Sec. 918. EXPERT REVIEW OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXTGEN

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## SEC. 918 EXPERT REVIEW OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXTGEN ###

(a)Review The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement for an independent external review of the enterprise architecture for the Next Generation Air Transportation System. ###

(b)Contents At a minimum, the review to be conducted under subsection

(a)shall— ####

(1)highlight the technical activities, including human-system design, organizational design, and other safety and human factor aspects of the system, that will be necessary to successfully transition current and planned modernization programs to the future system envisioned by the Joint Planning and Development Office of the FAA; ####

(2)assess technical, cost, and schedule risk for the software development that will be necessary to achieve the expected benefits from a highly automated air traffic management system and the implications for ongoing modernization projects; and ####

(3)determine how risks with automation efforts for the Next Generation Air Transportation System can be mitigated based on the experiences of other public or private entities in developing complex, software-intensive systems. ###

(c)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the results of the review conducted pursuant to subsection (a).