To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish procedures and reporting requirements for incidents relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, and for other purposes.
The Safe Airspace for Americans Act requires the Federal Aviation Administration to establish standardized procedures for collecting, reporting, and analyzing incidents involving unidentified anomalous phenomena reported by pilots, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, and other aviation personnel within 180 days of the law's enactment. The bill affects all civilian aviation workers and directs the FAA to coordinate with the Department of Defense, intelligence agencies, NASA, and other federal departments to investigate these incidents and evaluate any safety threats to the national airspace system. The legislation protects reporters by prohibiting the FAA from using reports for enforcement actions (except in accidents or criminal cases), preventing pilots from losing their medical or airmen certificates for reporting such incidents, and barring employers from retaliating against employees who report these phenomena. The bill also requires the FAA to develop a communications strategy to encourage reporting and reduce stigma around these incidents, and to determine whether to use an existing aviation safety reporting program or create a new separate system for collecting this information. No specific funding amounts are allocated in the legislation, but all major requirements must be completed within 180 days to one year of enactment.
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