,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah1
 #bjah ,mr4 ,hatch introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a report on    
multiagency use of airspace and         
environmental review4  #a4 ,report on   
multi-agency use of airspace and        
environmental review  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration1 in consultation with  
the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall submit
 to the appropriate committees of       
,congress a report documenting efforts  
made toward improving processes to      
resolve challenges for special use      
airspace requests in support of1 or     
associated with1 short notice testing   
requirements at ,major ,range and ,test 
,facility ,bases1 including the         

establishment of temporary military     
operations areas used for conducting    
short term1 scheduled exercises4  7b7   
,elements ,the report required under    
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following elements3 7#a7 ,analysis of   
previous efforts to streamline internal 
processes associated with the           
designation of temporary military       
operations areas at ,major ,range and   
,test ,facility ,bases and the use of   
such areas for scheduled exercises4     
7#b7 ,analysis of progress made to      
ensure consistency of environmental     
review1 including impact analysis1      
associated environmental studies1 or    
consultation1 while complying with the  
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 and
 other environmental requirements4  7#c7
 ,identification of challenges1 if any1 
to complying with the ,national         
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi4   
7#d7 ,a description of airspace         
requirements1 current test and training 

needs statements completed during the   
#aj-year period preceding the report1   
and future #e-year requirements1        
including all temporary military        
operating areas1 special use airspaces1 
instrument routes1 visual routes1 and   
unfulfilled user requirements4  7#e7    
,proposed options and solutions to      
overcome identified challenges1 if any1 
including identifying whether--  7,a7 a 
solution or solutions can be            
incorporated within the existing        
,federal ,aviation ,administration and  
,department of ,defense ,memorandum of  
,understanding2 or  7,b7 changes to     
current law are required4  7c7          
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,appropriate committees of congress ,the
 term appropriate committees of         
,congress means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,commerce1 ,science1 and               
,transportation and the ,committee on   
,armed ,services of the ,senate2 and    
7,b7 the ,committee on ,transportation  
and ,infrastructure and the ,committee  

on ,armed ,services of the ,house of    
,representatives4  7#b7 ,major range and
 test facility base ,the term ,major    
,range and ,test ,facility ,base has the
 meaning given the term in section      
#aif7;i7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7#c7 ,special use airspace ,the 
term special use airspace means certain 
designations of airspace designated by  
the ,federal ,aviation ,administration1 
as administered by the ,secretary of    
,defense4