APPRISE Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5110 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure representatives of aviation roundtables may participate in the NextGen performance-based navigation implementation process of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. CASE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PA- NETTA, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis- tration to ensure representatives of aviation roundtables may participate in the NextGen performance-based navi- gation implementation process of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘All Participating in 4 Process Reaching Informed Solutions for Everyone Act’’ 5 or the ‘‘APPRISE Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 Nov 25, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5110.IH H5110 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5110 IH SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE-BASED NAVIGATION IMPLEMENTA- 1 TION PROCESS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the implementa- 3 tion process for NextGen performance-based navigation 4 (as described in FAA Order JO7100.41A, or any subse- 5 quent similar order), the Administrator of the Federal 6 Aviation Administration shall ensure that any covered 7 aviation roundtable may appoint a technical representative 8 or consultant to participate as member of the core working 9 group or the full working group of such process on the 10 same terms and conditions as a representative of the in- 11 dustry, an airport, or a participating proponent of a proce- 12 dure. 13 (b) COVERED AVIATION ROUNDTABLE DEFINED.— 14 The term ‘‘covered aviation roundtable’’ means an aviation 15 roundtable— 16 (1) that is the actual or de facto proponent of 17 a proposed new or modified performance-based navi- 18 gation flight procedure; or 19 (2) for which the modified procedure path to be 20 implemented in the process described in subsection 21 (a) is within 5 miles of the jurisdictional area of the 22 aviation roundtable. 23 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 25 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Nov 26, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5110.IH H5110 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5110 IH frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com- 1 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 2 Senate a report on the progress made toward imple- 3 menting the requirements under subsection (a). 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 Nov 25, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5110.IH H5110 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS