Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act directs FAA to plan for Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X deployment. Within 180 days, FAA must submit to Congress an action plan for ACAS-X, ACAS-Xa, ACAS-Xr, ACAS-Xo, ACAS-Xu, ACAS-sXu, ACAS-Xp, or successor technology in the national airspace system, then publish the plan within 10 days. The plan must include a strategic deployment roadmap, steps for widespread adoption by aircraft operators, actions and funding needed for research, development, testing, evaluation, and standards work supporting certification, stakeholder engagement with aircraft operators, aviation safety experts outside FAA, avionics manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, general aviation organizations, airline-pilot collective bargaining representatives and labor organizations, and other stakeholders. FAA must engage foreign civil aviation authorities to harmonize certification standards, consider interoperability for operators including rotorcraft with ADS-B Out and ADS-B In, assess safety benefits for civil operators, and recommend administrative or legislative action. FAA may implement the plan and must brief congressional committees within 30 days after submitting it.
Who Benefits and How
Aircraft operators, airline pilots, general aviation pilots, rotorcraft operators, avionics manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, aviation safety experts, passengers, and FAA safety planners benefit from a defined roadmap for next-generation collision avoidance, certification work, international harmonization, ADS-B interoperability, and safety-benefit analysis. Congress gains a specific briefing and implementation options.
Who Bears the Burden and How
FAA certification staff, FAA safety planners, avionics manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, aircraft operators, pilot labor organizations, foreign civil aviation authorities, and federal taxpayers face planning, research, standards, certification, stakeholder-engagement, interoperability, briefing, and possible equipage costs. Operators may eventually need to adopt or integrate new collision-avoidance systems.
Key Provisions
- Requires FAA to submit an ACAS-X deployment action plan within 180 days.
- Requires public posting of the action plan within 10 days after submission to Congress.
- Requires a strategic roadmap, adoption steps, research, development, testing, evaluation, standards, and funding needs.
- Requires engagement with operators, safety experts, manufacturers, general aviation groups, and pilot labor organizations.
- Requires foreign authority harmonization, ADS-B interoperability review, safety-benefit assessment, and recommendations.
- Requires a congressional briefing within 30 days after the action plan is submitted.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires FAA within 180 days to submit and publicly post an action plan for deploying ACAS-X and successor collision-avoidance technologies in the national airspace system, including adoption roadmaps, research, development, testing, evaluation, standards, funding, stakeholder engagement, foreign authority harmonization, ADS-B interoperability, safety-benefit assessment, recommendations for administrative or legislative action, optional implementation, and a congressional briefing within 30 days after submission.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Technology, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Requires FAA within 180 days to submit and publicly post an action plan for deploying ACAS-X and successor collision-avoidance technologies in the national airspace system, including adoption roadmaps, research, development, testing, evaluation, standards, funding, stakeholder engagement, foreign authority harmonization, ADS-B interoperability, safety-benefit assessment, recommendations for administrative or legislative action, optional implementation, and a congressional briefing within 30 days after submission.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Aircraft operators
- Airline pilots
- General aviation pilots
- Rotorcraft operators
- Avionics manufacturers
- Passengers
Identified Costs
- FAA certification staff
- FAA safety planners
- Aircraft manufacturers
- Aircraft operators
- Pilot labor organizations
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
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Aircraft manufacturers, Avionics manufacturers
Positive-direction: Avionics manufacturers
Negative-direction: Aircraft manufacturers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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