Sec. 122. FAA management board
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Section 106 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections
(c)and
(d)and inserting the following: The Administration has Associate Administrators, as determined necessary by the Administrator, including— appointed by the Administrator, an Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, an Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, an Associate Administrator for Security and Hazardous Materials Safety, a Chief Operating Officer of the Air Traffic Control System; and appointed by the President, an Associate Administrator for Airports. Associate Administrators shall be citizens of the United States. The Associate Administrators shall carry out duties and powers of their office described in this section and those prescribed by the Administrator. The Administration has Assistant Administrators and a Chief Counsel. The Chief Counsel shall be appointed by the President and shall— advise the Administrator on legal matters relating to the responsibilities, functions, and management of the Administration; at the request of the Administrator, provide guidance, counsel, and advice regarding, but shall not have final decision-making authority with regards to, the activities of the Administrator, including— rulemaking activities; policy and guidance document production; exemption and waiver decisions; and certification and approval determinations; represent the Administration before the National Transportation Safety Board, Department of Transportation law judges, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal courts of the United States, and other bodies and courts, as appropriate; pursue enforcement actions on behalf of the Administrator; and perform other functions as determined by the Administrator. The Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement shall be appointed by the Administrator and shall— be responsible for developing and managing the execution of a regulatory agenda for the Administration that meets statutory and Administration deadlines, including by— prioritizing rulemaking projects that are necessary to improve safety; establishing the regulatory agenda of the Administration; and coordinating with offices of the Administration, the Department, and other Federal entities as appropriate to improve timely feedback generation and approvals when required by law; not delegate overall responsibility for meeting internal timelines and final completion of the regulatory activities of the Administration outside the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement; on an ongoing basis— review the Administration’s regulations in effect to improve safety; reduce undue regulatory burden; replace prescriptive regulations with performance-based regulations, as appropriate; prevent duplicative regulations; and increase regulatory clarity and transparency whenever possible; make recommendations for the Administrator’s review under subsection (f)(3)(C)(ii); receive, coordinate, and respond to petitions for rulemaking and for exemption as provided for in subpart A of part 11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and provide an initial response to a petitioner not later than 30 days after the receipt of such a petition— acknowledging receipt of such petition; confirming completeness of such petition; providing an initial indication of the complexity of the request and how such complexity may impact the timeline for adjudication; and requesting any additional information, as appropriate, that would assist in the consideration of the petition; track the issuance of exemptions and waivers by the Administration to sections of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and establish a methodology by which to determine if it would be more efficient and in the public’s interest to amend a rule to reduce the future need of waivers and exemptions; and promulgate regulatory updates as determined more efficient or in the public’s best interest under clause (vi). Additional Assistant Administrators, as determined necessary by the Administrator, may be appointed by the Administrator. The Assistant Administrators shall be a citizen of the United States. The Assistant Administrators shall carry out duties and powers of their office described in this section and those prescribed by the Administrator. In this section, the term Management Board of the Administration means— the Associate Administrators and Chief Operating Officer established under subsection (c); and the Assistant Administrators and Chief Counsel established under subsection (d). . Section 711 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 106 note) and the item relating to such section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act are repealed. Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the methodology developed pursuant to section 106(d)(B)(vi) of title 49, United States Code (as added by this section).
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