106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1551

AN ACT

To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration’s

civil aviation research and development programsfor fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for otherpurposes.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1551

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Aviation Research

3 and Development Authorization Act of 1999’’.

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

6 amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

8 (4)(J);

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of para10 graph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;

11 and

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

13 ‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2000, $208,416,100

14 including—

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

16 and infrastructure projects and activities;

17 ‘‘(B) $33,042,500 for capacity and air

18 traffic management technology projects and ac19 tivities;

20 ‘‘(C) $11,265,400 for communications,

21 navigation, and surveillance projects and activi22 ties;

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

24 activities;

25 ‘‘(E) $6,358,200 for airport technology

26 projects and activities;
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1 ‘‘(F) $39,639,000 for aircraft safety tech2 nology projects and activities;

3 ‘‘(G) $53,218,000 for system security tech4 nology projects and activities;

5 ‘‘(H) $26,207,000 for human factors and

6 aviation medicine projects and activities;

7 ‘‘(I) $3,481,000 for environment and en8 ergy projects and activities; and

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

10 research projects and activities, of which

11 $750,000 shall be for carrying out subsection

12 (h) of this section; and

13 ‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2001, $222,950,000.’’.

14 SEC. 3. BUDGET DESIGNATION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVEL15 OPMENT ACTIVITIES.

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

17 amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following

18 new subsection:

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

20 amounts appropriated under subsection (a) are for the

21 support of all research and development activities carried

22 out by the Federal Aviation Administration that fall with23 in the categories of basic research, applied research, and

24 development, including the design and development of pro25 totypes, in accordance with the classifications of the Office
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1 of Management and Budget Circular A–11 (Budget For2 mulation/Submission Process).

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

4 budget request for the Federal Aviation Administration

5 shall identify all of the activities carried out by the Admin6 istration within the categories of basic research, applied

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

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

9 the categories of basic research, applied research, and de10 velopment shall be identified regardless of the budget cat11 egory in which it appears in the budget request.’’.

12 SEC. 4. NATIONAL AVIATION RESEARCH PLAN.

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

14 amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)—

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

17 (iii);

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

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

20 and

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

22 clause:

23 ‘‘(v) highlight the research and development

24 technology transfer activities that promote tech25 nology sharing among government, industry, and
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1 academia through the Stevenson-Wydler Technology

2 Innovation Act of 1980.’’; and

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

4 shall be prepared in accordance with requirements of

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

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

7 SEC. 5. INTEGRATED SAFETY RESEARCH PLAN.

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

9 the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space

10 Administration and the Administrator of the Federal

11 Aviation Administration shall jointly prepare and transmit

12 to the Congress an integrated civil aviation safety research

13 and development plan.

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a)

15 shall include—

16 (1) an identification of the respective research

17 and development requirements, roles, and respon18 sibilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad19 ministration and the Federal Aviation Administra20 tion;

21 (2) formal mechanisms for the timely sharing of

22 information between the National Aeronautics and

23 Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration, including a requirement that the FAA-
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1 NASA Coordinating Committee established in 1980

2 meet at least twice a year; and

3 (3) procedures for increased communication and

4 coordination between the Federal Aviation Adminis5 tration research advisory committee established

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

7 and the NASA Aeronautics and Space Transpor8 tation Technology Advisory Committee, including a

9 proposal for greater cross-membership between those

10 two advisory committees.

11 SEC. 6. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

12 The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis13 tration shall make available through the Internet home

14 page of the Federal Aviation Administration the abstracts

15 relating to all research grants and awards made with

16 funds authorized by the amendments made by this Act.

17 Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or

18 permit the release of any information prohibited by law

19 or regulation from being released to the public.

20 SEC. 7. RESEARCH ON NONSTRUCTURAL AIRCRAFT SYS21 TEMS.

22 Section 44504(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code,

23 is amended by inserting ‘‘, including nonstructural aircraft

24 systems,’’ after ‘‘life of aircraft’’.
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1 SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.

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

3 Aviation Administration shall exclude from consideration

4 for grant agreements made by that Administration with

5 funds appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by

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

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

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

9 Federal funding source for a project that was not sub10 jected to a competitive, merit-based award process, except

11 as specifically authorized by this Act. Any exclusion from

12 consideration pursuant to this subsection shall be effective

13 for a period of 5 years after the person receives such Fed14 eral funds.

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

16 the receipt of Federal funds by a person due to the mem17 bership of that person in a class specified by law for which

18 assistance is awarded to members of the class according

19 to a formula provided by law.

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

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

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

23 recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stim24 ulation authorized by a law of the United States, and does

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

26 of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the
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1 United States Government. Such term does not include

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

3 6305 of title 31, United States Code) or a cooperative re4 search and development agreement (as such term is de5 fined in section 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech6 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).

7 SEC. 9. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

8 No funds authorized pursuant to this Act may be ex9 pended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex10 pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections

11 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

12 10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

13 SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE14 GARDING NOTICE.

15 (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

16 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod17 ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial

18 assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the

19 Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in

20 expending the assistance, purchase only American-made

21 equipment and products.

22 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

23 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Adminis24 trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide
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1 to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the

2 statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

3 SEC. 11. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

4 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

5 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear6 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

7 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

8 to the United States that is not made in the United

9 States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con10 tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant

11 to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and

12 ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through

13 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

14 SEC. 12. LASER VISUAL GUIDANCE RESEARCH.

15 The Federal Aviation Administration is encouraged

16 to conduct research on the laser visual guidance landing

17 system.

Passed the House of Representatives September 15,

1999.

Attest:

Clerk.