Sec. 760. WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA

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## SEC. 760 WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA ###

(a)Submission of Study to Congress Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a study on the Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone under subpart V of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. ###

(b)Contents of Study In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Administrator shall assess specific proposed changes to the Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone that will decrease operational impacts and improve general aviation access to airports in the National Capital Region that are currently impacted by the Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone. ###

(c)Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide to the committees of Congress described in subsection

(a)a briefing on the feasibility (including any associated costs) of— ####

(1)installing equipment that allows a pilot to communicate with air traffic control using a very high frequency radio for the purposes of receiving an instrument flight rules clearance, activating a DC FRZ flight plan, or activating a DC SFRA flight plan (as applicable) at— #####

(A)non-towered airports in the Flight Restricted Zone; and #####

(B)airports in the Special Flight Rules Area that do not have the communications equipment described in this paragraph; ####

(2)allowing a pilot approved by the Transportation Security Administration in accordance with section 1562.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to electronically file a DC FRZ flight plan or instrument flight rules flight plan that departs from, or arrives at, an airport in the Flight Restricted Zone; and ####

(3)allowing a pilot to electronically file a standard very high frequency radio flight plan that departs from, or arrives at, an airport in the Special Flight Rules Area or Flight Restricted Zone. ###

(d)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)DC frz flight plan; dc sfra flight plan The terms “DC FRZ flight plan” and “DC SFRA flight plan” have the meanings given such terms in section 93.335 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. ####

(2)Standard vfr flight plan The term “standard VFR flight plan” means a VFR flight plan (as such term is described in section 91.153 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) that includes search and rescue services.