This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to review and, if needed, update FAA regulations, guidance, and policies about low-altitude airspace safety. The FAA must finish the review within 6 months of enactment. The review must look at whether temporary obstructions such as slacklines, tight ropes, highlines, wires, and similar items are clearly covered by FAA marking and lighting rules. The FAA must also consider improving Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs), obstacle data, digital depiction across flight planning tools and avionics, coordination with Federal, State, Tribal, and local land management agencies, penalties for violations, and outreach to non-aviation communities. The FAA must consult with stakeholders (helicopter and powered-lift operators and pilots, air medical operators, general and agricultural aviation, uncrewed aircraft system operators, vertical flight safety experts, and others). If the FAA finds marking or lighting requirements are inadequate, it must update its rules, guidance, or policies within 1 year of enactment. After the review, the FAA must brief specified Senate and House committees within 90 days about findings, planned updates, and any recommended legislation.
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The text directs the FAA to identify appropriate policy, operational, or technical improvements to reduce risks in low-altitude airspace. It lists specific areas for possible improvement, including marking and lighting requirements for temporary obstructions like slacklines; clearer and more consistent NOTAMs and obstacle data for digital systems; better coordination with land management agencies; assessment of penalties; and outreach to non-aviation communities.
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