110 HR 2881 IH: FAA Reauthorization Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-06-27
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the FAA Reauthorization Act of
2007
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3. 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. Air navigation facilities and equipment.
Sec. 103. FAA operations.
Sec. 104. Funding for aviation programs.
Subtitle B—Passenger Facility Charges
Sec. 111. PFC authority.
Sec. 112. PFC eligibility for bicycle storage.
Sec. 113. Noise compatibility projects.
Sec. 114. Intermodal ground access project pilot
program.
Sec. 115. Impacts on airports of accommodating connecting
passengers.
Subtitle C—Fees for FAA Services
Sec. 121. Update on overflights.
Sec. 122. Registration fees.
Subtitle D—AIP Modifications
Sec. 131. Amendments to AIP definitions.
Sec. 132. Amendments to grant assurances.
Sec. 133. Government share of project costs.
Sec. 134. Amendments to allowable costs.
Sec. 135. Uniform certification training for airport
concessions under disadvantaged business enterprise program.
Sec. 136. Preference for small business concerns owned and
controlled by disabled veterans.
Sec. 137. Calculation of State apportionment fund.
Sec. 138. Reducing apportionments.
Sec. 139. Minimum amount for discretionary fund.
Sec. 140. Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.
Sec. 141. Use of apportioned amounts.
Sec. 142. Sale of private airport to public
sponsor.
Sec. 143. Airport privatization pilot program.
Sec. 144. Airport security program.
Sec. 145. Sunset of pilot program for purchase of airport
development rights.
Sec. 146. Extension of grant authority for compatible land use
planning and projects by State and local governments.
Sec. 147. Repeal of limitations on Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority.
Sec. 148. Midway Island Airport.
Sec. 149. Miscellaneous amendments.
Title II—Air Traffic Control Modernization
Subtitle A—Next Generation Air Transportation
System
Sec. 201. Mission statement; sense of Congress.
Sec. 202. Next generation air transportation system joint
planning and development office.
Sec. 203. Next Generation Air Transportation Senior Policy
Committee.
Sec. 204. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast
services.
Sec. 205. Inclusion of stakeholders in air traffic control
modernization projects.
Sec. 206. GAO review of challenges associated with transforming
to the Next Generation Air Transportation System.
Sec. 207. GAO review of Next Generation Air Transportation
System acquisition and procedures development.
Sec. 208. DOT inspector general review of operational and
approach procedures by a third party.
Sec. 209. Expert review of enterprise architecture for Next
Generation Air Transportation System.
Sec. 210. NEXTGEN technology testbed.
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous
Sec. 211. Clarification of authority to enter into reimbursable
agreements.
Sec. 212. Definition of air navigation facility.
Sec. 213. Improved management of property
inventory.
Sec. 214. Clarification to acquisition reform
authority.
Sec. 215. Assistance to foreign aviation
authorities.
Sec. 216. Front line manager staffing.
Sec. 217. Flight service stations.
Title III—Safety
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 301. Age standards for pilots.
Sec. 302. Judicial review of denial of airman
certificates.
Sec. 303. Release of data relating to abandoned type
certificates and supplemental type certificates.
Sec. 304. Inspection of foreign repair stations.
Sec. 305. Runway incursion reduction.
Sec. 306. Improved pilot licenses.
Sec. 307. Aircraft fuel tank safety improvement.
Sec. 308. Flight crew fatigue.
Sec. 309. OSHA standards.
Sec. 310. Aircraft surveillance in mountainous
areas.
Sec. 311. Off-airport, low-altitude aircraft weather
observation technology.
Subtitle B—Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Sec. 321. Commercial unmanned aircraft systems integration
plan.
Sec. 322. Special rules for certain unmanned aircraft
systems.
Sec. 323. Public unmanned aircraft systems.
Sec. 324. Definitions.
Title IV—Air service improvements
Sec. 401. Monthly air carrier reports.
Sec. 402. Flight operations at Reagan National
Airport.
Sec. 403. EAS contract guidelines.
Sec. 404. Essential air service reform.
Sec. 405. Small community air service.
Sec. 406. Air passenger service improvements.
Sec. 407. Contents of competition plans.
Sec. 408. Extension of competitive access reports.
Sec. 409. Contract tower program.
Sec. 410. Airfares for members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 411. Medical oxygen and portable respiratory assistive
devices.
Title V—Environmental stewardship and streamlining
Sec. 501. Amendments to air tour management
program.
Sec. 502. State block grant program.
Sec. 503. Airport funding of special studies or
reviews.
Sec. 504. Grant eligibility for assessment of flight
procedures.
Sec. 505. CLEEN engine and airframe technology
partnership.
Sec. 506. Prohibition on operating certain aircraft weighing
75,000 pounds or less not complying with stage 3 noise levels.
Sec. 507. Environmental mitigation pilot program.
Sec. 508. Aircraft departure queue management pilot
program.
Sec. 509. High performance and sustainable air traffic control
facilities.
Sec. 510. Regulatory responsibility for aircraft engine noise
and emissions standards.
Sec. 511. Production of alternative jet fuel technology for
civil aircraft.
Title VI—FAA Employees and Organization
Sec. 601. MSPB remedial authority for FAA
employees.
Sec. 602. FAA technical training and staffing.
Sec. 603. Designee program.
Sec. 604. Staffing model for aviation safety
inspectors.
Sec. 605. Safety critical staffing.
Sec. 606. Center for excellence in aviation
employment.
Sec. 607. FAA air traffic controller staffing.
Sec. 608. Assessment of training programs for air traffic
controllers.
Sec. 609. Collegiate training initiative study.
Title VII—Aviation Insurance
Sec. 701. General authority.
Sec. 702. Extension of authority to limit third party liability
of air carriers arising out of acts of terrorism.
Sec. 703. Clarification of reinsurance authority.
Sec. 704. Use of independent claims adjusters.
Sec. 705. Extension of program authority.
Title VIII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 801. Air carrier citizenship.
Sec. 802. Disclosure of data to Federal agencies in interest of
national security.
Sec. 803. FAA access to criminal history records and database
systems.
Sec. 804. Clarification of air carrier fee
disputes.
Sec. 805. Study on national plan of integrated airport
systems.
Sec. 806. Consolidation and realignment of FAA
facilities.
Sec. 807. Transportation Security Administration centralized
training facility feasibility study.
Sec. 808. GAO study on cooperation of airline industry in
international child abduction cases.
Sec. 809. Lost Nation Airport, Ohio.
Sec. 810. Pollock Municipal Airport, Louisiana.
Sec. 811. Human intervention and motivation study
program.
Sec. 812. Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification
Zone.
Sec. 813. Merrill Field Airport, municipality of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Sec. 814. William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas.
2.Amendments to
title 49, United States CodeExcept as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 49, United
States Code.
3.Except as otherwise
expressly provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply
only to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2007.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorizations</header>
<subtitle id="H53ACD058E40C4CA6B1E800B7CDCF96E2"><enum>A</enum><header>Funding of FAA
Programs</header>
<section id="H6336BB19E9B34485B63F1457634E4766"><enum>101.</enum><header>Airport
planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs</header>
<subsection id="HCDD8C07576F5484F9571DB1910017023"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section
48103 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H46FE9CF185C24FFF8B000500E5E83D45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>September 30, 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
2007</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5D6F9F787DF413687502B2F0295D75D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E8E1C7B86124F0393A699DC000F217" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC73F59B5F3474426B3D8BEF75A83B69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$3,800,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6F3DC8803E6463581B415C0D3FBD440"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$3,900,000,000
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CBF73A8993E43AD822FF8FFB97D3255"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000,000 fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD441205DA1244386B6A5EA5FAADD51C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,100,000,000 fiscal year
2011.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBE8915BCC8B4486D9CFF7C0808BF3EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligational
authority</header><text>Section 47104(c) is amended by striking
<quote>September 30, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8B8EACBD7A4E41AA9600F9F6077D4D5E"><enum>102.</enum><header>Air navigation
facilities and equipment</header>
<subsection id="H6BC45F6547AC4B2694D8DC7623BBCF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
48101(a) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF1EE1995C3E44CE1967469C472E291F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD49E33B6E8394091BC4600C187C8AE98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$3,120,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9168C66168ED4EDAA4214877753DB451"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$3,246,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD969241846B64664B87E00842B6488C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$3,259,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB9C6AE75CED4793A248E7B256347DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$3,353,000,000 for
fiscal year
2011.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3038A415344A424DB5CE6725A80421F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Section 48101 is amended by striking subsections (c)
through (i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE66973E00CB54AAC86BA6357A659BDCE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE6B63E5E14224DF6838CE6FAD892ADD0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Wake vortex
mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts
appropriated under subsection (a), such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2011 may be used for the development and analysis of
wake vortex mitigation, including advisory systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0680890CE2F04F9C9F406EDCB253EBB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Weather
hazards</header>
<paragraph id="H680DF6D74ABE437E93008D55DC85241C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Of amounts appropriated under subsection (a), such sums
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 may be used for
the development of in-flight and ground-based weather threat mitigation
systems, including ground de-icing and anti-icing systems and other systems for
predicting, detecting, and mitigating the effects of certain weather conditions
on both airframes and engines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFDEA07851AA41F781000800F3F000E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific
hazards</header><text>Weather conditions referred to in paragraph (1)
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7AF60A089552479882B149AD1D93CBBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ground-based icing
threats such as ice pellets and freezing drizzle;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E353E11B14B4CA8B68D7BB2796955C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>oceanic weather,
including convective weather, and other hazards associated with oceanic
operations (where commercial traffic is high and only rudimentary satellite
sensing is available) to reduce the hazards presented to commercial aviation,
including convective weather ice crystal ingestion threats; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27FD5D116DBA4531A4AFBDF3B724B625"><enum>(C)</enum><text>en route
turbulence prediction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0241927BFC864986A007FB41661598E8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Safety
management systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts
appropriated under subsection (a) and section 106(k)(1), such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 may be used to advance the
development and implementation of safety management systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF25442C2E2D4F388502D2CFAA70A54E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Runway incursion
reduction programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts
appropriated under subsection (a), $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $10,000,000
for fiscal year 2009, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $12,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011 may be used for the development and implementation of runway
incursion reduction programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E345FCFE7614B1C8EA61D218D880062"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Runway status
lights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts
appropriated under subsection (a), $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,
$27,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and
$20,000,000 for 2011 may be used for the acquisition and installation of runway
status
lights.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HBCC1CC9F71554FB2AF223F238D99A5D0"><enum>103.</enum><header>FAA
operations</header>
<subsection id="HFB09758CC5104103A4FC5472E1BC5188"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 106(k)(1) is amended by striking subparagraphs
(A) through (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBA91023848AD4D358BA2D800F8ED5248" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6957779FBE954736B7DADC6D3B49EED0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,726,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA24572062DC463D80B222AE40D40329"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,978,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8A0C975CDE44D13BBDC62CBD7B50079"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$9,305,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41CFDEB11E7B42C19102F264E7789B93"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$9,590,000,000 for
fiscal year
2011.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H588E905A724F4786A56F4D6DDB024165"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized
expenditures</header><text>Section 106(k)(2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF43A1AEDB35A4E2B8F450725AB9DE2B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83E4F40EA92E4BF18E1895A8F4C96D57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (E) and (G) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H582623A55ADB4DBAA5A4629BC46D65A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraphs
(A) and (B) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>2004 through 2007</quote>
and inserting <quote>2008 through 2011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C25CA5501AB4797848489AF8BCC4CA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Airline data and
analysis</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
of Transportation out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9502">section 9502</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9502">26 U.S.C. 9502</external-xref>) to fund
airline data collection and analysis by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
in the Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the Department of
Transportation—</text>
<paragraph id="H9AFBD045C3D443E1817FB54DCBA8379"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92E29259205B426C86B23DDC4E45C6B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$6,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0620A29C15834425A1614809C18668B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Funding for aviation
programs</header>
<subsection id="H1C8FB6C6D2E8451E9B6DA9210003693E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Airport and
Airway Trust Fund guarantee</header><text>Section 48114(a)(1)(A) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H53F5A477B6DE49C898926FC982BB62A1" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H01849A3208CF4DEFA84C00DF94444D8F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The total budget resources made available from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund each fiscal year through fiscal year 2011
pursuant to sections 48101, 48102, 48103, and 106(k) shall—</text>
<clause id="H5E2DC857AA9B48268B200058647455B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, be
equal to 95 percent of the estimated level of receipts plus interest credited
to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for that fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB19A2B6183AD4909A61B16CA03DEBC8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in each of fiscal
years 2010 and 2011, be equal to the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="H88794B6D7F394A319CE1F76C342CAA28"><enum>(I)</enum><text>95 percent of the
estimated level of receipts plus interest credited to the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund for that fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2CAE90AD347F437BBDF7A2006186D7FB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the actual level
of receipts plus interest credited to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the
second preceding fiscal year minus the total amount made available for
obligation from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the second preceding
fiscal year.</text>
</subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">Such amounts
may be used only for aviation investment programs listed in subsection
(b).</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H12EA57F3B5A147ACA2FC29E1F6F203D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
authorizations of appropriations from the general fund</header><text>Section
48114(a)(2) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB5AFE0A6B69D40D5909697D4D93D306D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Estimated level
of receipts plus interest defined</header><text>Section 48114(b)(2) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA1A96F3521545F694CBD1FCFEC2A0B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Level</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Estimated level</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21275843298E412D81275D724BB1F8D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>level of receipts plus interest</quote> and inserting <quote>estimated
level of receipts plus interest</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB3DC229063D742ADB79CCF2E2FE9DCE7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enforcement of
guarantees</header><text>Section 48114(c)(2) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF22D34FFAAE94F18BFDF2671A9A48000"><enum>B</enum><header>Passenger Facility
Charges</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA8BD038B2264339BE847400DC34A769" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>PFC
authority</header>
<subsection id="HCDD8E8469B8D4B09B218AC8094A1A384"><enum>(a)</enum><header>PFC
defined</header><text>Section 40117(a)(5) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DA98CFF9B5F443F937FC7C49B3C3F9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8D992C94BAB74D709BC644C6D068F111"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Passenger
facility charge</header><text>The term <term>passenger facility charge</term>
means a charge or fee imposed under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H078BCE389DC1435A844F5CDD2DDA36CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase in PFC
maximum level</header><text>Section 40117(b)(4) is amended by striking
<quote>$4.00 or $4.50</quote> and inserting <quote>$4.00, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00,
or $7.00</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6254293CB16A4132B57099FB00A0893"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program for
PFC at nonhub airports</header><text>Section 40117(l) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8C29B197AD24B87AF31659FE69434BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04512FCC061743EDBC801DA3736CFEF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF100C34FE7CF4D1E836108883B7C11B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Correction of
references</header>
<paragraph id="H8207020ED57D4840B6BF1F608E29DFF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
40117</header><text>Section 40117 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H78792600B774444E8720C2E4ECA3BA94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE15C70CEB5F4F62007427C2473300FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (5) of subsection (a) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">charge</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC016AC5AAEBD439BBCDC6F431CE14D9C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (e) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2245478E1FE4D599EA5E7DF40033CBC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (l) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Charge</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EF3AFCD76E24CF2AC05B062E892CF63"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (5) of subsection (l) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">charge</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB99B49704BA5450F8665B723E09915A9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (m) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2ABD3ED1802F4BE8ABDE1B3F32F44C7E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (1) of subsection (m) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fees</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">charges</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H382E240224DF4944B711F3F0092DEE19"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fee</quote> each place it appears (other than the second sentence of
subsection (g)(4)) and inserting <quote>charge</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC18E51AFD8A64545A246CE57DA68ED9B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fees</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>charges</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E9FD44D5A184F1C9732227F715CD88B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
references</header><text>Subtitle VII is amended by striking <quote>fee</quote>
and inserting <quote>charge</quote> each place it appears in each of the
following sections:</text>
<subparagraph id="H05A32728DC6B4AD2888B7FF0A760F63B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section
47106(f)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24CC338E05E449489F1100DE5C2C6700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section
47110(e)(5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B421EC14F634ED0BA4B067679F3FE71"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section
47114(f).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64C92771B9854D98BAD0C42E2CB74E00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section
47134(g)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDCAC28CA74D43239DC0FC42CAD466F9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section
47139(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BDF3D2CEEB941CDA439031F784238FB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section
47524(e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F26B8A8DD9540E3BB92F8E6F3491332"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section
47526(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F1CDB0F92314700BA99A307B5F38C00"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section
49108(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2111E06F99504B3A00FCBB585EE58D54" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>PFC eligibility for
bicycle storage</header>
<subsection id="H55A8164DAD764B71859448EE1E937BCF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 40117(a)(3) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H52D615C512224E16812487395C00583B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H096A94FF998948F2BD0111F940F3C7C1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A project to
construct secure bicycle storage facilities that are to be used by passengers
at the airport and that are in compliance with applicable security
standards.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H22F99629C3D04D308FF86F74E7B858B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit
to Congress a report on the progress being made by airports to install bicycle
parking for airport customers and airport employees.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0CF05B926B847DD80F3862DA72209D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header>Noise compatibility
projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40117(b) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4DFDF21E3DEF435DB48DC0F106006E7E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE9A2201852304069B94868F900FEA342"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Noise mitigation
for certain schools</header>
<subparagraph id="H1289B14F8EA946998B2B3394AF864346"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to the uses specified in paragraphs (1), (4),
and (6), the Secretary may authorize a passenger facility charge imposed under
paragraph (1) or (4) at a large hub airport that is the subject of an amended
judgment and final order in condemnation filed on January 7, 1980, by the
Superior Court of the State of California for the county of Los Angeles, to be
used for a project to carry out noise mitigation for a building, or for the
replacement of a relocatable building with a permanent building, in the noise
impacted area surrounding the airport at which such building is used primarily
for educational purposes, notwithstanding the air easement granted or any terms
to the contrary in such judgment and final order, if—</text>
<clause id="H0A6526C4DF3048FC9EB253BD847DAC86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that the building is adversely affected by airport noise;</text>
</clause><clause id="H99485D8742BC4D9D9EB1A9EB72179742"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the building is
owned or chartered by the school district that was the plaintiff in case number
986,442 or 986,446, which was resolved by such judgment and final order;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5FDE6A046F04938A9079547584C9DF9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the project is
for a school identified in 1 of the settlement agreements effective February
16, 2005, between the airport and each of the school districts;</text>
</clause><clause id="H90A3F53C1A344854A3EE12EFB388BA6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
the case of a project to replace a relocatable building with a permanent
building, the eligible project costs are limited to the actual structural
construction costs necessary to mitigate aircraft noise in instructional
classrooms to an interior noise level meeting current standards of the Federal
Aviation Administration; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB92705C499C4D49A4A19ED888C3E868"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the project
otherwise meets the requirements of this section for authorization of a
passenger facility charge.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA506D3A7F3B5442FBDAB724BC9B0D4D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible project
costs</header><text>In subparagraph (A)(iv), the term <term>eligible project
costs</term> means the difference between the cost of standard school
construction and the cost of construction necessary to mitigate classroom noise
to the standards of the Federal Aviation
Administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2B0F5A0F4F714C67A6476153F17D8F8E"><enum>114.</enum><header>Intermodal
ground access project pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40117 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF787CEEEB8E74481B55C55B3AB77B739" style="USC">
<subsection id="H0FD7719AF5494F2390F7FB536C83D1C0"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Pilot program
for PFC eligibility for intermodal ground access projects</header>
<paragraph id="H82E1DFB3CA384AABB0436D7513814F53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>PFC
eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
requirements of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program
under which the Secretary may authorize, at no more than 5 airports, a
passenger facility charge imposed under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(4) to be used
to finance the eligible cost of an intermodal ground access project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC06CD6528E94441DA51281BB84D0B305"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intermodal
ground access project defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<term>intermodal ground access project</term> means a project for constructing
a local facility owned or operated by an eligible agency that is directly and
substantially related to the movement of passengers or property traveling in
air transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F4E055972984031A3FF008571F641B6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H477DE27CDA4F4655A7637F4CB775BE49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the eligible cost of an
intermodal ground access project shall be the total cost of the project
multiplied by the ratio that—</text>
<clause id="H0F4F2CE9D9084639B7CEB2CA01B1D58F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
individuals projected to use the project to gain access to or depart from the
airport; bears to</text>
</clause><clause id="H101B3254912B4939A633640482D7D55F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number
of the individuals projected to use the facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2C87BED56094099B7EBA19B293EA74F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determinations
regarding projected project use</header>
<clause id="H8485C00810B140EDAAD536B92338847"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided by clause (ii), the Secretary shall
determine the projected use of a project for purposes of subparagraph (A) at
the time the project is approved under this subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="H60ADADC9FD8746A3BE38ED5BE648E73D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public
transportation projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
the case of a project approved under this section to be financed in part using
funds administered by the Federal Transit Administration, the Secretary shall
use the travel forecasting model for the project at the time such project is
approved by the Federal Transit Administration to enter preliminary engineering
to determine the projected use of the project for purposes of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HCE1AB9B573094F8CB139CBD61CDCA57F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header>Impacts on airports
of accommodating connecting passengers</header>
<subsection id="HBF3BB3459B4747259659A0B57503DAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation shall initiate a study to evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6BCF3515ED146F78D19C1A3A7AAD1D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the impacts on
airports of accommodating connecting passengers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA901306FBFAE4735B1FD40CC670034A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the treatment of
airports at which the majority of passengers are connecting passengers under
the passenger facility charge program authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40117">section 40117</external-xref> of title 49,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0201160A3D9E48CD98F593E320D3CA7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
study</header><text>In conducting the study, the Secretary shall review, at a
minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H84CD49AA49F443FA926E93E3D75C0000"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the differences in
facility needs, and the costs for constructing, maintaining, and operating
those facilities, for airports at which the majority of passengers are
connecting passengers as compared to airports at which the majority of
passengers are originating and destination passengers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43827FA2B6D34EE1B811FF77459FDDA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether the costs
to an airport of accommodating additional connecting passengers differs from
the cost of accommodating additional originating and destination
passengers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46E899573FB9459F9E18EF3007DB73E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each airport charging a passenger
facility charge, the percentage of passenger facility charge revenue
attributable to connecting passengers and the percentage of such revenue
attributable to originating and destination passengers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3041844BCCB7470ABD40E8993C80255B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the potential
effects on airport revenues of requiring airports to charge different levels of
passenger facility charges on connecting passengers and originating and
destination passengers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD5BF332A63A44709CB8C3281FBD2600"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the added costs to
air carriers of collecting passenger facility charges under a system in which
different levels of passenger facility charges are imposed on connecting
passengers and originating and destination passengers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC087855E375748C39C28479530B200CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HDC475957256D4E21992263D89543DAFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of initiation of
the study, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of
the study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE42C0859EE34EB492ED13F084506D17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H52C6BFE360484A6D8331003500E0A423"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of
the Secretary on each of the subjects listed in subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A8EEE6B37CB4141A1E93679A68F512E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations,
if any, of the Secretary based on the results of the study for any changes to
the passenger facility charge program, including recommendations as to whether
different levels of passenger facility charges should be imposed on connecting
passengers and originating and destination passengers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H119F68B5E6B54E8EBAE6D3B137ECB31C"><enum>C</enum><header>Fees for FAA
Services</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AAB7E6C0DAA44DB817060FE0043F01C"><enum>121.</enum><header>Update on
overflights</header>
<subsection id="H25CD27BFEAF647A6A1035EC1BFEAD350"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
and adjustment of fees</header><text>Section 45301(b) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H29EDC9809C3E43BF970009FCCAD00272">
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15AFD99DC3FF492BAAF327F3B3DB9077"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment
and adjustment of fees</header>
<paragraph id="HE60A1593FB8445DE91432B007151C600"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In establishing and adjusting fees under subsection (a),
the Administrator shall ensure that the fees are reasonably related to the
Administration’s costs, as determined by the Administrator, of providing the
services rendered. Services for which costs may be recovered include the costs
of air traffic control, navigation, weather services, training, and emergency
services which are available to facilitate safe transportation over the United
States and the costs of other services provided by the Administrator, or by
programs financed by the Administrator, to flights that neither take off nor
land in the United States. The determination of such costs by the
Administrator, and the allocation of such costs by the Administrator to
services provided, are not subject to judicial review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD29C94BC89F4840B3AE93ADE1E8D96C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment of
fees</header><text>The Administrator shall adjust the overflight fees
established by subsection (a)(1) by expedited rulemaking and begin collections
under the adjusted fees by October 1, 2008. In developing the adjusted
overflight fees, the Administrator may seek and consider the recommendations
offered by an aviation rulemaking committee for overflight fees that are
provided to the Administrator by June 1, 2008, and are intended to ensure that
overflight fees are reasonably related to the Administrator’s costs of
providing air traffic control and related services to overflights.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E37F03B8AD942FFAA69F94187F003D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Aircraft
altitude</header><text>Nothing in this section shall require the Administrator
to take into account aircraft altitude in establishing any fee for aircraft
operations in en route or oceanic airspace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F6B52783D374CB49211E8A74F713C3F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Costs
defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>costs</term> includes
those costs associated with the operation, maintenance, leasing costs, and
overhead expenses of the services provided and the facilities and equipment
used in such services, including the projected costs for the period during
which the services will be provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H568F80D7A74645CFB148A0601CF8E4C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Publication;
comment</header><text>The Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register
any fee schedule under this section, including any adjusted overflight fee
schedule, and the associated collection process as an interim final rule,
pursuant to which public comment will be sought and a final rule
issued.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF464A86918E43E5AAF30032F519A638"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Section
45301 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BEAE4C59E6045C5B8769865CF4D12FD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0AC4A280187A431CB24B70008F4BEE5D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to adjustments under subsection
(b), the Administrator may periodically adjust the fees established under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HD1B39EF5265C4E11A8C5C75DEE04182"><enum>122.</enum><header>Registration
fees</header>
<subsection id="H7760056202654513A1BEE6B5FBFDF6CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 453 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE62201EEC2944B2889BCE0F13FB6178" style="USC">
<section id="H541A252321A84FF4BB060459BD98ED2"><enum>45305.</enum><header>Registration,
certification, and related fees</header>
<subsection id="H0DCCDB447AC94107848885601393BB1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
authority and fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish the
following fees for services and activities of the Administration:</text>
<paragraph id="H2A9F587C5992450BA107CC2F8389DA92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$130 for
registering an aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1724A097DFEE4B10B33C45F02305A119"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$45 for replacing
an aircraft registration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H753AB3A59861440A9000B0353101B85D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$130 for issuing
an original dealer’s aircraft certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4544E0D67472403EAAFA20561C9C00D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$105 for issuing an
aircraft certificate (other than an original dealer’s aircraft
certificate).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H912EE75325004CBA89D6A477B6FD53EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$80 for issuing a
special registration number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BFC899A59614306ABA0D7F54935A8B2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$50 for issuing a
renewal of a special registration number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA9C05DE30714A5EA69CE62B7841D63C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>$130 for recording
a security interest in an aircraft or aircraft part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB54F4FA358F47B4A602A862253C26D4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>$50 for issuing an
airman certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60EA6C352E14482EAE8B1020004E2541"><enum>(9)</enum><text>$25 for issuing a
replacement airman certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8073773292240F1B73F3F8E4C89BAB9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>$42 for issuing
an airman medical certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5215238F73A74C61998F3000DC037CCD"><enum>(11)</enum><text>$100 for
providing a legal opinion pertaining to aircraft registration or
recordation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBEDF5F8AC8C4D0BAD7F00F5DE5B68FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fees credited as
offsetting collections</header>
<paragraph id="H9127686F1E314A6D92F5FA10B9C586FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3302">section 3302</external-xref> of title 31, any fee authorized to be collected under this section
shall, subject to appropriation made in advance—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5F763C6BCF447319611D25125748163"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be credited as
offsetting collections to the account that finances the activities and services
for which the fee is imposed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78923B9BA3C842668064D697C9900CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be available for
expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee
is imposed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1F2330B1FEC4D3EA4E0CE28EDA50086"><enum>(C)</enum><text>remain available
until expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9BBBBB83BE244CB0A04D57708F70A292"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuing
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator may continue to assess, collect, and spend fees established under
this section during any period in which the funding for the Federal Aviation
Administration is provided under an Act providing continuing appropriations in
lieu of the Administration’s regular appropriations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA17C817DEF3C4B6EAB57DF0068C95CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall periodically adjust
the fees established by subsection (a) when cost data from the cost accounting
system developed pursuant to section 45303(e) reveal that the cost of providing
the service is higher or lower than the cost data that were used to establish
the fee then in
effect.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F1146C9A0C74523A64D1BE68B6823D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 453 is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74DA29058DD845D9AF3B57967700ECDD" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">45305. Registration, certification, and
related
fees.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H31140DA2CC3B4FA684FE5EF483319511"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fees involving
aircraft not providing air transportation</header><text>Section 45302(e) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF90C8382F30947D9B1AA90F543E2A6BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A fee</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93A285B2B23948FBBDFC437EA492B600" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8C75985328734302A2B97DDD81927748"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A fee</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF7FDCDE17E047408B4FE47245920182"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA800BD7C139D46898D753605E57BB127" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3ED552DC9D6447089C332902FF7DB6ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
imposition of other fees</header><text>A fee may not be imposed for a service
or activity under this section during any period in which a fee for the same
service or activity is imposed under section
45305.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H59CD60D7D1D54DDF8EB6F652261B9948"><enum>D</enum><header>AIP
Modifications</header>
<section id="HFFE1A8A4521345D990E7AEFA94B3D1C3"><enum>131.</enum><header>Amendments to
AIP definitions</header>
<subsection id="HD546A3FE25DF402FAA2C211D00561226"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Airport
development</header><text>Section 47102(3) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE29EFAE6D6644B9BF41A6E2D5311D98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(iv) by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>9</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4A64EBDCB5D34C34B0AEB5E353A85281"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3A75080F94CC4727A1258277FE86ABD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC4D686F07DFD458EAEA7D798C038C4F4"><enum>(M)</enum><text>construction of
mobile refueler parking within a fuel farm at a nonprimary airport meeting the
requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/40/112.8">section 112.8</external-xref> of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6AF459772D040DEA0A3AB49AB74FDC4"><enum>(N)</enum><text>terminal
development under section 47119(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H311B2BACA87A418CA2FD231FE72E7D20"><enum>(O)</enum><text>acquiring and
installing facilities and equipment to provide air conditioning, heating, or
electric power from terminal-based, non-exclusive use facilities to aircraft
parked at a public use airport for the purpose of reducing energy use or
harmful emissions as compared to the provision of such air conditioning,
heating, or electric power from aircraft-based
systems.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H01A0B798719249F6AD0000A38B75EE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Airport
planning</header><text>Section 47102(5) is amended by inserting before the
period at the end the following: <quote>and developing an environmental
management system</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF606B03C5B6431EA667374C4B983B12"><enum>(c)</enum><header>General aviation
airport</header><text>Section 47102 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H241BA4A6D4A340CCA39506D0000863F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (23) through (25) as paragraphs (25) through (28),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEE9EFBD1484442F9100612E2CD395B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) through (22) as paragraphs (9) through (23), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H644AC593E77F40A2A2E96C1C2BA0CDB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DEB0200847449F79E9C6856B539B62" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H596A236214D940C69F16AD083F59433D"><enum>(8)</enum><text><term>general
aviation airport</term> means a public airport that is located in a State and
that, as determined by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23CD2C976E674BB30037B06DBE5E5CAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not have
scheduled service; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86C43134BD3E4DB281DE1CFDFB0235E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has scheduled
service with less that 2,500 passenger boardings each
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EC6C6B0C2204D639D31E500BB5600A7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Revenue
producing aeronautical support facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47102 is amended by inserting after
paragraph (23) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1DA07725528A44DFBF9E6CA1004E0500">
<paragraph id="H60B2DE646FD94EA980480091CBC9E67"><enum>(24)</enum><text><term>revenue
producing aeronautical support facilities</term> means fuel farms, hangar
buildings, self-service credit card aeronautical fueling systems, airplane wash
racks, major rehabilitation of a hangar owned by a sponsor, or other
aeronautical support facilities that the Secretary determines will increase the
revenue producing ability of the
airport.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H48709BCCE21D42DA813ECD10B1EBD85"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Terminal
development</header><text>Section 47102 is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7982C167B380475C9395ABFEE99D985" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1A422AF69A444C9DB95EC4991282526"><enum>(29)</enum><text><term>terminal
development</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA8B0BE212D4415095F4CF01D3B7C9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>development
of—</text>
<clause id="H3B29DB782A0A4C60B27189192BE07108"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
airport passenger terminal building, including terminal gates;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E561238DB6B4C6BB2C7B0E455840039"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>access roads
servicing exclusively airport traffic that leads directly to or from an airport
passenger terminal building; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB805B99219F64474B271C41700BC14E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>walkways that
lead directly to or from an airport passenger terminal building; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E66F056251F4FF5A17F6B00BA68CA3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of a
vehicle described in section
47119(a)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HD2EE34FC387A42A0964EBB906200A96C"><enum>132.</enum><header>Amendments to
grant assurances</header>
<subsection id="HD9F7FECA5E8E49E0B1DFA19D5EE2A11E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General written
assurances</header><text>Section 47107(a)(16)(D)(ii) is amended by inserting
before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except in the case of a
relocation or replacement of an existing airport facility that meets the
conditions of section 47110(d)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H853776E9F06645C2BA6D319F3324B9F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Written
assurances on acquiring land</header>
<paragraph id="H406D3646913A49889C774B2CD9AD35DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of
proceeds</header><text>Section 47107(c)(2)(A)(iii) is amended by striking
<quote>paid to the Secretary</quote> and all that follows before the semicolon
and inserting <quote>reinvested in another project at the airport or
transferred to another airport as the Secretary prescribes under paragraph
(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A562E74BC2B42D2B9CBCB70726E812"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>Section 47107(c) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC75B4C7D3199458C91B7CE2F62DBC1E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H295A321102A44F88B644EFEDF457D10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priorities for
reinvestment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving the
reinvestment or transfer of proceeds under subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii), the
Secretary shall give preference, in descending order, to the following
actions:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D5E502C6599434A86F4FB28B7D4293E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reinvestment in an approved noise
compatibility project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H319866475029442981A3BEEF88F45C00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Reinvestment in an
approved project that is eligible for funding under section 47117(e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB62B72ED9A8543D6923356E232FA7F80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Reinvestment in an
approved airport development project that is eligible for funding under
sections 47114, 47115, or 47117.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD879AB96FABD4994A22900FEF39605D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Transfer to a
sponsor of another public airport to be reinvested in an approved noise
compatibility project at such airport.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D8DB32B1AAE46A581B1DE7C4997D3E6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Payment to the
Secretary for deposit in the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H952F18FF74C9440CA77725091BAE6498"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
47107(c)(2)(B)(iii) is amended by striking <quote>the Fund</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section
9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9502">26 U.S.C. 9502</external-xref>)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4B9B4EE684F40B792E0AD2DDEB808D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header>Government share of
project costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47109 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3AF4C9A1F1A64C95B4CCEE930137EA74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by striking <quote>provided in subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this
section</quote> and inserting <quote>otherwise specifically provided in this
section</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C480B264BF7470D9067860038129122"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H64A7036C73844E9DB1EB7F9D95E9E096" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF855883ADF0340EC8F55EAA349536D00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rule for
transition from small hub to medium hub status</header><text>If the status of a
small hub airport changes to a medium hub airport, the Government’s share of
allowable project costs for the airport may not exceed 90 percent for the first
2 fiscal years following such change in hub status.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H100AAF70B5644FC99E1D02FA8D4089FC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special rule for
economically depressed communities</header><text>The Government’s share of
allowable project costs shall be 95 percent for a project at an airport
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3666FBD7E484CF094FD5CE7AC036CC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is receiving
subsidized air service under subchapter II of chapter 417; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC68F9C2914764351ADC00867ED91C2C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is located in an
area that meets one or more of the criteria established in section 301(a) of
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3161">42 U.S.C. 3161(a)</external-xref>), as
determined by the Secretary of
Commerce.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H75CEBBD2F022464F96D6A5A70504DA78"><enum>134.</enum><header>Amendments to
allowable costs</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DE1B3085FEA45EDBD69DF8311BD27E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowable project
costs</header><text>Section 47110(b)(2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8FE0DF87C0894447AB33359DD207DDD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE03E609D8464974849F8F7C001869F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45227C7D1A7A450685A6AEC6786CB00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE5AB385E54B4CD298A0244100371DA1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H03BFFFC626A0435FB40029C876A7DABF" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if
the cost is for airport development and is incurred before execution of the
grant agreement, but in the same fiscal year as execution of the grant
agreement, and if—</text>
<clause id="H051497F5802245DD98E61FBE28840095"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cost was incurred before
execution of the grant agreement due to the short construction season in the
vicinity of the airport;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE6B1F72D4364161A58C353CC00F038"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost is in accordance with an
airport layout plan approved by the Secretary and with all statutory and
administrative requirements that would have been applicable to the project if
the project had been carried out after execution of the grant agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H46622B47B4A843E1B4BDF01B7732E19E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the sponsor notifies the
Secretary before authorizing work to commence on the project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD02023D9982040DABF78C35593A926CE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the sponsor’s decision to proceed
with the project in advance of execution of the grant agreement does not affect
the priority assigned to the project by the Secretary for the allocation of
discretionary
funds;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D1B25697F5F45A6A8C3658409D86ED6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relocation of
airport-owned facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47110(d) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCFDB835E4E584B4F89B2362C99BB95B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCE88CB84915440C09175FAC2F674D481"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relocation of
airport-owned facilities</header><text>The Secretary may determine that the
costs of relocating or replacing an airport-owned facility are allowable for an
airport development project at an airport only if—</text>
<paragraph id="H96CF29B893BD4303B5E6142F0631B3C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Government’s
share of such costs will be paid with funds apportioned to the airport sponsor
under section 47114(c)(1) or 47114(d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74CF9BF7D5D84BE3A974A0B224571B96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that the relocation or replacement is required due to a change in
the Secretary’s design standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5ACBB2297BD4E178BE13E7548E3F74C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that the change is beyond the control of the airport
sponsor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD715E873D9D34B12B3FB35D3526082D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nonprimary
airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47110(h) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB9D617AE0CA4470CA9D200C1B0A967B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>construction of</quote> before <quote>revenue producing</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92F6E4C683524E678F8C81112623CF28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, including fuel farms and hangars,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38F052335EA1411800834B579000D0D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>135.</enum><header>Uniform
certification training for airport concessions under disadvantaged business
enterprise program</header>
<subsection id="HB10D77AFBCC446F1B3E8358901D6D8B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 47107(e) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4BAF09950B943FDBBB221A6E9B24277"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE20104F10FF445393A8005D0077202F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3E2AC7B154F48698BA1EB0552BCBDE1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF965D009543C482C8F343B1080915FE1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Mandatory
training program for airport concessions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H32C220B04E3F4A8CB1A61288FC002F53"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a mandatory training program for
persons described in subparagraph (C) on the certification of whether a small
business concern in airport concessions qualifies as a small business concern
owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individual
for purposes of paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3319C61AB68443AA7B0F5B4BD43FD1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
training program may be implemented by one or more private entities approved by
the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD995B156DEC34C9FA419C6B79F907860"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each official or agent of an airport owner
or operator who is required to provide a written assurance under paragraph (1)
that the airport owner or operator will meet the percentage goal of paragraph
(1) or who is responsible for determining whether or not a small business
concern in airport concessions qualifies as a small business concern owned and
controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individual for purposes
of paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45EA646B6DBD464394E7EDDDDF6600DD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H776BDFC397C2406FB1D040A0CB1B613"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 24 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and other
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the training
program conducted under the amendment made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46C1A8C3FD4A4228A4E0B4233180AD74" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>136.</enum><header>Preference for small
business concerns owned and controlled by disabled veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47112(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H906C1003280A43D68FDB159FA100C113"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H019DAE969335448A871571A27F6EE72C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF56E8A8A32414FD89CEC9042A82B6800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB390C51A73624F84B15F7ED14BE922E2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DB788141B9D4199889B8CF6ADEC31F5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>small business concern</quote>
has the same meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H078AA27A954749B094E4F1C9F523F29B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C19B31F007C45E30047321E37201C9C">
<paragraph id="HFBD66B2993C84533993DDA16CEA72240" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
contract involving labor for carrying out an airport development project under
a grant agreement under this subchapter must require that a preference be given
to the use of small business concerns owned and controlled by disabled
veterans.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9319C3B92A6451DA1D3A1A2A4C5F692" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>137.</enum><header>Calculation of State
apportionment fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47114(d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4CA699234FEB45F5B83FA684F1403FEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H083959A0506047BFAE199E40D027BF8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary</quote> and inserting
<quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3D6E87E47E54B2BAABAF99E2E6700E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>18.5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10B32DA14FDE4FEB963CC262AAF734AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E8A5A19624849AAAB117359CF2BCAF0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H92DAECD279FF4E8F8F5D22DDD167BFE9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional
amount</header>
<subparagraph id="H2F25BF244EEE40CDAC34D9A31EC8993B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
amounts apportioned under paragraph (2) and subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary shall apportion to each airport, excluding primary airports but
including reliever and nonprimary commercial service airports, in States the
lesser of—</text>
<clause id="HF17CCF398A3D43F8AC11EBFA7200D315"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$150,000;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9A649540493142A593DCCFAE5FAF995"><enum>(ii)</enum><text><fraction>1/5</fraction>
of the most recently published estimate of the 5-year costs for airport
improvement for the airport, as listed in the national plan of integrated
airport systems developed by the Federal Aviation Administration under section
47103.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H097F884B45CE4E0D843F19CE9806C5B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>In
any fiscal year in which the total amount made available for apportionment
under paragraph (2) is less than $300,000,000, the Secretary shall reduce, on a
prorated basis, the amount to be apportioned under subparagraph (A) and make
such reduction available to be apportioned under paragraph (2), so as to
apportion under paragraph (2) a minimum of
$300,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA125DDD68C9643E693D3476276A7D99E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>138.</enum><header>Reducing
apportionments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47114(f)(1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H50088EAAD0DE45D5BBF2326EA36BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECC664918787477D90A2B3B727A03300"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A519B0AE6A74A3496C7D329C57934E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>except as provided by subparagraph (C),</quote> before <quote>in the
case</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0EE5067E71B4FB3AD3E71EB007C5D76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3B9BB85B3E148AAA27200D53334A894"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA42C934A8A664E578B35F3BA024CC21" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0B8BF70485E4493BB175DC60B874E492"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a
charge of more than $4.50 imposed by the sponsor of an airport enplaning at
least one percent of the total number of boardings each year in the United
States, 100 percent of the projected revenues from the charge in the fiscal
year but not more than 100 percent of the amount that otherwise would be
apportioned under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC32A3C9C67634CA490AEABC89800B77B"><enum>139.</enum><header>Minimum amount
for discretionary fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47115(g)(1) is amended by striking <quote>sum of—</quote> and all that follows
through the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>sum of
$520,000,000.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HC4CDDB8A330D455FA7AAD92F22C3862B"><enum>140.</enum><header>Marshall
Islands, Micronesia, and Palau</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47115(j) is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal years 2004 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years
2008 through 2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDE7707799E7D46479268FB4CA628423"><enum>141.</enum><header>Use of
apportioned amounts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47117(e)(1)(A) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2822FAAEF9EE4548B8680100A5E9324B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="H819813C21FCD4768AC6EAE2BB69579DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>35 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H745787AC126842C2A449FE6F424BF547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after <quote>47141,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDC3A228F6324CAE96BD20EE633EA086"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and for water quality
mitigation projects to comply with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.) as approved in an environmental record of decision for an
airport development project under this title</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA2BEB9F52A3B49828FC33CC786C612C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence by striking <quote>such 35 percent requirement is</quote> and
inserting <quote>the requirements of the preceding sentence are</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H75FB787535664FB79CB6667F57F1C74E"><enum>142.</enum><header>Sale of private
airport to public sponsor</header>
<subsection id="HF9B17880A9BD4216947D5554006C2000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47133(b) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1554DE2FDCB47C891ADF74FCBC7BE5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Subsection (a) shall not apply if</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H150E2678B80344A9BF4CB61B05E72CC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF3802AED9FF349F4A00400761DAFAD29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prior laws and
agreements</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply
if</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA6D96D7AE934F558C14F08CB23FB01B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC19D97F7B5BA4838BB26886F1F85576E" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8C4875EBAEFB41D3A02BA72A146AC4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sale of private
airport to public sponsor</header><text>In the case of a privately owned
airport, subsection (a) shall not apply to the proceeds from the sale of the
airport to a public sponsor if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1FE0FA31FFE646129C310042E0AF244D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sale is
approved by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H799A0E5D59EF496A9867DCD85300A3F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funding is
provided under this subtitle for any portion of the public sponsor’s
acquisition of airport land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H49BDE1BD191D4515BDB75F34F67BE7BB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an amount equal to
the remaining unamortized portion of any airport improvement grant made to that
airport for purposes other than land acquisition, amortized over a 20-year
period, plus an amount equal to the Federal share of the current fair market
value of any land acquired with an airport improvement grant made to that
airport, is repaid to the Secretary by the private owner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H370E368B2CD5488892B9C7CE343D6C8F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
repayments</header><text>Repayments referred to in paragraph (2)(C) shall be
treated as a recovery of prior year
obligations.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H011B614E3DF4474185C07D73D625261C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability to
grants</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to
grants issued on or after October 1, 1996.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H482C0E96EDEC4B8CB65010AE8116B0E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>143.</enum><header>Airport
privatization pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H892AAA9539F047CCA375793E1C6CE1A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval
requirements</header><text>Section 47134 is amended in subsections
(b)(1)(A)(i), (b)(1)(A)(ii), and (c)(4)(A) by striking <quote>65
percent</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAD71040025704AC49205046916257083"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
receipt of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5092730F59E14E59ADD0BC65B6466C96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
47134</header><text>Section 47134 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8628CF61B5C4FBB8FDFDBF57702F9D" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H82AF94E01910433FBAD4B0FF00DEFDBA"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Prohibition on
receipt of certain funds</header><text>An airport receiving an exemption under
subsection (b) shall be prohibited from receiving apportionments under section
47114 or discretionary funds under section
47115.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2D1FF0632B61418EB62FCBD7C6A98FD4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 47134(g) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4581D684AD69484CA1BF713ECCE00057"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Apportionments;</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E0C57C7EDE7421DA04EC73C3243A3FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H229B32665868477FB908A122E9BC2EBF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC0567E6A1F774860AAA512F93B55F912"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5EC9FDA0B1C4DB88C24C84CF2E1BAF7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal share of
project costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
47109(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE7ECDED5E3424517B940B58DA905EE1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF181A1D8D3A4BA9966F59497904C4FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1EC056F36E74308AA861DFDF56C87BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F9DA1502C494E7884039767E07B90B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>144.</enum><header>Airport security
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47137(g) is
amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$8,500,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H835B2208A1A445CCA8A9BE2D594C248D"><enum>145.</enum><header>Sunset of pilot
program for purchase of airport development rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47138 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEB9476DEB3A54C038537F04F4C2588DE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H341A7E6F66F84F77A2723B44692451BB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This
section shall not be in effect after September 30,
2007.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF784CA0B778848D186C78CA1A817298F"><enum>146.</enum><header>Extension of
grant authority for compatible land use planning and projects by State and
local governments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47141(f) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>September 30, 2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H36EA0EE82C874EEEAD29563F3BF3DD97"><enum>147.</enum><header>Repeal of
limitations on Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 49108, and the item relating to such
section in the analysis for chapter 491, are repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H571E48D3AFDC4DC68BDF327F3BFC0F5"><enum>148.</enum><header>Midway Island
Airport</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 186(d) of the
Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended
by striking <quote>October 1, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1,
2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6033BE81B89244E897F002DE1F7F8098"><enum>149.</enum><header>Miscellaneous
amendments</header>
<subsection id="H1799CD811F7641D5B3121CF400CC009B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
changes to national plan of integrated airport systems</header><text>Section
47103 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H37E3A5667E534C2088001EDBA84D98C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BAF044FBAC4455AAB52BF6682477203"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>each airport to—</quote> and inserting <quote>the airport system
to—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC1CFC1627364A098032E6B413D52757"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by striking <quote>system in the particular area;</quote> and inserting
<quote>system, including connection to the surface transportation network;
and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE31676265B2B4CD29974C4DAAF622FAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA814C4DF4744EDB86ED1532F3E556A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C268B18A3D0437196E2078D6DEDF25D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4146F5B40DF1422EA3F4DBCC61C04B36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B88445DA9964046AC9FF00023E7EA1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as so redesignated) by striking <quote>, Short Takeoff and Landing/Very Short
Takeoff and Landing aircraft operations,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H132687A91A98468EA2FAB4B266AB1052"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
by striking <quote>status of the</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86DDA57233DA4AB393596B5275D2E917"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Update veterans
preference definition</header><text>Section 47112(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B4754019B5647B59C00BB7C82E340DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF5CC08C6F6B4E8E9B00F8F594245861"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by striking <quote>separated from</quote> and inserting <quote>discharged
or released from active duty in</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EF811206570410A86C243B9001D1531"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7227268553944CAB9C22007B3BE47C69" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE55DCCAB714040459297D287DAF51D2" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text><term>Afghanistan-Iraq war
veteran</term> means an individual who served on active duty (as defined by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/101">section 101</external-xref> of title 38) in the armed forces for a period of more than 180
consecutive days, any part of which occurred during the period beginning on
September 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed by presidential
proclamation or by law as the last date of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and who was
separated from the armed forces under honorable
conditions.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2A7B59EDB98432D0020F51453C4E082"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>veterans and</quote> and inserting <quote>veterans,
Afghanistan-Iraq war veterans, and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD1489E542994DD39BBA68916372EE4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consolidation of
terminal development provisions</header><text>Section 47119 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D83A9C052ED478580B45366F71B4C83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) as subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e),
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FD4638611F54A51BD69B0BAB8099F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8E8025C1AF034CC9A8ED86D4A1BEFE8B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE852E17F1C824537A1A5975517C7FA7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Terminal
development projects</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD6A87682A22459681096C4BA4A85414"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may approve a project for terminal
development (including multimodal terminal development) in a
nonrevenue-producing public-use area of a commercial service airport—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6F860BEEECB743A2B7E1B1BAFF11CAD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the sponsor
certifies that the airport, on the date the grant application is submitted to
the Secretary, has—</text>
<clause id="H2B5C7B53DFF64A208751891BEF84FEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all
the safety equipment required for certification of the airport under section
44706;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF48B3784CF7C41169071DBE3C8305C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all the security
equipment required by regulation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H29AD3FAAD68D4573009311CD559233B0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provided for
access by passengers to the area of the airport for boarding or exiting
aircraft that are not air carrier aircraft;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC2E8C9D94EC43A49E8864A7C3ACAF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the cost is
directly related to moving passengers and baggage in air commerce within the
airport, including vehicles for moving passengers between terminal facilities
and between terminal facilities and aircraft; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8722AC0AC57241FB97D00608CE3E573"><enum>(C)</enum><text>under terms
necessary to protect the interests of the Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H428C855615EF4607B607D863C4939EB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project in
revenue-producing areas and nonrevenue-producing parking lots</header><text>In
making a decision under paragraph (1), the Secretary may approve as allowable
costs the expenses of terminal development in a revenue-producing area and
construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement in a nonrevenue-producing
parking lot if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37AD73619CA247FBB2FA2A57F23C428"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 47108(e)(3), the airport does not have more than .05 percent of the
total annual passenger boardings in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01EEB7DA53814630A2EAF6FE5DC00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sponsor certifies
that any needed airport development project affecting safety, security, or
capacity will not be deferred because of the Secretary’s
approval.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61304D7500484E58B400172F86F92D65"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (3) and (4)(A) of subsection
(b) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking
<quote>section 47110(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H531573573653429CA36F8CF4FF4EE2A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5) of subsection (b) (as
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking <quote>subsection
(b)(1) and (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (c)(1) and
(c)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B2AB958C41341E7A43EB4D442192BF6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), (3), and (4)
of subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by
striking <quote>section 47110(d) of this title</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F7449987B404A2C83D31BE4C7BA32B4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(5) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) by striking <quote>section 47110(d)</quote>
and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64D934E7437F4D6383CFFF5911652831"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8DE591E972AD4097AF6E8C6CA38FC443" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDACA07FD6F2B4048AAF50044A5F8DFC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
discretionary funds</header><text>The Secretary may distribute not more than
$20,000,000 from the discretionary fund established under section 47115 for
terminal development projects at a nonhub airport or a small hub airport that
is eligible to receive discretionary funds under section
47108(e)(3).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD80626F41564DECA6FFE09DD671FA0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Section 47131(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA8EF5FE8ACE44CD4947D7B50C7A3FDB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>April 1</quote> and inserting <quote>June 1</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30DDFA6D91144B0D849CEBFA2E00307F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2D6532F21055479EB9902500658BAED3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7EE29FAB916243C0B14D006DC1D3976E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of
airport development and planning completed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8003252A52CE4B889FAB9D49BBC6E9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of
individual grants issued;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H406EBC8B0AC44D88B4999C4FB6B8E62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an accounting of
discretionary and apportioned funds allocated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDB33DF8E89D4BB185F5B44FB088E7EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the allocation of
appropriations;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCFD5F50DA61F4020B819E0C3FED63748"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Correction to
emission credits provision</header><text>Section 47139 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H523EC2C0BCBF4F8EABB5DA0087E9276C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by striking <quote>47102(3)(F),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC3E4BAC2BB34AB2BFC2D900B6151D23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by striking <quote>47102(3)(F),</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59A13A787EEE42C68E9F52A87908EF18"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to civil penalty assessment authority</header><text>Section
46301(d)(2) is amended by inserting <quote>46319,</quote> after
<quote>46318,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC8D1AFE6EE044E4917908EB9B9678B7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Other conforming
amendments</header><text>Sections 40117(a)(3) and 47108(e)(3) are each amended
by striking <quote>section 47110(d)</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>section 47119(a)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H561C13E6D4924352A4E94BBE7B777F3D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Correction to
surplus property authority</header><text>Section 47151(e) is amended by
striking “(other than real property” and all that follows through <quote>(10
U.S.C. 2687 note))</quote> .</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H94AA565C07524ED783177CD4305E4CF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Airport capacity
benchmark reports</header><text>Section 47175(2) is amended by striking
<quote>Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2001
and 2004 Airport Capacity Benchmark Reports or table 1 of the Federal Aviation
Administration’s most recent airport capacity benchmark report</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Air
Traffic Control Modernization</header>
<subtitle id="H7D107910DBF24A359169D4B5C7F6C492"><enum>A</enum><header>Next Generation
Air Transportation System</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB3B02D7260B4365AF9DD700B5ECADCE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Mission
statement; sense of Congress</header>
<subsection id="H1CE872A48ADF494D9FFEFB506871CF84"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB50B6A481E53465F97BEC102C227CBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United States
faces a great national challenge as the Nation’s aviation infrastructure is at
a crossroads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H479F4EA6A6554B2096CDB1A12E3374DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The demand for
aviation services, a critical element of the United States economy, vital in
supporting the quality of life of the people of the United States, and critical
in support of the Nation’s defense and national security, is growing at an ever
increasing rate. At the same time, the ability of the United States air
transportation system to expand and change to meet this increasing demand is
limited.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69661FE28B144424BA5855EED5F56F4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The aviation
industry accounts for more than 10,000,000 jobs in the United States and
contributes approximately $900,000,000,000 annually to the United States gross
domestic product.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81A93DFC4B244BB9943252432639AF75"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States air transportation system
continues to drive economic growth in the United States and will continue to be
a major economic driver as air traffic triples over the next 20 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4F9C711D2AE485A9DF9403528DD20D9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Next
Generation Air Transportation System (in this section referred to as the
<quote>NextGen System</quote>) is the system for achieving long-term
transformation of the United States air transportation system that focuses on
developing and implementing new technologies and that will set the stage for
the long-term development of a scalable and more flexible air transportation
system without compromising the unprecedented safety record of United States
aviation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F1297627F44422595B4ED03F6323EA7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The benefits of
the NextGen System, in terms of promoting economic growth and development, are
enormous.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CE913F8EE7B4B41B262ACA06279492F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The NextGen System
will guide the path of the United States air transportation system in the
challenging years ahead.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0AFA79D1BDDF4FC0B37F13AE51492CA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC9D2663B2E7841248F67C64E118E4B30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modernizing the air transportation system
is a national priority and the United States must make a commitment to
revitalizing this essential component of the Nation’s transportation
infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H375ED64D595A4F3B8B1343F847479FFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>one fundamental
requirement for the success of the NextGen System is strong leadership and
sufficient resources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5F61E15118649AF8D64E78252F48B5C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Joint Planning
and Development Office of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Next
Generation Air Transportation System Senior Policy Committee, each established
by Congress in 2003, will lead and facilitate this important national mission
to ensure that the programs and capabilities of the NextGen System are
carefully integrated and aligned;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H176660DBADDD4F859443053EE753289E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Government
agencies and industry must work together, carefully integrating and aligning
their work to meet the needs of the NextGen System in the development of
budgets, programs, planning, and research;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8575DF4F704462CACB5DF19E0D49E20"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Department of
Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense,
the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce, and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration must work in cooperation and make
transformational improvements to the United States air transportation
infrastructure a priority; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00CA883BC4214214AF39C92246857A7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>due to the critical
importance of the NextGen System to the economic and national security of the
United States, partner departments and agencies must be provided with the
resources required to complete the implementation of the NextGen System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5C15D01E2BFD44C0B2435E2F276B2C00"><enum>202.</enum><header>Next generation
air transportation system joint planning and development office</header>
<subsection id="H5AF6EE3BD1B842E0B39DFB16F62C432"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="HB46030F1F7E64C41972B76DCB253E316"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Associate
Administrator for the Next Generation Air Transportation System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(a) of Vision 100—Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40101">49 U.S.C. 40101</external-xref> note; 117 Stat. 2582) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8A7CFA8AEF04C81A9FA84EE091FC4BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08C3E573FDED4323B0BDF6780073FB30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46AFADA27A194A758E9C155FB5D32DE6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAF7D573E733246F2A2D5A66DDECF4B58" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The director of the Office shall be
the Associate Administrator for the Next Generation Air Transportation System,
who shall be appointed by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration. The Associate Administrator shall report to the
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6949AA25090E42C4AD4535E90043BFED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation with
other Federal agencies</header><text>Section 709(a)(4) of such Act (as
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0E2DCD2F12D42EC9C8C35183001043D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(4)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB74F143340934C119DEA4F4F00104B82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08B1733B22C6411CB206030852870500" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H23064C56360C4A7280F165EAC4661F97" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other Federal
agency from which the Secretary of Transportation requests assistance under
subparagraph (A) shall designate a senior official in the agency to be
responsible for—</text>
<clause id="H9A1968CA1DD641158E1E3F008E04DD99"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out the activities of the agency
relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation System in coordination with
the Office, including the execution of all aspects of the work of the agency in
developing and implementing the integrated work plan described in subsection
(b)(5);</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0B2338E718B4217912B6596DA6BF947"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as a liaison for the agency in
activities of the agency relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation
System and coordinating with other Federal agencies involved in activities
relating to the System; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H52BADAA7C40249F8BF4C2DA6D94FD639"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that the agency meets its
obligations as set forth in any memorandum of understanding executed by or on
behalf of the agency relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation
System.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7423D22F38243E49B210054A580082C" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of a Federal agency referred to in
subparagraph (B) shall ensure that—</text>
<clause id="HF217792D945E481FA6EDF6589500C5C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the responsibilities of the agency
relating to the Next Generation Air Transportation System are clearly
communicated to the senior official of the agency designated under subparagraph
(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H14CD7652673D49CD9B94FDEDC424EA91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the performance of the senior
official in carrying out the responsibilities of the agency relating to the
Next Generation Air Transportation System is reflected in the official’s annual
performance evaluations and
compensation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FF9520F8B3D42E69C2D1585A8A91F49"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination
with OMB</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(a) of
such Act (117 Stat. 2582) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB137DB2C42504D24BE70EFBDB159D012" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8668216E9741476782E510E0B0BFE7AF" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBDBF0709DEB344EC8CEA56650200476D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Office shall work
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to develop a process
whereby the Director will identify projects related to the Next Generation Air
Transportation System across the agencies referred to in paragraph (4)(A) and
consider the Next Generation Air Transportation System as a unified,
cross-agency program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C6FF7ED110D4145B9CB416F33DAB5E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Director, to the maximum extent
practicable, shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H691160A3B53C47A496A5C35800CDE32F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>oversee the development of the
integrated plan under subsection (a)(3)(A);</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA78C330F12B4628BB9E3FACB30018FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H3A06D4998E4A4D699DEBC7A2A8DEC3E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each Federal agency covered by the
plan has sufficient funds requested in the President’s budget, as submitted
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, for each fiscal year
covered by the plan to carry out its responsibilities under the plan;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H4F2DF6DFBA1E4EE98E590525DBBD09FA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the development and implementation
of the Next Generation Air Transportation System remains on schedule;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H195E3224B2DA43FCA391DE6EE6E7B56"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify and justify as part of the
President’s budget submission any inconsistencies between the plan and amounts
requested in the budget.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A64654C1E4A456B80DABF004708C247" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Associate Administrator of the Next
Generation Air Transportation System shall be a voting member of the Joint
Resources Council of the Federal Aviation
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4D651249D0E4435B85050005E3AA1FE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integrated
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 709(b) of such
Act (117 Stat. 2583) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H73D43F2FFF5242F3A5EF606F44FA8E52"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
striking <quote>beyond those currently included in the Federal Aviation
Administration’s operational evolution plan</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F27347462964964AFCC81C5EC6CECD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D20B42A0D9A444EADBB1BC607B48442"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F122EA1C83945ED8FFC439BA6B785F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CBEDBDC6EBB40EFAA607DB13769AAB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2EEC82E7DA9D42F4AB60F07FAC6700C0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a multiagency integrated work plan for the
Next Generation Air Transportation System that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A793E93FBC04A709571BF6E2044C3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an outline of the activities required to
achieve the end-state architecture, as expressed in the concept of operations
and enterprise architecture documents, that identifies each Federal agency or
other entity responsible for each activity in the outline;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5064BD57C096477A87451639B4BECBD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>details on a
year-by-year basis of specific accomplishments, activities, research
requirements, rulemakings, policy decisions, and other milestones of progress
for each Federal agency or entity conducting activities relating to the Next
Generation Air Transportation System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D523AB7A76247E1A18BC3F6C4F3DB73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each element
of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, an outline, on a year-by-year
basis, of what is to be accomplished in that year toward meeting the Next
Generation Air Transportation System’s end-state architecture, as expressed in
the concept of operations and enterprise architecture documents, as well as
identifying each Federal agency or other entity that will be responsible for
each component of any research, development, or implementation program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC88118F3D7514369876C098EC37D2EF5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an estimate of all
necessary expenditures on a year-by-year basis, including a statement of each
Federal agency or entity’s responsibility for costs and available resources,
for each stage of development from the basic research stage through the
demonstration and implementation phase; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE22DCA8F35AD4D2C89F4DDB6C4194984"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a clear
explanation of how each step in the development of the Next Generation Air
Transportation System will lead to the following step and of the implications
of not successfully completing a step in the time period described in the
integrated work
plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A6549D781F34114B78266EA7C457107"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Operational
evolution partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
709(d) of such Act (117 Stat. 2584) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49750C0A3D514DECBE67F583DEFC4344" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H37C2BDC0E7EB4E148314A5CA634D7DB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Operational
evolution partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and publish
annually the document known as the <quote>Operational Evolution
Partnership</quote>, or any successor document, that provides a detailed
description of how the agency is implementing the Next Generation Air
Transportation
System.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF73CCEC535D2427282A09D436F005692"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Section 709(e) of such Act (117 Stat. 2584) is
amended by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting
<quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC871D5439114E29829402235DAD5D52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Next Generation Air
Transportation Senior Policy Committee</header>
<subsection id="HCFB69AB5FDB749458EF85E35C2F57903"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 710(a) of Vision 100—Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40101">49 U.S.C. 40101</external-xref> note; 117 Stat. 2584) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following <quote>and shall meet
at least twice each year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBF6AE6ADB5247838576535B1743B4D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 710 of such
Act (117 Stat. 2584) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A90E5D0A167418FA46E27499BFFDA82" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H45860FFA78ED4940006DB9ABD3C5C822"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<paragraph id="HCA47C5366C4842F08CD39CC79CC381D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this subsection, and annually thereafter on the date of submission of the
President’s budget request to Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Science of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a report summarizing the progress made in carrying out the
integrated work plan required by section 709(b)(5) and any changes in that
plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C021F9E84AD496AB689B6EAF664017B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H927520FC04914B4B9C342CAFBC59AC7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a copy of the
updated integrated work plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B95215E335C4976A903D7BAF9A5A229"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
the progress made in carrying out the integrated work plan and any changes in
that plan, including any changes based on funding shortfalls and limitations
set by the Office of Management and Budget;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E9C32B9CC974F059000EFB7D013EAC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a detailed
description of—</text>
<clause id="H5267EB960E52487788CFD1C29E232522"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the success or
failure of each item of the integrated work plan for the previous year and
relevant information as to why any milestone was not met; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2D0E9EA37324E6AB8A300AA743EB046"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impact of not
meeting the milestone and what actions will be taken in the future to account
for the failure to complete the milestone; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF8BEA37FA0A4B35AB192B47CA04ADD2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of
any change to future years in the integrated work plan and the reasons for such
change.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF60427AE31224C19A01193EE09FF7897" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast services</header>
<subsection id="H4D613C0DD9C747E6B5249622A96D9CB3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on FAA
program and schedule</header>
<paragraph id="H7B9D5B928F1747CDB657D3B6AB76578F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall prepare a report detailing the program and schedule for integrating
automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (in this section referred to as
<quote>ADS–B</quote>) technology into the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51603D9945974CA388F3DD85242BF9F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2747C10E5D544B77B22EEF6B93CD5F32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
segment 1 and segment 2 activity to acquire ADS–B services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H566162A739014E28B0F6C5102737B8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
plans for implementation of advanced operational procedures and ADS–B
air-to-air applications; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AD1F628B2BE463EB03B00E5CC2BCCE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a discussion of
protections that the Administration will require as part of any contract or
program in the event of a contractor’s default, bankruptcy, acquisition by
another entity, or any other event jeopardizing the uninterrupted provision of
ADS–B services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H666F65C1DB424723BB22663F0000005E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate the report prepared under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE9E999BCD52045F79BC9973503569C85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements of
FAA contracts for ADS–B services</header><text>Any contract entered into by the
Administrator with an entity to acquire ADS–B services shall contain terms and
conditions that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA28957551ADB4574860047AFDF2E4841"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require approval
by the Administrator before the contract may be assigned to or assumed by
another entity, including any successor entity, subsidiary of the contractor,
or other corporate entity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8157C92FA3542C09B27993E4E0095E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide that the
assets, equipment, hardware, and software used in the performance of the
contract be designated as critical national infrastructure for national
security and related purposes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA24E8AEF111049C088EDC022321F00EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require the
contractor to provide continued broadcast services for a reasonable period, as
determined by the Administrator, until the provision of such services can be
transferred to another vendor or to the Government in the event of a
termination of the contract;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A5697C0E5884AF4A5544748C2B8D022"><enum>(4)</enum><text>require the
contractor to provide continued broadcast services for a reasonable period, as
determined by the Administrator, until the provision of such services can be
transferred to another vendor or to the Government in the event of material
nonperformance, as determined by the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B41CFBC69FB4DEBB02326F579AB49F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>permit the
Government to acquire or utilize for a reasonable period, as determined by the
Administrator, the assets, equipment, hardware, and software necessary to
ensure the continued and uninterrupted provision of ADS–B services and to have
ready access to such assets, equipment, hardware, and software through its own
personnel, agents, or others, if the Administrator provides reasonable
compensation for such acquisition or utilization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEAB13B93912D479BBF6BAFA354FDFD9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review by DOT
inspector general</header>
<paragraph id="HCDB20843CFBF489EB42DF2AEE9784D36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation
shall conduct a review concerning the Federal Aviation Administration’s award
and oversight of any contract entered into by the Administration to provide
ADS–B services for the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61B959D5152F445FAD07FCC3F7DD2000"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
review shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE8FE69FEE6549C98705BDE79DDF0016"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an examination of
how program risks are being managed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F18ECFBEA204003B1BCFF73C5BD10B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of
expected benefits attributable to the deployment of ADS–B services, including
the implementation of advanced operational procedures and air-to-air
applications as well as to the extent to which ground radar will be
retained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H800C01DC4312449DAAD967D1F0A4283D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a determination of
whether the Administration has established sufficient mechanisms to ensure that
all design, acquisition, operation, and maintenance requirements have been met
by the contractor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F36C5980A844EACB02741A7C4261CF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of
whether the Administration and any contractors are meeting cost, schedule, and
performance milestones, as measured against the original baseline of the
Administration’s program for providing ADS–B services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C2CA5A08C3F416A928310209C340070"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assessment of
whether security issues are being adequately addressed in the overall design
and implementation of the ADS–B system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC08ADA8655A41A1A411CCD65DDEB09D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other matters or aspects relating to
contract implementation and oversight that the Inspector General determines
merit attention.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H464468A5742F4AF78EB0B73BE57CDD4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector
General shall periodically, on at least an annual basis, submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report on the results of the review conducted under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE28AF99163144213912E5649A1BA89E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Inclusion of
stakeholders in air traffic control modernization projects</header>
<subsection id="HCA15815A70004EA183A4D7B90A48D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall establish a process for including in the planning, development, and
deployment of air traffic control modernization projects (including the Next
Generation Air Transportation System) and collaborating with qualified
employees selected by each exclusive collective bargaining representative of
employees of the Administration who are likely to be impacted by such planning,
development, and deployment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD276D7D2AEC440F2813F72869359EE00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation</header>
<paragraph id="H8A380047A30C47DA8797F4CCE32FF503"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bargaining
obligations and rights</header><text>Participation in the process described in
subsection (a) shall not be construed as a waiver of any bargaining obligations
or rights under section <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40122">40122(a)(1)</external-xref> or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40122">40122(g)(2)(C)</external-xref> of title 49, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD5A1C72F5C24861BCF2DA23DD8773C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capacity and
compensation</header><text>Exclusive collective bargaining representatives and
selected employees participating in the process described in subsection (a)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A6EFEEA9FF74007B071CB3D90C7E72D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serve in a
collaborative and advisory capacity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H813749ED06C846BC911700BDFE27F31"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive appropriate travel and per diem
expenses in accordance with the travel policies of the Administration in
addition to any regular compensation and benefits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD939EBABDF4B49FBABD7BD08297E17D0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the implementation of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0545F5AAE924418C971C7372D3655602" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>GAO review of
challenges associated with transforming to the Next Generation Air
Transportation System</header>
<subsection id="H65822BCAD5434BDEBC0072CB80C4D0B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the
progress and challenges associated with transforming the Nation’s air traffic
control system into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (in this
section referred to as the <quote>NextGen System</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H27F9579B45BF4334B0DB8402709E98E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
review shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCAF01DC7D86846CB948F5CB94311BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation of the continued
implementation and institutionalization of the processes that are key to the
ability of the Air Traffic Organization to effectively maintain management
structures and systems acquisitions procedures utilized under the current air
traffic control modernization program as a basis for the NextGen System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H407A719D321A4324BB32D1F757768FD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the progress and
challenges associated with collaboration and contributions of the partner
agencies working with the Joint Planning and Development Office of the Federal
Aviation Administration (in this section referred to as the
<quote>JPDO</quote>) in planning and implementing the NextGen System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6024452553A94C49B7FA68D88DF3068E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The progress and
challenges associated with coordinating government and industry stakeholders in
activities relating to the NextGen System, including an assessment of the
contributions of the NextGen Institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4919A29BA40845B0BF74312477A63C77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
planning and implementation of the NextGen System against established
schedules, milestones, and budgets.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09921C1D5EC1494DAD5712E76F54F83C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An evaluation of
the recently modified organizational structure of the JPDO.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC046DCCCBEE472291D86A183BC00BA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An
examination of transition planning by the Air Traffic Organization and the
JPDO.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66DD45EDC02C423AA04D8C11BC4BAC14"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Any other matters
or aspects of planning and coordination of the NextGen System by the Federal
Aviation Administration and the JPDO that the Comptroller General determines
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C6C1CB65E374222BF9C8012D8210431"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H0CCE50CF4B8D413EB711E766038326E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report to
Congress on priorities</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall determine the priority of
topics to be reviewed under this section and report such priorities to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A06F6E86F4B4048996E3F65C2AA1243"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Periodic reports
to Congress on results of the review</header><text>The Comptroller General
shall periodically submit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1) a
report on the results of the review conducted under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B205FC9AE1E4C33AE5D00E42338C7E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>GAO review of Next
Generation Air Transportation System acquisition and procedures
development</header>
<subsection id="HB0305C4AE810444098437091B0E6A57D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a
review of the progress made and challenges related to the acquisition of
designated technologies and the development of procedures for the Next
Generation Air Transportation System (in this section referred to as the
<quote>NextGen System</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA78708ACB3FE4CB0A53BC2754F8B3847"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific systems
review</header><text>The review shall include, at a minimum, an examination of
the acquisition costs, schedule, and other relevant considerations for the
following systems:</text>
<paragraph id="H82186EC678D1435400821DEF65C8215C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">En Route Automation Modernization
(ERAM).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7002AC167E9949E2BF37BC76B870CE35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Standard Terminal
Automation Replacement System/Common Automated Radar Terminal System
(STARS/CARTS).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0280896437BB40C6001892FEB5C8FB66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Automatic
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80F978802BAC492FB93400C8A4004086"><enum>(4)</enum><text>System Wide
Information Management (SWIM).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02B63441A3234CFFB9A4395700B4B608"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Traffic Flow
Management Modernization (TFM–M).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B2E77BBCF774B8CA93F457E753CDCB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
review shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of the progress and
challenges related to the development of standards, regulations, and procedures
that will be necessary to implement the NextGen System, including required
navigation performance, area navigation, the airspace management program, and
other programs and procedures that the Comptroller General identifies as
relevant to the transformation of the air traffic system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39FC1570A5B84FA383812D72739DE59C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Periodic reports
to Congress on results of the review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall periodically
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a report on the results of the review conducted under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD590952BCDF4191001454622CA46C5B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>DOT inspector
general review of operational and approach procedures by a third party</header>
<subsection id="H4114B223B9044182BAC862E0AC17CFFF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall conduct a review
regarding the effectiveness of the oversight activities conducted by the
Federal Aviation Administration in connection with any agreement with or
delegation of authority to a third party for the development of flight
procedures for the national airspace system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF16D7018C51142C2B1E3D15C72C5CD24"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessments</header><text>The
Inspector General shall include, at a minimum, in the review—</text>
<paragraph id="H222303B515124B7B86B9A9F1861B8700"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the extent to which the Federal Aviation Administration is relying or intends
to rely on a third party for the development of new procedures and a
determination of whether the Administration has established sufficient
mechanisms and staffing to provide safety oversight of a third party;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BEC217329E64416B7E82D98E9474F81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment
regarding whether the Administration has sufficient existing personnel and
technical resources or mechanisms to develop such flight procedures in a safe
and efficient manner to meet the demands of the national airspace system
without the use of third party resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCE47E0124334E0EBBAF5D2249C1B5EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the results of the review conducted under this section, including the
assessments described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16E2DB9D5238416C81B3DE4BA6DABCC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Expert review of
enterprise architecture for Next Generation Air Transportation System</header>
<subsection id="H8E2A007C2B6B4FD99F4E33CB1F0836CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research
Council to review the enterprise architecture for the Next Generation Air
Transportation System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H68893AD443C84C2F8FBA00CF7B899C47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At
a minimum, the review to be conducted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H49083A6BB3934F579B8D472EF9413F5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>highlight the
technical activities, including human-system design, organizational design, and
other safety and human factor aspects of the system, that will be necessary to
successfully transition current and planned modernization programs to the
future system envisioned by the Joint Planning and Development Office of the
Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA254E4FFC7C24B148F0090001B3E4CC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess technical,
cost, and schedule risk for the software development that will be necessary to
achieve the expected benefits from a highly automated air traffic management
system and the implications for ongoing modernization projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8D26D2EBEC04D5CA9D2E82818001DA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include judgments on how risks with
automation efforts for the Next Generation Air Transportation System can be
mitigated based on the experiences of other public or private entities in
developing complex, software-intensive systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H875992A09B364F539890FB86882CC6E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the review
conducted pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F6632480FB647B18485278E6C344813" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header>NEXTGEN technology
testbed</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of amounts
appropriated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/48101">section 48101(a)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall use such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011 to contribute to
the establishment by a public-private partnership (including a university
component with significant aviation expertise in air traffic management,
simulation, meteorology, and engineering and aviation business) an
airport-based testing site for existing Next Generation Air Transport System
technologies. The Administrator shall ensure that next generation air traffic
control integrated systems developed by private industries are installed at the
site for demonstration, operational research, and evaluation by the
Administration. The testing site shall serve a mix of general aviation and
commercial traffic.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HB81ECB85535F4E2F9B12B28800711B2F"><enum>B</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="HBAD886EFB11F4417BF62505D3D13A045"><enum>211.</enum><header>Clarification
of authority to enter into reimbursable agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
106(m) is amended in the last sentence by inserting <quote>with or</quote>
before <quote>without reimbursement</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H40DF53039EE34715B45F3C8712B0EC29"><enum>212.</enum><header>Definition of
air navigation facility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40102(4) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC947BA6B3BBF4B1AB5404271D8CA34EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A73F057E2584B6BA32C01D057DA42E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B8713E205934458B660B576781B24EB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA6774C35610E4F41BF4700BEF063E700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>runway lighting
and airport surface visual and other navigation aids;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6799872F8EC457199DF827B3FBBC200"><enum>(C)</enum><text>aeronautical and
meteorological information to air traffic control facilities or
aircraft;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41BCFA1E523D4FC882B417EB8FE3F8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>communication,
navigation, or surveillance equipment for air-to-ground or air-to-air
applications;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB69EA089A0BC45A7B41223DC50113E5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HECF892C3B2E4418EB12BA835179600A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>another structure</quote> and inserting <quote>any structure,
equipment,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2CF7626ABCC4C519CFA6404E52651F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DF67AD680804B079C0086FD34AABC00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC3428C4148E84BBAAD529BFA60D88E00" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCFAE7EF177DE498E886262FEA93E7E45"><enum>(F)</enum><text>buildings,
equipment, and systems dedicated to the national airspace
system.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7B7AC5AE511841078C1E9EC1B5A3884B"><enum>213.</enum><header>Improved
management of property inventory</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40110(a)(2) is amended by striking
<quote>compensation</quote> and inserting <quote>compensation, and the amount
received shall be credited as an offsetting collection to the account from
which the amount was expended, and shall remain available until
expended</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HFC8D75B9A9214E56BA7F4568F0B744DF"><enum>214.</enum><header>Clarification
to acquisition reform authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40110(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H862C855D0F43469C8D28D92EB9254E00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC43F8B97410C4FC19BD1F3006E93E537"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17CB3A0D35F74130ACEE129D9C1BCB69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDAA13DC6A86B48DDB1C20021338917C7"><enum>215.</enum><header>Assistance to
foreign aviation authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40113(e) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4D755A047FC4664988B980056EFB8F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9896FA3E5B3941B5BB03D287C853202B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>public and private</quote> before <quote>foreign aviation
authorities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE00A228DD1D74D19A023F73DEF887402"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of the first sentence and inserting <quote>or efficiency. The
Administrator may participate in, and submit offers in response to,
competitions to provide such services, and may contract with foreign aviation
authorities to provide such services consistent with section 106(l)(6).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or policy, the Administrator may
accept payments received under this subsection in arrears.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D56258798E64E3AABA743F1D0BAF5C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
by striking <quote>credited</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting <quote>credited as an offsetting collection to the
account from which the expenses were incurred in providing such services, and
shall remain available until expended</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42C1865EE9C84D10B46B7F00B8E122AC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header>Front line manager
staffing</header>
<subsection id="HE5BD3CEE141544AFA5B22C36DD069DA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall initiate a study on front line
manager staffing requirements in air traffic control facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEC6197623CDE40B6871360D48C08B4AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator shall take into consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A99EA4CE0AD4FB600B56D11F3C2A994"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of
supervisory positions of operation requiring watch coverage in each air traffic
control facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AB573E70EAD4A3D982FFBED558FB394"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coverage
requirements in relation to traffic demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DBCB8A104664B749BD0E7B68616B8CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>facility
type;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H482599BD77C249169408254DAD6DAE9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>complexity of
traffic and managerial responsibilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD832C047FFEC4D409F0172851CEBEA49"><enum>(5)</enum><text>proficiency and
training requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65B440235DEF477AA6962E006657AC56"><enum>(6)</enum><text>such other factors
as the Administrator considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H067D453643394FE996A29AD00CB7B00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>The
Administrator shall transmit any determinations made as a result of the study
to the Chief Operating Officer for the air traffic control system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF81606EF2DC94B938D7111A6FFF1F503"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the results of the study and a description of any determinations submitted to
the Chief Operating Officer under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA64B9739301C4C01BE1D003794A21FE9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header>Flight service
stations</header>
<subsection id="HD265E2DD67C94808B947EAB11CDADEA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
monitoring system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and implement a monitoring system
for flight service specialist staffing and training under service contracts for
flight service stations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H942E6A3730BA44D88B071BE218D4A12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Components</header><text>At
a minimum, the monitoring system shall include mechanisms to monitor—</text>
<paragraph id="H585542F89DE94ECC9CA000A488E3FCF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>flight specialist
staffing plans for individual facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5975354E5784812B607D2A9C061776B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>actual staffing
levels for individual facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCC3DE96AE914EA089BD65EC9B7ED8C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the initial and
recurrent certification and training of flight service specialists on the
safety, operational, and technological aspects of flight services, including
any certification and training necessary to meet user demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H943875D203C24226AF816FDDCDA54608"><enum>(4)</enum><text>system outages,
excessive hold times, dropped calls, poor quality briefings, and any other
safety or customer service issues under a contract for flight service station
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2324D90C8A014801AA2C5555567297BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HB37A6172B4114BBF86680340300035B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
description of monitoring system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67AB5C35023745819989A1BB331B80F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if
the Administrator determines that contractual changes or corrective actions are
required for the Administration to ensure that the vendor under a contract for
flight service station services provides safe and high quality service to
consumers, a description of the changes or actions required; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD30D6108CEB14C2191B4F8E583529E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
description of the contingency plans of the Administrator and the protections
that the Administrator will have in place to provide uninterrupted flight
service station services in the event of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H68DD044062A543528713B19407B14829"><enum>(A)</enum><text>material
non-performance of the contract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A2465B03E524F7DBB9237F9D5CF70D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a vendor’s default, bankruptcy, or
acquisition by another entity; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0928947C75F4EA2ABEE7B73A50A43E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other event
that could jeopardize the uninterrupted provision of flight service station
services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Safety</header>
<subtitle id="H33AEA198290A4F09A711B4ADB50256D9"><enum>A</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8DA98148FE94AE6BFAB0602B974D377"><enum>301.</enum><header>Age standards
for pilots</header>
<subsection id="HC8929C268F294FD800B08D87E1BEFFEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 447 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H753CE54B475D4294A2E6ED2B7455CAD" style="USC">
<section id="H4A591A9C333040DCBFA96362B25C82D"><enum>44729.</enum><header>Age standards
for pilots</header>
<subsection id="H64E0ADA7B73D4027ABC1935775940732"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the limitation in subsection (c), a pilot may
serve in multicrew covered operations until attaining 65 years of age.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0EACB9C829C4BE4ADF51DA8A9722D9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered
operations defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>covered operations</term> means operations under part
121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H809B1AC43E454730AE0482B2727F7CBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation for
international flights</header>
<paragraph id="HE2FAEDBF6F7B4B3000063E6F30AD3BE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability of
ICAO standard</header><text>A pilot who has attained 60 years of age may serve
as pilot-in-command in covered operations between the United States and another
country only if there is another pilot in the flight deck crew who has not yet
attained 60 years of age.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H716992F449614E3FB4921696FF498E1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sunset of
limitation</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall cease to be effective on such date
as the Convention on International Civil Aviation provides that a pilot who has
attained 60 years of age may serve as pilot-in-command in international
commercial operations without regard to whether there is another pilot in the
flight deck crew who has not attained age 60.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92D936C053204C118185B718665D007B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sunset of age-60
retirement rule</header><text>On and after the date of enactment of this
section, <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/14/121.383">section 121.383(c)</external-xref> of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall
cease to be effective.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9B77249DC85B4607A3625909ABA04691"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF123B733ADA6474DAE7B2579636EC910"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nonretroactivity</header><text>No
person who has attained 60 years of age before the date of enactment of this
section may serve as a pilot for an air carrier engaged in covered operations
unless—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA39B68133D9C4DF0A89D914C38464329"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such person is in the employment of that
air carrier in such operations on such date of enactment as a required flight
deck crew member; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H40AA7EFF143A4B5BAB007335340360CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such person is
newly hired by an air carrier as a pilot on or after such date of enactment
without credit for prior seniority or prior longevity for benefits or other
terms related to length of service prior to the date of rehire under any labor
agreement or employment policies of the air carrier.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H505BF40DEB5641589FFBC00072ABBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protection for
compliance</header><text>An action taken in conformance with this section,
taken in conformance with a regulation issued to carry out this section, or
taken prior to the date of enactment of this section in conformance with
<external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/14/121.383">section 121.383(c)</external-xref> of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect
before such date of enactment), may not serve as a basis for liability or
relief in a proceeding before any court or agency of the United States or of
any State or locality.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3346504BCB1F466EBF5EB5555217EA04"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Amendments to
labor agreements and benefit plans</header><text>Any amendment to a labor
agreement or benefit plan of an air carrier that is required to conform with
the requirements of this section or a regulation issued to carry out this
section, and is applicable to pilots represented for collective bargaining,
shall be made by agreement of the air carrier and the designated bargaining
representative of the pilots of the air carrier.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H475B182AC6694CBD90D9CCE7B02003C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Medical
standards and records</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1B179D39E30D43758537835160077158"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Medical
examinations and standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided by paragraph (2), a
person serving as a pilot for an air carrier engaged in covered operations
shall not be subject to different medical standards, or different, greater, or
more frequent medical examinations, on account of age unless the Secretary
determines (based on data received or studies published after the date of
enactment of this section) that different medical standards, or different,
greater, or more frequent medical examinations, are needed to ensure an
adequate level of safety in flight.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H324FB5F1D0A544E68312B1FD94E381AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration of
first-class medical certificate</header><text>No person who has attained 60
years of age may serve as a pilot of an air carrier engaged in covered
operations unless the person has a first-class medical certificate. Such a
certificate shall expire on the last day of the 6-month period following the
date of examination shown on the certificate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1DBFDDD2B4B45859363ACD93F13CFD9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Safety</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H23CE55240139434EB2ED83C5F96FBE9C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Each
air carrier engaged in covered operations shall continue to use pilot training
and qualification programs approved by the Federal Aviation Administration,
with specific emphasis on initial and recurrent training and qualification of
pilots who have attained 60 years of age, to ensure continued acceptable levels
of pilot skill and judgment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11216FFEC75640FFA014BCC26202AD45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Line
evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this section, and every 6 months
thereafter, an air carrier engaged in covered operations shall evaluate the
performance of each pilot of the air carrier who has attained 60 years of age
through a line check of such pilot. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an
air carrier shall not be required to conduct for a 6-month period a line check
under this paragraph of a pilot serving as second in command if the pilot has
undergone a regularly scheduled simulator evaluation during that period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8C85AEE1E854AC2AADAE53726F025C3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>GAO
report</header><text>Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of
this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report
concerning the effect, if any, on aviation safety of the modification to pilot
age standards made by subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A487ACD17A64998BB0650871CF685F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27A05A5CE20A49029B2304D7381B4BF2" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">44729. Age standards for
pilots.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H8ED918888CF24478001B4BBBC98978B4"><enum>302.</enum><header>Judicial review
of denial of airman certificates</header>
<subsection id="H6F711AD0F0B944FCB9E5705738540049"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Judicial review
of NTSB decisions</header><text>Section 44703(d) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H866E8C489E924A20B82670A5AB4260EB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H016D16146CEC4FF2807711DCA9B07646"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>A person who is substantially affected by an order of the
Board under this subsection, or the Administrator if the Administrator decides
that an order of the Board will have a significant adverse impact on carrying
out this subtitle, may seek judicial review of the order under section 46110.
The Administrator shall be made a party to the judicial review proceedings. The
findings of fact of the Board in any such case are conclusive if supported by
substantial
evidence.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H161A75494041481F865D07C95098DF88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 1153(c) is amended by striking <quote>section
44709 or</quote> and inserting <quote>section 44703(d), 44709
or</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC805266158C140E89922774B43E1183D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Release of data
relating to abandoned type certificates and supplemental type
certificates</header>
<subsection id="H49C48DC0DF2648B396DE82A6AAB0F938"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Release of
data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44704(a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBE6CC2956CCA4ED588B2A53C093E86CD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC2DF189EA0D743B6B237191BCECE5789"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Release of
data</header>
<subparagraph id="H7846A0D228B34AE1933483BA813B5B35"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Administrator may make available upon request to a person seeking to maintain
the airworthiness of an aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance, engineering
data in the possession of the Administration relating to a type certificate or
a supplemental type certificate for such aircraft, engine, propeller, or
appliance, without the consent of the owner of record, if the Administrator
determines that—</text>
<clause id="HA87DF91568CA4DD4A5BF40C40F9D23D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
certificate containing the requested data has been inactive for 3 or more
years;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA241043FA278402EA2500642C570CF28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after using due
diligence, the Administrator is unable to find the owner of record, or the
owner of record’s heir, of the type certificate or supplemental certificate;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C2BAC17A6A94299822F2999781613E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>making such data
available will enhance aviation safety.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H010ED24CC19B40159887D04737D4D581"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Engineering data
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <quote>engineering data</quote> as used with respect to an aircraft,
engine, propeller, or appliance means type design drawing and specifications
for the entire aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance or change to the
aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance, including the original design data,
and any associated supplier data for individual parts or components approved as
part of the particular certificate for the aircraft engine, propeller, or
appliance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBD51E7D6D479401D98F3FED4DA861FBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Design
organization certificates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44704(e)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>Beginning 7 years after the date of enactment of this
subsection,</quote> and inserting <quote>Beginning January 1,
2013,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6047F9492C4438ABFE015B5CAC69CC8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Inspection of
foreign repair stations</header>
<subsection id="H1123CF6BE7DE4964A900BC032312D2C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 447 (as
amended by section 301 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1109DE8D7D064404BEE689F8EC6B631" style="USC">
<section id="H0FA91FAB1DBC44C100EA14DD4CDCD859"><enum>44730.</enum><header>Inspection of
foreign repair stations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually
thereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
submit to Congress a certification that each foreign repair station that is
certified by the Administrator under part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, and performs work on air carrier aircraft or components has been
inspected by safety inspectors of the Administration not fewer than 2 times in
the preceding calendar
year.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5114B086753647D8008D6EE4BA71019F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H237090A79BF44B3CAEE14D08D1BBC359" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">44730. Inspection of foreign repair
stations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H0F4006C4892341B4BA7B7F1FF99EB308"><enum>305.</enum><header>Runway
incursion reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than December 31, 2008, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall submit to Congress a report containing a plan for the
installation and deployment of systems the Administration is installing to
alert controllers or flight crews, or both, of potential runway incursions. The
plan shall be integrated into the annual Operational Evolution Partnership
document of the Administration or any successor document.</text>
</section><section id="HD9F2F89684344373909B33B37E31519E"><enum>306.</enum><header>Improved pilot
licenses</header>
<subsection id="HA6D91163EE61480A8D5C32D63D584C1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall begin
to issue improved pilot licenses consistent with the requirements of title 49,
United States Code, and title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H07130753F60543BEB5EA31C119F8BCA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Improved
pilots licenses issued under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H44032DA6D6874ACD8C4562FF5D861964"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be resistant to
tampering, alteration, and counterfeiting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE68680E4013D426B9FAC7FAC61EB479"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a
photograph of the individual to whom the license is issued; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H735B72D61E034746B5C0A110566FDD47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be capable of
accommodating a digital photograph, a biometric identifier, or any other unique
identifier that the Administrator considers necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1C6C811D7C9478AA9C64B882D8664A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tampering</header><text>To
the extent practical, the Administrator shall develop methods to determine or
reveal whether any component or security feature of a license issued under
subsection (a) has been tampered, altered, or counterfeited.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29EE140080D245859F6CEA1C31F85D55"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
designees</header><text>The Administrator may use designees to carry out
subsection (a) to the extent feasible in order to minimize the burdens on
pilots.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC305D335DD0948F48E24179EB0F59B54"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of
enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2011,
the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the issuance of improved
pilot licenses under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H784D224EDC9A4C80AEB7643CD00D223" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Aircraft fuel tank
safety improvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than December 31, 2007, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall issue a final rule regarding the reduction of fuel tank
flammability in transport category aircraft.</text>
</section><section id="H269D0DC09EEB430997BD8E5C19E59B00"><enum>308.</enum><header>Flight crew
fatigue</header>
<subsection id="H435FE8E223A44EEAA9C5ED7DE1B050"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
conclude arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences for a study of
pilot fatigue.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6688261EF6874BFC006493D1E1CEF5B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
study shall include consideration of—</text>
<paragraph id="H6BD33FC4AB024E87BA5274CC83EB29FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research on pilot
fatigue, sleep, and circadian rhythms;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD185A57D700417E8D5E219D8C58BA8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sleep and rest
requirements of pilots recommended by the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1DDA276EFC747E58CCB27594D9BC984"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Federal Aviation
Administration and international standards regarding flight limitations and
rest for pilots.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H280A670BE358451684B0D977079430F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after initiating the study, the National Academy of
Sciences shall submit to the Administrator a report containing its findings and
recommendations regarding the study under subsections (a) and (b), including
recommendations with respect to Federal Aviation Administration regulations
governing flight time limitations and rest requirements for pilots.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2DBDC26D6B1F40408FE7F900886495F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the Administrator receives the report
of the National Academy of Sciences, the Administrator shall consider the
findings in the report and update as appropriate based on scientific data
Federal Aviation Administration regulations governing flight time limitations
and rest requirements for pilots.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9AB512130C514D9EAA840027FDD0F333"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation
of flight attendant fatigue study recommendations</header><text>Not later than
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
initiate a process for the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute to carry out its
recommendations for further study of the issue of flight attendant fatigue and
to submit not later than March 31, 2009, to Congress a report on such process,
including an analysis of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB7F7C6F67E114900A2DFEADDA758371"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A
survey of field operations of flight attendants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEE2831D074748B293D55C731F54E54D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
study of incident reports regarding flight attendant fatigue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B776819396F4F438BF8B9AB32D45F00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Field research on
the effects of such fatigue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA8FC3CED107446F8619A2AF7D714413"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A
validation of models for assessing flight attendant fatigue, international
policies, and practices regarding flight limitations and rest of flight
attendants, and the potential benefits of training flight attendants regarding
such fatigue.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H085D59CB7D0F41BCBD64AA2FB9593F92"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5DD8E3EF9F46598D345774BDEC2D99" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header>OSHA
standards</header>
<subsection id="HCAEA63C0ADC44E229C45BB6F1048D5E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the FAA shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F6A7773871D477691F5FF115F401459"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, establish milestones, in
consultation with the Administrator of the OSHA, to complete work begun under
the August 2000 memorandum of understanding between the FAA and OSHA and to
address issues needing further action identified in the joint report of the FAA
and OSHA in December 2000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF0595BF0E0F492C9EE44884315F8278"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 24
months after the date of enactment of this Act, issue a policy statement to set
forth the circumstances in which requirements of OSHA may be applied to
crewmembers while working in an aircraft cabin.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F5D3F02B3F34DECA2D7849EE900DF89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
policy statement</header>
<paragraph id="H175D2FD0521A43A6984DBF9437BF8CDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of
coordinating body</header><text>The policy statement to be developed under
subsection (a)(2) shall provide for the establishment of a coordinating body,
similar to the aviation safety and health joint team established pursuant to
the August 2000 memorandum of understanding between the FAA and OSHA, that
includes representatives designated by the FAA and OSHA—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6CFC350747140F59D66B107BDFB631"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to examine the
applicability of current and proposed regulations of OSHA for application and
enforcement by the FAA;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FA8F39D6D5D4EE598BBCC55A157BA9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to recommend
policies for facilitating the training of inspectors of the FAA; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70811223103045AA9DA7B8A90023CF3F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to make
recommendations that will govern the inspection and enforcement by the FAA of
occupational safety and health standards on board an aircraft providing air
transportation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6E90C3B19FB487A80B4E74C141D9776"><enum>(2)</enum><header>FAA
standards</header><text>The policy statement to be developed under subsection
(a)(2) shall ensure that standards adopted by the FAA set forth clearly—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0E798C5D6224F6E8CFEF58DDA8FFEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the circumstances
under which an employer is required to take action to address occupational
safety and health hazards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AB5ADFDD76D4A169D5B2DF9E6560002"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the measures
required of an employer under the standard; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C22DB74D50D4205AE00EE1DAB93CC14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the compliance
obligations of an employer under the standard.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCAC7903440164F9090A5267BBB1D1700"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the FAA shall submit to Congress a report
describing the milestones established under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFB2E8B8F993C4F84A9F042C9CD40E5DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H88C3CAB173C44A758B01EE40DC0021BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>FAA</header><text>The
term <term>FAA</term> means the Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48A38BCFAC4F4EC0BF40CD23038DC383"><enum>(2)</enum><header>OSHA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>OSHA</term> means the
<quote>Occupational Safety and Health Administration</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FC9389440C34BA2B83E337CCB6F14AF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>310.</enum><header>Aircraft
surveillance in mountainous areas</header>
<subsection id="H825286978FBE47ABBCE2B1B056009165"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may establish a pilot
program to improve safety and efficiency by providing surveillance for aircraft
flying outside of radar coverage in mountainous areas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB98CAB2AD94406881318B288F4CD74C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section. Such sums shall remain available
until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7CC256274654C369DABF3BBBB8A579" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header>Off-airport,
low-altitude aircraft weather observation technology</header>
<subsection id="HAF12B0E7E4F14808AE18CF89E704D874"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct a review of
off-airport, low-altitude aircraft weather observation technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H099BA90B2D184B8CA4EDC8C49706456"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
review</header><text>The review shall include, at a minimum, an examination of
off-airport, low-altitude weather reporting needs, an assessment of technical
alternatives (including automated weather observation stations), an investment
analysis, and recommendations for improving weather reporting.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D92FF69A34D4B769660CE1CABB2E789"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the review.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H83B42217EFA24318BA059372EDAB62A4"><enum>B</enum><header>Unmanned Aircraft
Systems</header>
<section id="H8669A6B12966494C81722188654E27D3"><enum>321.</enum><header>Commercial
unmanned aircraft systems integration plan</header>
<subsection id="HD68E642CA61448DB9C5E87647D10BE16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Integration
plan</header>
<paragraph id="H78AC542928194AFB84D63FD8259382D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comprehensive
plan</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary, in consultation with representatives of the aviation
industry, shall develop a comprehensive plan to safely integrate commercial
unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7BF2D0E844A45DF9BEE57A30005E4DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>In developing the plan under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DF5F85FA0FE47CD8418B1188BD324E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review
technologies and research that will assist in facilitating the safe integration
of commercial unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace
system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE0275A1DAC64FE289BBDF51F689AF93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
recommendations for the rulemaking to be conducted under subsection (b)
to—</text>
<clause id="H5FF7741CE1944442B90090E7A1D606E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>define the
acceptable standards for operations and certification of commercial unmanned
aircraft systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF966A91CDC8448FBB78995AAEDAF2897"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that any
commercial unmanned aircraft system includes a detect, sense, and avoid
capability; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DF48104E3C4401DBA06EF5EED22B6AB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>develop
standards and requirements for the operator or programmer of a commercial
unmanned aircraft system, including standards and requirements for registration
and licensing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F544F9F77E14F4B9822098C7398E4F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommend how best
to enhance the technologies and subsystems necessary to effect the safe and
routine operations of commercial unmanned aircraft systems in the national
airspace system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H655A650E37394B798E362C1800DD4D8D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommend how a
phased-in approach to the integration of commercial unmanned aircraft systems
into the national airspace system can best be achieved and a timeline upon
which such a phase-in shall occur.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H73A3BA0721D44E2E8E49F40000A9C7F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan to be developed under paragraph
(1) shall provide for the safe integration of commercial unmanned aircraft
systems into the national airspace system as soon as possible, but not later
than September 30, 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9F70EC557A44A78836E4B03F3BF307D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a copy
of the plan developed under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C4791AF5571453786EDDBB00E473F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the date on which the integration plan is submitted
to Congress under subsection (a)(4), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of proposed
rulemaking to implement the recommendations of the integration plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE4C2A828C1194D2D9503B16819167B1E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD12FA1918EE3447CB4E2B624B83CCE2"><enum>322.</enum><header>Special rules
for certain unmanned aircraft systems</header>
<subsection id="HA56D5B62A26042BEA24266B8B4FAE07E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the
requirements of sections 321 and 323, and not later than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine if certain
unmanned aircraft systems may operate safely in the national airspace system
before completion of the plan and rulemaking required by section 321 or the
guidance required by section 323.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H87B36D5E79F74F47B8F1FEE864CCCFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment of
unmanned aircraft systems</header><text>In making the determination under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall determine, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F71B66A8FB84C31A9FC05E67BCE94A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which types of unmanned aircraft systems,
if any, as a result of their size, weight, speed, operational capability,
proximity to airports and population areas, and operation within visual
line-of-sight do not create a hazard to users of the national airspace system
or the public or pose a threat to national security; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H510AAABDF18A4EDB81BED57300D0C899"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether a certificate of authorization or
an airworthiness certification under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44704">section 44704</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, is required for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems identified
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B0DB2F458B74D6B8DFD63CD47601393"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for
safe operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary determines under this section that certain unmanned aircraft systems
may operate safely in the national airspace system, the Secretary shall
establish requirements for the safe operation of such aircraft systems in the
national airspace system.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H68E894DE0F164F95A8A058B1CB87A32B"><enum>323.</enum><header>Public unmanned
aircraft systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
issue guidance regarding the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E0F407164584AFA912CF3789EE33D2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expedite the issuance of a certificate of
authorization process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C862151973B4AD194852D522FF67DAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for a
collaborative process with public agencies to allow for an incremental
expansion of access to the national airspace system as technology matures and
the necessary safety analysis and data become available and until standards are
completed and technology issues are resolved; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7724F1B1EA44D2999705730FABAE663"><enum>(3)</enum><text>facilitate the
capability of public agencies to develop and use test ranges, subject to
operating restrictions required by the Federal Aviation Administration, to test
and operate unmanned aircraft systems.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HED8831B598E94DDD853E62C99D5BD345"><enum>324.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H44C2074A4A0144DE9F5711E1B76EC276"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certificate of
authorization</header><text>The term <term>certificate of authorization</term>
means a Federal Aviation Administration grant of approval for a specific flight
operation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4749EB150E94398B1B5260094C39637"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detect, sense,
and avoid capability</header><text>The term <term>detect, sense, and avoid
capability</term> means the technical capability to perform separation
assurance and collision avoidance, as defined by the Federal Aviation
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BA2B5342D3E40B0AF6CE3E54284A88D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public unmanned
aircraft system</header><text>The term <term>public unmanned aircraft
system</term> means an unmanned aircraft system that meets the qualifications
and conditions required for operation of a public aircraft, as defined by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40102">section 40102</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA81032EFD2974249869E9F39FBB1FABF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A77BCC17A3845CAA23922AE3FEF1BE6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Test
range</header><text>The term <term>test range</term> means a defined geographic
area where research and development are conducted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BB0D2793EEA406B80C2FCC5B5AAC1F0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Unmanned
aircraft</header><text>The term <term>unmanned aircraft</term> means an
aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention
from within or on the aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC043A01EDCD49C781003CAF18D206DA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Unmanned
aircraft system</header><text>The term <term>unmanned aircraft system</term>
means an unmanned aircraft and associated elements (such as communication links
and a ground control station) that are required to operate safely and
efficiently in the national airspace system.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Air
service improvements</header>
<section id="H3190795E42B7490B9394663B0539549F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Monthly air carrier
reports</header>
<subsection id="HCA2C4B43F6B5486CBAAD84B9CDF2A6CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41708 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5DE31840C4D047D386DAD66BDDBDD667" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7A2D30C7F2F94B05B5F220DDD7AAA9F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Diverted and
cancelled flights</header>
<paragraph id="H58E8A74290C04E01B1AFB0864404F796"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Monthly
reports</header><text>The Secretary shall require an air carrier referred to in
paragraph (2) to file with the Secretary a monthly report on each flight of the
air carrier that is diverted from its scheduled destination to another airport
and each flight of the air carrier that departs the gate at the airport at
which the flight originates but is cancelled before wheels-off time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5168D301177045DA8E8BB66800D734FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>An
air carrier that is required to file a monthly airline service quality
performance report under subsection (b) shall be subject to the requirement of
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99FFF923193B4AD0BAF358007600B0DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
monthly report filed by an air carrier under paragraph (1) shall include, at a
minimum, the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF18084732904EECB3FEBBE2B9009F07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For a diverted
flight—</text>
<clause id="H7910D1032CAF47DA946DA136C3E4AA4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the flight number
of the diverted flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEAC8862930CE405F81DBB14FA0000200"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the scheduled
destination of the flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AF21F94C4094D46B28F60E339B35EEB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the date and
time of the flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H388A30C7A6144186BD1D1783ADEBED00"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the airport to
which the flight was diverted;</text>
</clause><clause id="H950DAE6AD2E04FCEAD9862716209C830"><enum>(v)</enum><text>wheels-on time at
the diverted airport;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC035D5907E2D497EBE949D1D253049CE"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the time, if any,
passengers deplaned the aircraft at the diverted airport; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB697D52B631245B4858855E2DE4F6C08"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>if the flight
arrives at the scheduled destination airport—</text>
<subclause id="H3C876A8BFA19404DB8346B66BB92176"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the gate-departure
time at the diverted airport;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H74303C873B01441DBE9DA57DF0D2CC9E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the wheels-off
time at the diverted airport;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFC56111B9B0142E1A6A34E466C8E91A0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the wheels-on
time at the scheduled arrival airport; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA904FEF4D1E6496A9B6E420099020085"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the gate arrival
time at the scheduled arrival airport.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD557BC14BA6D4F15B5F03E0385CDFC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For flights
cancelled after gate departure—</text>
<clause id="HFB6477039E20483D80538521321DE0DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the flight number
of the cancelled flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C224C88ABAD41DD9F62368B62FC45FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the scheduled
origin and destination airports of the cancelled flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C15D7A1C432406AABE74EE598148725"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the date and
time of the cancelled flight;</text>
</clause><clause id="HED4617CEFC5C4D679C29B58984709873"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the
gate-departure time of the cancelled flight; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9834046FBA42474199EB34E30075E6B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the
time the aircraft returned to the gate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3488DF455E214CF9A4AF475DC781E602"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary shall compile the information provided in the monthly reports filed
pursuant to paragraph (1) in a single monthly report and publish such report on
the Web site of the Department of
Transportation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB12FE9E811B449D1BF8513D3B1BDB08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall require monthly reports pursuant to the amendment made by
subsection (a) beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3760B8884A7B4FE4B910407BDA3191CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Flight operations at
Reagan National Airport</header>
<subsection id="HCE7F0811C8064A0AA0A5ADAA44155793"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Beyond perimeter
exemptions</header><text>Section 41718(a) is amended by striking
<quote>24</quote> and inserting <quote>34</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H791CCD0A6CD2433FBED33BAE6BFEC64E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Section
41718(c)(2) is amended by striking <quote>3 operations</quote> and inserting
<quote>5 operations</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H01BABB8E66884F6CB7E0B243A28578AA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
beyond-perimeter exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41718(c) is amended —</text>
<paragraph id="HD6EC0E3B104943EDA74E49BDF9A4B2EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C069051051E49319348F6E3B53984DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H692B75826C3348D7AE7777F8C860665D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD8548027F89446439D8BE919C6AB14CB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Slots</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall reduce the hourly
air carrier slot quota for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in section
93.123(a) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, by a total of 10 slots that
are available for allocation. Such reductions shall be taken in the 6:00 a.m.,
10:00 p.m., or 11:00 p.m. hours, as determined by the Administrator, in order
to grant exemptions under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFFB20A010EFA4351A3F76B1D113F61B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scheduling
priority</header><text>Section 41718 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF95DC2F4249143E2BA7E21A57F6E9327"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76FB116188EE453A8B3DD97C60F179D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (d) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC103FEBB2BEF4393B259A4F81D7008F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD4ACE147AAEB40E898D8A82E89D6EEE6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scheduling
priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations conducted
by new entrant air carriers and limited incumbent air carriers shall be
afforded a scheduling priority over operations conducted by other air carriers
granted exemptions pursuant to this section, with the highest scheduling
priority to be afforded to beyond-perimeter operations conducted by new entrant
air carriers and limited incumbent air
carriers.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H50EF2DB1A7394B788D3F1CDEC8E9F90"><enum>403.</enum><header>EAS contract
guidelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 41737(a)(1)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H69FF314E02D54CA19DC9D900FC1B2100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C7C6E95DFE949279ED289F3B0089438"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C) by striking <quote>provided.</quote> and inserting
<quote>provided;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01B41D913F474FF982FF2CC692D2C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC38288F30463415786C69EF11D15226" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6757C272ADB64FA986391C921F2D07C0" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include provisions under which the
Secretary may encourage an air carrier to improve air service for which
compensation is being paid under this subchapter by incorporating financial
incentives in an essential air service contract based on specified performance
goals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0DBDB33871B4BA78E1DB1D9CA430553" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include provisions under which the
Secretary may execute a long-term essential air service contract to encourage
an air carrier to provide air service to an eligible place if it would be in
the public interest to do
so.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0D34E7F2B9B14D6BB21621415296AA8E"><enum>404.</enum><header>Essential air
service reform</header>
<subsection id="H9AF1D86299B044F888E8BE15F2A395F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
41742(a)(2) is amended by striking <quote>$77,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$83,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC19170B499C640859132F524113E8F60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of
excess funds</header>
<paragraph id="HF0DB7848F4304F58BC2136023BD46F87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41742(a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCACDBBADD13A45EB871F8057EB7FB500" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF7983916BAAA41D0BA9461A76C9F13A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Distribution of
excess funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds, if
any, credited to the account established under section 45303 in a fiscal year
that exceed the $50,000,000 made available for such fiscal year under paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEA53A046DB14BD8A7FA00E7FF76BDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-half shall be
made available immediately for obligation and expenditure to carry out section
41743; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00F3E5E6D05C4627A9A9C48B2C1664B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-half shall be
made available immediately for obligation and expenditure to carry out
subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H413485DE1EF1492393E88510B8945258"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 41742(b) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE4A91C07E6B4441E85AEE796205CFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>moneys credited</quote> and all that follows before
<quote>shall be used</quote> and inserting <quote>amounts made available under
subsection (a)(4)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC198B1E44E454789BCF6B037F21415BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence by striking <quote>any amounts from those fees</quote> and inserting
<quote>any of such amounts</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD999EDE265654E0891CEFB00D6FFD"><enum>405.</enum><header>Small community
air service</header>
<subsection id="HF6196A78DA9748B300E4753806DD1C3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>Section
41743(c)(5) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4FF0275F9484D6AADE2FC352E6D51D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3376CA83C8294F46BF9D83A1C18E3213"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E) by striking <quote>fashion.</quote> and inserting <quote>fashion;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB138A9F5028044BEBED710A35CDA96B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H326B652BC0DE4A4BB75268F540C5CEFB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HBA61F3E4BDCE4F649C2B7B49BA3E151C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>multiple
communities cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to improve
air
service.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H450C313077EE48DCB7EEE8071E9EE4DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of
Authorization</header><text>Section 41743(e)(2) is amended by striking
<quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD39903D45461409BAABB22623E3B2FBF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header>Air passenger
service improvements</header>
<subsection id="H14E130DDE27D4B7FA2386082793C0073"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle VII is amended by inserting after chapter 421
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75584F479DD544C9AFEE006CC8BDCD00" style="USC">
<chapter id="H6BD2563F246042E281901853756B4CE3"><enum>423</enum><header>Air passenger
service improvements</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H6BD2563F246042E281901853756B4CE3" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="HFFA4E9DF84E24DEB943DCB58B1C8CAF1" level="section">Sec. 42301. Emergency contingency plans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H1B373C18C64B4A17B3C913A488F8352" level="section">Sec. 42302. Consumer complaints.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H91AB45353BE64004804ED14EA211CEFA" level="section">Sec. 42303. Use of insecticides on passenger
aircraft.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFA4E9DF84E24DEB943DCB58B1C8CAF1"><enum>42301.</enum><header>Emergency
contingency plans</header>
<subsection id="H7436CE54D3DC4775B0C471A82B763F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission of air
carrier and airport plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, each air
carrier providing covered air transportation at a large hub airport or medium
hub airport and each operator of a large hub airport or medium hub airport
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation for review and approval an
emergency contingency plan in accordance with the requirements of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H991073D1CEE54E878C99AF97B9001B41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered air
transportation defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
this section, the term <term>covered air transportation</term> means scheduled
passenger air transportation provided by an air carrier using aircraft with
more than 60 seats.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9A0DCE861C914CBF9E5466FE34616683"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Air carrier
plans</header>
<paragraph id="HF9E08F06DFD341DB90C24946001E1485"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plans for
individual airports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An air
carrier shall submit an emergency contingency plan under subsection (a)
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B24531DB878405EA4092080F5005078"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each large hub airport and medium hub
airport at which the carrier provides covered air transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26B7431A29B54FE8BB2FAB630658C809"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each large hub airport and medium hub
airport at which the carrier has flights for which it has primary
responsibility for inventory control.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19382BFFFFB84DB495F785BB9F04C562"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
emergency contingency plan submitted by an air carrier for an airport under
subsection (a) shall contain a description of how the air carrier will—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26A13DECC8B74ADA83680400FF8D176B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide food,
water, restroom facilities, cabin ventilation, and access to medical treatment
for passengers onboard an aircraft at the airport that is on the ground for an
extended period of time without access to the terminal; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04AD248F1E454968926E605075924239"><enum>(B)</enum><text>share facilities
and make gates available at the airport in an emergency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95900BD4A47843BE9B277F5C9F48CF9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Airport
plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An emergency
contingency plan submitted by an airport operator under subsection (a) shall
contain a description of how the airport operator, to the maximum extent
practicable, will provide for the sharing of facilities and make gates
available at the airport in an emergency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8700DB4F02404563AB0142ED7D9C61C0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Updates</header>
<paragraph id="HCC8EDC9B0A4743F3AE218C30AD459893"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Air
carriers</header><text>An air carrier shall update the emergency contingency
plan submitted by the air carrier under subsection (a) every 3 years and submit
the update to the Secretary for review and approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00C898E4D96F4E9FAB98C3396C053071"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Airports</header><text>An
airport operator shall update the emergency contingency plan submitted by the
airport operator under subsection (a) every 5 years and submit the update to
the Secretary for review and approval.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAE14ECFF02394F3D006E3F98A0B1F97F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review and approve
emergency contingency plans submitted under subsection (a) and updates
submitted under subsection (e) to ensure that the plans and updates will
effectively address emergencies and provide for the health and safety of
passengers.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1B373C18C64B4A17B3C913A488F8352"><enum>42302.</enum><header>Consumer
complaints</header>
<subsection id="H8701758FBF2D4934B89178D703D2B3B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consumer
complaints hotline telephone number</header><text>The Secretary of
Transportation shall establish a consumer complaints hotline telephone number
for the use of passengers in air transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC09A75775D6E4752AC8847EEF8FDF616"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
notify the public of the telephone number established under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC4EFFA9813C4FA088322900F09C04A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
section. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H91AB45353BE64004804ED14EA211CEFA"><enum>42303.</enum><header>Use of
insecticides on passenger aircraft</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No air carrier, foreign air carrier, or
ticket agent may sell in the United States a ticket for air transportation for
a flight on which an insecticide is planned to be used in the aircraft while
passengers are on board the aircraft unless the air carrier, foreign air
carrier, or ticket agent selling the ticket first informs the person purchasing
the ticket of the planned use of the insecticide, including the name of the
insecticide.</text>
</section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1AE468FC6FB348E1B1FDD29DE64751FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for subtitle VII is amended by inserting
after the item relating to chapter 421 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7A7A2A85C4B4837BEFC12139193EBD" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter"><toc-enum>423.</toc-enum><level-header level="chapter">Air
Passenger Service
Improvements</level-header><target>42301</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAC746C10F145481CB29E9B403CD49E8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section
46301 is amended in subsections (a)(1)(A) and (c)(1)(A) by inserting
<quote>chapter 423,</quote> after <quote>chapter 421,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEDB6AC860B243AC91AA297E29F837F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability of
requirements</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided, the
requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/423">chapter 423</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, as added by this
section, shall begin to apply 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3987ADE9E56545D2A09295CAE191E824" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header>Contents of
competition plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
47106(f)(2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0808581A42B04C56B8A4AEEFB8649832"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
“patterns of air service,”;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE27B2363BF5844F395FAA52B4C3AEBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
inserting “and” before “whether”; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA08CE52C7EF40F3B7260092DD04E5FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking “ ,
and airfare levels” and all that follows before the period.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1BFECA93702C4B32BFF670121CE12F49"><enum>408.</enum><header>Extension of
competitive access reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47107(s)(3) is amended by striking
<quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE0091FD9644403AA1B2C4A5E72E50CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>409.</enum><header>Contract tower
program</header>
<subsection id="H66CA4BC453C441B5A1BFBDE65D4560B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost-Benefit
Requirement</header><text>Section 47124(b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC0B96C314A14EDBBB2804987B31DCD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB22BECD370D14E02BEEAE285F2F53600" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3C2666B69C9F44EDA562A046EC22FBC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract tower
program</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C22045C05AB4D878C9E00B9B000698D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Continuation and
extension</header><text>The
Secretary</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BC8277D5FEE487A8117566E05CB6128"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H226EB27214464FF6AA2E197DC3560054" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0AF43517040C4AB78C138FFFDD89CCC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a tower already operating
under the program continued under this paragraph has a benefit to cost ratio of
less than 1.0, the airport sponsor or State or local government having
jurisdiction over the airport shall not be required to pay the portion of the
costs that exceeds the benefit for a period of 18 months after such
determination is made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85085B01A55D46ECBD4B588F3C013362"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of excess
funds</header><text>If the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount made
available to carry out the program continued under this paragraph is not
required during a fiscal year, the Secretary may use, during such fiscal year,
the amount not so required to carry out the program established under paragraph
(3).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H154857FBAE6F48C088612CE9FB96B73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(2) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5584CAE85F404DFFA79B418367C992FC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7B5368BF992045ADA0EAFE618519CE93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>The
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB663300B0554B7D9975729D803B69D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contract air
traffic control tower cost-sharing program</header>
<paragraph id="H93ADBEF167B64F8CAEF74D678EA08C30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section
47124(b)(3)(E) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H889DC5A7EB904A93875568908CF84C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA31B099BB02A4B619CC0F98D35621A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, $8,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2009,
$9,500,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2011</quote>
after <quote>2007.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE37A84E8B4B45C4B77B952971272E49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of excess
funds</header><text>Section 47124(b)(3) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H658593C8013D4BA8A9F4936BA0BF5C06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (E) (as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection) as
subparagraph (F); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB58D958174C45F2BCF4C95D093DFD26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7208E85254446D3B52643F8D23EE4EE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H36F257497877436EB7B5F7757D786F46"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Use of excess
funds</header><text>If the Secretary finds that all or part of an amount made
available under this subparagraph is not required during a fiscal year to carry
out this paragraph, the Secretary may use, during such fiscal year, the amount
not so required to carry out the program continued under paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00EC7895EE004376AAA26F8B17BB5635"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal
Share</header><text>Section 47124(b)(4)(C) is amended by striking
<quote>$1,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC0EDEC88D7AC43BB9E00C9DE8F383F8F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Safety
Audits</header><text>Section 41724 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4672236D728A4707A0EAC0C53BF8B1B4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H64713330378C4D0AAD53CA77F5801C6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Safety
Audits</header><text>The Secretary shall establish uniform standards and
requirements for safety assessments of air traffic control towers that receive
funding under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFD1FB64E696456EA022A012AF72B267" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>410.</enum><header>Airfares for members
of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="HD2805066C2FF4F1895AAA5C78D19EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HCBADF3A31EA44F4092D0AEB2E790AE85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Armed Forces
is comprised of approximately 1,400,000 members who are stationed on active
duty at more than 6,000 military bases in 146 different countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H396240F8F07C4477813693003DC65E49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States
is indebted to the members of the Armed Forces, many of whom are in grave
danger due to their engagement in, or exposure to, combat;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43A719B8829449FEA2B9CB08EDED8F35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>military service,
especially in the current war against terrorism, often requires members of the
Armed Forces to be separated from their families on short notice, for long
periods of time, and under very stressful conditions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H173E9B250E714687AA6F1E91D32CC8B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the unique demands
of military service often preclude members of the Armed Forces from purchasing
discounted advance airline tickets in order to visit their loved ones at home;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECC7EBCA05E84ADC8627ADE700A2555"><enum>(5)</enum><text>it
is the patriotic duty of the people of the United States to support the members
of the Armed Forces who are defending the Nation’s interests around the world
at great personal sacrifice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1DC1E982D541468E90D94F00E8E0127"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that each United States air
carrier should—</text>
<paragraph id="HAD5C83E2F178406F8112CE62973CC556"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish for all
members of the Armed Forces on active duty reduced air fares that are
comparable to the lowest airfare for ticketed flights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8AEB40479C14008B34763C0C0A4DD00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offer flexible
terms that allow members of the Armed Forces on active duty to purchase,
modify, or cancel tickets without time restrictions, fees, and
penalties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H708318241AE5433192F213B11B22EFAC"><enum>411.</enum><header>Medical oxygen
and portable respiratory assistive devices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2007, the
Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule regarding the carriage and
use of passenger-owned portable electronic respiratory assistive devices and
carrier-supplied medical oxygen devices aboard commercial flights to improve
accommodations in air travel for passengers with respiratory
disabilities.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Environmental
stewardship and streamlining</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA190F506874D4AB89B3986E82B1EB5"><enum>501.</enum><header>Amendments to air
tour management program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40128 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H63B9F665A8E8497BA94920C4513DCC82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)(C) by inserting <quote>or voluntary agreement under subsection
(b)(7)</quote> before <quote>for the park</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB9A35B40F4D491F9450E554E8D305B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1A2B67D06E748B29CB87DBCB7BF75C4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2064D7D3A04D42EB96D00109A8685407"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exemption</header>
<subparagraph id="H3625D0E4EC0D44608DE16F4704DAB42C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a national park that has
50 or fewer commercial air tour flights a year shall be exempt from the
requirements of this section, except as provided in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90FD0992FF164E71AF56FACF4BFDD1C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Withdrawal of
exemption</header><text>If the Director determines that an air tour management
plan or voluntary agreement is necessary to protect park resources and values
or park visitor use and enjoyment, the Director shall withdraw the exemption of
a park under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD64A972B77F64B7DBF5BF24B9C0793D7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>List of
parks</header><text>The Director shall inform the Administrator, in writing, of
each determination under subparagraph (B). The Director and Administrator shall
publish an annual list of national parks that are covered by the exemption
provided by this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H784DA9756F4241C2879F593ED22415C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>A commercial air tour operator conducting commercial air
tours in a national park that is exempt from the requirements of this section
shall submit to the Administrator and the Director an annual report regarding
the number of commercial air tour flights it conducts each year in such
park.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95A6294AA8A84BD7BE33261EAEF7E627"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE22FAE2E6394B8EBE43E387725740CF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAE5A723C5C8848AD8B007C3D196FF0EC"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Voluntary
agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="H2DBB8B13688348FBB7F4D2001F918C00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As an alternative to an air tour management plan, the
Director and the Administrator may enter into a voluntary agreement with a
commercial air tour operator (including a new entrant applicant and an operator
that has interim operating authority) that has applied to conduct air tour
operations over a national park to manage commercial air tour operations over
such national park.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03ACE6B4E939442C9618941CCC791BA6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Park
protection</header><text>A voluntary agreement under this paragraph with
respect to commercial air tour operations over a national park shall address
the management issues necessary to protect the resources of such park and
visitor use of such park without compromising aviation safety or the air
traffic control system and may—</text>
<clause id="HF97B18A6F27043EC81A154B6F0EE1955"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include provisions
such as those described in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph
(3);</text>
</clause><clause id="HA525D2783E02450F9503944BF52FED02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include
provisions to ensure the stability of, and compliance with, the voluntary
agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0C15348782104809BB6BBE88578EAC75"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide for fees
for such operations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30545E295F614C198E7491DDFEF2A9A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public</header><text>The
Director and the Administrator shall provide an opportunity for public review
of a proposed voluntary agreement under this paragraph and shall consult with
any Indian tribe whose tribal lands are, or may be, flown over by a commercial
air tour operator under a voluntary agreement under this paragraph. After such
opportunity for public review and consultation, the voluntary agreement may be
implemented without further administrative or environmental process beyond that
described in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F646BA3A8494E9EA8FB90709378C4EA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>A
voluntary agreement under this paragraph may be terminated at any time at the
discretion of the Director or the Administrator if the Director determines that
the agreement is not adequately protecting park resources or visitor
experiences or the Administrator determines that the agreement is adversely
affecting aviation safety or the national aviation system. If a voluntary
agreement for a national park is terminated, the operators shall conform to the
requirements for interim operating authority under subsection (c) until an air
tour management plan for the park is in
effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BF9E8E522414A668731E184BDEC8975"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)
by striking paragraph (2)(I) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9424E6147E0141AFA6715F09DDA7A9CB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC57B42FA0F7644D5993D63817D45BEEC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may allow for
modifications of the interim operating authority without further environmental
review beyond that described in this section if—</text>
<clause id="H1A8E19C7C4284B89B980EE8B97005629"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate
information regarding the operator’s existing and proposed operations under the
interim operating authority is provided to the Administrator and the
Director;</text>
</clause><clause id="H32484942A8B34183B2F740FA000D4DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator
determines that there would be no adverse impact on aviation safety or the air
traffic control system; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF501750F798A49A9A0A8A800DF9D4F8E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director
agrees with the modification, based on the Director’s professional expertise
regarding the protection of the park resources and values and visitor use and
enjoyment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57715D10797942DF9F29BEDF966959E5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3)(A) by striking <quote>if the Administrator determines</quote> and all
that follows through the period at the end and
inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD534CFB2AB26473FBACF6D3F985B0087" style="OLC">
<text>without further environmental process
beyond that described in this paragraph if—</text><clause id="H6FC42ADE54674CE28F1B2DEBCC47F62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate
information on the operator’s proposed operations is provided to the
Administrator and the Director by the operator making the request;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0138FE4F68764650AFF88125F7500C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator
agrees that there would be no adverse impact on aviation safety or the air
traffic control system; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB75FE1274A747A9B00934B098719508"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director
agrees, based on the Director’s professional expertise regarding the protection
of park resources and values and visitor use and
enjoyment.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B27DD9CD75341E2B46DA0766E1BBD32"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD340F45E80F5489F89CB3429BBC8D8D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by
inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6878BB55407F419887F79F7E4B8B7DDE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H579D8217B0CE401DB567928E621B33DC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commercial air
tour operator reports</header>
<paragraph id="H51AEE054A2824399A824875B32BBD4E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
commercial air tour operator providing a commercial air tour over a national
park under interim operating authority granted under subsection (c) or in
accordance with an air tour management plan under subsection (b) shall submit a
report to the Administrator and Director regarding the number of its commercial
air tour operations over each national park and such other information as the
Administrator and Director may request in order to facilitate administering the
provisions of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94BCFA1CCC504C3F88329FEF5E2DB741"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report
submission</header><text>Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of
the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007, the
Administrator and Director shall jointly issue an initial request for reports
under this subsection. The reports shall be submitted to the Administrator and
Director on a frequency and in a format prescribed by the Administrator and
Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEC7FBB60B7B0495C9E153FA08EB115C4"><enum>502.</enum><header>State block
grant program</header>
<subsection id="HE1DAC0343E1943BD82CAF578E083750"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47128(a)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H12FB53C77E3841F6833BF29716D8D520"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>prescribe regulations</quote> and inserting
<quote>issue guidance</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H801708789BE84C89B68BAF333B00715D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence by striking <quote>regulations</quote> and inserting
<quote>guidance</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D791E73B4A84ACDB0158DB13D3DEEBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications and
selection</header><text>Section 47128(b)(4) is amended by inserting before the
semicolon the following: <quote>, including the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), State and local environmental policy
acts, Executive Orders, agency regulations and guidance, and other Federal
environmental requirements</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE88FB9BDA6A42CABB2BA6EFF360210"><enum>(c)</enum><header><?xm-replace_text "?>Environmental
analysis and coordination requirements</header><text>Section 47128 is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFC64F4580CBA4A2FB0C3DBF3282235A6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD77DC25D0A7F464BBD53AB93F8C342DC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental
analysis and coordination requirements</header><text>A Federal agency, other
than the Federal Aviation Administration, that is responsible for issuing an
approval, license, or permit to ensure compliance with a Federal environmental
requirement applicable to a project or activity to be carried out by a State
using amounts from a block grant made under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF82B4F0C15FE4A620063568477AB8B85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate and
consult with the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8BD651469484B3F8013A06DA56900A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use the
environmental analysis prepared by the State for the project or activity if
such analysis is adequate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D3C20D1BE8D4646A1F2DF2D5B1E0588"><enum>(3)</enum><text>supplement such
analysis, as necessary, to meet applicable Federal
requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H73AB8B771EAC447DBD8548FD63F30F9"><enum>503.</enum><header>Airport funding
of special studies or reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47173(a) is amended by striking
<quote>services of consultants in order to</quote> and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7792C73562AB452296B10576001D005B" style="OLC">
<text>services of
consultants—</text><paragraph id="HAE52CEBC592343B2A0E788B5C39F13C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to facilitate the
timely processing, review, and completion of environmental activities
associated with an airport development project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA01F505F98194B98A2B4C90FE6DB739"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to conduct special
environmental studies related to an airport project funded with Federal
funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DE080F4F3DD432FA5D02D98015BD1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to conduct special
studies or reviews to support approved noise compatibility measures described
in part 150 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H053632C0105347B5932009D6E85099DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to conduct special
studies or reviews to support environmental mitigation in a record of decision
or finding of no significant impact by the Federal Aviation
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H0724FFB7247D482A97450000A439A1E9"><enum>504.</enum><header>Grant
eligibility for assessment of flight procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 47504 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE82A883BA05549E38C68757B4E9D2152" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA2AA69FBF904458FB0E33D27EECF0652"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants for
assessment of flight procedures</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4233C497D214E26B694AC19C302CDEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary may make a grant to an airport operator to
assist in completing environmental review and assessment activities for
proposals to implement flight procedures at such airport that have been
approved as part of an airport noise compatibility program under subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H988E336CE86148B68126CB2100C6AD57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may
accept funds from an airport operator, including funds provided to the operator
under paragraph (1), to hire additional staff or obtain the services of
consultants in order to facilitate the timely processing, review, and
completion of environmental activities associated with proposals to implement
flight procedures at such airport that have been approved as part of an airport
noise compatibility program under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB23923C0A8646658758F6858F325E05"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipts
credited as offsetting collections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3302">section 3302</external-xref> of title 31,
any funds accepted under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7A1D3AD47CE43D5BBEDF00D0598396"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be credited
as offsetting collections to the account that finances the activities and
services for which the funds are accepted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4120B36878814F9AB800B3E370ED1677"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be available
for expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the
funds are accepted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD077170ED7141169DBC00EB20423BFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall remain
available until
expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC0422810B404437BB83D3C1EEA009921"><enum>505.</enum><header>CLEEN engine
and airframe technology partnership</header>
<subsection id="HB8E12662F606471FBC00B8CB50D3DCF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreement</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 475 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EE06B3B86FE405190A9A9D3E3BAAA4E" style="USC">
<section id="H4DF572E97E0949AEB9E8CC4053044995"><enum>47511.</enum><header>CLEEN engine
and airframe technology partnership</header>
<subsection id="HF93D3E3F0F424C9E91D268F1D44B5792"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration shall enter into a cooperative agreement,
using a competitive process, with an institution, entity, or consortium to
carry out a program for the development, maturing, and certification of CLEEN
engine and airframe technology for aircraft over the next 10 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3A070F5DBF9F49DAB0F33B9389F1ABC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CLEEN engine and
airframe technology defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>CLEEN
engine and airframe technology</term> means continuous lower energy, emissions,
and noise engine and airframe technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD3D983E9B53D41180032D1130616BB73"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance
objective</header><text>The Administrator shall establish the following
performance objectives for the program, to be achieved by September 30,
2015:</text>
<paragraph id="HE6F4286F3B614B5596D59038981CCCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Development of
certifiable aircraft technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by
increasing aircraft fuel efficiency by 25 percent relative to 1997 subsonic jet
aircraft technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC952BC1A47A145A5938529546C2B7CDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Development of
certifiable engine technology that reduces landing and takeoff cycle nitrogen
oxide emissions by 50 percent, without increasing other gaseous or particle
emissions, over the International Civil Aviation Organization standard adopted
in 2004.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17144ACC984D410EB8F8E5242934A332"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of certifiable aircraft
technology that reduces noise levels by 10 decibels at each of the 3
certification points relative to 1997 subsonic jet aircraft technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9A88BB3AB3E4F6AB98F01654384F455"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Determination of
the feasibility of the use of alternative fuels in aircraft systems, including
successful demonstration and quantification of the benefits of such
fuels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3CA089805947C988C5609FEBCBEACC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Determination of
the extent to which new engine and aircraft technologies may be used to
retrofit or re-engine aircraft to increase the integration of retrofitted and
re-engined aircraft into the commercial fleet.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9951BE58CCC40608EB0F5856170BE58"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts appropriated under section
48102(a), not more than the following amounts may be used to carry out this
section:</text>
<paragraph id="HE735085916BF428BB3F438F2E74D1B13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$6,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D8F12624BF4451E913FC4D9E80359E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$22,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BF9C53CFE834BE5AF53CE9E6EBAB850"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$33,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA19F568C1FDE4D4FA27C90F9FA769FDE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H150934A42C864119ABF7AAF648F58BBE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Beginning
in fiscal year 2009, the Administrator shall publish an annual report on the
program established under this section until completion of the
program.</text>
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</subsection><subsection id="H9F9172F750884320BFBBD2D6FFAC2CC7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="H4DF572E97E0949AEB9E8CC4053044995" level="section">47511. CLEEN engine and airframe technology
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</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86D5BED44F8F45A900204BB35F7527E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header>Prohibition on
operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with
stage 3 noise levels</header>
<subsection id="H78A5D24397224D1398BBF67F786BA00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of
chapter 475 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HD8B9EAB648CC48F3B3F179A89F02A79C"><enum>47534.</enum><header>Prohibition
on operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with
stage 3 noise levels</header>
<subsection id="H9441BD8DF89B450D9725E66EB2CDF467"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Except
as provided in subsection (b), (c), or (d), after December 31, 2012, a person
may not operate a civil subsonic jet airplane with a maximum weight of 75,000
pounds or less, and for which an airworthiness certificate other than an
experimental certificate has been issued, to or from an airport in the United
States unless the Secretary of Transportation finds that the aircraft complies
with stage 3 noise levels.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB5726D7C079C474B00D443F2F7BFBE00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to aircraft operated only outside the 48 contiguous
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEB030B9D671430E8E3413B796009F48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
Secretary may allow temporary operation of an airplane otherwise prohibited
from operation under subsection (a) to or from an airport in the contiguous
United States by granting a special flight authorization for one or more of the
following circumstances:</text>
<paragraph id="H9B21D2140A124AB79D3198B9D1916C2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To sell, lease, or
use the aircraft outside the 48 contiguous States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39BBAA2728BC44F39EABAEF13B42BC39"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To scrap the
aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H521ED8C2E4DB4BABBC69ABDCDE1800"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To obtain
modifications to the aircraft to meet stage 3 noise levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC936935D6BC4FF199FCF21EABFE4554"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To perform
scheduled heavy maintenance or significant modifications on the aircraft at a
maintenance facility located in the contiguous 48 States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB07347096346A2B269D93CF5633D4D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To deliver the
aircraft to an operator leasing the aircraft from the owner or return the
aircraft to the lessor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H199572400E7B42BAB9BCC79F4C438D00"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To prepare, park,
or store the aircraft in anticipation of any of the activities described in
paragraphs (1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFDB8E83A8444FEB84A25C1F8511F8E2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To provide
transport of persons and goods in the relief of emergency situations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF51960D8284742A9B5A59F4668C320BA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>To divert the
aircraft to an alternative air port in the 48 contiguous States on account of
weather, mechanical, fuel, air traffic control, or other safety reasons while
conducting a flight in order to perform any of the activities described in
paragraphs (1) through (7).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DBAE1ED417A4126A3A8EB62162B1C00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header><text>Nothing in the section may be construed as
interfering with, nullifying, or otherwise affecting determinations made by the
Federal Aviation Administration, or to be made by the Administration, with
respect to applications under part 161 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, that were pending on the date of enactment of this
section.</text>
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</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9165AABD7026446C838D5E22592FDAE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF177C4F7B8654EAA971C7000A2078243"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 47531 is
amended by striking <quote>47529, or 47530</quote> and inserting <quote>47529,
47530, or 47534</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4832C070371A4D33ACE53E00601D00FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 47532 is
amended by inserting <quote>or 47534</quote> after
<quote>47528–47531</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H904BF294421748EA8B90C02FAC6B9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The analysis for
chapter 475 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 47533
the following:</text>
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aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with stage 3 noise
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</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AB5319DB33441068790889F8D0021DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>507.</enum><header>Environmental
mitigation pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H7DF53873BB2141B285E1E3FA02FC9A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation shall establish a pilot program to carry out not
more than 6 environmental mitigation demonstration projects at public-use
airports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3880CCA3992F429888175D337B76083E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>In
implementing the program, the Secretary may make a grant to the sponsor of a
public-use airport from funds apportioned under section 47117(e)(1)(A) of title
49, United States Code, to carry out an environmental mitigation demonstration
project to measurably reduce or mitigate aviation impacts on noise, air
quality, or water quality in the vicinity of the airport.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3AE6D0EC506A439D847EA75767FE12D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility for
passenger facility fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
environmental mitigation demonstration project that receives funds made
available under this section may be considered an eligible airport-related
project for purposes of section 40117 of such title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FBF87883A0E4FCF93EA8048C920FF7C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>In selecting among applicants for participation in the
program, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to applicants
proposing to carry out environmental mitigation demonstration projects that
will—</text>
<paragraph id="H0FFB4A70E8784C0EA633BF64CD3179F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>achieve the
greatest reductions in aircraft noise, airport emissions, or airport water
quality impacts either on an absolute basis or on a per dollar of funds
expended basis; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB49908360D7400500C5ABEA00EC456B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be implemented by
an eligible consortium.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA983195B3F7D417AA462D4BC9A094D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
provision of subchapter I of chapter 471 of such title, the United States
Government share of allowable project costs of an environmental mitigation
demonstration project carried out under this section shall be 50
percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H283A48EC17B24436A85B00D020C4C276"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>The Secretary may not make grants for a single
environmental mitigation demonstration project under this section in a total
amount that exceeds $2,500,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H849D7C3EE0814B78B8E12344BF2CAD0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Publication of
information</header><text>The Secretary may develop and publish information on
the results of environmental mitigation demonstration projects carried out
under this section, including information identifying best practices for
reducing or mitigating aviation impacts on noise, air quality, or water quality
in the vicinity of airports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD0CADF2A87724DA3A104F73D617F00EA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H93601B9E4A4D4BFCA518A999A327B634"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
consortium</header><text>The term <term>eligible consortium</term> means a
consortium of 2 or more of the following entities:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0BFB459770B342BCA48C93E2E1BB6DFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A business
incorporated in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E2C74DA3A0D4D5B89D5A59EE0C53793"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A public or
private educational or research organization located in the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6219FAD86B934C76BB6025F49EB23300"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An entity of a
State or local government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21F31720344840138C35989896225856"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A Federal
laboratory.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51AC28BAB4904DB1BEB500DA460000CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental
mitigation demonstration project</header><text>The term <term>environmental
mitigation demonstration project</term> means a project that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D798A6248CD4F31859028DE5DE18494"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrates at a
public-use airport environmental mitigation techniques or technologies with
associated benefits, which have already been proven in laboratory
demonstrations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6894D6946D9348E6AC51A108C4F39CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>utilizes methods
for efficient adaptation or integration of innovative concepts to airport
operations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA52406F8D563417783C9DE3B643FE12B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>demonstrates
whether a technique or technology for environmental mitigation identified in
research is—</text>
<clause id="H0C8B7DCBE4AE427BAC6D4F60727D942C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>practical to
implement at or near multiple public-use airports; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCD371AFABF7C4C35B8B9293FBCD6A265"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>capable of
reducing noise, airport emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, or water quality
impacts in measurably significant amounts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E0834354EB14B44A0F7CA8F22D71" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>508.</enum><header>Aircraft departure
queue management pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HEE65C4F6580F46E5AC5730002B86427F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out a pilot program at not more than 5 public-use
airports under which the Federal Aviation Administration shall use funds made
available under section 48101(a) to design, develop, and test air traffic flow
management tools, methodologies, and procedures that will allow air traffic
controllers of the Administration to better manage the flow of aircraft on the
ground and reduce the length of ground holds and idling time for
aircraft.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H862DCA496DA74738A2AB909229DCC4D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>In selecting from among airports at which to conduct the
pilot program, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to airports at
which improvements in ground control efficiencies are likely to achieve the
greatest fuel savings or air quality or other environmental benefits, as
measured by the amount of reduced fuel, reduced emissions, or other
environmental benefits per dollar of funds expended under the pilot
program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H435683A73B77405A806001C654AD4000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>Not more than a total of $5,000,000 may be expended under
the pilot program at any single public-use airport.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEBF36C864D747CFA648B1FA428CAD7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H7CEA9A187DDD48369D3B8E4263F820A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the effectiveness of the pilot program, including an assessment of the tools,
methodologies, and procedures that provided the greatest fuel savings and air
quality and other environmental benefits, and any impacts on safety, capacity,
or efficiency of the air traffic control system or the airports at which
affected aircraft were operating;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBD8C80C2D584D66818BDF35E2E5CF00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification
of anticipated benefits from implementation of the tools, methodologies, and
procedures developed under the pilot program at other airports;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDCC2FCAEA5845F58210E702A860FB96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
plan for implementing the tools, methodologies, and procedures developed under
the pilot program at other airports or the Secretary’s reasons for not
implementing such measures at other airports; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EA0B0D411FB40D08EE2C0B8FFE33700"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such other
information as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H477268230AF246AEB6752064007D5F40" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header>High performance and
sustainable air traffic control facilities</header>
<subsection id="H51B285BF839142A78B00000604467F09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall implement, to the maximum extent practicable, sustainable practices for
the incorporation of energy-efficient design, equipment, systems, and other
measures in the construction and major renovation of air traffic control
facilities of the Administration in order to reduce energy consumption and
improve the environmental performance of such facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA4E5E45C476D4626AC34DCA310071418"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Of
amounts appropriated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/48101">section 48101(a)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code,
such sums as may be necessary may be used to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9609F13C056A4DB3B6982E93E3B7601F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>510.</enum><header>Regulatory
responsibility for aircraft engine noise and emissions standards</header>
<subsection id="H192294618BF0408FB807D9A9F4419135"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Independent
review</header><text>The Administrator of the FAA shall make appropriate
arrangements for the National Academy of Public Administration or another
qualified independent entity to review, in consultation with the FAA and the
EPA, whether it is desirable to locate the regulatory responsibility for the
establishment of engine noise and emissions standards for civil aircraft within
one of the agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE975C3EF2F774CEEA67336B547E5923D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
review shall be conducted so as to take into account—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE21A8D8967241618C60E3AEE75CD00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
interrelationships between aircraft engine noise and emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47AC8E2452EC4B64BE82601C5F0524BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the need for
aircraft engine noise and emissions to be evaluated and addressed in an
integrated and comprehensive manner;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19A69F17D0E1457F91DB855D00B0F4A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the scientific
expertise of the FAA and the EPA to evaluate aircraft engine emissions and
noise impacts on the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4920DFD4AFE3434CBD5C43BC4EA01C3C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expertise to
interface environmental performance with ensuring the highest safe and reliable
engine performance of aircraft in flight;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C1870E6302746F192B349D703C59E8F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>consistency of the
regulatory responsibility with other missions of the FAA and the EPA;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CA071256A3F426A97C427C1C9D4468F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>past effectiveness
of the FAA and the EPA in carrying out the aviation environmental
responsibilities assigned to the agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB51D9B75BD5742B28C2415DEF05D12EC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the international
responsibility to represent the United States with respect to both engine noise
and emissions standards for civil aircraft</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB5572BAF328B462EADE22FD4FBF05B4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the FAA shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of the review. The report shall include any recommendations developed
as a result of the review and, if a transfer of responsibilities is
recommended, a description of the steps and timeline for implementation of the
transfer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8C5039E08934A0DBC471CCF1F302BE4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HC6B9043E2CFC4581B05E787EBB32E171"><enum>(1)</enum><header>EPA</header><text>The
term <term>EPA</term> means the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD3B1515BE884E658E07F8DA3EC8D1F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>FAA</header><text>The
term <term>FAA</term> means the Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84B02D3A7CD7461E8B35F7550011206F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><header>Production of
alternative jet fuel technology for civil aircraft</header>
<subsection id="H2DAA5A6A4396444D886E223CB305FDE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
research program</header><text>Using amounts made available under section
48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall
establish a research program related to developing jet fuel from alternative
sources (such as coal, natural gas, biomass, ethanol, butanol, and hydrogen)
through grants or other measures authorized under section 106(l)(6) of such
title, including reimbursable agreements with other Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF67BE30AFC674E099594B972206EC574"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation by
educational and research institutions</header><text>In conducting the program,
the Secretary provide for participation by educational and research
institutions that have existing facilities and experience in the development
and deployment of technology for alternative jet fuels.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6E125DEF67CB4CCA9CAB39CFDB75EBF4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
institute as a Center of Excellence</header><text>Not later than 6 months after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall designate an institution described in subsection (a) as a
Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuel Research.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>FAA
Employees and Organization</header>
<section id="H4774464D4E6F4238AF29E4B709372BEC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>MSPB remedial
authority for FAA employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40122">Section 40122(g)(3)</external-xref> of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
<quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, retroactive to April 1,
1996, the Board shall have the same remedial authority over such employee
appeals that it had as of March 31, 1996.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDAE7A4C4B4E044C09EBEFF8B861E7318"><enum>602.</enum><header>FAA technical
training and staffing</header>
<subsection id="H6CFC56B932E34D5D894B9500371B37DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H082130E99E9749188E2700ED581B1C99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the
training of the airway transportation systems specialists of the Federal
Aviation Administration (in this section referred to as <quote>FAA systems
specialists</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A5C612E1DD64988908B67A5EFDEA60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42F4F488CADD4A39AE541443402DD7C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include an
analysis of the type of training provided to FAA systems specialists;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78A6D3803776493A85A8EF445DC2DE80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include an
analysis of the type of training that FAA systems specialists need to be
proficient on the maintenance of latest technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B34350F302C423CB8010018421E6C42"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of actions that the
Administration has undertaken to ensure that FAA systems specialists receive
up-to-date training on the latest technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4845423CC30A4A948102ACB6BE9CFF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify the amount
and cost of FAA systems specialists training provided by vendors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BB906071BA8486A97BD62DAB3A23700"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the amount and cost of FAA systems
specialists training provided by the Administration after developing courses
for the training of such specialists;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB561FACB1E5B4BF99D5B1B003DDCB76"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the amount and cost of travel that
is required of FAA systems specialists in receiving training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2EBB287EA2A49818E4DA2DCCE97C1F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>include a
recommendation regarding the most cost-effective approach to providing FAA
systems specialists training.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H68CD6B72EEB34F3D8122C912C2CDE022"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6CA8232596F648F18B009BD0AFD36F53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workload of
systems specialists</header>
<paragraph id="HB2CBD61931C0462590B1055876F6CB46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study by
national academy of sciences</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for the National Academy of
Sciences to conduct a study of the assumptions and methods used by the Federal
Aviation Administration to estimate staffing needs for FAA systems specialists
to ensure proper maintenance and certification of the national airspace
system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6536E02D2A28445C91EE580072FED3D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall be conducted so as to provide the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9093361052914417917DEB4D437751C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A suggested method
of modifying FAA systems specialists staffing models for application to current
local conditions or applying some other approach to developing an objective
staffing standard.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2349804464274B28832C49BE5FAD1B02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The approximate
cost and length of time for developing such models.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3062BC6043E4BADB276BE629BED9D85"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the initiation of the arrangements under subsection
(a), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75B8C10B5F0C414EBC07FBEDC2C499FF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Designee
program</header>
<subsection id="HC41AEC0DBF82444B9533FCAF2B26FA3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the status of recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office in
its October 2004 report, <quote>Aviation Safety: FAA Needs to Strengthen
Management of Its Designee Programs</quote> (GAO–05–40).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1244D9F156864F86B050E5A37B5C575E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1D0F129AC704B71B8BB8D2FE0BA0011"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the extent to which the Federal Aviation Administration has responded to
recommendations of the Government Accountability Office referred to in
subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BA5AC13EEB4492D9E358FE24FC48572"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification
of improvements, if any, that have been made to the designee programs referred
to in the report of the Office as a result of such recommendations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H515D395D830C416A9F6917E04A32930"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an
identification of further action that is needed to implement such
recommendations, improve the Administration’s management control of the
designee programs, and increase assurance that designees meet the
Administration’s performance standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE78CFBEA783B47B89BC8D3266DACE9DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header>Staffing model for
aviation safety inspectors</header>
<subsection id="H24915A07EF9F4F72B1FE92581900DAA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
October 31, 2009, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
shall develop a staffing model for aviation safety inspectors. In developing
the model, the Administrator shall follow the recommendations outlined in the
2007 study released by the National Academy of Sciences entitled
<quote>Staffing Standards for Aviation Safety Inspectors</quote> and consult
with interested persons, including the exclusive collective bargaining
representative of the aviation safety inspectors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H09032CE62DBF46C7B3EE3855BF5F938B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FA1353B60E3460CA44E07161B56AF7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>Safety critical
staffing</header>
<subsection id="HB3E1D47752874F348E6BE000DDC3A8F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aviation safety
inspectors</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall increase the number of aviation safety inspectors in the
Flight Standards Service to not less than—</text>
<paragraph id="HE389BF6069BC4E9496E6E72E036905"><enum>(1)</enum><text>__
full-time equivalent positions in fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC19B67FCD0224D36985D3E015FA50750"><enum>(2)</enum><text>__ full-time
equivalent positions in fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB95C605F3EF740E5B14979E6462798C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>__ full-time
equivalent positions in fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB062AA24D9C14F4B924980C9E6F93208"><enum>(4)</enum><text>__ full-time
equivalent positions in fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20FD8E2AE1D542A78E06026B8F438FA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operational
support</header><text>The Administrator shall increase the number of safety
technical specialists and operational support positions in the Flight Standards
Service to the levels necessary, as determined by the Administrator, to ensure
the most efficient and cost-effective use of the aviation safety inspectors
authorized by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C8FBBEFD56047979119E32000841FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
amounts authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/106">section 106(k)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, there is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (a) and (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="H591665216A634EE2A4514D481FC965B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$58,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB618EAABB99C4FDD90471808A7D9AB8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$134,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H050360FD4DAF4ADA9CB84F992835AD33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$170,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33FCA73800AE400BBE0052DDFED305FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$208,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Such sums
shall remain available until expended.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H1F08538292394AE1A02B672B67BE63EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation
of staffing standards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, upon completion of the flight standards service staffing model
pursuant to section 604 of this Act, and validation of the model by the
Administrator, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to support the number of aviation safety inspectors, safety technical
specialists, and operation support positions that such model determines are
required to meet the responsibilities of the Flight Standards Service.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35FDF2E69D484249A79B9003353058D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header>Center for
excellence in aviation employment</header>
<subsection id="H320DF86C5170418884DFF4114E38CBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall establish a Center for Excellence in Aviation Employment
(in this section referred to as the <quote>Center</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDC411677CE214F57A3D429E69E110093"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applied research
and training</header><text>The Center shall conduct applied research and
training on—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9EFE0F51B6B40BAB0D9F07EF2929093"><enum>(1)</enum><text>human performance
in the air transportation environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E30FA777D9C474A91E596403B6BE7D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>air transportation
personnel, including air traffic controllers, pilots, and technicians;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62A8BD08BC7F4480A198C3CFC159793C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other aviation
human resource issues pertinent to developing and maintaining a safe and
efficient air transportation system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5932B81577024EA9ACE05700337E7D56"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Center shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA1C369FD02B444EA544CC00B55100CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in conjunction
with the Collegiate Training Initiative and other air traffic controller
training programs, develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive,
best-practices based training program for air traffic controllers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8311B79A49A84775BEABE1D2AB9E5E21"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work with the
Office of Human Resource Management of the Administration as that office
develops and implements a strategic recruitment and marketing program to help
the Administration compete for the best qualified employees and incorporate an
employee value proposition process that results in attracting a broad-based and
diverse aviation workforce in mission critical positions, including air traffic
controller, aviation safety inspector, airway transportation safety specialist,
and engineer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A40D554E29448A2A64D8717FA2B27F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>through industry
surveys and other research methodologies and in partnership with the
<quote>Taskforce on the Future of the Aerospace Workforce</quote> and the
Secretary of Labor, establish a baseline of general aviation employment
statistics for purposes of projecting and anticipating future workforce needs
and demonstrating the economic impact of general aviation employment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H726711C2DF164607A45C1C9E0863602F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct a
comprehensive analysis of the airframe and powerplant technician certification
process and employment trends for maintenance repair organization facilities,
certificated repair stations, and general aviation maintenance
organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BF530F1215B48BE8711A0CBC26171E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establish a best
practices model in aviation maintenance technician school environments;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2604D8EE144F427DAB4702775532D1B2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>establish a
workforce retraining program to allow for transition of recently unemployed and
highly skilled mechanics into aviation employment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7EA29B4F1006424E94F3526298F8D0F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. Such
sums shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFF83580B142498493EAC03ECFB7C82F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header>FAA air traffic
controller staffing</header>
<subsection id="HCBBC25BD19054B9DAFFDADAAF7EADC46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study by
National Academy of Sciences</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the National
Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the assumptions and methods used by
the Federal Aviation Administration (in this section referred to as the
<quote>FAA</quote>) to estimate staffing needs for FAA air traffic controllers
to ensure the safe operation of the national airspace system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFABB9A76EB7B4F60B5AA665F55907066"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the study, the National Academy of Sciences shall consult with the
exclusive bargaining representative of employees of the FAA certified under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/7111">section 7111</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration, and representatives of the Civil Aeronautical Medical
Institute.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2531F08FE0C049508D949760EB1CB4F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include an examination of representative information on human
factors, traffic activity, and the technology and equipment used in air traffic
control.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52D2EAB4707249ACBFE3F2CF640028AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations
and estimates</header><text>In conducting the study, the National Academy of
Sciences shall develop—</text>
<paragraph id="HB37936B0807D4241A3F55F6FDEEE3FF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recommendations
for the development by the FAA of objective staffing standards to maintain the
safety and efficiency of the national airspace system with current and future
projected air traffic levels; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF11E0FEFACCD42D69C25C989F8F056E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>estimates of cost
and schedule for the development of such standards by the FAA or its
contractors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8DDA8C7B87C94AEA81C35300EAB1BF7C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National
Academy of Sciences shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB69BD34FC7274B44A2F100D521242874" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>608.</enum><header>Assessment of
training programs for air traffic controllers</header>
<subsection id="HDEE7373862E442B400935BA98455145B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct a study to
assess the adequacy of training programs for air traffic controllers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFCB902C1E7FF4151B412C81DE798AD71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HF6679B9724714C1DBFDEC5006B5CB749"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
review of the current training system for air traffic controllers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55BB2B234E6D4C8C80C003D11725B70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an
analysis of the competencies required of air traffic controllers for successful
performance in the current air traffic control environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20098E97BE894E4CB69D40849DCE3ED6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of
competencies required of air traffic controllers as the Federal Aviation
Administration transitions to the Next Generation Air Transportation System;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64039E132A2349B0A3E3A2B1BDAD6E13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an analysis of
various training approaches available to satisfy the controller competencies
identified under paragraphs (2) and (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C15D0AA7BC445598E6BA2E1FF769655"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF725F841D764085A6A314394CA4F4B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>609.</enum><header>Collegiate training
initiative study</header>
<subsection id="HB08D1DFDD8454F1E88E600D3B06C9B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall conduct a study on training options for graduates of the
Collegiate Training Initiative program conducted under section 44506(c) of
title 49 United States Code. The study shall analyze the impact of providing as
an alternative to the current training provided at the Mike Monroney
Aeronautical Center of the Administration a new controller orientation session
for graduates of such programs at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
followed by on-the-job training for newly hired air traffic controllers who are
graduates of such program and shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C23EDA859D1462200BF8444D25E03C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cost
effectiveness of such an alternative training approach; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B199978D359452FB9C0B417D1E7B564"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effect that
such an alternative training approach would have on the overall quality of
training received by graduates of such programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D2F09CC52EB43C900E20742C951C88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Aviation
Insurance</header>
<section id="H10D821C9447347429062E9F2CF78917E"><enum>701.</enum><header>General
authority</header>
<subsection id="HDE198A9637EC43C3B9C9F257DFA6D591"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of
policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44302(f)(1)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H298BAA3FDB4A410A9EA89D53D6BDC050"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>August 31, 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2011</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6D8DD646C6C4DB68F0953EDBB3D5C76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>December 31, 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
2017</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5285427A7FE147E08BCDD67B5254FE1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Successor
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44302(f) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD18A36AC668441E2A6911B95EB3BA4AD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD19FF16580844D349BACA1CBDEE6EC8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Successor
program</header>
<subparagraph id="H7F2EBF2A95624A3EABA917E29B82F813"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After December 31,
2017, coverage for the risks specified in a policy that has been extended under
paragraph (1) shall be provided in an airline industry sponsored risk retention
or other risk-sharing arrangement approved by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C267A3CCA1E49878C901D5F33F18C58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfer of
premiums</header>
<clause id="HE3D896B5E5694F6F806D42F7B000CDB4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On December 31, 2017,
and except as provided in clause (ii), premiums that are collected by the
Secretary from the airline industry after September 22, 2001, for any policy
under this subsection, and interest earned thereon, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be transferred to an airline industry sponsored risk retention
or other risk-sharing arrangement approved by the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4DCF27E84E2B4ED6B65319222794A6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination of
amount transferred</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount
transferred pursuant to clause (i) shall be less—</text>
<subclause id="H1AD712B2708142119E6722A5C3FDCC28"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of any claims paid out on such
policies from September 22, 2001, through December 31, 2017;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H189ADDF4930840719DE97FEA463DB229"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of any claims pending under such
policies as of December 31, 2017; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H325387AFCBEF4557AD57BCB203ECF024"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost, as determined by the Secretary,
of administering the provision of insurance policies under this chapter from
September 22, 2001, through December 31,
2017.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE8E1772BCF234F3394149D615DE0C8E"><enum>702.</enum><header>Extension of
authority to limit third party liability of air carriers arising out of acts of
terrorism</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44303(b) is
amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2006</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H085231795EC34574AEB248A5E3CAE4BA"><enum>703.</enum><header>Clarification
of reinsurance authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44304 is amended in the second
sentence by striking <quote>the carrier</quote> and inserting <quote>any
insurance carrier</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF08A0B658EE24626881CCCC2131EA3B9"><enum>704.</enum><header>Use of
independent claims adjusters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44308(c)(1) is amended in the second
sentence by striking <quote>agent</quote> and inserting <quote>agent, or a
claims adjuster who is independent of the underwriting agent,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9A670C7D9AF74A9FBC4F467B476F0410"><enum>705.</enum><header>Extension of
program authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
44310 is amended by striking <quote>March 30, 2008</quote> and inserting
<quote>September 30, 2017</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC95DBDF5F1E04F71943C0700EC096D"><enum>801.</enum><header>Air carrier
citizenship</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
40102(a)(15) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32AA992A05C84A7295BF12EA6439F477" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">For
purposes of subparagraph (C), an air carrier shall not be deemed to be under
the actual control of citizens of the United States unless citizens of the
United States control all matters pertaining to the business and structure of
the air carrier, including operational matters such as marketing, branding,
fleet composition, route selection, pricing, and labor
relations.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H247E511BC30F40B4B347EFDB362CFBFC"><enum>802.</enum><header>Disclosure of
data to Federal agencies in interest of national security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40119(b) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H571A646EE1454AFD8860AC69BE23B3C6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE81CEDBD279A47C7B52100C253FC1F38"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
applicability of freedom of information act</header><text>Section 552 of title
5, United States Code, shall not apply to disclosures that the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration may make from the systems of records of the
Administration to any Federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective
service, immigration, or national security official in order to assist the
official receiving the information in the performance of official
duties.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5199F07A9DC9419889A7649058B8736" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header>FAA access to
criminal history records and database systems</header>
<subsection id="H3D917447C5BA44788407A192007E188C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 401 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE02A9166FFD842BB9147BA58CFA801CE" style="USC">
<section id="HEB2C008D5EEA4D3AA04C421E607757B9"><enum>40130.</enum><header>FAA access to
criminal history records or databases systems</header>
<subsection id="H3C4DB7366A3542FDB006DC8C7FB7E54B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Access to
records or databases systems</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C8F0D8FEE1A4DE3B6C532FB09C18319"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to
information</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">section 534</external-xref> of title 28, and
regulations issued to implement such section, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration may access a system of documented criminal justice
information maintained by the Department of Justice or by a State but may do so
only for the purpose of carrying out civil and administrative responsibilities
of the Administration to protect the safety and security of the national
airspace system or to support the missions of the Department of Justice, the
Department of Homeland Security, and other law enforcement agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FB3E444B9E647A4BD42FE73EA225E5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Release of
information</header><text>In accessing a system referred to in paragraph (1),
the Administrator shall be subject to the same conditions and procedures
established by the Department of Justice or the State for other governmental
agencies with access to the system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24358522459F4AB8A7A4413C773F3C54"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Administrator may not use the access authorized under paragraph (1) to conduct
criminal investigations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05497C337EE642B8BE56010015076DDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designated
employees</header><text>The Administrator shall designate, by order, employees
of the Administration who shall carry out the authority described in subsection
(a). The designated employees may—</text>
<paragraph id="HD150275C2D8442F4B0FAED5BB58E856D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have access to and
receive criminal history, driver, vehicle, and other law enforcement
information contained in the law enforcement databases of the Department of
Justice, or any jurisdiction of a State, in the same manner as a police officer
employed by a State or local authority of that State who is certified or
commissioned under the laws of that State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED9188C3BA6F4798A600DF301D7C127F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use any radio,
data link, or warning system of the Federal Government, and of any jurisdiction
in a State, that provides information about wanted persons, be-on-the-lookout
notices, warrant status, or other officer safety information to which a police
officer employed by a State or local authority in that State who is certified
or commission under the laws of that State has access and in the same manner as
such police officer; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4329FB9861934BA79624CB21B84211D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>receive Federal,
State, or local government communications with a police officer employed by a
State or local authority in that State in the same manner as a police officer
employed by a State or local authority in that State who is commissioned under
the laws of that State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8AC51C33AEE6428D9656564E61BE9B00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>System of
documented criminal justice information defined</header><text>In this section,
the term <term>system of documented criminal justice information</term> means
any law enforcement database, system, or communication containing information
concerning identification, criminal history, arrests, convictions, arrest
warrants, wanted or missing persons, including the National Crime Information
Center and its incorporated criminal history databases and the National Law
Enforcement Telecommunications
System.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H23AA04D8CF724D97B8964FE78223CCBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 401 is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D99E2BF63E84A189C45F2D2EEB381F9" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">40130. FAA access to criminal
history records or databases
systems.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HBC60DC5A89DE4F13AC92A6C62F53029B"><enum>804.</enum><header>Clarification
of air carrier fee disputes</header>
<subsection id="HB27A199D90B9458FBD264B00FDE25CDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47129 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3BF34918CD84F43A50081BECE488BDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">air
carrier</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">carrier</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2EA66ECAE0B43689FFCD1ADDE815FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (a) by striking <quote>(as defined in section 40102)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(as such terms are defined in section 40102)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD4784DA142A4DC7946FCAB53F4FC513"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (d) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Air Carrier</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Air Carrier and Foreign
Air Carrier</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24CA8D403CD042A28F4C6069005FB91C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (2) of subsection (d) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">air carrier</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">air carrier and
foreign air carrier</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H994C1E10CAE741F9ACBC719D54930400"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>air carriers</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>air
carriers or foreign air carriers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BC291EB2DB0459BBF850066A4D5B568"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>air carrier</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>air
carrier or foreign air carrier</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB452E3B0653340E700C7006400559FB0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>air carrier’s</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>air
carrier’s or foreign air carrier’s</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEBF36D44C7D44932912DF8687D629F35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 471 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 47129 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6959D3D8987D496CB681F0C49BE661E6" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">47129. Resolution of airport-carrier
disputes concerning airport fees.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H924A860FBF6F45B1B94DE7D20106F336" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>805.</enum><header>Study on national
plan of integrated airport systems</header>
<subsection id="H022157CBB2E84389B5A96139AC7195F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall initiate a study to evaluate
the formulation of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (in this
section referred to as the <quote>plan</quote>) under section 47103 of title
49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6A8932B0EFAB4D2E8FF4E8322CFEC98B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
study</header><text>The study shall include a review of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7C14FAD843744BB78F95018480E4F6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The criteria used
for including airports in the plan and the application of such criteria in the
most recently published version of the plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD98A4D634534F12A4BD43C509CCB6A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The changes in
airport capital needs between fiscal years 2001 and 2007, as reported in the
plan, as compared with the amounts apportioned or otherwise made available to
individual airports over the same period of time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BC2D97D668A483DB6C19FAE13A4131C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
comparison of the amounts received by airports under the airport improvement
program in airport apportionments, State apportionments, and discretionary
grants during such fiscal years with capital needs as reported in the
plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB2BA724AABE47C0AFE3C7BE18393834"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The effect of
transfers of airport apportionments under title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H617B83D7680149589C24226F1B93CF39"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any other matters
pertaining to the plan that the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5961F88D862C49C2A450525F009F48DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HA7E1E33F0B914A9FBC84117708929860"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not
later than 36 months after the date of initiation of the study, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H502C21BF022C4449BEFD0259AF991695"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA47EE66143F49AD9EC4D2A10885F05B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of
the Secretary on each of the subjects listed in subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52F6F21F12A44701A1088F0305806689"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations
for any changes to policies and procedures for formulating the plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61941451428A4E0F8585ABBCDCAD1309"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations
for any changes to the methods of determining the amounts to be apportioned or
otherwise made available to individual airports.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71B862F50D1243D082F5CDA537C57924" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header>Consolidation and
realignment of FAA facilities</header>
<subsection id="HFFD1A1267AB74A819964BEEE65089BB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
working group</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish within the FAA a
working group to develop criteria and make recommendations for the realignment
of services and facilities of the FAA to assist in the transition to next
generation facilities and to help reduce capital, operating, maintenance, and
administrative costs in instances in which cost reductions can be implemented
without adversely affecting safety.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9AA45577AC704D9AA9F30059D02DFB12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
working group shall be composed of, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H53676F8613C24AA091BC3C03C6672BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the FAA;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H016405F773A344258E16552527AA4274"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 representatives of air carriers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF69212EE48242C783D15D207D453DDB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>2
representatives of the general aviation community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7D20F3CC9B94D628821A004E98CE00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>2
representatives of labor unions representing employees who work at field
facilities of the FAA; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60B5AC0E4E8E4CF98354C7311CE8B82"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 representatives of the airport
community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF74D5F3D343542EAA37E800755D58E50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress containing recommendations of the working group</header>
<paragraph id="HDE5F77F336FE4C758F1FCE974CD6263E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after convening the working group, the Administrator shall
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a report containing the criteria and recommendations developed by
the working group under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA26FC95513974F47A5F052D675EF8FD3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include a justification for each recommendation to consolidate or
realign a facility or service and a description of the costs and savings
associated with the consolidation or realignment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF8A265AE22F4441AADF15F901598F40"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public notice
and comment</header><text>The Administrator shall publish the report submitted
under subsection (c) in the Federal Register and allow 45 days for the
submission of public comments. In addition, the Administrator upon request
shall hold a public hearing in a community that would be affected by a
recommendation in the report.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H755DEF7999E246BF9D98FCA800CE3C1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Objections</header><text>Any
interested person may file with the Administrator a written objection to a
recommendation of the working group.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H085823F8B708433B934C474D98B55875"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to
Congress containing recommendations of the Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the last day
of the period for public comment under subsection (d), the Administrator shall
submit to the committees referred to in subsection (c)(1) a report containing
the recommendations of the Administrator on realignment of services and
facilities of the FAA and copies of any public comments and objections received
by the Administrator under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H129935DCF3E446E8AE10AC1B8C38E000"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitation on
implementation of realignments and consolidations</header><text>The
Administrator may not realign or consolidate any services or facilities of the
FAA before the Administrator has submitted the report under subsection
(f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2829C341BD6342358751002BFAC31D11"><enum>(h)</enum><header>FAA
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>FAA</term> means the
Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF895C16F0582478B9769854732517388" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header>Transportation
Security Administration centralized training facility feasibility
study</header>
<subsection id="HA58B4EE9EB5D45F8B05F8047792F5089"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
carry out a study on the feasibility of establishing a centralized training
center for advanced security training by the Transportation Security
Administration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0280890F25C34534BEB3AD872D2C4644"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Secretary shall take into consideration the benefits,
cost, equipment, and building requirements for a training center and whether
the benefits of establishing a center would be an efficient process for
training transportation security officers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4103CE7B5A5940069D40DB9500E939F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the results of the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01810D87378B4154A74F9C673C6110FB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>808.</enum><header>GAO study on
cooperation of airline industry in international child abduction cases</header>
<subsection id="HCF685F6D4AFC418AA16098F5AF004FAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study to help determine how the Federal Aviation Administration (in this
section referred to as the <quote>FAA</quote>) could better ensure the
collaboration and cooperation of air carriers and foreign air carriers
providing air transportation and relevant Federal agencies to develop and
enforce child safety control for adults traveling internationally with
children.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3ADBD89E3E9D448200DE686206F354AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall examine—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C0043BE6E16411F994EBB2BD78D8CAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the nature and
scope of exit policies and procedures of the FAA, air carriers, and foreign air
carriers and how the enforcement of such policies and procedures is monitored,
including ticketing and boarding procedures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CD5B60F851E44F18DAFFDE54FDC6472"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to
which air carriers and foreign air carriers cooperate in the investigations of
international child abduction cases, including cooperation with the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children and relevant Federal, State, and
local agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H698DE01208094A54AF6C831E695F7BBB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any effective
practices, procedures, or lessons learned from the assessment of current
practices and procedures of air carriers, foreign air carriers, and operators
of other transportation modes that could improve the ability of the aviation
community to ensure the safety of children traveling internationally with
adults and, as appropriate, enhance the capability of air carriers and foreign
air carriers to cooperate in the investigations of international child
abduction cases; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2DAD620ECA4BACBF987C00C800DEF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any liability
issues associated with providing assistance in such investigations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE4D23AF43378469D955427E55E4FF7D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6176DEF12F934B729F3CEEFF54F03551" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>809.</enum><header>Lost Nation Airport,
Ohio</header>
<subsection id="HBFFB5D40563A41E89F00BA545DBC5EDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval of
sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation may approve the sale of Lost Nation Airport from the city of
Willoughby, Ohio, to Lake County, Ohio, if—</text>
<paragraph id="HE044481D803F415FB900FAE8882F7DFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Lake County meets
all applicable requirements for sponsorship of the airport; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04042C49C29A4D9DA4CFAAD4234979CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Lake County agrees
to assume the obligations and assurances of the grant agreements relating to
the airport executed by the city of Willoughby under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/471">chapter 471</external-xref> of title 49,
United States Code, and to operate and maintain the airport in accordance with
such obligations and assurances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98D72E753C484E48A4004BA9A0CBEAD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
proceeds from sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may grant to the city of Willoughby an exemption from the provisions
of sections 47107 and 47133 of such title, any grant obligations of the city of
Willoughby, and regulations and policies of the Federal Aviation Administration
to the extent necessary to allow the city of Willoughby to use the proceeds
from the sale approved under subsection (a) for any purpose authorized by the
city of Willoughby.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04B45B834F89451C9702E754C5D50023" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>810.</enum><header>Pollock Municipal
Airport, Louisiana</header>
<subsection id="H8596704503BA48009BADB800979C0000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HDCE04EE865B3466DACE4F83E731D95D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Pollock Municipal
Airport located in Pollock, Louisiana (in this section referred to as the
<quote>airport</quote>), has never been included in the National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/47103">section 47103</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, and is therefore not considered necessary to meet the current or future
needs of the national aviation system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC58058D0AF54A499F9802F6777E60FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>closing the
airport will not adversely affect aviation safety, aviation capacity, or air
commerce.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H713E3A5C75964B3F9041DDECA9C2600"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Request for
closure</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2BBE0E6CDCC407F81B7DA4E2114C761"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, requirement, or agreement and subject to the
requirements of this section, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3963B37F98BD425F9CF09D5855F4E9A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>approve a request
from the town of Pollock, Louisiana, to close the airport as a public airport;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD703DE00FE542018BE15D001CF01100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>release the town
from any term, condition, reservation, or restriction contained in a surplus
property conveyance or transfer document, and from any order or finding by the
Department of Transportation on the use and repayment of airport revenue
applicable to the airport, that would otherwise prevent the closure of the
airport and redevelopment of the facilities to nonaeronautical uses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC75ABB10975C4283932BD7C9CC18D897"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continued
airport operation prior to approval</header><text>The town of Pollock shall
continue to operate and maintain the airport until the Administrator grants the
town’s request for closure of the airport.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFABEA87BA78345D0A400F805ADF75C96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of proceeds
from sale of airport</header><text>Upon the approval of the request to close
the airport, the town of Pollock shall obtain fair market value for the sale of
the airport property and shall immediately upon receipt transfer all such
proceeds from the sale of the airport property to the sponsor of a public
airport designated by the Administrator to be used for the development or
improvement of such airport.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF19B9976E32143AF90E6B49F70F642F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Relocation of
aircraft</header><text>Before closure of the airport, the town of Pollock shall
provide adequate time for any airport-based aircraft to relocate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H143242DA61BE4390A2DAB49789E3000"><enum>811.</enum><header>Human
intervention and motivation study program</header>
<subsection id="H9977E02C88C54B3E98ACA6B897ECD7A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall develop a human intervention and
motivation study program for flight crewmembers involved in air carrier
operations in the United States under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D591F3B1F20485B98E3EA900DCEC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2011. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H067379C07EA24C96A1A003AA16D544F1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>812.</enum><header>Washington, D.C.,
Air Defense Identification Zone</header>
<subsection id="HFF64460967F3449E93F47C153986F0DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission of
Plan to Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, in coordination with Secretary of Homeland Security and
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan for the Washington, D.C., Air
Defense Identification Zone.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5FCE6D9FB1F74C7D8EAC69134148FE80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
Plan</header><text>The plan shall outline specific changes to the Washington,
D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone that will decrease operational impacts
and improve general aviation access to airports in the National Capital Region
that are currently impacted by the zone.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51D778D3F5324CC283C05383352E543D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>813.</enum><header>Merrill Field
Airport, Anchorage, Alaska</header>
<subsection id="H3025268A91674F080019A68D409F5E29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the
Federal Airport Act (as in effect on August 8, 1958), the United States
releases, without monetary consideration, all restrictions, conditions, and
limitations on the use, encumbrance, or conveyance of certain land located in
the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, more particularly described as Tracts 22
and 24 of the Fourth Addition to the Town Site of Anchorage, Alaska, as shown
on the plat of U.S. Survey No. 1456, accepted June 13, 1923, on file in the
Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD5ED7A0D1F154041BD48D728B514B63E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the municipality of Anchorage shall be released
from the repayment of any outstanding grant obligations owed by the
municipality to the Federal Aviation Administration with respect to any land
described in subsection (a) that is subsequently conveyed to or used by the
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities of the State of Alaska for
the construction or reconstruction of a federally subsidized highway
project.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H26C2747D1A2246729D66E2D61349C638"><enum>814.</enum><header>William P.
Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the
Nation—</text>
<paragraph id="H051C6F567CDC4D57A8DDBB006BE6E712"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports the goals and ideals of the 1940
Air Terminal Museum located at William P. Hobby Airport in the city of Houston,
Texas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE379B8A9517C43518736993B00532DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">congratulates the city of Houston and the
1940 Air Terminal Museum on the 80-year history of William P. Hobby Airport and
the vital role of the airport in Houston’s and the Nation’s transportation
infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE15F02E999C94C739F4310896CEA3511"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognizes the 1940 Air Terminal Museum for
its importance to the Nation in the preservation and presentation of civil
aviation heritage and recognizes the importance of civil aviation to the
Nation’s history and economy.</text>
</paragraph></section>