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Union Calendar No. 380 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3482 
[Report No. 117–505] 
To establish the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2021 
Mr. CARSON (for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. BOST, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. MULLIN, 
Ms. NORTON, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ALLRED, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GUEST, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KELLER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. SCHRA-
DER, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. TURNER, 
Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. KATKO, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. TIMMONS, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mr. HIGGINS
of New York, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. MACE, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. BUDD, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE
of 
Pennsylvania, 
Mr. 
MCKINLEY, 
Mr. 
BACON, 
Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Ms. 
BOURDEAUX, Mr. RUSH, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 
MANNING, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. STANTON, Ms. PORTER, Mr. 
GALLAGHER, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. CROW, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. 
LAMALFA, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[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 May 25, 2021] 
A BILL 
To establish the National Center for the Advancement of 
Aviation. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Center for the 
Advancement of Aviation Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL CHARTER FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER 
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AVIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 120. National Center for the Advancement of Avia-
tion 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER AND STATUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Center for the 
Advancement of Aviation (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Center’) is a federally chartered entity. The 
Center is a private independent entity, not a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government or a component thereof. Except as pro-
vided in subsection (f)(1), an officer or employee of 
the Center is not an officer or employee of the Federal 
Government. 
‘‘(2) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE.—Except as other-
wise provided, the Center shall have perpetual exist-
ence. 
‘‘(b) GOVERNING BODY.— 
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