118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the response time of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to requests from Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
April 13, 2023
Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the response time of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to requests from Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Aviation Administration Engagement and Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. GAO study on FAA responsiveness to Congress.
(a) GAO study.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on—
(1) the level of responsiveness of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to a request for information from a Member of Congress, including a written congressional inquiry and staffing a meeting at the request of such a Member; and
(2) the average timeframe responses are provided to the requests described in paragraph (1).
(b) Annual briefing to Congress.—Section 106 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(u) Annual briefing to Congress.—The Administrator shall annually brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on—
“(1) the efforts, activities, objectives, and plans of the Administration; and
“(2) the efforts of the Administration to engage with Congress and the public.”.