I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4441 
To transfer operation of air traffic services currently provided by the Federal 
Aviation Administration to a separate not-for-profit corporate entity, 
to reauthorize and streamline programs of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. LOBIONDO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To transfer operation of air traffic services currently pro-
vided by the Federal Aviation Administration to a sepa-
rate not-for-profit corporate entity, to reauthorize and 
streamline programs of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 
2016’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Effective date. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA Programs 
Sec. 101. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning 
and programs. 
Sec. 102. Facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 103. FAA operations. 
Sec. 104. Adjustment to AIP program funding. 
Sec. 105. Funding for aviation programs. 
Sec. 106. Overflight fees. 
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility Charges 
Sec. 111. Passenger facility charge modernization. 
Sec. 112. Pilot program for passenger facility charge authorizations at certain 
airports. 
Subtitle C—Airport Improvement Program Modifications 
Sec. 121. Clarification of airport obligation to provide FAA airport space. 
Sec. 122. Mothers’ rooms at airports. 
Sec. 123. Recycling plans for airports. 
Sec. 124. Extension of competitive access reports. 
Sec. 125. Grant assurances. 
Sec. 126. Government share of project costs. 
Sec. 127. Special rule. 
Sec. 128. Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau. 
Sec. 129. State block grant program expansion. 
Sec. 130. Pilot program sunset. 
Sec. 131. Extension of grant authority for compatible land use planning and 
projects by State and local governments. 
Sec. 132. Midway Island Airport. 
Sec. 133. Property conveyance releases. 
Sec. 134. Minority and disadvantaged business participation. 
Sec. 135. Contract tower program. 
Sec. 136. Critical habitat on or near airport property. 
Sec. 137. RNAV departure procedures. 
Sec. 138. Review and notification of categorical exclusions granted for Next 
Generation flight procedures. 
TITLE II—ATC CORPORATION 
Sec. 201. Purposes. 
Subtitle A—Establishment of ATC Corporation 
Sec. 211. ATC Corporation. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Federal Aviation Laws 
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Sec. 221. Definitions. 
Sec. 222. Sunset of FAA air traffic entities and officers. 
Sec. 223. Role of Administrator. 
Sec. 224. Emergency powers. 
Sec. 225. Presidential transfers in time of war. 
Sec. 226. Airway capital investment plan before date of transfer. 
Sec. 227. Aviation facilities before date of transfer. 
Sec. 228. Judicial review. 
Sec. 229. Civil penalties. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 241. Use of Federal technical facilities. 
Sec. 242. Severability. 
TITLE III—FAA SAFETY CERTIFICATION REFORM 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 301. Definitions. 
Sec. 302. Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee. 
Subtitle B—Aircraft Certification Reform 
Sec. 311. Aircraft certification performance objectives and metrics. 
Sec. 312. Organization designation authorizations. 
Sec. 313. ODA review. 
Sec. 314. Type certification resolution process. 
Sec. 315. Safety enhancing equipment and systems for small general aviation 
airplanes. 
Sec. 316. Streamlining certification of small general aviation airplanes. 
Sec. 317. Additional certification resources. 
Subtitle C—Flight Standards Reform 
Sec. 331. Flight standards performance objectives and metrics. 
Sec. 332. FAA task force on flight standards reform. 
Sec. 333. Centralized safety guidance database. 
Sec. 334. Regional Consistency Communications Board. 
Subtitle D—Safety Workforce 
Sec. 341. Safety workforce training strategy. 
Sec. 342. Workforce review. 
Subtitle E—International Aviation 
Sec. 351. Promotion of United States aerospace standards, products, and serv-
ices abroad. 
Sec. 352. Bilateral exchanges of safety oversight responsibilities. 
Sec. 353. FAA leadership abroad. 
Sec. 354. Registration, certification, and related fees. 
TITLE IV—SAFETY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 401. Designated Agency Safety and Health Officer. 
Sec. 402. Repair stations located outside United States. 
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Sec. 403. Enhanced training for flight attendants. 
Sec. 404. FAA technical training. 
Sec. 405. Safety critical staffing. 
Sec. 406. Deadline for airline pilot records database. 
Sec. 407. International efforts regarding tracking of civil aircraft. 
Sec. 408. Aircraft data access and retrieval systems. 
Sec. 409. Panel of automation experts. 
Sec. 410. Risk-based cockpit safety. 
Sec. 411. Cockpit automation management. 
Sec. 412. Heads-up displays. 
Sec. 413. HIMS program. 
Sec. 414. Acceptance of voluntarily provided safety information. 
Sec. 415. Marking of towers. 
Sec. 416. Cabin evacuation. 
Sec. 417. Medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots. 
Sec. 418. ODA staffing and oversight. 
Subtitle B—Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
Sec. 431. Definitions. 
Sec. 432. Codification of existing law; additional provisions. 
Sec. 433. Unmanned aircraft test ranges. 
Sec. 434. Unmanned aircraft systems senior leadership and staffing. 
Sec. 435. Sense of Congress regarding unmanned aircraft safety. 
Sec. 436. UAS privacy review. 
Sec. 437. Public UAS operations by tribal governments. 
Sec. 438. Facilitating unmanned aircraft authorization in support of fire-
fighting operations. 
Sec. 439. Low altitude unmanned aircraft system traffic management. 
Sec. 440. UAS detection systems pilot program. 
Sec. 441. Evaluation of aircraft registration for small unmanned aircraft. 
TITLE V—AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS 
Subtitle A—Passenger Air Service Improvements 
Sec. 501. Families traveling together. 
Sec. 502. Cell phone voice communication ban. 
Sec. 503. Availability of consumer rights information. 
Sec. 504. Consumer complaints hotline. 
Sec. 505. Improved notification of insecticide use. 
Sec. 506. Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection. 
Sec. 507. Delayed checked baggage. 
Sec. 508. Air travel accessibility. 
Subtitle B—Small Community Air Service 
Sec. 531. Essential air service reform. 
Sec. 532. Essential air service authorization. 
Sec. 533. Extension of final order establishing mileage adjustment eligibility. 
Sec. 534. Study on essential air service reform. 
Sec. 535. Small community air service. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Federal Aviation Administration strategic cybersecurity plan. 
Sec. 602. Consolidation and realignment of FAA services and facilities. 
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Sec. 603. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 
Sec. 604. Aircraft noise exposure. 
Sec. 605. FAA review and reform. 
Sec. 606. Sense of Congress on one engine inoperative procedures. 
Sec. 607. Aviation fuel. 
Sec. 608. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 609. Right to privacy when using air traffic control system. 
Sec. 610. Air shows. 
Sec. 611. Federal authority. 
Sec. 612. Part 91 review, reform, and streamlining. 
Sec. 613. Aircraft registration. 
Sec. 614. Community involvement in FAA NextGen projects located in 
metroplexes. 
Sec. 615. Air transportation of lithium cells and batteries. 
Sec. 616. Remote tower pilot program for rural or small communities. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Funding of FAA 
Programs 
SEC. 101. AIRPORT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND 
NOISE COMPATIBILITY PLANNING AND PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 48103(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
47504(c)’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘section 47504(c)— 
‘‘(1) $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(2) $3,424,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(3) $3,499,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(4) $3,576,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
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‘‘(5) $3,655,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(6) $3,735,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
‘‘(7) $3,817,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 
(b) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘After’’ and all that 
follows before ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘After Sep-
tember 30, 2022,’’. 
SEC. 102. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM AIR-
PORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.—Section 48101(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking para-
graphs (1) through (5) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $2,855,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(2) $2,914,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
‘‘(3) $2,981,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
‘‘(4) $3,048,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.’’. 
(b) SET ASIDES.—Section 48101(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, carried 
out using amounts appropriated under subsection (a),’’ 
after ‘‘air traffic control modernization project’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM 
GENERAL FUND.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 48101 
the following: 
‘‘§ 48101a. Other facilities and equipment 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Transportation to acquire, establish, and im-
prove facilities and equipment (other than facilities and 
equipment relating to air traffic services)— 
‘‘(1) $193,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(2) $197,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
‘‘(3) $202,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 481 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 48101 the following: 
‘‘48101a. Other facilities and equipment.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) SUBMISSION
OF
BUDGET
INFORMA-
TION
AND
LEGISLATIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS 
AND
COMMENTS.—Section 48109 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
48101a,’’ before ‘‘or 48102’’. 
(B) REPROGRAMMING
NOTIFICATION
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 48113 of title 49, United 
States 
Code, 
is 
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘48101a,’’ before ‘‘or 48103’’. 
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