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Union Calendar No. 129
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1551
[Report No. 106–223]
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
JULY 12, 1999
Additional sponsor: Mr. BARCIA
JULY 12, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 26, 1999]
A BILL
To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration’s civil avia-
tion research and development programs for fiscal years
2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Aviation Research
and Development Authorization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(4)(J);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2000, 
$647,538,400
including—
‘‘(A) $17,269,000 for system development
and infrastructure projects and activities;
‘‘(B) $48,021,500 for capacity and air traf-
fic management technology projects and activi-
ties;
‘‘(C) $18,939,200 for communications, navi-
gation, and surveillance projects and activities;
‘‘(D) $15,765,000 for weather projects and
activities;
‘‘(E) $8,715,700 for airport technology
projects and activities;
‘‘(F) $39,639,000 for aircraft safety tech-
nology projects and activities;
‘‘(G) $53,218,000 for system security tech-
nology projects and activities;
‘‘(H) $26,207,000 for human factors and
aviation medicine projects and activities;
‘‘(I) $3,481,000 for environment and energy
projects and activities;
‘‘(J) $2,171,000 for innovative/cooperative
research 
projects 
and 
activities, 
of 
which
$750,000 shall be for carrying out subsection (h)
of this section;
‘‘(K) $266,712,000 for En Route research
and development projects and activities;
‘‘(L) $58,900,000 for Terminal research and
development projects and activities;
‘‘(M) $3,000,000 for Flight Services research
and development projects and activities;
‘‘(N) $69,200,000 for Landing and Naviga-
tion research and development projects and ac-
tivities; and
‘‘(O) $16,300,000 for Equipment and Fa-
cilities research and development projects and
activities; and
‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2001, $675,706,795.’’.
SEC. 3. BUDGET DESIGNATION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT ACTIVITIES.
Section 48102 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(g) DESIGNATION OF ACTIVITIES.—(1) The amounts
appropriated under subsection (a) are for the support of
all research and development activities carried out by the
Federal Aviation Administration that fall within the cat-
egories of basic research, applied research, and development,
including the design and development of prototypes, in ac-
cordance with the classifications of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–11 (Budget Formulation/Sub-
mission Process).
‘‘(2) The Department of Transportation’s annual
budget request for the Federal Aviation Administration
shall identify all of the activities carried out by the Admin-
istration within the categories of basic research, applied re-
search, and development, as classified by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–11. Each activity in the
categories of basic research, applied research, and develop-
ment shall be identified regardless of the budget category
in which it appears in the budget request.’’.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL AVIATION RESEARCH PLAN.
Section 44501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause
(iii);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(v) highlight the research and development tech-
nology transfer activities that promote technology
sharing among government, industry, and academia
through the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation
Act of 1980.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘The report
shall be prepared in accordance with requirements of
section 1116 of title 31, United States Code.’’ after
‘‘effect for the prior fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 5. INTEGRATED SAFETY RESEARCH PLAN.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2000, the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall jointly prepare and transmit to the
Congress an integrated civil aviation safety research and
development plan.
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a)
shall include—
(1) an identification of the respective research
and development requirements, roles, and responsibil-
ities of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and the Federal Aviation Administration;
(2) formal mechanisms for the timely sharing of
information between the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, including a requirement that the FAA-
NASA Coordinating Committee established in 1980
meet at least twice a year; and
(3) procedures for increased communication and
coordination between the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration research advisory committee established under
section 44508 of title 49, United States Code, and the
NASA Aeronautics and Space Transportation Tech-
nology Advisory Committee, including a proposal for
greater cross-membership between those 2 advisory
committees.
SEC. 6. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall make available through the Internet home page
of the Federal Aviation Administration the abstracts relat-
ing to all research grants and awards made with funds au-
thorized by the amendments made by this Act. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to require or permit the re-
lease of any information prohibited by law or regulation
from being released to the public.
SEC. 7. RESEARCH ON NONSTRUCTURAL AIRCRAFT SYS-
TEMS.
Section 44504(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘, including nonstructural aircraft
systems,’’ after ‘‘life of aircraft’’.
SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall exclude from consideration
for grant agreements made by that Administration with
funds appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by
this Act any person who received funds, other than those
described in subsection (b), appropriated for a fiscal year
after fiscal year 1999, under a grant agreement from any
Federal funding source for a project that was not subjected
to a competitive, merit-based award process, except as spe-
cifically authorized by this Act. Any exclusion from consid-
eration pursuant to this subsection shall be effective for a
period of 5 years after the person receives such Federal
funds.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to the
receipt of Federal funds by a person due to the membership
of that person in a class specified by law for which assist-
ance is awarded to members of the class according to a for-
mula provided by law.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘grant agreement’’ means a legal instrument whose
principal purpose is to transfer a thing of value to the re-
cipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimula-
tion authorized by a law of the United States, and does
not include the acquisition (by purchase, lease, or barter)
of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the
United States Government. Such term does not include a
cooperative agreement (as such term is used in section 6305
of title 31, United States Code) or a cooperative research
and development agreement (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-
tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).
Union Calendar No. 129
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1551
[Report No. 106–223]
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.
JULY 12, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed