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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1229

To provide for the establishment of a joint aviation research and development

program between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 4, 1993

Mr. LEWIS of Florida (for himself, Mr. MCCURDY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.

ROYCE, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. GRAMS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and

Technology and Armed Services

A BILL

To provide for the establishment of a joint aviation research

and development program between the Federal Aviation

Administration and the Department of Defense, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Aviation

5 Research and Competitiveness Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—
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1 (1) for every dollar increase in shipments of

2 United States aircraft internationally, the United

3 States economy output increases by an estimated

4 $2.30;

5 (2) for every $1,000,000,000 of aircraft ship6 ments internationally, nearly 35,000 jobs are cre7 ated;

8 (3) many of the advanced aviation technologies

9 developed by the Federal Aviation Administration

10 and the Department of Defense have application in

11 security, safety, capacity, communications, and air

12 traffic control;

13 (4) a decrease in military aviation programs will

14 have a negative impact on civil aviation programs;

15 (5) research programs at the Federal Aviation

16 Administration have potential applications in both

17 civil and military aviation;

18 (6) joint technology development programs

19 among the Department of Defense, the Federal

20 Aviation Administration, and industry would allow

21 for transferring skills and technologies from the de22 fense to the civilian aviation sector and would allow

23 for the transfer back to defense, when necessary;

24 and
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1 (7) such joint programs could allow for the De2 partment of Defense contribution to the programs to

3 be phased out over 5 years, which would allow the

4 defense industry to make the transfer to the civilian

5 aviation sector and produce needed aviation tech6 nology.

7 SEC. 3. JOINT AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

8 PROGRAM.

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator and the

10 Secretary shall jointly establish a program for the purpose

11 of conducting research on aviation technologies that have

12 application to both military and civil aviation vehicles and

13 airports and that enhance United States competitiveness.

14 Such program shall include research on—

15 (1) next-generation satellite communications,

16 including global positioning satellites;

17 (2) advanced airport and airplane security;

18 (3) environmentally compatible technologies, in19 cluding technologies that limit or reduce noise and

20 air pollution; and

21 (4) advanced aviation safety programs.

22 (b) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—Contracts and grants

23 entered into under the program established under sub24 section (a) shall be administered using procedures devel25 oped jointly by the Secretary and the Administrator.
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1 These procedures should include an integrated acquisition

2 policy for contract and grant requirements and for tech3 nical data rights that are not an impediment to joint pro4 grams among the Department of Defense, the Federal

5 Aviation Administration, and industry.

6 SEC. 4. JOINT AVIATION RESEARCH PLAN.

7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Within 180 days after the date

8 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Sec9 retary, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall

10 prepare and transmit to Congress a national aviation re11 search plan setting forth the research and development

12 that the Administrator and the Secretary consider nec13 essary to advance aviation technologies over the 5-year pe14 riod beginning in fiscal year 1993.

15 (b) OBJECTIVES OF PLAN.—The objectives of the

16 plan prepared under subsection (a) shall include—

17 (1) selected programs that jointly enhance pub18 lic and private aviation technology development;

19 (2) an opportunity for private defense contrac20 tors to be involved in transition activities to the civil21 ian sector; and

22 (3) the transfer of Federal Government-devel23 oped technologies to the private sector to promote

24 economic strength and competitiveness.
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1 (c) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan prepared under

2 subsection (a) shall include—

3 (1) for the first year, detailed objectives and es4 timates of the schedule, cost, and manpower levels

5 for each research project, and a description of the

6 scope and content of each major contract or grant;

7 (2) for the second through fifth years, estimates

8 of the total cost of each major project for such year

9 and a list of all major research projects which may

10 be required to meet the objectives;

11 (3) a 5-year schedule for the decrease of Fed12 eral contribution and corresponding increase in pri13 vate sector contributions for the research and devel14 opment program; and

15 (4) the portion of the Federal contribution that

16 each Federal agency will contribute.

17 (d) ANNUAL UPDATE.—The plan prepared under

18 subsection (a) shall be updated annually, to reflect

19 changes in global aviation technologies and United States

20 competitiveness.

21 SEC. 5. JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Within 90 days after the date

23 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Sec24 retary shall establish an Joint Aviation Research Advisory

25 Committee.
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1 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the advisory com2 mittee shall be—

3 (1) to provide advice and recommendations to

4 the Administrator and the Secretary regarding

5 needs, objectives, approaches, content, and accom6 plishments with respect to the aviation research pro7 gram established under section 3; and

8 (2) to advise the Administrator and the Sec9 retary on the preparation of the aviation research

10 plan under section 4, including annual updates

11 thereto.

12 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory committee shall be

13 composed of not more than 20 members, to be appointed

14 jointly by the Administrator and the Secretary, from

15 among persons who are not employees of the Federal Avia16 tion Administration or the Department of Defense and

17 who are especially qualified to serve on the advisory com18 mittee by virtue of their education, training, or experience.

19 In appointing members of the advisory committee, the Ad20 ministrator and the Secretary shall ensure that univer21 sities, corporations, associations, industry, and other gov22 ernment agencies are represented. The majority of the

23 members of the advisory committee shall be representa24 tives of industry.
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1 (d) CHAIRPERSON.—The Administrator and the Sec2 retary shall designate one member of the advisory commit3 tee as the chairperson, who shall be qualified in both mili4 tary and civil aviation research, and in the applications

5 of such research.

6 (e) SUBORDINATE COMMITTEES.—The Adminis7 trator and the Secretary, or the advisory committee, may

8 establish subordinate committees to the advisory commit9 tee to provide advice and recommendations on specific

10 areas of research conducted under this Act.

11 (f) ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.—The

12 Administrator shall provide support staff and, on the re13 quest of the advisory committee, such information, admin14 istrative services, and supplies as the Administrator deter15 mines are necessary for the advisory committee to carry

16 out its purposes.

17 (g) TERMINATION.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Fed18 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to

19 the termination of advisory committees) shall not apply

20 to the advisory committee.

21 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

22 For purposes of this Act—

23 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad24 ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration;
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1 (2) the term ‘‘advisory committee’’ means the

2 Joint Aviation Research Advisory Committee estab3 lished under section 5; and

4 (3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

5 of Defense.

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