NextGen Accountability Act

Bill: 115-s-320
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-02-06
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Congressional oversight

Department of Transportation

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Performance measurement

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S746-747; text of measure as introduced: CR S747)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>NextGen Accountability Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish annual Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) performance goals for each of the national airspace system performance metrics to meet identified performance metric baselines with respect to NextGen projects.</p> <p>The bill amends the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act to revise contents of an annual Department of Transportation report to Congress regarding an integrated work plan for the NextGen. The plan shall include, among other things, a description of the progress made in meeting NextGen performance goals relative to the performance metrics.</p> <p>The bill revises requirements for the award of bonuses to the FAA Chief NextGen Officer. The FAA, for purposes of the award of such bonuses, shall also consider any progress made toward meeting the NextGen performance goals. </p> <p>The bill revises certain performance goals set forth in the annual performance agreement between the FAA and the NextGen Officer to include quantifiable NextGen airspace efficiency, productivity, capacity, and safety performance objectives.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 320 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 6, 2017 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish annual performance objectives and to hold the Chief NextGen Officer accountable for meeting such objectives.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NextGen Accountability Act . 2. NextGen annual performance goals Section 214 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Annual performance goals The Administrator shall establish annual NextGen performance goals for each of the performance metrics set forth in subsection (a) to meet the performance metric baselines identified under subsection (b). Such goals shall be established in consultation with public and private NextGen stakeholders, including the NextGen Advisory Committee. . 3. NextGen metrics report Section 710(e)(2) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( Public Law 108–176 ; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) a description of the progress made in meeting the annual NextGen performance goals relative to the performance metrics established under section 214 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note). . 4. Chief NextGen Officer Section 106(s) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by adding at the end the following: In evaluating the performance of the Chief NextGen Officer for the purpose of awarding a bonus under this subparagraph, the Administrator shall consider the progress toward meeting the NextGen performance goals established pursuant to section 214(d) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: The annual performance goals set forth in the agreement shall include quantifiable NextGen airspace performance objectives regarding efficiency, productivity, capacity, and safety, which shall be established in consultation with public and private NextGen stakeholders, including the NextGen Advisory Committee. .