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FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016

114th Congress · Approved Jul 15, 2016 · 130 Stat. 615

An Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short Title; Table of Contents.

(a)
Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016”.
(b)
Table of Contents.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Appropriate committees of Congress defined.

TITLE I— FAA EXTENSION

Subtitle A— Airport and Airway Programs

Sec. 1101. Extension of airport improvement program.

Sec. 1102. Extension of expiring authorities.

Sec. 1103. Federal Aviation Administration operations.

Sec. 1104. Air navigation facilities and equipment.

Sec. 1105. Research, engineering, and development.

Sec. 1106. Funding for aviation programs.

Sec. 1107. Essential air service.

Subtitle B— Revenue Provisions

Sec. 1201. Expenditure authority from Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

Sec. 1202. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

TITLE II— AVIATION SAFETY CRITICAL REFORMS

Subtitle A— Safety

Sec. 2101. Pilot records database deadline.

Sec. 2102. Cockpit automation management.

Sec. 2103. Enhanced mental health screening for pilots.

Sec. 2104. Laser pointer incidents.

Sec. 2105. Crash-resistant fuel systems.

Sec. 2106. Hiring of air traffic controllers.

Sec. 2107. Training policies regarding assistance for persons with disabilities.

Sec. 2108. Air travel accessibility.

Sec. 2109. Additional certification resources.

Sec. 2110. Tower marking.

Sec. 2111. Aviation cybersecurity.

Sec. 2112. Repair stations located outside United States.

Sec. 2113. Enhanced training for flight attendants.

Subtitle B— UAS Safety

Sec. 2201. Definitions.

Sec. 2202. Identification standards.

Sec. 2203. Safety statements.

Sec. 2204. Facilitating interagency cooperation for unmanned aircraft authorization in support of firefighting operations and utility restoration.

Sec. 2205. Interference with wildfire suppression, law enforcement, or emergency response effort by operation of unmanned aircraft.

Sec. 2206. Pilot project for airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation.

Sec. 2207. Emergency exemption process.

Sec. 2208. Unmanned aircraft systems traffic management.

Sec. 2209. Applications for designation.

Sec. 2210. Operations associated with critical infrastructure.

Sec. 2211. Unmanned aircraft systems research and development roadmap.

Sec. 2212. Unmanned aircraft systems-manned aircraft collision research.

Sec. 2213. Probabilistic metrics research and development study.

Subtitle C— Time Sensitive Aviation Reforms

Sec. 2301. Small airport relief for safety projects.

Sec. 2302. Use of revenues at previously associated airport.

Sec. 2303. Working group on improving air service to small communities.

Sec. 2304. Computation of basic annuity for certain air traffic controllers.

Sec. 2305. Refunds for delayed baggage.

Sec. 2306. Contract weather observers.

Sec. 2307. Medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots.

Sec. 2308. Tarmac delays.

Sec. 2309. Family seating.

TITLE III— AVIATION SECURITY

Sec. 3001. Short title.

Sec. 3002. Definitions.

Subtitle A— TSA PreCheck Expansion

Sec. 3101. PreCheck program authorization.

Sec. 3102. PreCheck program enrollment expansion.

Subtitle B— Securing Aviation From Foreign Entry Points and Guarding Airports Through Enhanced Security

Sec. 3201. Last point of departure airport security assessment.

Sec. 3202. Security coordination enhancement plan.

Sec. 3203. Workforce assessment.

Sec. 3204. Donation of screening equipment to protect the United States.

Sec. 3205. National cargo security program.

Sec. 3206. International training and capacity development.

Subtitle C— Checkpoint Optimization and Efficiency

Sec. 3301. Sense of Congress.

Sec. 3302. Enhanced staffing allocation model.

Sec. 3303. Effective utilization of staffing resources.

Sec. 3304. TSA staffing and resource allocation.

Sec. 3305. Aviation security stakeholders defined.

Sec. 3306. Rule of construction.

Subtitle D— Aviation Security Enhancement and Oversight

Sec. 3401. Definitions.

Sec. 3402. Threat assessment.

Sec. 3403. Oversight.

Sec. 3404. Credentials.

Sec. 3405. Vetting.

Sec. 3406. Metrics.

Sec. 3407. Inspections and assessments.

Sec. 3408. Covert testing.

Sec. 3409. Security directives.

Sec. 3410. Implementation report.

Sec. 3411. Miscellaneous amendments.

Subtitle E— Checkpoints of the Future

Sec. 3501. Checkpoints of the future.

Sec. 3502. Pilot program for increased efficiency and security at Category X airports.

Sec. 3503. Pilot program for the development and testing of prototypes for airport security systems.

Sec. 3504. Report required.

Sec. 3505. Funding.

Sec. 3506. Acceptance and provision of resources by the Transportation Security Administration.

Subtitle F— Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 3601. Visible deterrent.

Sec. 3602. Law enforcement training for mass casualty and active shooter incidents.

Sec. 3603. Assistance to airports and surface transportation systems.

SEC. 2. Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.

In this Act, unless expressly provided otherwise, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.