H.R. 346: NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023
Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Became law, 3 Jun 2023 · Public Law 118-4. Introduced 12 Jan 2023.
Official title: To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 22 May 2023: agreed to by voice vote; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.”
- Senate, 9 May 2023: agreed to by unanimous consent; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1571-1572)”
- President: Signed 3 Jun 2023 · Public Law 118-4
How each member voted
White House
Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).
Senate
Agreed to by unanimous consent: the record lists no member’s position.
House
Agreed to by voice vote: the record lists no member’s position.
Summary
Main subject: Requires the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a task force on improving notices to air missions (NOTAMs) and to complete a Federal NOTAM System with a back-up system. Sec. 2, Sec. 3
Its core areas: FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement; Federal NOTAM System implementation and back-up system.
Unexpected Items: 1 provision
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Applies only to a specific place or group (1)
- Sec. 2: FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement: Requires the task force to include a member from the labor union certified to represent FAA air traffic control specialists assigned to the United States NOTAMs Office, and one from the union certified to represent FAA aeronautical information specialists, identified by certification rather than by name.
What it does
- Sec. 2: Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish the FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement not later than 180 days after the date of enactment.
- Sec. 2: Requires the Administrator to appoint Task Force members, including at least one member from each listed group, such as air carrier representatives, airport representatives, pilot and aircraft dispatcher labor union representatives, human factors experts, and cybersecurity experts.
- Sec. 2: Directs the Task Force to review existing methods for publishing NOTAMs, review related regulations, policies, systems and international standards, and determine best practices for presenting flight operations information to pilots.
- Sec. 2: Requires the Task Force to report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation not later than 1 year after its establishment, including how its recommendations address National Transportation Safety Board Safety Recommendation A–18–024.
- Sec. 3: Requires the Administrator, not later than September 30, 2024, to complete implementation of a Federal NOTAM System and to implement a back-up system to it.
- Sec. 3: Requires the Administrator, by the same date, to brief the same two committees on a plan to deliver information through the Federal NOTAM System that is machine-readable, filterable, and in the International Civil Aviation Organization format.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 2 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.
Changed after House passage
Compares the bill as passed by the House, 25 Jan 2023, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 77% of the wording the House passed stands in the final text.
Removed before the final vote (0)
None.
Added after House passage (1)
- Sec. 3: Additional requirements: Requires the FAA Administrator, by September 30, 2024, to complete implementation of a Federal NOTAM System, implement a back-up system, and brief congressional committees on a plan for machine-readable, filterable information in the ICAO format.