; (4) an evaluation of additional alternative methods of compliance for obtaining weather elements that would be as sufficient as current data received through ASOS/AWOS; and (5) any other item determined appropriate by the Administrator. (c) Application The study under subsection (a) and the report under subsection (b) shall only address ASOS/AWOS located in non-contiguous States. 419. Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area (a) Submission of plan to Congress Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a plan for the Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone. (b) Contents of plan The plan described in subsection (a) shall outline specific proposed changes to the Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone that will decrease operational impacts and improve general aviation access to airports in the National Capital Region that are currently impacted by the Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone. (c) Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide to the committees of Congress described in subsection (a) a briefing on the feasibility (including any associated costs) of— (1) installing equipment that allows a pilot to communicate with air traffic control using a VHF radio for the purposes of receiving an instrument flight rules ( IFR ) clearance, activating a DC FRZ flight plan, or activating a DC SFRA flight plan (as applicable) at— (A) non-towered airports in the Flight Restricted Zone