Sec. 615. STUDY ON CONGESTED AIRSPACE

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## SEC. 615 STUDY ON CONGESTED AIRSPACE ###

(a)Study Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate a study on the efficiency and efficacy of scheduled commercial air service transiting congested airspace. ###

(b)Contents In carrying out the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall examine— ####

(1)various regions of congested airspace and the differing factors of such regions; ####

(2)commercial air service; ####

(3)military flight activity; ####

(4)emergency response activity; ####

(5)commercial space launch and reentry activities; ####

(6)weather; and ####

(7)air traffic controller staffing. ###

(c)Report Not later than 18 months after the initiation of the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the study and recommendations to reduce the impacts to scheduled air service transiting congested airspace.