; and (2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 418. Upgrading and replacing aging air traffic systems (a) Study (1) In general Pursuant to the authority of authorized expenditures in section 48101(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall enter into an agreement with a qualified organization to conduct a study to assess the need for upgrades to or replacement of existing automated surface observation systems/automated weather observing systems (in this section referred to as ASOS/AWOS ). (2) Contents The study conducted under paragraph (1) shall include an analysis of— (A) the age of each ASOS/AWOS; (B) the number of days in the immediate preceding calendar year that each ASOS/AWOS was not able to accurately communicate or disseminate data for any period of time; (C) impacts of extreme severe weather on ASOS/AWOS outages; (D) the effective coverage of the existing ASOS/AWOS; (E) detailed upgrade requirements for each existing ASOS/AWOS, including an assessment of whether replacement would be the most cost-effective recommendation; (F) prior maintenance expenditures for each existing ASOS/AWOS; (G) a description of all upgrades or replacements made by the FAA to ASOS/AWOS prior to the date of enactment of this Act; (H) impacts of an outage or break in service in the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure; and (I) any other area determined appropriate by the Administrator. (b) Report Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall include— (1) a plan for executing upgrades to or replacements of existing ASOS/AWOS; (2) a plan for converting and upgrading existing ASOS/AWOS communications to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure