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110 STAT. 3244 PUBLIC LAW 104-264—OCT. 9, 1996 Airport and Airways Trust Fund tax structure be modified, the report shall— (i) state the specific rates for each group siffected by the proposed modifications; (ii) consider the impact such modifications shall have on specific users and the public (including passengers); and (iii) state the basis for the recommendations. (F) FEE SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS. — If the task force's report includes a recommendation that a fee system be established, including an air traffic control performancebased user fee system, the report shall consider— (i) the impact such a recommendation would have on passengers, air fares (including low-fare, high fi*e- quency service), service, and competition; (ii) existing contributions provided by individual air carriers toward funding the Administration and the air traffic control system through contributions to the Airport and Airways Trust Fund; (iii) continuing the promotion of fair and competitive practices; (iv) the unique circumstances associated with interisland air carrier service in Hawaii and rural air service in Alaska; (v) the impact such a recommendation would have on service to small communities; (vi) the impact such a recommendation would have on services provided by regional air carriers; (vii) alternative methodologies for calculating fees so as to achieve a fair and reasonable distribution of costs of service among users; (viii) the usefulness of phased-in approaches to implementing such a financing system; (ix) mesins of assuring the provision of general fund contributions, as appropriate, toward the support of the Administration; and (x) the provision of incentives to encourage greater efficiency in the provision of air traffic services by the Administration and greater efficiency in the use of air traffic services by aircraft operators. (7) DUTIES OF AVIATION SAFETY TASK FORCE. — (A) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the aviation safety task force established pursuant to paragraph (3) shall submit to the Administrator a report setting forth a comprehensive analysis of aviation safety in the United States and emerging trends in the safety of particular sectors of the aviation industry. (B) CONTENTS. —The report to be submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include an assessment of— (i) the adequacy of staffing and training resources for safety personnel of the Administration, including safety inspectors; (ii) the Administration's processes for ensuring the public safety from fraudulent parts in civil aviation and the extent to which use of suspected unapproved