Title: A bill to require a report on multiagency use of airspace and environmental review.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to submit to Congress a report documenting efforts toward improving processes to resolve challenges for special use airspace requests in support of, or associated with, short notice testing requirements at Major Range and Test Facility Bases.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3475 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3475

 To require a report on multiagency use of airspace and environmental 
                                review.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2018

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a report on multiagency use of airspace and environmental 
                                review.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON MULTI-AGENCY USE OF AIRSPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
              REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report documenting 
efforts made toward improving processes to resolve challenges for 
special use airspace requests in support of, or associated with, short 
notice testing requirements at Major Range and Test Facility Bases, 
including the establishment of temporary military operations areas used 
for conducting short term, scheduled exercises.
    (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following elements:
            (1) Analysis of previous efforts to streamline internal 
        processes associated with the designation of temporary military 
        operations areas at Major Range and Test Facility Bases and the 
        use of such areas for scheduled exercises.
            (2) Analysis of progress made to ensure consistency of 
        environmental review, including impact analysis, associated 
        environmental studies, or consultation, while complying with 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.) and other environmental requirements.
            (3) Identification of challenges, if any, to complying with 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
            (4) A description of airspace requirements, current test 
        and training needs statements completed during the 10-year 
        period preceding the report, and future 5-year requirements, 
        including all temporary military operating areas, special use 
        airspaces, instrument routes, visual routes, and unfulfilled 
        user requirements.
            (5) Proposed options and solutions to overcome identified 
        challenges, if any, including identifying whether--
                    (A) a solution or solutions can be incorporated 
                within the existing Federal Aviation Administration and 
                Department of Defense Memorandum of Understanding; or
                    (B) changes to current law are required.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation and the Committee on Armed Services of 
                the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed Services of 
                the House of Representatives.
            (2) Major range and test facility base.--The term ``Major 
        Range and Test Facility Base'' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 196(i) of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) Special use airspace.--The term ``special use 
        airspace'' means certain designations of airspace designated by 
        the Federal Aviation Administration, as administered by the 
        Secretary of Defense.
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