nical resources or mechanisms to develop such flight 
procedures in a safe and efficient manner to meet the 
demands of the national airspace system without the 
use of third party resources. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the results of the review conducted under this section, 
including the assessments described in subsection (b). 
SEC. 209. EXPERT REVIEW OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE 
FOR 
NEXT 
GENERATION 
AIR 
TRANSPOR-
TATION SYSTEM. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall enter into an arrangement with 
the National Research Council to review the enterprise ar-
chitecture for the Next Generation Air Transportation Sys-
tem. 
(b) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the review to be con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) highlight the technical activities, including 
human-system design, organizational design, and 
other safety and human factor aspects of the system, 
that will be necessary to successfully transition cur-
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rent and planned modernization programs to the fu-
ture system envisioned by the Joint Planning and De-
velopment Office of the Administration; 
(2) assess technical, cost, and schedule risk for 
the software development that will be necessary to 
achieve the expected benefits from a highly automated 
air traffic management system and the implications 
for ongoing modernization projects; and 
(3) include judgments on how risks with automa-
tion efforts for the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System can be mitigated based on the experi-
ences of other public or private entities in developing 
complex, software-intensive systems. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the results of the review 
conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 210. NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY TESTBED. 
Of amounts appropriated under section 48101(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall use such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011 
to contribute to the establishment by a public-private part-
nership (including a university component with significant 
aviation expertise in air traffic management, simulation, 
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meteorology, and engineering and aviation business) an 
airport-based testing site for existing Next Generation Air 
Transport System technologies. The Administrator shall en-
sure that next generation air traffic control integrated sys-
tems developed by private industries are installed at the site 
for demonstration, operational research, and evaluation by 
the Administration. The testing site shall serve a mix of 
general aviation and commercial traffic. 
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 211. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO 
REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS. 
Section 106(m) is amended in the last sentence by in-
serting ‘‘with or’’ before ‘‘without reimbursement’’. 
SEC. 212. DEFINITION OF AIR NAVIGATION FACILITY. 
Section 40102(a)(4) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) runway lighting and airport surface 
visual and other navigation aids; 
‘‘(C) aeronautical and meteorological infor-
mation to air traffic control facilities or aircraft; 
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‘‘(D) communication, navigation, or sur-
veillance equipment for air-to-ground or air-to- 
air applications;’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this section)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘another structure’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any structure, equipment,’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) buildings, equipment, and systems 
dedicated to the national airspace system.’’. 
SEC. 213. IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY INVEN-
TORY. 
Section 40110(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘com-
pensation’’ and inserting ‘‘compensation, and the amount 
received shall be credited as an offsetting collection to the 
account from which the amount was expended and shall re-
main available until expended’’. 
SEC. 214. CLARIFICATION TO ACQUISITION REFORM AU-
THORITY. 
Section 40110(c) is amended— 
(1) by striking the semicolon at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4); and 
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(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
SEC. 215. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN AVIATION AUTHORI-
TIES. 
Section 40113(e) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘public and private’’ before 
‘‘foreign aviation authorities’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end of the 
first sentence and inserting ‘‘or efficiency. The 
Administrator may participate in, and submit 
offers in response to, competitions to provide 
such services and may contract with foreign 
aviation authorities to provide such services con-
sistent with section 106(l)(6). Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or policy, the Admin-
istrator may accept payments received under 
this subsection in arrears.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘credited’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘credited as an offsetting collection to the ac-
count from which the expenses were incurred in pro-
viding such services and shall remain available until 
expended.’’. 
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