The Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization legislation (P.L. 112-095 (PDF)) enacted on February 14, 2012 authorized appropriations to the FAA from Fiscal Year 2012 through Fiscal Year 2015. The legislation also seeks to improve aviation safety and capacity of the national airspace system, provide a framework for integrating new technology safely into our airspace, provide a stable funding system, and advance the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
The FAA's reports to Congress and other published plans developed as part of the law's statutory requirements are presented below.
- Acceleration of NextGen Technologies (Section 213) (PDF)
- NextGen Performance Metrics (Section 214) (PDF)
- Operational Incentives (Section 222) (PDF)
- Reports on Status of Greener Skies Project (Section 225) (PDF)
- Status of Greener Skies Project (Update) (Section 225) (PDF)
- Consistency of Regulatory Interpretation (Section 313) (PDF)
- Runway Safety (Section 314(c)) (PDF)
- Flight Standards Evaluation Program (Section 315) (PDF)
- Improved Pilot Licenses (Section 321) (PDF)
- Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems Into National Airspace System (Section 332(a)) (PDF)
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems Comprehensive Plan (Section 332 (a)(5)) (PDF)
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems Privacy Requirements (Section 332 (a)(5)) (PDF)
- Safety Critical Staffing (Section 606) (PDF)
- Limiting Access to Flight Decks of All-Cargo Aircraft (Section 805) (PDF)
- FAA Review and Reform (Section 812) (PDF)
- Report on New York City and Newark Air Traffic Control Facilities (Section 823) (PDF)
- Airport Cooperative Research Program (Section 906) (PDF)
- Aviation Fuel Research and Development (Section 910) (PDF)
- Independent Review of FAA's Energy-related and Environment-related Research Programs (Section 912) (PDF)
- Research and Development of Equipment to Clean and Monitor the Engine and APU Bleed Air Supplied on Pressurized Aircraft (Section 917) (PDF)