Sec. 3. NOTICES TO AIRMEN
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## SEC. 3 NOTICES TO AIRMEN **[**[49 U.S.C. 44701 note](/us/usc/t49/s44701)**]** ###
(a)In General ####
(1)Definition In this section, the term “NOTAM” means Notices to Airmen. ####
(2)Improvements Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Fairness for Pilots Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall complete the implementation of a Notice to Airmen Improvement Program (in this section referred to as the “NOTAM Improvement Program”)— #####
(A)to improve the system of providing airmen with pertinent and timely information regarding the national airspace system; #####
(B)to continue developing and modernizing the NOTAM repository, in a public central location, to maintain and archive all NOTAMs, including the original content and form of the notices, the original date of publication, and any amendments to such notices with the date of each amendment, in a manner that is Internet-accessible, machine-readable, and searchable; #####
(C)to apply filters so that pilots can prioritize critical flight safety information from other airspace system information; and #####
(D)to specify the times during which temporary flight restrictions are in effect and the duration of a designation of special use airspace in a specific area. ###
(b)Goals of Program The goals of the NOTAM Improvement Program are— ####
(1)to decrease the overwhelming volume of NOTAMs an airman receives when retrieving airman information prior to a flight in the national airspace system; ####
(2)make the NOTAMs more specific and relevant to the airman’s route and in a format that is more useable to the airman; ####
(3)to provide a full set of NOTAM results in addition to specific information requested by airmen; ####
(4)to provide a document that is easily searchable; and ####
(5)to provide a filtering mechanism similar to that provided by the Department of Defense Notices to Airmen. ###
(c)Advice From Private Sector Groups The Administrator shall establish a NOTAM Improvement Panel, which shall be comprised of representatives of relevant nonprofit and not-for-profit general aviation pilot groups, to advise the Administrator in carrying out the goals of the NOTAM Improvement Program under this section. ###
(d)Designation of Repository as Sole Source for NOTAMs ####
(1)In general The Administrator— #####
(A)shall consider the repository for NOTAMs under subsection (a)(2)(B) to be the sole location for airmen to check for NOTAMs; and #####
(B)may not consider a NOTAM to be announced or published until the NOTAM is included in the repository for NOTAMs under subsection (a)(2)(B). ####
(2)Prohibition on taking action for violations of notams not in repository #####
(A)In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), beginning on the date that the repository under subsection (a)(2)(B) is final and published, the Administrator may not take any enforcement action against an airman for a violation of a NOTAM during a flight if— ######
(i)that NOTAM is not available through the repository before the commencement of the flight; and ######
(ii)that NOTAM is not reasonably accessible and identifiable to the airman. #####
(B)Exception for national security Subparagraph
(A)shall not apply in the case of an enforcement action for a violation of a NOTAM that directly relates to national security.
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