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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1551

To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration’s civil aviation research

and development programs for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 26, 1999

Mrs. MORELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Science

A BILL

To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration’s civil aviation research and development programs for fiscal years

2000 and 2001, 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 ‘‘Civil Aviation Research

5 and Development Authorization Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is

8 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

2 (4)(J);

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;

5 and

6 (3) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2000, $646,038,400

8 including—

9 ‘‘(A) $17,269,000 for system development

10 and infrastructure projects and activities;

11 ‘‘(B) $48,021,500 for capacity and air

12 traffic management technology projects and ac13 tivities;

14 ‘‘(C) $18,939,200 for communications,

15 navigation, and surveillance projects and activi16 ties;

17 ‘‘(D) $15,765,000 for weather projects and

18 activities;

19 ‘‘(E) $7,215,700 for airport technology

20 projects and activities;

21 ‘‘(F) $39,639,000 for aircraft safety tech22 nology projects and activities;

23 ‘‘(G) $53,218,000 for system security tech24 nology projects and activities;
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1 ‘‘(H) $26,207,000 for human factors and

2 aviation medicine projects and activities;

3 ‘‘(I) $3,481,000 for environment and en4 ergy projects and activities;

5 ‘‘(J) $2,171,000 for innovative/cooperative

6 research projects and activities, of which

7 $750,000 shall be for carrying out subsection

8 (h) of this section;

9 ‘‘(K) $266,712,000 for En Route research

10 and development projects and activities;

11 ‘‘(L) $58,900,000 for Terminal research

12 and development projects and activities;

13 ‘‘(M) $3,000,000 for Flight Services re14 search and development projects and activities;

15 ‘‘(N) $69,200,000 for Landing and Navi16 gation research and development projects and

17 activities; and

18 ‘‘(O) $16,300,000 for Equipment and Fa19 cilities research and development projects and

20 activities; and

21 ‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2001, $673,706,795.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. BUDGET DESIGNATION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVEL2 OPMENT ACTIVITIES.

3 Section 48102 of title 49, United States Code, is

4 amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following

5 new subsection:

6 ‘‘(g) DESIGNATION OF ACTIVITIES.—(1) The

7 amounts appropriated under subsection (a) are for the

8 support of all research and development activities carried

9 out by the Federal Aviation Administration that fall with10 in the categories of basic research, applied research, and

11 development, including the design and development of pro12 totypes, in accordance with the classifications of the Office

13 of Management and Budget Circular A–11 (Budget For14 mulation/Submission Process).

15 ‘‘(2) The Department of Transportation’s annual

16 budget request for the Federal Aviation Administration

17 shall identify all of the activities carried out by the Admin18 istration within the categories of basic research, applied

19 research, and development, as classified by the Office of

20 Management and Budget Circular A–11. Each activity in

21 the categories of basic research, applied research, and de22 velopment shall be identified regardless of the budget cat23 egory in which it appears in the budget request.’’.

24 SEC. 4. NATIONAL AVIATION RESEARCH PLAN.

25 Section 44501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is

26 amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)—

2 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause

3 (iii);

4 (B) by striking the period at the end of

5 clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;

6 and

7 (C) by adding at the end the following new

8 clause:

9 ‘‘(v) highlight the research and development

10 technology transfer activities that promote tech11 nology sharing among government, industry, and

12 academia through the Stevenson-Wydler Technology

13 Innovation Act of 1980.’’; and

14 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘The report

15 shall be prepared in accordance with requirements of

16 section 1116 of title 31, United States Code.’’ after

17 ‘‘effect for the prior fiscal year.’’.

18 SEC. 5. INTEGRATED SAFETY RESEARCH PLAN.

19 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2000,

20 the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space

21 Administration and the Administrator of the Federal

22 Aviation Administration shall jointly prepare and transmit

23 to the Congress an integrated civil aviation safety research

24 and development plan.
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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a)

2 shall include—

3 (1) an identification of the respective research

4 and development requirements, roles, and respon5 sibilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad6 ministration and the Federal Aviation Administra7 tion;

8 (2) formal mechanisms for the timely sharing of

9 information between the National Aeronautics and

10 Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Ad11 ministration, including a requirement that the FAA12 NASA Coordinating Committee established in 1980

13 meet at least twice a year; and

14 (3) procedures for increased communication and

15 coordination between the Federal Aviation Adminis16 tration research advisory committee established

17 under section 44508 of title 49, United States Code,

18 and the NASA Aeronautics and Space Transpor19 tation Technology Advisory Committee, including a

20 proposal for greater cross-membership between those

21 2 advisory committees.

22 SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal

24 Aviation Administration shall exclude from consideration

25 for grant agreements made by that Administration with
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1 funds appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by

2 this Act any person who received funds, other than those

3 described in subsection (b), appropriated for a fiscal year

4 after fiscal year 1999, under a grant agreement from any

5 Federal funding source for a project that was not sub6 jected to a competitive, merit-based award process. Any

7 exclusion from consideration pursuant to this subsection

8 shall be effective for a period of 5 years after the person

9 receives such Federal funds.

10 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to

11 the receipt of Federal funds by a person due to the mem12 bership of that person in a class specified by law for which

13 assistance is awarded to members of the class according

14 to a formula provided by law.

15 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

16 term ‘‘grant agreement’’ means a legal instrument whose

17 principal purpose is to transfer a thing of value to the

18 recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stim19 ulation authorized by a law of the United States, and does

20 not include the acquisition (by purchase, lease, or barter)

21 of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the

22 United States Government. Such term does not include

23 a cooperative agreement (as such term is used in section

24 6305 of title 31, United States Code) or a cooperative re25 search and development agreement (as such term is de-
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1 fined in section 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech2 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).

3 SEC. 7. NOTICE.

4 (a) NOTICE OF REPROGRAMMING.—If any funds au5 thorized by the amendments made by this Act are subject

6 to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro7 vided to the Appropriations Committees of the House of

8 Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action shall

9 concurrently be provided to the Committees on Science

10 and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of

11 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,

12 Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

13 (b) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION.—The Adminis14 trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide

15 notice to the Committees on Science, Transportation and

16 Infrastructure, and Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science,

18 and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate, not

19 later than 15 days before any major reorganization of any

20 program, project, or activity of the Federal Aviation Ad21 ministration for which funds are authorized by the amend22 ments made by this Act.

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