Sec. 531. GAO study on expansion of the FAA weather camera program
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the feasibility and benefits and costs of expanding the Weather Camera Program of the Federal Aviation Administration to locations in the United States that lack weather camera services. In conducting the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall review— the potential effects of the existing Weather Camera Program on weather-related aviation accidents and flight interruptions; the potential benefits and costs associated with expanding the Weather Camera Program; limitations on the real-time access of weather camera information by pilots and aircraft operators; non-safety related regulatory structures or barriers to the allowable use of weather camera information for the purposes of aircraft operations; limitations of existing weather camera systems at the time of the study; alternative sources of viable weather data; funding mechanisms for weather camera installation and operations; and other considerations the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
Not later than 28 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study required under subsection (a).