NOTIFIED Act
Bill: H.R.4927 | Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie (D-CA)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Notify Officials To Inform Fully and Impel Educated Decisions Act or the NOTIFIED Act
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to notify the public of any proposed new Performance Based Navigation flight procedure or flight procedure change affecting airspace at altitudes below 18,000 feet.

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
    notify the public of proposed new Performance Based Navigation 
   Implementation Process flight procedures, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Notify Officials To Inform Fully and 
Impel Educated Decisions Act'' or the ``NOTIFIED Act''.

SEC. 2. FAA OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN PROPOSING 
              NEW OR MODIFIED FLIGHT PROCEDURES.

    (a) In General.--In order to avoid having to subsequently modify 
products and services developed as a part of the NextGen Performance 
Based Navigation (PBN) Implementation Process--FAA Order JO7100.41A, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall comply 
with the requirements of this section.
    (b) Notification to Officials.--The Administrator shall notify the 
public of any proposed new PBN flight procedure or flight procedure 
change affecting airspace at altitudes below 18,000 feet. This 
notification shall be made not later than 30 days after the date of the 
entry of the procedure into the FAA Performance Based Navigation IFP 
Gateway to the elected governing body of each of the cities and 
counties within 5 miles of such a proposed new or modified flight 
procedure, to any Member of Congress whose district is within 5 miles 
of such a proposed new or modified flight procedure, and to any 
Aviation Roundtable whose jurisdictional area is within 5 miles of such 
a proposed new or modified flight procedure.
    (c) Notification Contents.--Notification shall be made with 
sufficient specificity for an official to determine if such new or 
modified flight procedure being processed is likely to affect 
constituents of such official and shall include--
            (1) name of flight procedure;
            (2) name of the proponent of the flight procedure;
            (3) whether the flight procedure is a new or modified 
        procedure and, if modified, the changes being proposed;
            (4) name of existing procedure if the procedure 
        substantially replaces an existing procedure;
            (5) approximate flight path including latitude and 
        longitude of the proposed procedure overlaid on a satellite map 
        such as Google Earth or similar;
            (6) approximate altitudes of proposed flight path; and
            (7) contact person to provide additional information.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Aviation roundtable.--The term ``Aviation Roundtable'' 
        means an organization designed to address community concerns 
        over a sustained period of time regarding aircraft operations 
        often associated with a nearby airport.
            (2) FAA order jo7100.41a.--The term ``FAA Order 
        JO7100.41A'' means FAA Order JO7100.41A and any other successor 
        versions of such Order.
            (3) Flight procedure.--The term ``flight procedure'' means 
        a preplanned Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedure published 
        for pilot use, in graphic or textual format, that provides 
        obstruction clearance from the terminal area to the en route 
        structure (departure) or from the en route structure to the 
        terminal area (arrival).
            (4) IFP.--The term ``IFP'' means instrument flight 
        procedure.
            (5) Instrument flight procedures gateway.--The term 
        ``Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway'' means a centralized 
        instrument flight procedures data portal providing, among 
        others, current IFPs under Development or Amendments with 
        Tentative Publication Date and Status.
            (6) Elected governing body.--The term ``elected governing 
        body'' means a municipal body having legislative and 
        administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and 
        appropriating funds, such as a City Council, Town Council, 
        County Board of Supervisors, or similar.
            (7) PBN.--The term ``PBN'' means performance based 
        navigation.
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