‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a
program for awarding grants to researchers at pri-
marily undergraduate institutions who involve under-
graduate students in their research on subjects of
relevance to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Grants may be awarded under this subsection for—
‘‘(A) research projects to be carried out at
primarily undergraduate institutions; or
‘‘(B) research projects that combine re-
search at primarily undergraduate institutions
with other research supported by the Federal
Aviation Administration.
‘‘(2) NOTICE OF CRITERIA.—Within 6 months
after the date of the enactment of the FAA Re-
search, Engineering, and Development Authorization
Act of 1997, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall establish and publish in
the Federal Register criteria for the submittal of
proposals for a grant under this subsection, and for
the awarding of such grants.
‘‘(3) PRINCIPAL CRITERIA.—The principal cri-
teria for the awarding of grants under this sub-
section shall be—
‘‘(A) the relevance of the proposed re-
search to technical research needs identified by
the Federal Aviation Administration;
‘‘(B) the scientific and technical merit of
the proposed research; and
‘‘(C) the potential for participation by un-
dergraduate students in the proposed research.
‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE, 
MERIT-BASED
EVALUA-
TION.—Grants shall be awarded under this sub-
section on the basis of evaluation of proposals
through a competitive, merit-based process.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by
this Act, is further amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, of which $500,000 shall be
for carrying out the grant program established
under subsection (h)’’ after ‘‘projects and activities’’
in paragraph (3)(J);
(2) by inserting ‘‘, of which $500,000 shall be
for carrying out the grant program established
under subsection (h)’’ after ‘‘$224,000,000’’ in para-
graph (4); and
(3) by inserting ‘‘, of which $500,000 shall be
for carrying out the grant program established
under subsection (h)’’ after ‘‘$231,000,000’’ in para-
graph (5).
SEC. 6. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.
None of the funds authorized by the amendments
made by this Act, or by any other Act enacted before the
date of the enactment of this Act, may be used for the
Next Generation Internet.
SEC. 7. LIMITATIONS.
(a) PROHIBITION OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—None
of the funds authorized by the amendments made by this
Act shall be available for any activity whose purpose is
to influence legislation pending before the Congress, ex-
cept that this subsection shall not prevent officers or em-
ployees of the United States or of its departments or agen-
cies from communicating to Members of Congress on the
request of any Member or to Congress, through the proper
channels, requests for legislation or appropriations which
they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public
business.
(b) LIMITATION
ON
APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no sums are author-
ized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1998, 1999, and
2000 for the activities for which sums are authorized by
the amendments made by this Act, unless such sums are
specifically authorized to be appropriated by the amend-
ments made by this Act.
(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall exclude from
consideration for grant agreements made by that
Administration after fiscal year 1997 any person
who received funds, other than those described in
paragraph (2), appropriated for a fiscal year after
fiscal year 1997, under a grant agreement from any
Federal funding source for a project that was not
subjected to a competitive, merit-based award proc-
ess. Any exclusion from consideration pursuant to
this subsection shall be effective for a period of 5
years after the person receives such Federal funds.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to the receipt of Federal funds by a person
due to the membership of that person in a class
specified by law for which assistance is awarded to
members of the class according to a formula pro-
vided by law.
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘grant agreement’’ means a legal
instrument whose principal purpose is to transfer a
thing of value to the recipient to carry out a public
purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a
law of the United States, and does not include the
acquisition (by purchase, lease, or barter) of prop-
erty or services for the direct benefit or use of the
United States Government.
SEC. 8. NOTICE.
(a) NOTICE OF REPROGRAMMING.—If any funds au-
thorized by the amendments made by this Act are subject
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the Appropriations Committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action shall
concurrently be provided to the Committees on Science
and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(b) NOTICE
OF REORGANIZATION.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide
notice to the Committees on Science, Transportation and
Infrastructure, and Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate, not
later than 15 days before any major reorganization of any
program, project, or activity of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration.