between manufacturers 
of lithium ion and lithium metal cells and batteries, manu-
facturers of products incorporating both large and small 
lithium ion and lithium metal batteries, air carriers, and 
the Federal Government regarding the safe air transpor-
tation of lithium ion and lithium metal cells and batteries 
and the effectiveness and economic and social impacts of 
the regulation of such transportation; 
(B) provide the Secretary, the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration with timely information about new 
lithium ion and lithium metal battery technology and 
transportation safety practices and methodologies; 
(C) provide a forum for the Secretary to provide 
information on and to discuss the activities of the Depart-
ment of Transportation relating to lithium ion and lithium 
metal battery transportation safety, the policies underlying 
the activities, and positions to be advocated in international 
forums; 
(D) provide a forum for the Secretary to provide 
information and receive advice on— 
(i) activities carried out throughout the world to 
communicate and enforce relevant United States regu-
lations and the ICAO Technical Instructions; and 
(ii) the effectiveness of the activities; 
(E) provide advice and recommendations to the Sec-
retary with respect to lithium ion and lithium metal battery 
air transportation safety, including how best to implement 
activities to increase awareness of relevant requirements 
and their importance to travelers and shippers; and 
(F) review methods to decrease the risk posed by air 
shipment of undeclared hazardous materials and efforts 
to educate those who prepare and offer hazardous materials 
for shipment via air transport. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be composed of 
the following members: 
(A) Individuals appointed by the Secretary to rep-
resent— 
(i) large volume manufacturers of lithium ion and 
lithium metal cells and batteries;
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(ii) domestic manufacturers of lithium ion and 
lithium metal batteries or battery packs; 
(iii) manufacturers of consumer products powered 
by lithium ion and lithium metal batteries; 
(iv) manufacturers of vehicles powered by lithium 
ion and lithium metal batteries; 
(v) marketers of products powered by lithium ion 
and lithium metal batteries; 
(vi) cargo air service providers based in the United 
States; 
(vii) passenger air service providers based in the 
United States; 
(viii) pilots and employees of air service providers 
described in clauses (vi) and (vii); 
(ix) shippers of lithium ion and lithium metal bat-
teries for air transportation; 
(x) manufacturers of battery-powered medical 
devices or batteries used in medical devices; and 
(xi) employees of the Department of Transpor-
tation, including employees of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
rials Safety Administration. 
(B) Representatives of such other Government depart-
ments and agencies as the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(C) Any other individuals the Secretary determines 
are appropriate to comply with Federal law. 
(4) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
establishment of the Committee, the Committee shall 
submit to the Secretary and the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report that— 
(i) describes and evaluates the steps being taken 
in the private sector and by international regulatory 
authorities to implement and enforce requirements 
relating to the safe transportation by air of bulk ship-
ments of lithium ion cells and batteries; and 
(ii) identifies any areas of enforcement or regu-
latory requirements for which there is consensus that 
greater attention is needed. 
(B) INDEPENDENT STATEMENTS.—Each member of the 
Committee shall be provided an opportunity to submit an 
independent statement of views with the report submitted 
pursuant to subparagraph (A). 
(5) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall meet at the 
direction of the Secretary and at least twice a year. 
(B) 
PREPARATION
FOR
ICAO
MEETINGS.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall convene 
a meeting of the Committee in connection with and in 
advance of each meeting of the International Civil Aviation 
Organization, or any of its panels or working groups, 
addressing the safety of air transportation of lithium ion 
and lithium metal batteries to brief Committee members 
on positions to be taken by the United States at such 
meeting and provide Committee members a meaningful 
opportunity to comment.
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(6) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate on the 
date that is 6 years after the date on which the Committee 
is established. 
(7) TERMINATION OF FUTURE OF AVIATION ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE.—The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee shall 
terminate on the date on which the lithium ion battery air 
safety advisory committee is established. 
(e) COOPERATIVE
EFFORTS
TO
ENSURE
COMPLIANCE
WITH 
SAFETY REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, in 
coordination with appropriate Federal agencies, shall carry out 
cooperative efforts to ensure that shippers who offer lithium 
ion and lithium metal batteries for air transport to or from 
the United States comply with U.S. Hazardous Materials Regu-
lations and ICAO Technical Instructions. 
(2) COOPERATIVE EFFORTS.—The cooperative efforts the Sec-
retary shall carry out pursuant to paragraph (1) include the 
following: 
(A) Encouraging training programs at locations outside 
the United States from which substantial cargo shipments 
of lithium ion or lithium metal batteries originate for manu-
facturers, freight forwarders, and other shippers and poten-
tial shippers of lithium ion and lithium metal batteries. 
(B) Working with Federal, regional, and international 
transportation agencies to ensure enforcement of U.S. Haz-
ardous Materials Regulations and ICAO Technical Instruc-
tions with respect to shippers who offer noncompliant ship-
ments of lithium ion and lithium metal batteries. 
(C) Sharing information, as appropriate, with Federal, 
regional, 
and 
international 
transportation 
agencies 
regarding noncompliant shipments. 
(D) Pursuing a joint effort with the international avia-
tion community to develop a process to obtain assurances 
that appropriate enforcement actions are taken to reduce 
the likelihood of noncompliant shipments, especially with 
respect to jurisdictions in which enforcement activities 
historically have been limited. 
(E) Providing information in brochures and on the 
internet in appropriate foreign languages and dialects that 
describes the actions required to comply with U.S. Haz-
ardous Materials Regulations and ICAO Technical Instruc-
tions. 
(F) Developing joint efforts with the international avia-
tion community to promote a better understanding of the 
requirements of and methods of compliance with U.S. Haz-
ardous Materials Regulations and ICAO Technical Instruc-
tions. 
(3) REPORTING.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2 years, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on compliance with the policy set forth in 
subsection (e) and the cooperative efforts carried out, or planned 
to be carried out, under this subsection. 
(f) PACKAGING IMPROVEMENTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with interested stakeholders, shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress an evaluation of current practices for the
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packaging of lithium ion batteries and cells for air transportation, 
including recommendations, if any, to improve the packaging of 
such batteries and cells for air transportation in a safe, efficient, 
and cost-effective manner. 
(g) DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPORTATION
POLICY
ON
INTER-
NATIONAL REPRESENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the Department 
of Transportation to support the participation of industry and 
labor stakeholders in all panels and working groups of the 
dangerous goods panel of the ICAO and any other international 
test or standard setting organization that considers proposals 
on the safety or transportation of lithium ion and lithium 
metal batteries in which the United States participates. 
(2) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
request that as part of the ICAO deliberations in the dangerous 
goods panel on these issues, that appropriate experts on issues 
under consideration be allowed to participate. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) ICAO TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTIONS.—The term ‘‘ICAO 
Technical Instructions’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 828(c) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 
2012 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note). 
(2) U.S. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS.—The term 
‘‘U.S. Hazardous Materials Regulations’’ means the regulations 
in parts 100 through 177 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations 
(including amendments adopted after the date of enactment 
of this Act). 
SEC. 334. RUNWAY SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on improving runway safety. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In the report required under this section, the 
Administrator shall— 
(1) review the relative benefits and risks of requiring the 
use of runway awareness and advisory systems in turbine- 
powered airplanes with a maximum takeoff weight greater 
than 19,000 pounds; 
(2) review systems capable of detecting wrong-surface align-
ment to determine whether the capability exists to detect 
imminent wrong-surface landings at each airport where such 
a system is in use; 
(3) describe information gathered from the use of the Air-
port Surface Surveillance Capability system at San Francisco 
International Airport since July 2017; 
(4) assess available technologies to determine whether it 
is feasible, cost-effective, and appropriate to install and deploy, 
at any airport, systems to provide a direct warning capability 
to flight crews or air traffic controllers, or both, of potential 
runway incursions; and 
(5) describe FAA efforts to develop metrics that would 
allow the FAA to determine whether runway incursions are 
increasing and to assess the effectiveness of implemented run-
way safety initiatives.