STUDY ON CONGESTED AIRSPACE.

SEC. 615. STUDY ON CONGESTED AIRSPACE. (a) Study.—Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate a study on the efficiency and efficacy of scheduled commercial air service transiting congested airspace. (b) Contents.—In carrying out the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall examine— (1) various regions of congested airspace and the differing factors of such regions; (2) commercial air service; (3) military flight activity; (4) emergency response activity; (5) commercial space launch and reentry activities; (6) weather; and (7) air traffic controller staffing. (c) Report.—Not later than 18 months after the initiation of the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the study and recommendations to reduce the impacts to scheduled air service transiting congested airspace.