Sec. 2306. CONTRACT WEATHER OBSERVERS

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## SEC. 2306 CONTRACT WEATHER OBSERVERS ###

(a)In General Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, which includes public and stakeholder input— ####

(1)examining the safety risks, hazard effects, and efficiency and operational effects for airports, airlines, and other stakeholders that could result from a loss of contract weather observer service at the 57 airports targeted for the loss of the service; ####

(2)detailing how the Federal Aviation Administration will accurately report rapidly changing severe weather conditions at the airports, including thunderstorms, lightning, fog, visibility, smoke, dust, haze, cloud layers and ceilings, ice pellets, and freezing rain or drizzle, without contract weather observers; ####

(3)indicating how airports can comply with applicable Federal Aviation Administration orders governing weather observations given the current documented limitations of automated surface observing systems; and ####

(4)identifying the process through which the Federal Aviation Administration analyzed the safety hazards associated with the elimination of the contract weather observer program. ###

(b)Continued Use of Contract Weather Observers The Administrator may not discontinue or diminish the contract weather observer program at any airport until September 30, 2028.