of affected communities to the greatest extent 
practicable in establishing the environmental 
goals; 
‘‘(J) working to ensure global interoper-
ability of the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System; 
‘‘(K) working to ensure the use of weather 
information and space weather information in 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System 
as soon as possible; 
‘‘(L) overseeing, with the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration, the selec-
tion of products or outcomes of research and de-
velopment activities that would be moved to the 
next stage of a demonstration project; and 
‘‘(M) maintaining a baseline modeling and 
simulation environment for testing and evalu-
ating alternative concepts to satisfy Next Gen-
eration Air Transportation enterprise architec-
ture requirements.’’. 
(3) COOPERATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.—Section 709(a)(4) of such Act (as redesignated 
by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(4)(A)’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the head of any other Federal agency from which 
the Secretary of Transportation requests assistance under 
subparagraph (A) shall designate a senior official in the 
agency to be responsible for— 
‘‘(i) carrying out the activities of the agency re-
lating to the Next Generation Air Transportation 
System in coordination with the Office, including the 
execution of all aspects of the work of the agency in 
developing and implementing the integrated work 
plan described in subsection (b)(5); 
‘‘(ii) serving as a liaison for the agency in ac-
tivities of the agency relating to the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System and coordinating with 
other Federal agencies involved in activities relating 
to the System; and 
‘‘(iii) ensuring that the agency meets its obliga-
tions as set forth in any memorandum of under-
standing executed by or on behalf of the agency relat-
ing to the Next Generation Air Transportation Sys-
tem. 
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‘‘(C) The head of a Federal agency referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) shall ensure that— 
‘‘(i) the responsibilities of the agency relating to 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System are 
clearly communicated to the senior official of the 
agency designated under subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(ii) the performance of the senior official in 
carrying out the responsibilities of the agency relating 
to the Next Generation Air Transportation System is 
reflected in the official’s annual performance evalua-
tions and compensation. 
‘‘(D) The head of a Federal agency referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) shall— 
‘‘(i) establish or designate an office within the 
agency to carry out its responsibilities under the 
memorandum of understanding under the supervision 
of the designated official; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure that the designated official has suffi-
cient budgetary authority and staff resources to carry 
out the agency’s Next Generation Air Transportation 
System responsibilities as set forth in the integrated 
plan under subsection (b). 
‘‘(E) Not later than 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, the head of each Federal agency 
that has responsibility for carrying out any activity under 
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the integrated plan under subsection (b) shall execute a 
memorandum of understanding with the Office obligating 
that agency to carry out the activity.’’. 
(4) COORDINATION WITH OMB.—Section 709(a) 
of such Act (117 Stat. 2582) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) The Office shall work with the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget to develop a process 
whereby the Director will identify projects related to the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System across the 
agencies referred to in paragraph (4)(A) and consider the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System as a unified, 
cross-agency program. 
‘‘(B) The Director, to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall— 
‘‘(i) ensure that— 
‘‘(I) each Federal agency covered by the 
plan has sufficient funds requested in the Presi-
dent’s budget, as submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for each 
fiscal year covered by the plan to carry out its 
responsibilities under the plan; and 
‘‘(II) the development and implementation 
of the Next Generation Air Transportation Sys-
tem remains on schedule; 
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‘‘(ii) include, in the President’s budget, a state-
ment of the portion of the estimated budget of each 
Federal agency covered by the plan that relates to the 
activities of the agency under the Next Generation Air 
Transportation System initiative; and 
‘‘(iii) identify and justify as part of the Presi-
dent’s budget submission any inconsistencies between 
the plan and amounts requested in the budget. 
‘‘(7) The Associate Administrator of the Next Genera-
tion Air Transportation System shall be a voting member 
of the Joint Resources Council of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration.’’. 
(b) INTEGRATED PLAN.—Section 709(b) of such Act 
(117 Stat. 2583) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘meets air’’ and inserting 
‘‘meets anticipated future air’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘beyond those currently in-
cluded in the Federal Aviation Administration’s 
operational evolution plan’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(5) a multiagency integrated work plan for the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) an outline of the activities required to 
achieve the end-state architecture, as expressed in 
the concept of operations and enterprise architec-
ture documents, that identifies each Federal 
agency or other entity responsible for each activ-
ity in the outline; 
‘‘(B) details on a year-by-year basis of spe-
cific accomplishments, activities, research re-
quirements, rulemakings, policy decisions, and 
other milestones of progress for each Federal 
agency or entity conducting activities relating to 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System; 
‘‘(C) for each element of the Next Genera-
tion Air Transportation System, an outline, on 
a year-by-year basis, of what is to be accom-
plished in that year toward meeting the Next 
Generation Air Transportation System’s end- 
state architecture, as expressed in the concept of 
operations and enterprise architecture docu-
ments, as well as identifying each Federal agen-
cy or other entity that will be responsible for 
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