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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 586

To enable the United States to maintain its leadership in aeronautics and 

aviation by instituting an initiative to develop technologies that will 

enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel 

consumption; to reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics 

and aviation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2003

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. FORBES, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS

of Virginia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SIMMONS, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 

A BILL

To enable the United States to maintain its leadership in 

aeronautics and aviation by instituting an initiative to 

develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with 

significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption; to reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation, 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 ‘‘Aeronautics Research 

5 and Development Revitalization Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) It is in the national interest of the United 

4 States to maintain international leadership in aero5 nautics and aviation. 

6 (2) The United States is in danger of losing its 

7 leadership in aeronautics and aviation to inter8 national competitors. 

9 (3) Past Federal investments in aeronautics re10 search and development have benefited the economy 

11 and national security of the United States, and the 

12 quality of life of its citizens. 

13 (4) Future growth in aviation increasingly will 

14 be constrained by concerns related to aircraft noise, 

15 emissions, fuel consumption, and air transportation 

16 system congestion. 

17 (5) Current and projected levels of Federal in18 vestment in aeronautics research and development 

19 are not sufficient to address concerns related to the 

20 growth of aviation. 

21 (6) International competitors have recognized 

22 the importance of noise, emissions, fuel consump23 tion, and air transportation system congestion in 

24 limiting the future growth of aviation and have es25 tablished aggressive agendas for addressing each of 

26 those concerns. 
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1 (7) An aggressive initiative by the Federal Gov2 ernment to develop technologies that would signifi3 cantly reduce aircraft noise, harmful emissions, and 

4 fuel consumption would benefit the United States 

5 by—

6 (A) improving the competitiveness of the 

7 United States aviation industry through the de8 velopment of new markets for aviation services 

9 and the development of superior aircraft for ex10 isting markets; 

11 (B) improving the quality of life for our 

12 citizens by drastically reducing the level of noise 

13 due to aircraft operations; 

14 (C) reducing the congestion of the air 

15 transportation system by allowing departures 

16 and arrivals at currently underutilized airports 

17 through the use of environmentally compatible 

18 aircraft; 

19 (D) reducing the rate at which fossil fuels 

20 are consumed; 

21 (E) reducing the rate at which greenhouse 

22 gases and other harmful gases and particulates 

23 are added to the atmosphere by aircraft; and 

24 (F) reinvigorating the human capital need25 ed to maintain international leadership in aero-
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1 nautics and aviation by providing a set of ex2 tremely challenging and socially beneficial goals 

3 to the next generation of engineers and sci4 entists. 

5 (8) Long-term progress in aeronautics and avia6 tion will require continued Federal investment in 

7 fundamental aeronautical research. 

8 (9) The Commission on the Future of the 

9 United States Aerospace Industry has recommended 

10 that ‘‘the Federal government significantly increase 

11 its investment in basic aerospace research, which en12 hances U.S. national security, enables breakthrough 

13 capabilities, and fosters an efficient, secure, and safe 

14 aerospace transportation system’’. 

15 (10) Continued research is needed into the 

16 flight crew and controller training needed to accom17 modate new aircraft and air transportation system 

18 technologies and procedures. 

19 (11) It is in the interest of the United States 

20 to maintain a vigorous capability in basic and ap21 plied research and development of technologies re22 lated to rotorcraft. 

23 (12) Maintenance of United States leadership 

24 in aeronautics and aviation will require the produc25 tive collaboration of the National Aeronautics and 
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1 Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Admin2 istration, the aviation industry, and the Nation’s 

3 universities. 

4 (13) Improvements to our understanding of 

5 convective weather phenomena and of aircraft wake 

6 turbulence would significantly improve the perform7 ance of the Nation’s air transportation system. 

8 (14) The report entitled ‘‘The NASA Aero9 nautics Blueprint-Toward a Bold New Era of Avia10 tion’’ provides an excellent statement of the prob11 lems facing aviation today, and presents an exciting 

12 vision of what can be achieved by investments in 

13 aeronautics research and technology. It does not, 

14 however, provide a program plan to actually achieve 

15 the vision, nor does it address the huge mismatch 

16 between current National Aeronautics and Space 

17 Administration aeronautics funding and what is re18 quired to achieve the vision. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 For purposes of this Act—

21 (1) the term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal Avia22 tion Administration; 

23 (2) the term ‘‘FAA Administrator’’ means the 

24 Administrator of the FAA; 
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1 (3) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

2 has the meaning given that term by section 101 of 

3 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1001); 

5 (4) the term ‘‘NASA’’ means the National Aer6 onautics and Space Administration; and 

7 (5) the term ‘‘NASA Administrator’’ means the 

8 Administrator of NASA. 

9 TITLE I—NASA AERONAUTICS 

10 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

11 SEC. 101. OFFICE OF AERONAUTICS. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The NASA Administrator 

13 shall establish an Office of Aeronautics, which shall be 

14 headed by an Associate Administrator reporting directly 

15 to the NASA Administrator. 

16 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Aeronautics shall be 

17 responsible for planning, budgeting, and managing all aer18 onautics research, development, and demonstration activi19 ties undertaken by NASA. 

20 SEC. 102. ENVIRONMENTAL AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DE21 VELOPMENT INITIATIVE. 

22 (a) OBJECTIVE.—The NASA Administrator shall es23 tablish an initiative with the objective of developing, and 

24 demonstrating in a relevant environment, within 10 years 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, technologies 
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1 to enable the following commercial aircraft performance 

2 characteristics: 

3 (1) NOISE.—Noise levels on takeoff and on air4 port approach and landing that do not exceed ambi5 ent noise levels in the absence of flight operations in 

6 the vicinity of airports from which such commercial 

7 aircraft would normally operate. 

8 (2) FUEL EFFICIENCY.—Ten percent improve9 ment, compared to aircraft in commercial service as 

10 of the date of the enactment of this Act, in each of 

11 the following: 

12 (A) Specific fuel consumption. 

13 (B) Lift to drag ratio. 

14 (C) Structural weight fraction. 

15 (3) EMISSIONS.—Nitrogen oxides at less than 

16 five grams per kilogram of fuel burned. 

17 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Within 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the NASA Adminis19 trator shall provide to the Committee on Science of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com21 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan 

22 for the implementation of the initiative described in sub23 section (a). Such implementation plan shall include—
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1 (1) technological roadmaps for achieving each 

2 of the performance characteristics specified in sub3 section (a); 

4 (2) an estimate of the ten-year funding profile 

5 required to achieve the objective specified in sub6 section (a); 

7 (3) a plan for carrying out a formal quantifica8 tion of the estimated costs and benefits of each tech9 nological option selected for development beyond the 

10 initial concept definition phase; and 

11 (4) a plan for transferring the technologies to 

12 industry, including the identification of requirements 

13 for prototype demonstrations, as appropriate. 

14 (c) REVIEW.—The NASA Administrator shall enter 

15 into an arrangement with the National Research Council 

16 for the review, within one year after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, of the adequacy of the implementation 

18 plan provided under subsection (b) to achieve the objective 

19 described in subsection (a). In addition, the NASA Admin20 istrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National 

21 Research Council for the review, every three years subse22 quent to the initial review under this subsection, of 

23 NASA’s progress in achieving the objective described in 

24 subsection (a), including recommendations for changes to 

25 NASA’s research and development program as needed. 
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1 The results of each review shall be provided to the Com2 mittee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

4 the Senate within 30 days after completion of the review. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except 

6 as provided in section 109(b), there are authorized to be 

7 appropriated to the NASA Administrator to carry out this 

8 section—

9 (1) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 

10 (2) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

11 (3) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

12 (4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

13 (5) $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

14 Of these amounts, at least fifty percent of the annual 

15 funding shall be for research and development conducted 

16 at universities, industrial research entities, and not-for17 profit research consortia. 

18 SEC. 103. ROTORCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

19 INITIATIVE. 

20 (a) OBJECTIVE.—The NASA Administrator shall es21 tablish a rotorcraft initiative with the objective of devel22 oping, and demonstrating in a relevant environment, with23 in ten years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

24 technologies to enable rotorcraft with the following im-
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1 provements relative to rotorcraft existing as of the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act: 

3 (1) 60 percent reduction in noise levels on take4 off and on approach and landing as perceived by a 

5 human observer. 

6 (2) Factor of ten reduction in maximum vibra7 tion. 

8 (3) 30 percent reduction in empty weight. 

9 (4) 90 percent reduction in rotorcraft accident 

10 rate compared to 2002. 

11 (5) Capability for full all-weather operations, 

12 including zero-ceiling, zero-visibility operations and 

13 routine flight in icing conditions. 

14 (6) Double the density altitude envelope, rel15 ative to 2002 capabilities, for rotorcraft operations. 

16 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Within 180 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the NASA Adminis18 trator shall provide a plan to the Committee on Science 

19 of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 

20 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate for 

21 the implementation of the initiative described in sub22 section (a). The implementation plan shall include—

23 (1) technological roadmaps for achieving each 

24 of the improvements specified in subsection (a); 
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1 (2) an estimate of the ten-year funding profile 

2 required to achieve the objective specified in sub3 section (a); 

4 (3) a plan for carrying out a formal quantifica5 tion of the estimated costs and benefits of each tech6 nological option selected for development beyond the 

7 initial concept definition phase; and 

8 (4) a plan for transferring the technologies to 

9 industry, including the identification of requirements 

10 for prototype demonstrations, as appropriate. 

11 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except 

12 as provided in section 109(b), there are authorized to be 

13 appropriated to the NASA Administrator to carry out this 

14 section—

15 (1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 

16 (2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

17 (3) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

18 (4) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

19 (5) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.

20 SEC. 104. CIVIL SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT RESEARCH AND 

21 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. 

22 (a) OBJECTIVE.—The NASA Administrator shall es23 tablish an initiative with the objective of developing, and 

24 demonstrating in a relevant environment, within twenty 

25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, tech-
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1 nologies to enable overland flight of supersonic civil trans2 port aircraft with at least the following performance char3 acteristics: 

4 (1) Mach number of at least 1.6. 

5 (2) Range of at least 4,000 nautical miles. 

6 (3) Payload of at least 150 passengers. 

7 (4) Noise levels on takeoff and on airport ap8 proach and landing that meet community noise 

9 standards in place at airports from which such com10 mercial supersonic aircraft would normally operate 

11 at the time the aircraft would enter commercial serv12 ice. 

13 (5) Shaped signature sonic boom overpressure 

14 sufficiently low enough to permit overland flight over 

15 populated areas. 

16 (6) Nitrogen oxide emissions of less than 15 

17 grams per kilogram of fuel burned. 

18 (7) Water vapor emissions for stratospheric 

19 flight of no greater than 1400 grams per kilogram 

20 of fuel burned. 

21 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Within 180 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the NASA Adminis23 trator shall provide to the Committee on Science of the 

24 House of Representatives and to the Committee on Com25 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan 
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1 for the implementation of the initiative described in sub2 section (a). Such implementation plan shall include—

3 (1) technological roadmaps for achieving each 

4 of the performance characteristics specified in sub5 section (a); 

6 (2) an estimate of the ten-year funding profile 

7 required to achieve the objective specified in sub8 section (a); 

9 (3) a plan for carrying out a formal quantifica10 tion of the estimated costs and benefits of each tech11 nological option selected for development beyond the 

12 initial concept definition phase; 

13 (4) a plan for transferring the technologies to 

14 industry, including the identification of requirements 

15 for prototype demonstrations, as appropriate; 

16 (5) a plan for research to quantify, within 3 

17 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

18 limits on sonic boom parameters, such as over19 pressure and rise time, that would be acceptable to 

20 the general public; and 

21 (6) a plan for adjusting the noise reduction re22 search and development activities as needed to ac23 commodate changes in community noise standards 

24 that may occur over the lifetime of the initiative. 
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except 

2 as provided in section 109(b), there are authorized to be 

3 appropriated to the NASA Administrator to carry out this 

4 section—

5 (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 

6 (2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

7 (3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

8 (4) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

9 (5) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

10 SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON 

11 AVIATION TRAINING. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The NASA Administrator shall 

13 award grants to institutions of higher education (or con14 sortia thereof) to establish one or more Centers for Re15 search on Aviation Training. 

16 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Centers shall be 

17 to investigate the impact of new technologies and proce18 dures, particularly those related to the aircraft flight deck 

19 and to the air traffic management functions, on training 

20 requirements for pilots and air traffic controllers. 

21 (c) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher edu22 cation (or a consortium of such institutions) seeking fund23 ing under this section shall submit an application to the 

24 NASA Administrator at such time, in such manner, and 

25 containing such information as the NASA Administrator 
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1 may require, including, at a minimum, a five-year research 

2 plan. 

3 (d) AWARD DURATION.—An award made by the 

4 NASA Administrator under this section shall be for a pe5 riod of five years and may be renewed on the basis of—

6 (1) satisfactory performance in meeting the 

7 goals of the research plan proposed by the Center in 

8 its application under subsection (c); and 

9 (2) other requirements as specified by the Ad10 ministrator. 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except 

12 as provided in section 109(b), there are authorized to be 

13 appropriated to the NASA Administrator to carry out this 

14 section—

15 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 

16 (2) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

17 (3) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

18 (4) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

19 (5) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

20 SEC. 106. NASA AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIPS. 

21 (a) OBJECTIVE.—The NASA Administrator shall es22 tablish a program of scholarships for full-time graduate 

23 students who are United States citizens and are enrolled

24 in, or have been accepted by and have indicated their in25 tention to enroll in, accredited Masters degree programs 
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1 in aeronautical engineering at institutions of higher edu2 cation. Each such scholarship shall cover the costs of 

3 room, board, tuition, and fees, and may be provided for 

4 a maximum of two years. 

5 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Within 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the NASA Adminis7 trator shall publish regulations governing the scholarship 

8 program. 

9 (c) COOPERATIVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.—Stu10 dents who have been awarded a scholarship under this sec11 tion shall have the opportunity for paid employment at 

12 one of the NASA Centers engaged in aeronautics research 

13 and development during the summer prior to the first year 

14 of the student’s Masters program, and between the first 

15 and second year, if applicable. 

16 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except 

17 as provided in section 109(b), there are authorized to be 

18 appropriated to the NASA Administrator to carry out this 

19 section—

20 (1) $500,000 for fiscal year 2004;

21 (2) $750,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

22 (3) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

23 (4) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

24 (5) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
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1 SEC. 107. AVIATION WEATHER RESEARCH. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the NASA 

3 Administrator $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

4 2004 through 2008 for collaborative research with the Na5 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on convec6 tive weather events, with the goal of improving the reli7 ability of two to six hour aviation weather forecasts to a 

8 level of at least 0.75. 

9 SEC. 108. AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RESEARCH. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the NASA 

11 Administrator $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

12 2004 through 2008 to carry out collaborative research 

13 with the FAA and with other Federal agencies as appro14 priate in accordance with the research plan developed 

15 under section 301(b). 

16 SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 (a) TOTAL AUTHORIZATION.—The total amounts au18 thorized to be appropriated for aeronautics research, de19 velopment, and demonstration activities at NASA, includ20 ing the amounts authorized by this Act, are—

21 (1) $675,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 

22 (2) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

23 (3) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

24 (4) $1,050,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

25 (5) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
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1 (b) LIMITATION.—All amounts authorized to be ap2 propriated by this title are for research and development 

3 activities and do not include amounts required to support 

4 the labor, travel, research operations support, environ5 mental compliance, and nonprogrammatic construction of 

6 facilities activities of the Office of Aeronautics. 

7 TITLE II—FEDERAL AVIATION 

8 ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH 

9 AND DEVELOPMENT 

10 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 (a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 48102(a) of 

12 title 49, United States Code, is amended—

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

14 (7); 

15 (2) by striking the period at the end of para16 graph (8) and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

18 ‘‘(9) for fiscal year 2004, $366,100,000, includ19 ing—

20 ‘‘(A) $25,500,000 for weather projects and 

21 activities; 

22 ‘‘(B) $81,600,000 for aircraft safety tech23 nology projects and activities; 

24 ‘‘(C) $27,300,000 for human factors and 

25 aviation medicine projects and activities; 
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1 ‘‘(D) $30,000,000 for environment and en2 ergy projects and activities; and 

3 ‘‘(E) $35,000,000 to carry out collabo4 rative research with the National Aeronautics 

5 and Space Administration and with other Fed6 eral agencies as appropriate in accordance with 

7 the research plan developed under section 

8 301(b) of the Aeronautics Research and Devel9 opment Revitalization Act of 2003; 

10 ‘‘(10) for fiscal year 2005, $410,000,000, in11 cluding—

12 ‘‘(A) $30,600,000 for weather projects and 

13 activities; 

14 ‘‘(B) $90,100,000 for aircraft safety tech15 nology projects and activities; 

16 ‘‘(C) $30,200,000 for human factors and 

17 aviation medicine projects and activities; 

18 ‘‘(D) $37,500,000 for environment and en19 ergy projects and activities; and 

20 ‘‘(E) $35,000,000 to carry out collabo21 rative research with the National Aeronautics 

22 and Space Administration and with other Fed23 eral agencies as appropriate in accordance with

24 the research plan developed under section 
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1 301(b) of the Aeronautics Research and Devel2 opment Revitalization Act of 2003; 

3 ‘‘(11) for fiscal year 2006, $462,000,000, in4 cluding—

5 ‘‘(A) $37,000,000 for weather projects and 

6 activities; 

7 ‘‘(B) $99,800,000 for aircraft safety tech8 nology projects and activities; 

9 ‘‘(C) $33,500,000 for human factors and 

10 aviation medicine projects and activities; 

11 ‘‘(D) $47,000,000 for environment and en12 ergy projects and activities; and 

13 ‘‘(E) $35,000,000 to carry out collabo14 rative research with the National Aeronautics 

15 and Space Administration and with other Fed16 eral agencies as appropriate in accordance with 

17 the research plan developed under section 

18 301(b) of the Aeronautics Research and Devel19 opment Revitalization Act of 2003; 

20 ‘‘(12) for fiscal year 2007, $520,000,000, in21 cluding $35,000,000 to carry out collaborative re22 search with the National Aeronautics and Space Ad23 ministration and with other Federal agencies as ap24 propriate in accordance with the research plan devel25 oped under section 301(b) of the Aeronautics Re-
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1 search and Development Revitalization Act of 2003; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(13) for fiscal year 2008, $550,000,000, in4 cluding $35,000,000 to carry out collaborative re5 search with the National Aeronautics and Space Ad6 ministration and with other Federal agencies as ap7 propriate in accordance with the research plan devel8 oped under section 301(b) of the Aeronautics Re9 search and Development Revitalization Act of 

10 2003.’’. 

11 (b) RESEARCH PRIORITIES.—Section 48102(b) of 

12 title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new paragraphs: 

14 ‘‘(4) Of the amount authorized under subsection 

15 (a)(9)—

16 ‘‘(A) $2,000,000 shall be made available for 

17 wake turbulence research; and 

18 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 shall be made available for 

19 information security research. 

20 ‘‘(5) Of the amount authorized under subsection 

21 (a)(10)—

22 ‘‘(A) $3,000,000 shall be made available for 

23 wake turbulence research; and 

24 ‘‘(B) $12,000,000 shall be made available for 

25 information security research. 
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1 ‘‘(6) Of the amount authorized under subsection 

2 (a)(11)—

3 ‘‘(A) $4,000,000 shall be made available for 

4 wake turbulence research; and 

5 ‘‘(B) $13,200,000 shall be made available for 

6 information security research. 

7 ‘‘(7) The Administrator is authorized to use amounts 

8 authorized under subsection (a), regardless of the appro9 priations account through which the amounts may be pro10 vided, for making grant awards for support of research 

11 and development activities.’’. 

12 TITLE III—STUDIES 

13 SEC. 301. STUDY OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 

14 ARCHITECTURES AND RESEARCH PLAN. 

15 (a) STUDY.—(1) The NASA Administrator and the 

16 FAA Administrator, in consultation with other Federal 

17 agencies as appropriate, shall undertake a joint study to 

18 identify and assess the most promising national air traffic 

19 management system architecture that would result in an 

20 automated and integrated air transportation capability 

21 that would triple the capacity of the existing air traffic 

22 management system by 2025. In identifying and assessing 

23 possible national air traffic management system architec24 tures, the study shall take into account the presence of 
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1 commercial aircraft with the performance characteristics 

2 specified in section 102(a). 

3 (2) In carrying out this subsection, the NASA Ad4 ministrator and FAA Administrator shall seek comments 

5 from industry and academia during the study, and shall 

6 enter into an arrangement to have the results of the study 

7 reviewed by the National Research Council. 

8 (b) RESEARCH PLAN AND REPORT.—(1) Based on 

9 the study under subsection (a), the NASA Administrator 

10 and the FAA Administrator, in consultation with other 

11 Federal agencies as appropriate, shall develop a research 

12 plan to advance the key technologies that would be re13 quired to implement the air traffic management system 

14 architecture identified. The plan shall specify the research 

15 goals, the responsibilities of the agencies that would be 

16 involved in carrying it out, the time period anticipated to 

17 achieve the research goals, and the resources required. 

18 (2) A report containing the results of the study under 

19 subsection (a), the results of the review conducted by the 

20 National Research Council under subsection (a)(2), and 

21 the research plan under paragraph (1) of this subsection 

22 shall be provided to the Committee on Science of the 

23 House of Representatives and to the Committee on Com24 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate within 

25 two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 for 

3 carrying out this section—

4 (1) to the NASA Administrator, $1,500,000; 

5 and 

6 (2) to the FAA Administrator, $1,500,000. 

7 SEC. 302. STUDY OF MARKETS ENABLED BY ENVIRON8 MENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE AIR9 CRAFT. 

10 (a) OBJECTIVE.—The NASA Administrator shall 

11 conduct a study to identify and quantify new markets that 

12 would be created, as well as existing markets that would 

13 be expanded, by the incorporation of the technologies de14 veloped pursuant to section 102 into future commercial 

15 aircraft. As part of the study, the NASA Administrator 

16 shall identify whether any of the performance characteris17 tics specified in section 102(a) would need to be made 

18 more stringent in order to create new markets or expand 

19 existing markets. The NASA Administrator shall seek 

20 input from at least the aircraft manufacturing industry, 

21 academia, and the airlines in carrying out the study. 

22 (b) REPORT.—A report containing the results of the 

23 study shall be provided to the Committee on Science of 

24 the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 

25 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
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1 within eighteen months after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the NASA Adminis5 trator $500,000 for carrying out this section. 

6 SEC. 303. ASSESSMENT OF WAKE TURBULENCE RESEARCH 

7 AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The FAA Administrator shall 

9 enter into an arrangement with the National Research 

10 Council for an assessment of the FAA’s proposed wake 

11 turbulence research and development program. The as12 sessment shall address at least the following questions: 

13 (1) Are the research and development goals and 

14 objectives well defined? 

15 (2) Are there any research and development ob16 jectives that are not part of FAA’s proposed pro17 gram that should be? 

18 (3) Will the proposed research and development 

19 program enable the achievement of the goals and ob20 jectives of the FAA, and of the National Research 

21 Council, on schedule and for the proposed level of 

22 resources? If not, what adjustments would need to 

23 be made? 

24 (4) What roles should be played by other Fed25 eral agencies, such as NASA and the National Oce-
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1 anic and Atmospheric Administration, in wake tur2 bulence research and development, and how should 

3 those efforts be coordinated with FAA’s program? 

4 (b) REPORT.—A report containing the results of the 

5 assessment shall be provided to the Committee on Science 

6 of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 

7 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

8 within one year after the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act. 

10 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to the FAA Adminis12 trator for fiscal year 2004 $500,000 to carry out this sec13 tion. 

14 SEC. 304. ASSESSMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL AERONAUTICS 

15 RESEARCH CAPABILITIES. 

16 (a) ASSESSMENT.—In order to ensure that the Na17 tion retains needed capabilities in fundamental aero18 dynamics and other areas of fundamental aeronautics re19 search, the NASA Administrator shall enter into an ar20 rangement with the National Research Council for an as21 sessment of the Nation’s future requirements for funda22 mental aeronautics research and whether the Nation will 

23 have a skilled research workforce and research facilities 

24 commensurate with those requirements. The assessment 

25 shall include an identification of any projected gaps, and 
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1 recommendations for what steps should be taken by the 

2 Federal Government to eliminate those gaps. 

3 (b) REPORT.—The NASA Administrator shall trans4 mit the assessment, along with NASA’s response to the 

5 assessment, to the Committee on Science of the House of 

6 Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

7 Science, and Transportation of the Senate within 2 years 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the NASA Adminis11 trator $500,000 for fiscal year 2004 to carry out this sec12 tion.

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