§ 40501. Biomedical research joint working group 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator and the Director of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health shall jointly establish a working group to coordi-
nate biomedical research activities in areas where a microgravity environ-
ment may contribute to significant progress in the understanding and treat-
ment of diseases and other medical conditions. The joint working group 
shall formulate joint and complementary programs in such areas of re-
search. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The joint working group shall include equal represen-
tation from the Administration and the National Institutes of Health, and 
shall include representation from National Institutes of Health councils, as 
selected by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and from the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council. 
(c) ANNUAL BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIA.—The joint working 
group shall organize annual symposia on biomedical research described in 
subsection (a) under the joint sponsorship of the Administration and the 
National Institutes of Health. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The joint working group shall 
report annually to Congress on its progress in carrying out this section. 
§ 40502. Biomedical research grants 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Administrator and the Director 
of the National Institutes of Health shall establish a joint program of bio-
medical research grants in areas described in section 40501(a) of this title, 
where such research requires access to a microgravity environment. Such 
program shall be consistent with actions taken by the joint working group 
under section 40501 of this title. 
(b) RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.—The grants program 
established under subsection (a) shall annually issue joint research oppor-
tunity announcements under the sponsorship of the National Institutes of 
Health and the Administration. Responses to the announcements shall be 
evaluated by a peer review committee whose members shall be selected by 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Administrator, 
and shall include individuals not employed by the Administration or the Na-
tional Institutes of Health. 
§ 40503. Biomedical research fellowships 
The Administrator and the Director of the National Institutes of Health 
shall create a joint program of graduate research fellowships in biomedical 
research described in section 40501(a) of this title. Fellowships under such 
program may provide for participation in approved research conferences and 
symposia. 
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§ 40504. Establishment of electronic data archive 
The Administrator shall create and maintain a national electronic data 
archive for biomedical research data obtained from space-based experiments. 
§ 40505. Establishment of emergency medical service tele-
medicine capability 
The Administrator, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, the Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and 
the Surgeon General of the United States shall jointly create and maintain 
an international telemedicine satellite consultation capability to support 
emergency medical services in disaster-stricken areas. 
CHAPTER 407—ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY 
AIRCRAFT 
Sec. 
40701.
Research and development initiative. 
40702.
Additional research and development initiative. 
40703.
Research alignment. 
40704.
Research program on perceived impact of sonic booms. 
§ 40701. Research and development initiative 
The Administrator may establish an initiative with the objective of devel-
oping, and demonstrating in a relevant environment, technologies to enable 
the following commercial aircraft performance characteristics: 
(1) NOISE LEVELS.—Noise levels on takeoff and on airport approach 
and landing that do not exceed ambient noise levels in the absence of 
flight operations in the vicinity of airports from which such commercial 
aircraft would normally operate. 
(2) ENERGY CONSUMPTION.—Twenty-five percent reduction in the 
energy required for medium- to long-range flights, compared to aircraft 
in commercial service as of December 30, 2005. 
(3) EMISSIONS.—Nitrogen oxides on take-off and landing that are 
significantly reduced, without adversely affecting hydrocarbons and 
smoke, relative to aircraft in commercial service as of December 30, 
2005. 
§ 40702. Additional research and development initiative 
The Administrator shall establish an initiative involving the Administra-
tion, universities, industry, and other research organizations as appropriate, 
of research, development, and demonstration, in a relevant environment, of 
technologies to enable the following commercial aircraft performance charac-
teristics: 
(1) NOISE LEVELS.—Noise levels on takeoff and on airport approach 
and landing that do not exceed ambient noise levels in the absence of 
flight operations in the vicinity of airports from which such commercial 
aircraft would normally operate, without increasing energy consumption 
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or nitrogen oxide emissions compared to aircraft in commercial service 
as of October 15, 2008. 
(2) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.—Significant reductions in green-
house gas emissions compared to aircraft in commercial services as of 
October 15, 2008. 
§ 40703. Research alignment 
In addition to pursuing the research and development initiative described 
in section 40702 of this title, the Administrator shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable within available funding, align the fundamental aeronautics 
research program to address high priority technology challenges of the Na-
tional Academies’ Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics, and shall work to 
increase the degree of involvement of external organizations, and especially 
of universities, in the fundamental aeronautics research program. 
§ 40704. Research program on perceived impact of sonic 
booms 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall establish a cooperative 
research program with industry, including the conduct of flight demonstra-
tions in a relevant environment, to collect data on the perceived impact of 
sonic booms. The data could enable the promulgation of appropriate stand-
ards for overland commercial supersonic flight operations. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall ensure that sonic boom re-
search is coordinated as appropriate with the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and as appropriate make use of the expertise of 
the Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction 
Center of Excellence sponsored by the Administration and the Federal Avia-
tion Administration. 
CHAPTER 409—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 
40901.
Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund. 
40902.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust 
Fund. 
40903.
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research—merit grant competition 
requirements. 
40904.
Microgravity research. 
40905.
Program to expand distance learning in rural underserved areas. 
40906.
Equal access to the Administration’s education programs. 
40907.
Museums. 
40908.
Continuation of certain education programs. 
40909.
Compliance with title IX of Education Amendments of 1972. 
§ 40901. Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 
Fund 
There is appropriated, by transfer from funds appropriated in the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–404, 102 Stat. 1014), for ‘‘Con-
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struction of facilities’’, the sum of $15,000,000 to the ‘‘Science, Space, and 
Technology Education Trust Fund’’, which is hereby established in the 
Treasury of the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest 
these funds in the United States Treasury special issue securities, and inter-
est shall be credited to the Trust Fund on a quarterly basis. Such interest 
shall be available for the purpose of making grants for programs directed 
at improving science, space, and technology education in the United States. 
The Administrator, after consultation with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, shall review applications made for such grants and de-
termine the distribution of available funds on a competitive basis. Grants 
shall be made available to any awardee only to the extent that the awardee 
provides matching funds from non-Federal sources to carry out the program 
for which grants from this Trust Fund are made. Of the funds made avail-
able by this Trust Fund, $250,000 shall be disbursed each calendar quarter 
to the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. The Administrator 
shall submit to Congress an annual report on the grants made pursuant to 
this section. 
§ 40902. National Aeronautics and Space Administration En-
deavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States, in tribute to the dedicated crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, a 
trust fund to be known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Trust Fund’’). The Trust Fund shall consist of amounts 
which may from time to time, at the discretion of the Administrator, be 
transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gifts 
and Donations Trust Fund. 
(b) INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND.—The Administrator shall direct the 
Secretary of the Treasury to invest and reinvest funds in the Trust Fund 
in public debt securities with maturities suitable for the needs of the Trust 
Fund, and bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on out-
standing marketable obligations of the United States of comparable matu-
rities. Interest earned shall be credited to the Trust Fund. 
(c) PURPOSE.—Income accruing from the Trust Fund principal shall be 
used to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor 
Teacher Fellowship Program, to the extent provided in advance in appro-
priation Acts. The Administrator is authorized to use such funds to award 
fellowships to selected United States nationals who are undergraduate stu-
dents pursuing a course of study leading to certified teaching degrees in ele-
mentary education or in secondary education in mathematics, science, or 
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