Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases requirements for aircraft tracking and communication using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast technology.

Highlights:

• Increases requirements for aircraft tracking and communication using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology and expanding oversight (Sec. 4).

• Requires aircraft to generally operate with ADS-B In equipment to provide the aircraft with location information of other aircraft and traffic advisories (Sec. 4).

• Limits which flights may be considered sensitive government missions (e.g., not training flights) and requires additional reporting and notifications in order to obtain exception from the requirement of this Act (Sec. 3).

• Requires the Government Accountability Office to review the use of the ADS-B Out exception and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Transportation must annually audit FAA oversight of operations that use the exception (Sec. 3).

• Repeals a 2025 law that exempts certain military helicopters from the ADS-B Out requirements for the Washington, DC, metropolitan area (Sec. 7).

• Requires the following (Sec. 6-9):

• the OIG of the Army to audit the Army’s coordination with the FAA;

• the FAA to establish an office to coordinate airspace usage of military aircraft and review the safety of flight operations and routes around airports; and

• the FAA to enter into memoranda of understanding with military agencies for safety information sharing.

Full Bill Text

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