H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Became law, 16 May 2024 · Public Law 118-63. Introduced 9 Jun 2023.

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 15 May 2024: Passed, 387 Yea, 26 Nay, 0 Present, 17 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate, 9 May 2024: Bill Passed, 88 Yea, 4 Nay, 0 Present, 8 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Signed 16 May 2024 · Public Law 118-63

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Senate

Yea (88): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Peter Welch (D-VT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Ted Budd (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Rick Scott (R-FL); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); John Fetterman (D-PA); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); J.D. Vance (R-OH); Pete Ricketts (R-NE); Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA).

Nay (4): Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Tim Kaine (D-VA).

Not voting (8): John Barrasso (R-WY); Joe Manchin, III (I-WV); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Mike Braun (R-IN); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

Not in office (5): Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Ben Sasse (R-NE); George S. Helmy (D-NJ).

House

Yea (387): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Nay (26): Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1).

Not voting (17): Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3).

Not in office (15): Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board and related civil aviation programs through fiscal year 2028, and changes FAA organization, aviation safety, workforce, passenger, airspace, airport, drone and research provisions of law. Sec. 101, Sec. 103, Sec. 1202, Sec. 1302

Its core areas: FAA funding authorizations for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; FAA organization and rulemaking oversight; Aviation safety requirements and rulemakings; Aerospace and air traffic control workforce; Airline passenger protections and accessibility for passengers with disabilities; Essential Air Service and small community air service; Air traffic control and NextGen modernization; Airport Improvement Program, passenger facility charges and airport environmental review; Unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility; National Transportation Safety Board authorities and funding; Airport and Airway Trust Fund taxes and expenditure authority.

Unexpected Items: 96 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (24)

Sec. 223: Restoration of authority: Adds a new section of title 49 directing the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations prohibiting disclosure of certain security information, effective as of October 5, 2018.
Sec. 231: Implementation of anti-terrorist and narcotic air events programs: Requires the Administrator to implement listed recommendations from a Government Accountability Office report on aircraft registration fraud and abuse, with reports to committees including the Judiciary committees.
Sec. 341: Airport air safety: Directs the Administrator to seek an arrangement with a third-party entity to evaluate whether air quality inside one named airport passenger terminal negatively affects passengers.
Sec. 364: Hawaii air noise and safety task force: Directs the Administrator to take part as a technical advisor in a State of Hawaii air noise and safety task force and to act on its recommendations concerning commercial air tours in Hawaii.
Sec. 761: Study on air cargo operations in Puerto Rico: Directs the Comptroller General to study air cargo operations in Puerto Rico, including waivers, security, staffing and infrastructure at the 3 international airports there.
Sec. 774A: Airport human trafficking prevention grants: Creates a grant program for human trafficking awareness and prevention at airports, authorized at $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028, distributed to the 75 airports with the most enplanements and certain others. ($10,000,000)
Sec. 790: Recommendations on reducing rotorcraft noise in District of Columbia: Directs the Comptroller General to study reducing rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia and report recommendations to Congress within 1 year.
Sec. 794: Information sharing requirement: Requires the FAA to set up a mechanism, within 2 years, making helicopter noise complaint data for the area within 30 miles of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport available to the FAA, operators and the public.
Sec. 803: Data privacy: Requires the FAA to withhold, on request of a private aircraft owner or operator, aircraft registration numbers and personally identifiable information from broad dissemination, and creates a program to apply for a new ICAO aircraft identification code.
Sec. 804: Accountability for aircraft registration numbers: Requires the FAA to review the process for reserving aircraft registration numbers and assess bulk-reservation software and limits on consecutive years of reservation.
Sec. 827: EAGLE initiative: Directs the FAA to continue the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions Initiative through the end of 2030 to facilitate ending leaded aviation gasoline use in piston-engine aircraft.
Sec. 831: GAO report on charitable flights: Directs the Comptroller General to review laws, exemption petitions and operations related to charitable flights, including fuel cost reimbursement, and report with recommendations.
Sec. 1102: Transportation of organs: Requires the Secretary to convene a working group to develop best practices for carrying organs in the cabin of part 121 aircraft and to identify regulations that hinder such transport.
Sec. 1103: Acceptance of digital driver’s license and identification cards: Requires the FAA Administrator to accept a State-issued digital or mobile driver's license or identification card wherever an individual must submit government-issued identification to the Administrator.
Sec. 1104: Quasquicentennial of aviation: Sets out findings about the 125th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight and states the sense of Congress that federal agencies should take part in observances marking it.
Sec. 1106: Prohibition on mandates: Bars the Administrator from requiring contractors to mandate COVID-19 vaccination and from implementing or enforcing requirements that air carrier employees, FAA employees, or passengers be vaccinated or wear masks for COVID-19 measures.
Sec. 1107: COVID–19 vaccination status: Adds a section to title 49 barring air carriers from denying service to an individual solely based on COVID-19 vaccination status, excluding intrastate travel, and states that the section does not authorize an executive agency to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Sec. 1111: Learning period: Changes the end date of the commercial space launch learning period in title 51 from May 11, 2024 to January 1, 2025.
Sec. 1112: Counter-UAS authorities: Changes an expiration date in the Homeland Security Act's counter-UAS authority from May 11, 2024 to October 1, 2024.
Sec. 1113: Study on air cargo operations: Directs the Comptroller General to study the economic sustainability of air cargo operations, covering cargo facilities, square footage deficits, leasing costs, customs staffing and related topics.
Sec. 1114: Wing-in-ground-effect craft: Requires the FAA and the Coast Guard to execute a memorandum of understanding on roles and procedures for wing-in-ground-effect craft that operate only over water, and to brief Congress on its status.
Sec. 1116: Designation of additional port of entry for the importation and exportation of wildlife and wildlife products by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Directs the Fish and Wildlife Service to designate one additional wildlife port of entry chosen from U.S. airports that handled more than 8,000,000,000 pounds of cargo in 2022, and lets it accept private donations to fund the designation.
Sec. 630: Airspace integration for space launch and reentry: Makes $10,000,000 available for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028 from FAA facilities and equipment amounts for a project to integrate space launch and reentry operations into airspace systems. ($10,000,000)
Sec. 753: Report on Indo-Pacific airports: Requires the Administrator, with the Secretary of State, to report on airports and air routes of strategic importance in the Indo-Pacific region, including national security and economic impact.

Applies only to a specific place or group (26)

Sec. 331: Update of FAA standards to allow distribution and use of certain restricted routes and terminal procedures: Requires the Administrator to update FAA standards within 9 months so that a particular set of restricted routes and terminal procedures can be distributed and used by certain navigation equipment, and allows modifications proposed by carriers operating those routes.
Sec. 339: Improved safety in rural areas: Rewrites section 322 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 to require the Administrator to permit part 135 air carriers to fly IFR approaches to destinations in a noncontiguous State that have a published approach but no METAR, under stated weather conditions.
Sec. 564: Essential air service in parts of Alaska: Requires the Secretary to review certain Alaska points deleted from carrier certificates between 1968 and 1978 to decide whether they should be designated eligible places for essential air service.
Sec. 569: GAO study on certain airport delays: Directs the Comptroller General to study flight delays and their possible causes in three named states.
Sec. 570: Report on restoration of small community air service: Directs a National Academies study on loss of small-community air service that must include named airports as case studies; no essential air service funds may be used for it.
Sec. 612: Briefing on radio communications coverage around mountainous terrain: Requires the FAA Administrator to brief congressional committees within 180 days on radio communications coverage around one named airport, including altitudes where communications are lost and recommendations to improve coverage.
Sec. 616: Briefing on LIT VORTAC project: Requires the FAA Administrator to brief congressional committees within 180 days on the status and remaining phases of the relocation of one named navigation aid project.
Sec. 625: Contract tower program safety enhancements: Creates a pilot program to convert contract towers to FAA-staffed towers, prioritizing towers by operations counts and small hub enplanement thresholds, and authorizes $30,000,000 for it.
Sec. 629: Upgrading and replacing aging air traffic systems: Directs the FAA to arrange a study, and then report with upgrade and replacement plans, on automated surface and weather observing systems located in non-contiguous States only.
Sec. 706: Community use of airport land: Provides that an airport sponsor is not in violation of grant assurances for below-market recreational use or permanent park restriction of airport land, only where date-specific conditions such as pre-1989 grant purchase and leasing since July 2003 are met.
Sec. 712: Apportionments: Treats a public airport as a primary airport for apportionments in fiscal years 2025 through 2028 if it was designated primary in fiscal year 2017 and is in use by an air reserve station.
Sec. 713: PFC turnback reduction: Applies the new timing of the apportionment reduction, as though the airport's hub reclassification occurred in the prior calendar year, to airports that moved from small hub to medium hub after the 2018 reauthorization and before this Act.
Sec. 732: Populous counties without airports: Bars the Secretary from denying inclusion in the national plan of integrated airport systems to an airport or proposed airport that meets a list of criteria, including being in the most populous county of a State with no airport in the plan.
Sec. 739: Special rule for reclassification of certain unclassified airports: Lets privately owned reliever airports listed as unclassified in the 2023–2027 national airport plan request reclassification under the criteria for publicly owned airports, and requires the Secretary to grant qualifying requests within 60 days.
Sec. 744: Protection of safe and efficient use of airspace at airports: Adds airspace review factors, notice requirements and a determination expiration rule, and limits the whole section to an airport in a county adjacent to 2 States with converging cross runway operations near an Air Force base.
Sec. 752: Prohibition on certain runway length requirements: Bars the Secretary from requiring an airport to shorten its runway, apron or taxiway as a condition of federal financial assistance if the airport directly supports an Air Force or Air National Guard base.
Sec. 768: Limitation on certain rolling stock procurements: Bars use of airport-related federal financial assistance for rolling stock from U.S.-based manufacturers owned by or related to corporations based in a country meeting three listed trade criteria, with a Secretary waiver.
Sec. 775: Additional permitted uses of passenger facility charge revenue: Adds two permitted uses of passenger facility charge revenue: a noise barrier project at a small hub airport meeting a 55 decibel condition, and replacement of workspace tied to relocating a Federal agency on airport grounds.
Sec. 806: All makes and models authorization: Requires the FAA to allow letters of authorization covering all makes and models of experimental high-performance piston aircraft for airmen who hold a letter of authorization and 3 experimental aircraft authorizations.
Sec. 935: Protection of public gatherings: Requires the Administrator to grant temporary drone flight restrictions on request over large public gatherings, limited to venues that previously hosted events under special security instructions, are not enclosed, and expect at least 30,000 attendees.
Sec. 937: Expanding use of innovative technologies in the Gulf of Mexico: Directs the Administrator to prioritize a partnership between a UAS test range sponsor and an eligible airport authority, defined by state location, contract tower, distance from a port, and absence of scheduled passenger service, to test innovative technologies in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sec. 961: Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies: Directs the FAA to establish a Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies by September 30, 2026, giving location preference to communities with listed features, and authorizes $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028 for it. ($35,000,000)
Sec. 1006: Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Directs the FAA to continue the Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and to ensure participation of institutions offering aeronautical sciences degree programs with a pilot training focus on women aviators.
Sec. 1009: High-speed flight testing: Directs the FAA to set procedures for supersonic and hypersonic test flights, and lists as a consideration authorizing flights to and from Class D airports within 10 nautical miles of an oceanic coastline.
Sec. 929: Applications for designation: Amends the critical infrastructure drone restriction application law by replacing the catch-all location category with "State prisons" and sets rulemaking deadlines.
Sec. 403: Bessie Coleman Women in Aviation Advisory Committee: Establishes an advisory committee on recruitment, retention, training and advancement of women in the aviation industry and in aviation-focused Federal civil service positions, expiring October 1, 2028.

Funds a specific named project or event (3)

Sec. 104: Extension of miscellaneous expiring authorities: Extends authorizations for several expiring programs through fiscal year 2028, including one that covers the Midway Island airport and one that covers Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.
Sec. 342: Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative: Redesignates the FAA Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative as the Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative, sets Alaska-specific and territory-specific requirements and waivers, and authorizes not more than $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to carry it out. ($25,000,000)
Sec. 1005: Advanced Materials Center of Excellence enhancements: Requires the FAA to continue operating the Advanced Materials Center of Excellence and to decide on a grant to that Center within 90 days of a grants officer's recommendation. No dollar amount is stated.

Different amount for specific places or groups (3)

Sec. 440: Improving Federal aviation workforce development programs: Rewrites the aviation workforce grant programs, authorizing $20,000,000 per year for each of three programs, and directs at least 20 percent of the funds to a named education program for projects in counties containing a qualified opportunity zone.
Sec. 708: Updating United States Government’s share of project costs: Sets the Government's share of allowable project costs at 95 percent for grants to nonhub or nonprimary airports in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, notwithstanding the general share rule.
Sec. 767: PFAS-related resources for airports: Sets up a PFAS replacement reimbursement program authorized at up to $350,000,000, and reserves up to $30,000,000 in grants of up to $2,000,000 each for Index A airports lacking foam-production capability, with remaining funds split by formula. ($30,000,000)

Exception or delay for a subset (28)

Sec. 328: Restricted category aircraft maintenance and operations: Gives the Administrator sole regulatory and oversight jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provision of law, over maintenance and operations of civilian-owned aircraft type-certificated in the restricted category.
Sec. 351: Part 135 duty and rest: Directs the Administrator to consider and allow accommodations in part 135 record-keeping guidance for operators that perform organ transportation operations and have a means to identify and mitigate crew duty and rest risks.
Sec. 360: Wildfire suppression: Requires a rule under which wildfire-suppression firefighter transport in restricted category aircraft is allowed, firefighters are designated essential crewmembers, and part 36 noise standards do not apply to that operation.
Sec. 363: Commercial air tour and sport parachuting safety: Requires commercial air tour operators to hold an air carrier certificate or meet a new rule's requirements, but exempts persons who conduct 100 or fewer commercial air tours in a calendar year.
Sec. 502: Additional within and beyond perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: Directs the Secretary to grant 10 exemptions from slot and perimeter rules at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 8 for non-limited incumbent carriers and 2 for limited incumbent carriers, with each eligible carrier limited to 2.
Sec. 561: Essential air service reforms: Sets essential air service average subsidy-per-passenger limits of $1,000, $850 and $650 depending on year and distance to a hub, and exempts places already served by the same carrier at enactment from the new 650-mile route limit until October 1, 2028.
Sec. 705: Renewal of certain leases: Amends the airport lease renewal provision to change its reference date to October 7, 2016 and to limit the covered leases to those supporting Air Force or Air National Guard military aircraft operations or National Guard use of nonaeronautical airport land.
Sec. 728: Transfers of air traffic systems acquired with AIP funding: Limits the air traffic system transfer authority to airports in a non-contiguous State and waives the requirement that equipment be purchased with airport grant funds when it is installed at a basic or local general aviation airport.
Sec. 733: AIP handbook update: Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Governor of Alaska, to build exceptions to the Airport Improvement Program Handbook requirements for airports in Alaska and to issue interim guidance applying those exceptions.
Sec. 756: Banning municipal airport: Directs the United States to release the City of Banning, California from restrictions on the use, conveyance and closure of the Banning Municipal Airport, once the city transfers specified reimbursements and equipment.
Sec. 759: Buckeye 940 release of deed restrictions: Directs the Secretary to issue the State of Arizona a Deed of Release from all terms, restrictions and reversionary interests in a named parcel, Buckeye 940, and lets the State dispose of it and its proceeds without those restrictions.
Sec. 771: Aviation fuel in Alaska: Bars the FAA and EPA Administrators from restricting the use or availability of 100-octane low lead aviation gasoline in Alaska until December 31, 2032 or an earlier trigger, and requires a GAO evaluation of the transition in Alaska.
Sec. 809: Ensuring safe landings during off-airport operations: Bars the FAA from applying section 91.119 of title 14 in a way that requires a pilot to continue a landing that is unsafe.
Sec. 812: Aircraft registration validity during renewal: Allows an aircraft to be operated after its registration expiration date if a renewal application is pending and the operator carries documentation, and directs a rulemaking within 36 months.
Sec. 814: Letter of deviation authority: Removes the requirement to obtain a letter of deviation authority for flight training, checking and testing in experimental, limited and primary category aircraft when stated conditions are met.
Sec. 815: BasicMed for examiners administering tests or proficiency checks: Allows an examiner who meets BasicMed medical requirements under part 68 to administer practical tests or proficiency checks in covered aircraft, notwithstanding the existing regulation.
Sec. 825: Exclusion of gyroplanes from fuel system requirements: Excepts helicopters holding an experimental certificate or operating under a Special Flight Permit from the fuel system requirements of section 44737, and changes 'rotorcraft' to 'helicopter' in that section.
Sec. 826: Public aircraft flight time logging eligibility: Makes aircraft under the operational control of forestry and fire protection agencies eligible for pilots to log flight time, applied retroactively to October 5, 2018.
Sec. 828: Expansion of BasicMed: Amends BasicMed eligibility conditions and defines covered aircraft as those authorized for not more than 7 occupants with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of not more than 12,500 pounds, excluding certain transport category rotorcraft.
Sec. 830: Charitable flight fuel reimbursement exemptions: Makes exemptions allowing volunteer pilots to accept fuel and airport fee reimbursement from a volunteer pilot organization for charitable flights valid for 5 years, and sets related conditions.
Sec. 832: Flight instruction or testing: Provides that an authorized additional pilot during Phase I flight testing of experimental aircraft, and the person providing the aircraft, are not deemed to operate an aircraft for compensation or hire.
Sec. 925: UAS test ranges: Rewrites the UAS test range program and exempts persons approved by a test range sponsor, when operating at a designated test range, from the section 44711 requirements; also makes $6,000,000 per fiscal year for 2025 through 2028 available, divided evenly among designated test ranges.
Sec. 1032: Limitation: Bars use of funds authorized in Title X for activities with the Chinese Communist Party or entities domiciled in or influenced by China, but exempts listed purposes such as counter-drone testing, airspace operations and intelligence, and allows case-by-case waivers.
Sec. 1105: Limitations for certain cargo aircraft: Exempts a defined class of cargo airplanes from the airplane fuel efficiency certification standards until 5 years after January 1, 2028, and limits operation of non-conforming covered airplanes to domestic use or international operations consistent with relevant international agreements and standards.
Sec. 1115: Certificates of authorization or waiver: Requires annual FAA meetings on scheduling conflicts between air shows and large outdoor events, and amends a flight-restriction statute to allow an airshow performer's aircraft to operate in connection with an airshow if it does not fly directly over the stadium during a sporting event.
Sec. 1203: Clarification of treatment of territories: Rewrites the NTSB definitions section, defining State to include named territories along with the District of Columbia.
Sec. 774: Universal changing station: Starting in fiscal year 2030, conditions airport development grants on installing a universal changing station, but applies the requirement only to medium or large hub airports and lets the Secretary treat certain existing stations as compliant.
Sec. 936: Covered drone prohibition: Bars Department of Transportation contracts, grants and operation of covered drones made by covered foreign entities, but exempts testing, research, counter-UAS and intelligence-related activity and allows case-by-case waivers; authorizes $5,000,000 for replacing covered drones. ($5,000,000)

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (2)

Sec. 909: Environmental review and noise certification: Directs the Administrator to waive the part 36 noise-compliance determination for unmanned aircraft type and airworthiness certification applicants, and not to deny or delay certification for lack of a noise basis, until noise certification requirements for unmanned aircraft are finalized.
Sec. 1013: Contract weather observers program: Bars the FAA Administrator from discontinuing or diminishing the contract weather observer program at any airport until September 30, 2028.

Changes a government process (8)

Sec. 227: Administrative Services Franchise Fund: Changes a payment rule for the Administrative Services Franchise Fund so that payments may be reimbursed after performance instead of only paid in advance.
Sec. 228: Commercial preference: Changes FAA acquisition management system rules so procurement requirements favor commercial products and services and the system is periodically updated.
Sec. 747: Notice of funding opportunity: Exempts Airport Improvement Program funds from any public notice of funding opportunity requirement, notwithstanding the general federal grant rules.
Sec. 773: Prohibition on use of amounts to process or administer any application for the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base with civil aviation: Prohibits use of FAA funds for fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to process or administer any application for joint civil use of Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida.
Sec. 918: Interagency coordination: Directs the Administrator to seek revision of the charter of the Department of Defense-FAA executive committee on dispute resolution, and to seek to sunset that committee's activities by joint agreement no earlier than 2 years after enactment.
Sec. 1218: Drug-free workplace: Requires the NTSB to implement a drug testing program for Board employees, including those in safety or security sensitive positions, under Executive Order No. 12564.
Sec. 1220: Most Wanted List: Strikes a subsection of title 49 section 1135 relating to NTSB reporting and repeals the 2018 Act's requirement for a report on Most Wanted List methodology.
Sec. 829: Prohibition on using ADS–B out data to initiate an investigation: Bars the FAA Administrator from starting a non-criminal investigation of a person based exclusively on ADS-B data.

Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (1)

Sec. 711: Prohibition on provision of airport improvement grant funds to certain entities that have violated intellectual property rights of United States entities: Bars airport improvement grant funds from being used for contracts for passenger boarding bridge equipment with entities on a list of manufacturers meeting ownership, court-finding or partnership criteria.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (1)

Sec. 206: Future of NextGen: Among its NextGen provisions, establishes within the FAA a technology center to be known by a name that includes a person's name, the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace.

What it does

Sec. 101: Authorizes $3,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028 for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs.
Sec. 103: Authorizes $13,055,000,000 for FAA operations for fiscal year 2025, rising to $13,954,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.
Sec. 202: Establishes an Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement, who is responsible for developing and managing the FAA's regulatory agenda and for tracking exemptions and waivers.
Sec. 206: Requires the FAA to operationalize all key NextGen programs by December 31, 2025, and terminates the NextGen Office of the FAA on that date.
Sec. 366: Requires all newly manufactured covered aircraft to have a cockpit voice recorder that retains the last 25 hours of recorded information, and requires all covered aircraft to have one within 6 years of enactment.
Sec. 437: Sets the FAA's minimum hiring target for new air traffic controllers for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 at the maximum number of individuals able to be trained at the FAA Academy, subject to appropriations.
Sec. 502: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to grant 10 additional slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport within 60 days of enactment.
Sec. 503: Requires air carriers to give a full refund, including taxes and ancillary fees, for a cancelled flight or a significantly delayed or changed flight when the passenger declines the alternatives offered.
Sec. 507: Raises the maximum civil penalty for certain aviation violations from $25,000 to $75,000, for violations occurring on or after enactment.
Sec. 566: Authorizes $348,544,000 for fiscal year 2024 and amounts of $340,000,000 to $350,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 for the Essential Air Service program.
Sec. 619: Requires the FAA to fully implement performance-based navigation procedures for all terminal and enroute routes within 3 years, and to install the Terminal Flight Data Manager system at not less than 89 airports within 4 years.
Sec. 712: Changes Airport Improvement Program apportionments, setting primary airport apportionments at not less than $1,300,000 and not more than $22,000,000 and raising the general aviation share to 25 percent.
Sec. 930: Requires the FAA to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking within 4 months of enactment, and a final rule within 16 months after that, for a performance-based pathway for unmanned aircraft to operate beyond visual line of sight.
Sec. 1202: Authorizes the National Transportation Safety Board at $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, rising to $154,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.
Sec. 1302: Extends the aviation fuel and ticket taxes that fund the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through September 30, 2028.

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Sec. 126: Office of Innovation: Replaces subsection (g) of 49 U.S.C. 106 with an Office of Innovation within the FAA, made up of up to 15 employees on 2-year terms, with an appointed lead and up to 6 full-time equivalent positions of support.
Sec. 127: Frank A. LoBiondo National Aerospace Safety and Security Campus: Designates the campus and grounds of the FAA Technical Center at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, as the “Frank A. LoBiondo National Aerospace Safety and Security Campus” and makes legal references to it use that name.
Sec. 130: FAA Ombudsman: Replaces subsection (i) of 49 U.S.C. 106 with an FAA Ombudsman appointed for a 5-year term to coordinate covered submissions, with set duties, discretion over reviews, and an initial response within 10 business days.
Sec. 135: Aviation noise officer: Creates an Aviation Noise Officer appointed by the Administrator, with a Regional Aviation Noise Officer in each region, to act as public liaison on aircraft noise, and repeals section 180 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.
Sec. 206: Prohibition on N–Number profiteering: Bars reserving an aircraft registration number without certifying intended use, and allows transfer of a reserved number only if the transferee pays no more than the amount paid to reserve it.
Sec. 209: Expansion of volunteer pilot organization definition: Amends section 821 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to cover fuel costs and airport fees, and lists charitable transportation purposes: medical care, delivery of blood, tissues or organs, and disaster relief.
Sec. 221: ADS–B safety enhancement incentive program: Requires a rebate program within 120 days for owners of single-engine piston aircraft buying ADS–B equipment, equal to the lesser of the cost or $2,000, ending October 1, 2027, with $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
Sec. 226: Alternative ADS–B technologies for use in certain small aircraft: Requires the Administrator to publish, within 3 years, an approved list of alternatives to ADS–B equipment that small aircraft outside Mode C veil airspace may voluntarily use, and to expedite approvals; installation is not required.
Sec. 255: Exemption of fees for air traffic services: Requires the Administrator to provide air traffic services and aviation safety support at large multiday aviation events, such as airshows and fly-ins, without any fee, and repeals section 530 of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act.
Sec. 257: Termination of designees: Requires the FAA Administrator to update the Designee Management Policy within 1 year to set notice, investigation, review panel and 30-day response steps for FAA-initiated designee terminations, with a subsequent review for Designated Pilot Examiners.
Sec. 264: Airshow venue information, awareness, training, and education program: Requires the FAA Administrator to establish, with the National Center for the Advancement of Aerospace, the AVIATE Program to give airshow hosting information, guidance, public awareness and economic-impact tools to airport managers and officials.
Sec. 266: BasicMed in North America: Directs the FAA Administrator to seek recognition of medical qualifications under part 68 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, with civil aviation authorities in Canada and other countries the Administrator finds appropriate.
Sec. 303: National Center for the Advancement of Aerospace: Adds a section to title 49 creating the National Center for the Advancement of Aerospace as a federally chartered private entity, with a Board of Directors, aerospace workforce duties, tax-exempt status and administrative powers.
Sec. 308: Establishing a comprehensive web-based aviation resource center: Requires the FAA Administrator, within 1 year, to partner with the National Center for the Advancement of Aerospace to set up a web-based resource center on aviation pathways, apprenticeships, curricula and industry organizations, with a briefing to Congress.
Sec. 309: Direct hire authority from UAS Collegiate Training Initiative: Lets the FAA Administrator hire individuals from institutions in the Unmanned Aircraft System Collegiate Training Initiative without regard to certain title 5 provisions and regulations, sets eligibility criteria, and ends the authority on September 30, 2028.
Sec. 313: Airman Certification System Working Group and timely publication of standards: Directs the FAA Administrator to task the Airman Certification System Working Group with reviewing Airman Certification Standards, and to publish within 180 days the processes for the standards and materials and any anticipated updates.
Sec. 330: Age standards for pilots: Amends section 44729 of title 49 to change the pilot age limit from 65 to 67 for covered operations, revises related subsections, and adds a savings clause barring carriers from requiring pilots to serve after age 65.
Sec. 410: Fuel infrastructure: Adds subsection (k) to section 47110 of title 49 letting the Secretary allow construction costs for airport-owned unleaded aeronautical fueling systems and hydrogen-powered aircraft fueling systems, and prioritizes general aviation airports for discretionary grants for them.
Sec. 416: Terminal development: Amends section 47119 of title 49 on terminal development: changes which airport areas qualify, adds sponsor certifications, strikes subsections (b), (e) and (f), and revises the funding sources for terminal projects.
Sec. 424: Regulatory application: Amends section 40113(f) of title 49 to cover administering the Airport Improvement Program under chapter 471 and to insert "or administrative" after "regulatory".
Sec. 428: Limited regulation of nonfederally sponsored property: Amends section 163 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 to bar the Secretary of Transportation from requiring approval for, or regulating, an airport sponsor's use of land and facilities on it, with listed exceptions.
Sec. 434: GAO review of nonaeronautical revenue streams at airports: Directs the Comptroller General to review nonaeronautical revenue streams at hub airports, examine other revenue sources, produce best practices and recommendations, and report to Congress 3 months after finishing.
Sec. 479: Critical habitat on or near airport property: Directs the FAA Administrator to collaborate with Federal agencies and States so that critical habitat designations on or near airport property do not create conflicting requirements or interfere with safe aircraft operation.
Sec. 483: Aviation and airport community engagement: Requires the FAA Administrator to establish an airport community of interest task force on engaging communities affected by airports and aviation, and to seek at least 2 annual engagement events in each FAA region.
Sec. 515: Improvement of certification processes: Directs the FAA Administrator to seek ways to improve aircraft certification processing and to arrange a third-party assessment of digital tools and software systems, then plan acquisition, update guidance and brief Congress.
Sec. 517: Clarity for supplemental type certificate requirements: Directs the FAA Administrator to issue or update guidance, orders or regulations clarifying when a major alteration requires a supplemental type certificate under part 21 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 529: Remote towers: Requires a study of remote tower technology at non-towered and visual flight rule tower airports, then a certification process for the system design and operational approval of remote towers, with prioritization of applicants and briefings.
Sec. 546: Incremental safety improvement: Amends section 44704 of title 49 to let the Administrator approve a type certificate holder's incremental design change toward a required safety-related change, even if not all noncompliant conditions are eliminated, with a deadline for the rest.
Sec. 609: Beyond visual line of sight rulemaking: Requires the FAA Administrator to issue a proposed rule within 4 months and a final rule within 16 months setting airworthiness criteria and operating regulations for unmanned aircraft flown beyond visual line of sight at or below 400 feet.
Sec. 610: UAS traffic management: Lets the FAA Administrator enter agreements to test UTM and authorize UTM service providers, publish UTM requirements, finalize the UTM concept of operations, partner with third parties, and brief Congress.
Sec. 617: Carriage of hazardous materials: Requires the FAA and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to revise processes for carrying hazardous materials by unmanned aircraft, and directs a rulemaking on de minimis amounts with a petition process.
Sec. 623: UAS Integration Office: Sets duties for the Executive Director of the FAA UAS Integration Office, including supporting rulemaking, reviewing section 44807 submissions, supporting standards, and hiring full-time equivalent employees to build expertise.
Sec. 627: Temporary flight restriction integrity: Amends section 40103(b) of title 49 so that in issuing a temporary flight restriction the Administrator must ensure a specific safety or security basis, distribute a Notice to Air Missions notice, and detail the safety basis and how a covered person may operate within it.
Sec. 630: UAS operations over high seas: Provides that an unmanned aircraft system operation that begins and ends within the United States or its territorial waters is not considered international flight, even if the system enters international airspace.
Sec. 655: Infrastructure supporting vertical flight: Directs the Administrator to update parts 1 and 157 of title 14 CFR, update the Heliport Design advisory circular, handle Engineering Brief 105 and its revocation, and update guidance, Forms 7460 and 7480, and Terminal Area Forecast data.
Sec. 682: Intermodal transportation infrastructure improvement pilot program: Allows the Secretary to set up a pilot program of grants to launch and reentry site operators for transportation infrastructure projects, with per-operation grant amounts, a $2,500,000 annual cap per operator, matching supplemental grants, a $20,000,000 yearly limit, and an October 1, 2028 sunset.
Sec. 684: ICAO activities on new technologies: Directs the FAA Administrator to prioritize engagement with the International Civil Aviation Organization and to contribute to or lead development of international standards, including landing and take-off noise standards for supersonic aircraft.
Sec. 685: AIP eligibility for certain spaceport infrastructure: Allows the Secretary of Transportation to make airport improvement grants to reconstruct, repave, or rehabilitate the full length and width of runways over 12,000 feet long at certain launch or reentry sites, until September 30, 2028.
Sec. 686: Commercial space launch and reentry statistics: Amends section 329(b) of title 49 to change "aeronautical" to "aerospace" and to require collecting and disseminating information on commercial space launch and reentry operations, including numbers of launches, participants, and payloads.
Sec. 701: Advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation: Provides that stating the base airfare in an advertisement is not an unfair or deceptive practice if government-imposed taxes and fees and the total cost are clearly and separately disclosed, and requires final regulations within 1 year.
Sec. 718: Airline operational resiliency plans: Requires covered air carriers to develop and update operational resiliency strategies to limit the impact of flight disruptions on passengers, protects proprietary information, and requires a Comptroller General audit and report.
Sec. 726: Provision of drinking water to passengers: Requires the FAA Administrator to issue regulations requiring air carriers and foreign air carriers to provide complementary drinking water to passengers on flights scheduled for 1 hour or more.
Sec. 744: Airspace transition completion: Requires the FAA Administrator to move responsibility for the Newark, New Jersey radar sector to the Philadelphia terminal radar approach control facility within 180 days, limits staffing changes, and requires briefings every 60 days.
Sec. 804: Aircraft weight reduction task force: Requires the FAA Administrator to establish a task force of not more than 20 members to identify ways to safely reduce the weight of air carrier aircraft to lower fuel burn, with a report, an FAA response, and a sunset.
Sec. 810: Preserving open skies while ensuring fair skies: Adds preventing the undermining of labor standards to the policy lists in section 40101 of title 49, changes the foreign air carrier permit criteria in section 41302 to consider the totality of the circumstances, and preserves existing permits and agreements.
Sec. 826: Final rulemaking on certain manufacturing standards: Requires the FAA Administrator to issue a final rule on the notice of proposed rulemaking titled "Airplane Fuel Efficiency Certification" (RIN 2120–AL54) by December 16, 2023.
Sec. 845: Copyright protection for original designs of aircraft floats: Directs the FAA Administrator to coordinate with the Register of Copyrights to help aircraft float manufacturers receive design protections under section 1301 of title 17, and defines "aircraft float".
Sec. 850: Structures interfering with air commerce or national security: Amends 49 U.S.C. 44718 to require public notice on a publicly available website and to require energy project applicants to disclose relationships with foreign principals, with a 2-year bar for a knowing violation and a permanent bar after a repeat violation.
Sec. 853: Sense of Congress encouraging the FAA to welcome the use of unmanned aerial vehicles: States the sense of Congress that the Federal Aviation Administration should welcome unmanned aerial vehicles to augment manual inspection, survey, and maintenance, including for electric transmission, water quality, transportation, national parks, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Sec. 854: Evaluation of emergency response plans: Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate a representative sample of airport emergency plans, covering electricity supply, resiliency and backup power during natural disasters, and community impact, and to report within 1 year of enactment.
Sec. 856: Prohibition on operation of aircraft over Russian airspace: Requires the Secretary of Transportation within 60 days to extend the Russian-airspace NOTAM prohibitions to foreign air carriers landing in or taking off from U.S. airports, take similar action, or brief Congress; the prohibition ends if the NOTAM is rescinded.
Sec. 857: GAO study on aviation workforce: Directs the Comptroller General to study recruitment, retention, education, training, and well-being of the aviation workforce in rural communities, report within 120 days, and directs the FAA Administrator to implement the recommendations.
Sec. 860: Reimbursement for financial losses due to certain airport closures: Requires FAA notification and, subject to appropriations, reimbursement of direct and incremental losses of specified aviation entities when airports close for temporary flight restrictions at a President's residence, after an audit, with ineligible costs and no government liability.
Sec. 865: Apprenticeship program for pilots: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to set up an apprenticeship program with flight schools to build a pipeline of commercial pilots, lets each school select up to 8 apprentices a year, and calls for ways to draw retired pilots into flight instruction.
Sec. 867: Air statistic reports: Requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, within 60 days, to revise Technical Reporting Directive No. 31 so that 22 listed events, such as aircraft damage, medical emergencies and airport closures, are not counted within the air carrier codes.
Sec. 870: Implementation of dynamic scheduling and management of certain airspace: Directs the FAA Administrator and the Secretary of Defense, under the existing airspace pilot program, to evaluate and test automated sharing of special use airspace status changes, and to submit a report within 365 days.
Sec. 871: Prohibition on procurement of foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems: Bars the Secretary of Transportation from contracts or grants to procure small unmanned aircraft systems made by a covered foreign entity, with exemptions for testing and safety work, a case-by-case waiver, effective dates and definitions.
Sec. 872: Banning municipal airport: Directs the Comptroller General to begin a study of Banning Municipal Airport within 90 days, covering traffic, revenues and costs, wildfire use, infrastructure, effects on the Morongo Band of Indians, and needed Federal funds, and to report within 1 year.
Sec. 873: Feasibility study of hardening satellites that contribute to United States aerospace navigation: Directs the FAA Administrator to conduct a feasibility study to determine the cost to harden satellites that contribute to United States aerospace navigation.
Sec. 877: Certification and report by Inspector General relating to radar impacts and offshore wind development approval process: Requires the President to certify within 90 days that offshore wind projects in the North and Mid-Atlantic Planning Areas will not degrade radar or aviation, and requires a Department of Transportation Inspector General audit, report and survey.
Sec. 905: Acquiring mission-essential knowledge and skills: Gives the National Transportation Safety Board Chairman direct hire authority into the competitive service for personnel with specialized knowledge, on a finding of a severe hiring shortage or critical hiring need, ending 5 years after enactment.
Sec. 912: Establishment of Office of Oversight, Accountability, and Quality Assurance: Establishes within the National Transportation Safety Board an Office of Oversight, Accountability, and Quality Assurance with a Director serving a 5-year term, set duties, an annual report, and a peer review of the Office.
Sec. 923: Most Wanted List: Requires the National Transportation Safety Board Chairman to end publication of the Most Wanted List within 90 days of enactment, while allowing unrelated advocacy activities and keeping materials from earlier lists.
Sec. 1006: Prohibition on implementation of a mask mandate: Bars the FAA Administrator from implementing or enforcing any requirement that employees of air carriers wear a mask.
Sec. 1008: Prohibition on mask mandate for FAA employees: Bars the FAA Administrator from implementing or enforcing any requirement that employees of the Administration wear a mask.
Sec. 1135: Air traffic surveillance over oceans and other remote locations: Directs the Administrator, with NASA and other agencies, to carry out research, development, demonstration and testing on air traffic surveillance over oceans and remote locations, allows a pilot program, and requires a report within one year.
Sec. 1136: Utilization of space-based assets to improve air traffic control and aviation safety: Directs the Administrator, with NASA, to carry out research, development and testing of space-based ADS-B data, focused on turbulence reporting, multilateration, GPS and GNSS disruptions and safety technologies, with a report within 180 days.
Sec. 1143: Aviation structures, materials, and advanced manufacturing research and development: Directs the Administrator, in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to carry out a research and development program on aviation structures, materials, and manufacturing, and to report on its findings within 180 days.
Sec. 1152: Study on aeronautical standards: Directs the NASA Administrator, with other agencies, to conduct a study on modernizing aeronautical standards and atmospheric conditions, and to transmit the results to congressional committees within 18 months of enactment.
Sec. 1203: Designation of certain airports as ports of entry: Directs the President to designate certain primary airports located within 30 miles of a land border as ports of entry and to end the customs user fee requirement for those airports.

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Sec. 207: Airspace Modernization Office: Establishes an Airspace Modernization Office within the FAA on January 1, 2026, assigns it duties, sets the contents of an integrated plan for the national airspace system, and requires a plan deadline, annual briefings and an inspector general review.
Sec. 219: Authority to use electronic service: Amends section 46103 of title 49 to allow service by electronic or facsimile transmission, sets the date of service for those methods, and allows service on a designated agent at an electronic or facsimile address.
Sec. 220: Safety and efficiency through digitization of FAA systems: Requires the Administrator to identify at least 3 paper-based FAA certification or authorization processes, begin digitizing them with application tracking and status access, and brief Congress on progress.
Sec. 229: Advanced Aviation Technology and Innovation Steering Committee: Requires the Administrator to establish an Advanced Aviation Technology and Innovation Steering Committee, chaired by the Deputy Administrator, to plan for and integrate advanced aviation technologies, and lists its member FAA offices.
Sec. 230: Review and updates of categorical exclusions: Requires the Secretary to identify each categorical exclusion in the Department of Transportation within 1 year, and requires the Administrator to review them and adopt new ones for FAA airport projects within 2 years.
Sec. 231: Implementation of anti-terrorist and narcotic air events programs: Requires the Administrator to implement listed Government Accountability Office recommendations on aircraft registration fraud and abuse, issue proposed rules where needed, and submit reports on implementation to congressional committees.
Sec. 310: Independent study on future state of type certification processes: Directs the Administrator to seek an agreement with an independent research organization to study the future of aircraft type certification, consult with FAA offices and industry members, and report and brief Congress.
Sec. 331: Update of FAA standards to allow distribution and use of certain restricted routes and terminal procedures: Requires the Administrator, within 9 months, to update FAA standards to allow distribution and use of the Capstone Restricted Routes and Terminal Procedures by WAAS-capable navigation equipment, and to allow modifications and new routes proposed by air carriers.
Sec. 332: ASOS/AWOS service report dashboard: Requires the FAA and NOAA Administrators to collect real-time service status of all ASOS/AWOS and publish status, repair information, an outage reporting portal, and machine-readable data on a public website.
Sec. 333: Helicopter safety: Requires the Administrator to task an advisory committee with reviewing safety requirements for flight data recorders, flight data monitoring, and terrain awareness systems on turbine rotorcraft with 6 or more passenger seats, with a report and briefing.
Sec. 334: Review and incorporation of human readiness levels into agency guidance material: Requires the Administrator to begin a review of the ANSI/HFES 400–2021 Human Readiness Level standard to decide whether to incorporate it into agency guidance, and to brief Congress on progress.
Sec. 335: Service difficulty reports: Requires the Administrator to brief Congress at 18 months and annually through 2027 on compliance with service difficulty report requirements, including categories, repeated reports, causes, actions taken, and violations.
Sec. 338: Tarmac operations monitoring study: Directs the Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to study monitoring of ground source data at airports, run a pilot program at up to 6 airports on ground-based tarmac delay statistics, and publish the results within 4 years.
Sec. 339: Improved safety in rural areas: Rewrites section 322 of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act so part 135 air carriers may fly under instrument flight rules to noncontiguous State destinations lacking a METAR, and sets an application template and a 30-day response timeline.
Sec. 340: Study on FAA use of mandatory Equal Access to Justice Act waivers: Directs the Comptroller General to study the Administrator's use of waivers of Equal Access to Justice Act rights as a condition of settling airman certificate and civil penalty proceedings, and to report within 1 year.
Sec. 341: Airport air safety: Directs the Administrator to seek an arrangement with a qualified third-party entity to evaluate whether poor air quality inside the Washington Dulles International Airport passenger terminal negatively affects passengers.
Sec. 344: Changed product rule reform: Requires a proposed rule within 18 months and a final rule within 3 years revising 14 CFR 21.101 on significant design changes, plus a congressional briefing and annual reports through 2028 on exceptions approved and denied.
Sec. 345: Administrative authority for civil penalties: Amends 49 U.S.C. 46301(d) to set dollar thresholds and maximum civil penalties of $400,000, $50,000, $1,200,000 and $100,000, depending on the violator and whether the violation came before or after enactment.
Sec. 346: Study on airworthiness standards compliance: Directs the Administrator to seek an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to study transport airplane designs found not to comply with airworthiness standards, with a report to Congress within 2 years.
Sec. 361: Continuous aircraft tracking and transmission for high altitude balloons: Requires the Administrator to brief Congress within 180 days on how high altitude balloons without identification signals affect aviation safety, and to establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee on continuous tracking of such balloons.
Sec. 363: Commercial air tour and sport parachuting safety: Bars commercial air tours unless the operator holds an air carrier or commercial operator certificate or follows an FAA rule, requires approval for door-off flights, and sets rulemaking committees and rules for air tour and sport parachute safety.
Sec. 364: Hawaii air noise and safety task force: Directs the Administrator to take part as a technical advisor in Hawaii's air noise and safety task force and to act on its recommendations, and states the Administrator may not ban commercial air tour flights in Hawaii for noise reduction.
Sec. 366: 25-hour cockpit voice recorder: Requires covered operators to fly aircraft with cockpit voice recorders that retain the last 25 hours, bars use of recordings in certificate actions, civil penalties or crew discipline, and sets rulemaking on data protection.
Sec. 372: Enhanced qualification program for restricted airline transport pilot certificate: Directs the Administrator to establish an Enhanced Qualification Program under which certified air carriers give enhanced training to eligible pilots seeking restricted airline transport pilot certificates, with set curriculum, assessment, inspection and definitions.
Sec. 396: GAO report on cybersecurity of commercial aviation avionics: Directs the Comptroller General to review how aircraft cybersecurity is included in the strategic framework under section 2111 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016, and to report results within 2 years of enactment.
Sec. 404: FAA engagement and collaboration with HBCUs and MSIs: Directs the Administrator to continue outreach to HBCUs and minority serving institutions and the Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program, allows year-round and extended placements, and requires tracking of program data.
Sec. 414: Study of high school aviation maintenance training programs: Requires the Comptroller General to study high school aviation maintenance technician programs and barriers facing their graduates, and to report findings and recommendations to the Administrator and Congress.
Sec. 415: Improved access to air traffic control simulation training: Directs the Administrator to keep making tower simulator systems more accessible to controllers, develop a cloud-based visual database, upgrade existing simulators within 2 years, and acquire mobile simulators within 4 years.
Sec. 416: Air traffic controller instructor recruitment, hiring, and retention: Requires the Administrator to study recruitment, hiring and retention of air traffic controller instructors and the number needed over 5 years starting fiscal year 2025, then brief committees on the results.
Sec. 417: Ensuring hiring of air traffic control specialists is based on assessment of job-relevant aptitudes: Requires the Administrator to review and revise, if necessary, the Air Traffic Skills Assessment within 180 days, and requires the Department of Transportation inspector general to report on the assessment and any revisions.
Sec. 418: Pilot program to provide veterans with pilot training services: Directs the Secretary to set up a pilot program of grants to pilot schools for pilot training for veterans, with a $750,000 yearly award limit and $5,000,000 authorized for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028.
Sec. 424: Sense of Congress on improving unmanned aircraft system staffing at FAA: States the sense of Congress that the Administrator should use the Unmanned Aircraft System Collegiate Training Initiative to address FAA staffing challenges and skills gaps tied to integrating unmanned aircraft systems.
Sec. 427: Crewmember self-defense training: Amends 49 U.S.C. 44918 to change crewmember self-defense training content, set TSA minimum training standards, and require air carriers to provide a process for reasonable accommodations for participating crew members.
Sec. 428: Direct-hire authority utilization: Requires the Administrator to use existing direct hire authorities for aircraft certification and aviation safety positions, and to brief congressional committees annually through 2028 on their use and the hires made.
Sec. 429: FAA Workforce review audit: Requires the Department of Transportation inspector general to audit FAA workforce plans for safety-related occupations, covering staffing, vacancies, skills gaps and cooperative training, and to report within 1 year.
Sec. 430: Staffing model for aviation safety inspectors: Requires the Administrator to review and, as necessary, revise the staffing model for aviation safety inspectors within 2 years, weighing listed prior reports, assessing listed factors, and consulting interested persons including the inspectors' bargaining representative.
Sec. 431: Safety-critical staffing: Directs the Administrator to act on the number of safety inspectors, technicians and support positions identified in the revised staffing model, with increases measured against September 30, 2023 and subject to appropriations, and defines safety-critical positions.
Sec. 438: Airport service workforce analysis: Requires the Comptroller General to complete a review of the domestic airport service workforce within 1 year, report it to the Secretary, and lets the Secretary convene a public working group that ends 1 year after it is convened.
Sec. 441: National strategic plan for aviation workforce development: Adds 49 U.S.C. 40132, requiring the Secretary of Transportation to establish by September 30, 2025 a national strategic plan for civil aviation workforce recruitment, hiring and retention, and to appoint a CAREER Council to assist and advise.
Sec. 501: Establishment of Office of Aviation Consumer Protection: Amends 49 U.S.C. 102 to create an Office of Aviation Consumer Protection headed by a new Assistant Secretary, moves staff from the Office of the General Counsel unit, requires an annual report, and authorizes $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 rising to $16,000,000 for 2028.
Sec. 502: Additional within and beyond perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: Directs the Secretary to grant 10 exemptions for limited frequencies on routes between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and airports within or beyond the perimeter, with 8 for non-limited and 2 for limited incumbent carriers.
Sec. 505: Access to customer service assistance for all travelers: Requires covered air carriers to maintain a live-agent phone line, live chat option or monitored text number, free of charge and available at all times, starting 120 days after enactment.
Sec. 506: Airline customer service dashboards: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to maintain public online dashboards on large air carriers' delay and cancellation services, family seating and seat size, with the section ending on October 1, 2028.
Sec. 507: Increase in civil penalties: Amends section 46301(a)(1) of title 49 to replace “$25,000” with “$75,000” for violations on or after enactment, and requires the Secretary to conform regulations.
Sec. 508: Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection: Extends the aviation consumer protection Advisory Committee to September 30, 2028, and directs it to consult with foreign air carriers, ultra-low-cost carriers, disability nonprofits, ticket agents, travel management companies and others.
Sec. 511: Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Directs the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to begin a rulemaking within 60 days on a new cause-of-delay category for ATC-instructed delays, lists ten causes excluded from the Air Carrier code, and adds family seating complaint tracking and reporting.
Sec. 515: GAO study and report on the operational preparedness of air carriers for certain events: Directs the Comptroller General to study air carriers' operational preparedness for weather and natural hazards, brief Congress within 1 year, and submit a report 6 months after the briefing.
Sec. 547: Equal accessibility to passenger portals: Requires the Secretary to issue regulations within 2 years setting minimum standards for disabled passengers' access to kiosks, applications and websites of air carriers and airports, consistent with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, with periodic reviews.
Sec. 551: On-board wheelchairs in aircraft cabin: Requires air carriers to give information on on-board wheelchairs to passengers who say at booking that they need a wheelchair, and to post their rights and responsibilities regarding on-board wheelchairs on a public website.
Sec. 561: Essential air service reforms: Amends essential air service law to change the subsidy-per-passenger limits, limit route length to 650 miles, change applicant selection factors and notice periods, repeal several sections and programs, and state a sense of Congress on rural airports.
Sec. 562: Small community air service development grants: Amends 49 U.S.C. 41743 to change the same-project limit from 10 years to 5 years, add an air carrier support priority, set grant authorization at $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and make other changes.
Sec. 563: GAO study and report on the alternate essential air service pilot program: Directs the Comptroller General to study the alternate essential air service pilot program, including possible changes such as block grants to Governors, and to report within 3 years of enactment.
Sec. 564: Essential air service in parts of Alaska: Requires the Secretary, by September 1, 2024, to review Alaska points deleted from carrier certificates between July 1, 1968 and October 24, 1978, to decide whether they should be designated eligible places for essential air service.
Sec. 565: Essential air service community petition for review: Amends 49 U.S.C. 41733 to let an eligible place's representative petition for a Secretary review of its basic essential air service carrier, with a review within 2 months and possible termination of the carrier's order.
Sec. 601: Instrument landing system installation: Requires the FAA Administrator, by January 1, 2025, to expedite installation of at least 15 instrument landing systems using the existing contract vehicle and FAA employees, and to brief Congress by June 30, 2025.
Sec. 603: NextGen accountability review: Requires the Administrator to seek an agreement by December 31, 2026 with the National Academy of Public Administration to review NextGen benefits and equipage metrics, and to publish those metrics on an FAA website.
Sec. 609: Flight profile optimization: Establishes a pilot program awarding grants of up to $2,000,000 each to air traffic flow management technology providers to develop flight profile optimization capabilities, with annual briefings and a sunset on October 1, 2028.
Sec. 610: Extension of enhanced air traffic services pilot program: Amends section 547 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 to define certain NextGen avionics and preferential basis, and to change the pilot program end date from May 10, 2024 to September 30, 2028.
Sec. 613: Aeronautical mobile communications services: Directs the Administrator to evaluate adding satellite voice communication services to the Aeronautical Mobile Communications program, to begin developing safety case analysis and implementation procedures within 1 year, and to keep HF/VHF services as minimum equipage.
Sec. 620: Contract Tower Program: Amends section 47124 of title 49 to give airport sponsors 7 years for an operational readiness inspection, allow contract tower controllers to use situational awareness equipment, and set liability insurance consultation and interim excess insurance for contractors.
Sec. 629: Upgrading and replacing aging air traffic systems: Requires the Administrator to seek a study of upgrading or replacing ASOS/AWOS in non-contiguous States, report within 18 months with upgrade plans, and allows use of amounts under section 48101(c)(1) of title 49.
Sec. 708: Updating United States Government’s share of project costs: Amends section 47109 of title 49 to set the Government's share of allowable project costs at 95 percent for grants to nonhub or nonprimary airports in fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
Sec. 718: Discretionary fund for terminal development costs: Allows up to $20,000,000 from the discretionary fund to go to a nonprimary airport's terminal development when it is expected to become a primary airport, and raises a limit in section 47119(f) from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000.
Sec. 725: Airport accessibility: Creates a pilot program of grants to airport sponsors for capital projects making commercial service airports more accessible to individuals with disabilities, with selection priorities, accessibility plans, a Federal share, and up to $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2028.
Sec. 726: General aviation airport runway extension pilot program: Creates a pilot program of grants to not more than 2 general aviation airport sponsors per fiscal year to extend a primary runway by up to 1,000 feet, with selection priorities, a Federal share, a report to Congress, and funding for fiscal years 2025 through 2028.
Sec. 743: Review of airport layout plans: Amends section 163 of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act and section 47107 of title 49 to limit the Secretary's airport layout plan review of projects on land acquired without Federal assistance, and requires a notice of intent to proceed.
Sec. 744: Protection of safe and efficient use of airspace at airports: Requires the Administrator to weigh added factors in cumulative-impact reviews of construction near certain airport runways, sets notice content, makes no-hazard determinations expire after 18 months, and applies only to an airport in a county adjacent to 2 States.
Sec. 750: GAO study on fee transparency by fixed based operators: Directs the Comptroller General to study fixed based operators' efforts to make prices and fees transparent online for general and business aviation users, and to report to committees within 18 months.
Sec. 756: Banning municipal airport: Directs the Administrator to release the City of Banning, California from restrictions on the Banning Municipal Airport, conditioned on reimbursement of grants and transfer of salvageable equipment, and preserves other legal requirements.
Sec. 757: Disputed changes of sponsorship at federally obligated, publicly owned airport: Gives the Administrator sole authority to approve disputed changes in sponsorship of federally obligated, publicly owned airports, sets conditions for approval, provides for technical assistance, and defines a disputed change of airport sponsorship.
Sec. 758: Procurement regulations applicable to FAA multimodal projects: Requires multimodal airport development projects using certain grant funds to follow FAA procurement regulations and those of the transit, highway or rail component, applying the component with the most Federal assistance when there are several.
Sec. 760: Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area: Requires the Administrator to submit a study on the Washington, DC Special Flight Rules Area and Flight Restricted Zone within 1 year, and to brief Congress within 180 days on feasibility of radio and electronic flight plan changes.
Sec. 762: Progress reports on the national transition plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam: Requires the Administrator to submit progress reports every 180 days on a national transition plan to fluorine-free firefighting foam at part 139 airports, until the Administrator notifies Congress the plan is complete.
Sec. 764: Study on competition and airport access: Requires the Secretary to brief Congress within 180 days on actions and added legal authority to expand lower cost passenger air carrier access to capacity constrained airports, including JFK, LaGuardia and Newark.
Sec. 765: Regional airport capacity study: Requires the Administrator to start a study within 1 year on FAA policy for siting new airports, streamlining, and federal funding for new airport capacity, with a report in 30 months and guidance revisions within 3 years.
Sec. 766: Study on autonomous and electric-powered track systems: Allows the Administrator to study the feasibility and economic viability of autonomous or electric-powered track systems under airport pavement that let transport category aircraft taxi without main engines, and requires a briefing if the study is done.
Sec. 767: PFAS-related resources for airports: Directs the Secretary to set up a program within 90 days to reimburse sponsors of part 139 airports for fluorine-free firefighting agent and related costs, with a 100 percent Federal share and up to $350,000,000 authorized.
Sec. 770: Grant assurances: Adds a grant assurance barring airports from restricting sale or self-fueling of 100-octane low lead aviation gasoline until December 31, 2030 or unleaded fuel is available, and sets a $5,000 per day civil penalty for violations.
Sec. 771: Aviation fuel in Alaska: Bars the FAA and EPA Administrators from restricting use or availability of 100-octane low lead aviation gasoline in Alaska until December 31, 2032 or 6 months after a qualifying unleaded fuel is widely available, and requires a GAO evaluation and report within 3 years.
Sec. 772: Application of amendments: Provides that this Act's amendments to the Airport Improvement Program apportionment and discretionary formulas do not apply in a fiscal year beginning before enactment, except for extensions of provisions expiring May 10 or 11, 2024.
Sec. 773: Prohibition on use of amounts to process or administer any application for the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base with civil aviation: Bars use of FAA funds for fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to process or administer any application for joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force and civil aircraft.
Sec. 774: Universal changing station: From fiscal year 2030, conditions airport development grants at medium and large hub airports on assurances of a universal changing station in each passenger terminal, directs Access Board standards, and allows terminal development funding for such stations.
Sec. 774A: Airport human trafficking prevention grants: Establishes a grant program for airports on human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention, distributed to the 75 busiest airports and others on application, with $10,000,000 authorized for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028.
Sec. 775: Additional permitted uses of passenger facility charge revenue: Adds two eligible uses of passenger facility charge revenue: noise barriers at small hub airports expected to exceed 55 decibels from new development, and replacing federal agency workspace displaced by terminal development or renovation.
Sec. 776: Passenger facility charge streamlining: Amends section 40117 of title 49 to streamline passenger facility charge authorizations, adding $4 and $4.50 charge levels, limiting the Secretary's grounds for objection, and requiring a rulemaking within 120 days and interim guidance.
Sec. 792: Aircraft Noise Advisory Committee: Requires the FAA Administrator to establish an Aircraft Noise Advisory Committee within 180 days to advise on aircraft noise, with set membership, duties, reports to the Administrator and Congress, and a congressional briefing.
Sec. 808: ADS–B out equipage study; Vehicle-to-Vehicle link program: Directs the Administrator to start a study of aircraft lacking ADS–B out equipment, its costs, benefits and incentives, and to brief Congress. Also sets up an interagency vehicle-to-vehicle link program with NASA and the FCC.
Sec. 810: Development of low-cost voluntary ADS–B: Requires the Administrator to prepare a report within 2 years on a position reporting system for voluntary use in airspace where ADS–B out is not required, and to submit it to the appropriate committees of Congress.
Sec. 826: Public aircraft flight time logging eligibility: Makes aircraft under the direct operational control of forestry and fire protection agencies eligible for logging pilot flight time, applies this retroactively to October 5, 2018, and requires conforming regulations within 180 days.
Sec. 901: Definitions: Provides that, unless otherwise stated, the definitions in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code, apply to this subtitle.
Sec. 903: Small UAS safety standards technical corrections: Makes technical corrections to section 44805 of title 49, United States Code, changing capitalization and wording, fixing cross-references from subsection (h) to (f), and redesignating subsections (e) through (j) as (c) through (h).
Sec. 924: FAA comprehensive plan on UAS automation: Requires the Administrator to establish a comprehensive plan for integrating autonomous unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system, in consultation with NASA, the Department of Defense and industry, and submit it within 1 year.
Sec. 932: Third-party service approvals: Requires the Administrator to set up, within 1 year, procedures to approve third-party service suppliers, including unmanned aircraft traffic management suppliers, and sets criteria, standards, harmonization, coordination, a definition and rules of construction.
Sec. 933: Special authority for transport of hazardous materials by commercial package delivery unmanned aircraft systems: Directs the Secretary to use a risk-based approach to set requirements, standards or special permits letting air carriers transport hazardous materials by unmanned aircraft under part 135, with considerations, risk assessments, regulation changes, a public meeting and a savings clause.
Sec. 934: Operations over high seas: Directs the Administrator to work with other civil aviation authorities on approval processes for unmanned aircraft systems to operate over the high seas, to engage ICAO within 6 months, and to review and brief Congress on member states' approvals.
Sec. 936: Covered drone prohibition: Prohibits the Secretary from contracting for, granting for, or operating covered unmanned aircraft systems tied to covered foreign entities, with exemptions, waivers, replacement of existing systems with $5,000,000 authorized, effective dates and definitions.
Sec. 937: Expanding use of innovative technologies in the Gulf of Mexico: Directs the Administrator to prioritize authorizing a UAS test range sponsor partnering with an eligible airport authority to test innovative technologies in the Gulf of Mexico, with an annual briefing to Congress and definitions.
Sec. 952: Sense of Congress on FAA leadership in advanced air mobility: States the sense of Congress that the United States should become a global leader in advanced air mobility, and that the FAA should prioritize powered-lift certification, publish rulemakings, work with global partners and with manufacturers and operators.
Sec. 956: Advanced propulsion systems regulations: Requires the Administrator, within 3 years, to task the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee with recommending regulations for certifying and installing electric, hybrid electric, hydrogen and other new propulsion systems, followed by a report and an FAA briefing.
Sec. 961: Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies: Requires a plan within 90 days for a Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies, requires the Center's establishment by September 30, 2026, and authorizes $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to carry it out.
Sec. 1004: National aviation research plan modification: Moves the national aviation research plan deadline to 30 days after the President's budget is submitted, and requires a letter to the House and Senate committees stating the reason, impacts and actions taken if the report is late.
Sec. 1005: Advanced Materials Center of Excellence enhancements: Amends section 44518 of title 49 to require continued operation of the Advanced Materials Center of Excellence, set a 90-day grant decision deadline, and define its research purposes and responsibilities, including wheelchair restraint safety.
Sec. 1006: Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Adds a section to title 49 requiring the FAA Administrator to continue operating the Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, sets its research, collaboration and goal-setting responsibilities, and directs participation by institutions of higher education.
Sec. 1007: ASSUREd Safe credentialing authority: Requires the FAA Administrator, within 6 months, to establish a credentialing authority called ASSUREd Safe under the Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, offering standards, education and testing services, in coordination with NIST and FEMA.
Sec. 1008: CLEEN engine and airframe technology partnership: Amends section 47511 of title 49 by striking "subsonic" in subsection (a) and adding a subsection allowing the Administrator to provide that at least 2 cooperative agreements involve a small business concern.
Sec. 1012: Electric propulsion aircraft operations study: Directs the Comptroller General to begin a study within 120 days on safe and scalable integration of electric aircraft into the national airspace system, covering workforce, standards, airport infrastructure and aircraft types, with a report within 2 years.
Sec. 1013: Contract weather observers program: Amends section 2306 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 to bar the Administrator from discontinuing or diminishing the contract weather observer program at any airport until September 30, 2028.
Sec. 1015: Review of FAA management of research and development: Requires the Comptroller General, within 1 year, to review FAA management of research and development and its coordination with other Federal research activities, and to report findings and recommendations to the covered committees of Congress.
Sec. 1016: Research and development of FAA’s aeronautical information systems modernization activities: Directs the Administrator, with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, to set up a research and development program on the FAA's aeronautical information systems, and to seek a federally funded research center review and report.
Sec. 1017: Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment: Adds section 44520 to title 49, United States Code, directing the Administrator to continue operating the Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment, sets its research responsibilities, grant authority, and participants.
Sec. 1019: Hydrogen aviation strategy: Directs the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Secretary of Energy to lead research on the safe use of hydrogen in civil aviation, requires a research strategy within 1 year, and requires a report to Congress within 3 years.
Sec. 1020: Aviation fuel systems: Directs the Secretary to review, plan, and make recommendations on coordination issues for aircraft powered by new aviation fuels or fuel systems, consulting named agencies, and requires a briefing to the covered committees within 1 year.
Sec. 1041: Definitions: Defines terms used in Subtitle B, including advanced air mobility, interagency working group, labor organization, National Laboratory, technical standard, and unmanned aircraft system.
Sec. 1042: Interagency working group: Requires the National Science and Technology Council to establish or designate an interagency working group on advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems, sets its membership and duties, and requires reports to Congress through December 31, 2028.
Sec. 1043: Strategic research plan: Requires the interagency working group to develop and update a strategic plan for Federal research, development, deployment, and testing of advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems, with National Academies review, public comment, and reports to Congress.
Sec. 1044: Federal Aviation Administration unmanned aircraft system and advanced air mobility research and development: Directs the Administrator, with NASA and other agencies, to carry out research, development, testing, and demonstration for advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems, including risk-evaluation research and a report to covered committees of Congress within 9 months.
Sec. 1045: Partnerships for research, development, demonstration, and testing: Directs the Administrator to seek an arrangement with the National Academy of Public Administration to study FAA research, development, demonstration, and testing partnerships, and to transmit the study to covered committees of Congress within 12 months.
Sec. 1109: FAA leadership in hydrogen aviation: Directs the Administrator to lead development of Federal regulations, standards, and guidance for certifying the use of hydrogen in civil aviation, including hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft, and to obtain stakeholder input.
Sec. 1111: Learning period: Amends section 50905(c)(9) of title 51, United States Code, replacing the date "May 11, 2024" with "January 1, 2025".
Sec. 1112: Counter-UAS authorities: Amends section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)), replacing the date "May 11, 2024" with "October 1, 2024".
Sec. 1116: Designation of additional port of entry for the importation and exportation of wildlife and wildlife products by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Directs the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to designate 1 additional port of entry for importing and exporting wildlife and wildlife products, chosen from airports handling over 8,000,000,000 pounds of cargo in 2022, and allows acceptance of private donations.
Sec. 1223: Review of National Transportation Safety Board procurements: Requires the Comptroller General, not later than 18 months after enactment, to submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the procurement and contracting planning, practices, and policies of the National Transportation Safety Board, including sole-source contracts.