Sec. 1750. Deployment of real-time status of special use airspace
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The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of the military services, including the National Guard and Air National Guard, and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall initiate, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a program to enable public dissemination of information on— the real-time status of the activation or deactivation of military operations areas and restricted areas; and the reports submitted to the Administrator pursuant to section 73.19 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
Not later than 1 year after the Administrator initiates the program required under subsection (a), and every year thereafter until such program is complete, the Administrator shall submit a status report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the implementation of such program. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall contain, at a minimum— an update on the progress of the Administrator in modifying policies, systems, or equipment that may be necessary to enable the public dissemination of information on the real-time status of the activation or deactivation of military operations areas and restricted areas; a description of any challenges to completing the program initiated pursuant to subsection (a), including challenges in— receiving the timely and complete submissions of data concerning airspace usage; modifying policies; and acquiring necessary systems or equipment; and a timeline of the anticipated completion of the program and the modifications described in subparagraph (A). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress— describing whether the Department of Defense has submitted the utilization reports required under section 73.19 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations for the prior fiscal year, and, if so, to what extent such reports have been submitted; and providing, if the Secretary discovers that all such reports have not been submitted in a timely and complete manner— an explanation for the failure to submit any such reports in the manner prescribed by regulation; and a plan to ensure the timely and complete submission of all such reports. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on special use airspace, including a review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s— policies and processes for establishing, reviewing, and revoking military operations areas and restricted areas; and administration, including release of, underutilized special use airspace. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. The term underutilized , with respect to a military operations area or restricted area, means such an area determined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administrator to have had, during the 2 most recent consecutive fiscal years prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the number of hours actually utilized be less than 75 percent of the number of hours the area was activated, discounted for weather cancellations and delays, loss of use for reasons beyond the control of the Federal agency using the area, and other factors determined appropriate by the Administrator.