,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #b1 #bjae   
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to conduct 
a study to ensure that enhanced         
communication is provided between       
commercial aircraft and air traffic     
control towers1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,the ,act may be cited 
as the ,no ,missing ,planes ,act4  #b4  
,study of technology to improve         
communication of aircraft with air      
traffic control towers  7a7 ,study ,the 
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall complete a study 
which shall include--  7#a7 the         
feasibility of providing communication  
from commercial aircraft to air traffic 
control towers when an aircraft leaves  
its flight plan or experiences dangerous
 or threatening conditions and          
pinpointing the location of an aircraft 

that is missing within #cj minutes by   
disseminating the information globally  
in less than an hour to rescue and      
recovery agencies2  7#b7 information on 
the possible transition of black boxes  
to telematics systems that routinely    
throughout a flight communicate the     
contents of black boxes to secure store 
faculties managed by the ,national      
,transportation ,safety ,board2  7#c7   
the investigation of the automation of  
data collection from aircraft while in  
flight and automate the transmission of 
data in such a way that the rate of     
transition is dependent on the speed of 
the aircraft and the conditions under   
which it is being operated 7turbulence  
and faster speed would trigger more     
frequent uplink of data from the black  
boxes on the flight7 the warehousing of 
data that establishes chain of custody  
for data if needed as the last official 
record of an aircraft1 and the analysis 
of the data that is received to identify
 anomalous data2  7#d7 the review of the

 availability of tamper proof           
transponders that cannot be turned off  
in flight and an alert if a transponder 
is tampered with while in flight2  7#e7 
the feasibility of securing transponders
 from being cloned or data being changed
 from the original designation that is  
assigned to the physical aircraft it is 
associated with and the proper          
safeguards to be sure that use of an    
assigned transponder identification     
protocol by another aircraft is         
prohibited by design and the            
communication system and requisite      
protocols that will support the system1 
including a mechanism to investigate the
 ability to introduce transponder       
designations that are not assigned by   
aviation regulatory authorities2  7#f7  
the investigation of the means by which 
the ,united ,states could enforce that  
no airline operating in the ,united     
,states or operate gates at an airport  
in the country may have communication   
technology that does not conform to     

domestic available communication        
technology standards2 and  7#g7 the     
investigation of how quickly relevant   
statistical data on commercial aircraft 
can be shared with the ,federal         
,aviation ,administration1 the          
,department of ,homeland ,security1 and 
the ,north ,american ,command in the    
event that a flight fails to respond to 
communication or ceases to be detectable
 by ground control4  7b7 ,report ,not   
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall submit to the    
,committees on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 ,homeland ,security1   
and ,armed ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives and the ,committees on 
,commerce1 ,science1 and                
,transportation1 ,homeland ,security and
 ,governmental ,affairs1 and ,armed     
,services of the ,senate4  7c7          
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     

carry out this study1 #aj1jjj1jjj4