Sec. 542. Prohibited airspace assessment
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with appropriate Federal agencies, shall conduct an assessment on the security of United States prohibited airspace designated by the Federal Aviation Administration, with a focus on permanent prohibited airspace (in this section referred to as United States prohibited airspace ). The assessment developed under subsection
(a)shall be unclassified but may contain a classified annex. It shall, at a minimum, include— a summary of the number and types of violations of United States prohibited airspace and historical trends of such numbers and types; an assessment of the processes used to establish United States prohibited airspace; an assessment of manned and unmanned aircraft, current and future, with the ability to penetrate United States prohibited airspace undetected; an assessment of the current and future capabilities of the United States to mitigate threats to United States prohibited airspace; recommendations on how to improve security of United States prohibited airspace; and a process to modify section 99.7 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to expand the Administrator’s authority to establish temporary flight restrictions in cooperation with State and local law enforcement agencies, or as required for purposes of national security, homeland security, or law enforcement support.