Federal Aviation Administration Engagement and Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-2618
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-04-13
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Aviation Administration Engagement and Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on the level of responsiveness of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to requests from Members of Congress and the average time frame for responses to the requests. </p> <p>Further, the FAA must annually brief Congress on (1) the efforts, activities, objectives, and plans of the FAA; and (2) the efforts of the FAA to engage with Congress and the public.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2618 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2023 Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the response time of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to requests from Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Aviation Administration Engagement and Transparency Act . 2. GAO study on FAA responsiveness to Congress (a) GAO study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on— (1) the level of responsiveness of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to a request for information from a Member of Congress, including a written congressional inquiry and staffing a meeting at the request of such a Member; and (2) the average timeframe responses are provided to the requests described in paragraph (1). (b) Annual briefing to Congress Section 106 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (u) Annual briefing to Congress The Administrator shall annually brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on— (1) the efforts, activities, objectives, and plans of the Administration; and (2) the efforts of the Administration to engage with Congress and the public. .