nical hurdles described in subparagraph (A), in-
cluding, for each project, whether it would be 
funded by the Federal Aviation Administration, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration, or both, and whether the work would be 
carried by the Federal Government, corpora-
tions, or universities, or a combination thereof; 
(C) the annual anticipated cost of carrying 
out the plan; 
(D) the technical milestones that will be 
used to evaluate progress in carrying out the 
plan; and 
(E) how the research and development ac-
tivities will be coordinated with other appro-
priate Federal agencies. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Director of the Office shall 
transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of 
Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate—
(1) not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the plan required under sub-
section (d); and 
(2) annually at the time of the President’s 
budget request, a report describing the progress in
carrying out the plan required under subsection (d) 
and any changes to that plan. 
SEC. 4. 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 with-
in the categories of basic research, applied research, and 
development, including the design and development of pro-
totypes, in accordance with the classifications of the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–11 (Budget For-
mulation/Submission 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 
research, and development, as classified by the Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–11. Each activity in 
the categories of basic research, applied research, and de-
velopment shall be identified regardless of the budget cat-
egory in which it appears in the budget request.’’.
SEC. 5. AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 44511 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Transportation shall establish an airport cooperative 
research program to—
‘‘(A) identify problems that are shared by 
airport operating agencies and can be solved 
through applied research but that are not being 
adequately addressed by existing Federal re-
search programs; and 
‘‘(B) fund research to address those prob-
lems. 
‘‘(2) GOVERNANCE.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall appoint an independent governing 
board for the research program established under 
this subsection. The governing board shall be ap-
pointed from candidates nominated by national asso-
ciations representing public airport operating agen-
cies, airport executives, State aviation officials, and 
the scheduled airlines, and shall include representa-
tives of appropriate Federal agencies. Section 14 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply 
to the governing board.
‘‘(3) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Transportation shall enter into an arrangement with 
the National Academy of Sciences to provide staff 
support to the governing board established under 
paragraph (2) and to carry out projects proposed by 
the governing board that the Secretary considers ap-
propriate.’’. 
SEC. 6. DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND CER-
TIFICATION METHODS. 
The Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct 
research to promote the development of analytical tools to 
improve existing certification methods and to reduce the 
overall costs for the certification of new products.
SEC. 7. RESEARCH ON AVIATION TRAINING. 
Section 48102(h)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) research on the impact of new tech-
nologies and procedures, particularly those re-
lated to aircraft flight deck and air traffic man-
agement functions, on training requirements for 
pilots and air traffic controllers.’’.
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