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means, or a combination of physical and procedural means, 
of limiting access to the flight decks of all-cargo aircraft 
to authorized flight crew members. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report on the results of the study. 
TITLE IX—FEDERAL AVIATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Re-
search and Development Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title, the following definition apply: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration. 
(2) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
(3) NASA.—The term ‘‘NASA’’ means the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(4) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.—The term 
‘‘National Research Council’’ means the National Re-
search Council of the National Academies of Science 
and Engineering. 
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(5) NOAA.—The term ‘‘NOAA’’ means the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(6) NSF.—The term ‘‘NSF’’ means the National 
Science Foundation. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
SEC. 903. INTERAGENCY RESEARCH INITIATIVE ON THE IM-
PACT OF AVIATION ON THE CLIMATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordination 
with NASA and the United States Climate Change Science 
Program, shall carry out a research initiative to assess the 
impact of aviation on the climate and, if warranted, to 
evaluate approaches to mitigate that impact. 
(b) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the participating Federal 
entities shall jointly develop a plan for the research pro-
gram that contains the objectives, proposed tasks, mile-
stones, and 5-year budgetary profile. 
SEC. 904. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON RUNWAYS. 
(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall 
maintain a program of research grants to universities and 
nonprofit research foundations for research and technology 
demonstrations related to— 
(1) improved runway surfaces; and 
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(2) engineered material restraining systems for 
runways at both general aviation airports and air-
ports with commercial air carrier operations. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012 to 
carry out this section. 
SEC. 905. RESEARCH ON DESIGN FOR CERTIFICATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the FAA, 
in consultation with other agencies as appropriate, shall 
establish a research program on methods to improve both 
confidence in and the timeliness of certification of new tech-
nologies for their introduction into the national airspace 
system. 
(b) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, as part of the activity de-
scribed in subsection (a), the FAA shall develop a plan for 
the research program that contains the objectives, proposed 
tasks, milestones, and five-year budgetary profile. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall have the Na-
tional Research Council conduct an independent review of 
the research program plan and provide the results of that 
review to the Committee on Science and Technology and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
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House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 906. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) GOVERNMENT’S
SHARE
OF
COSTS.—Section 
44513(f) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE OF COSTS.—The United 
States Government’s share of establishing and operating the 
center and all related research activities that grant recipi-
ents carry out shall not exceed 75 percent of the costs. The 
United States Government’s share of an individual grant 
under this section shall not exceed 90 percent of the costs.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall trans-
mit annually to the Committee on Science and Technology 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate at the 
time of the President’s budget request a report that lists— 
(1) the research projects that have been initiated 
by each Center of Excellence in the preceding year; 
(2) the amount of funding for each research 
project and the funding source; 
(3) the institutions participating in each project 
and their shares of the overall funding for each re-
search project; and 
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(4) the level of cost-sharing for each research 
project. 
SEC. 907. AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 44511(f) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘establish a 4- 
year pilot’’ and inserting ‘‘maintain an’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘expiration of the program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘expiration of the pilot program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘program, including rec-
ommendations as to the need for establishing a 
permanent airport cooperative research pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘program’’. 
SEC. 908. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) RESEARCH
INITIATIVE.—Section 44504(b) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (7) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) in conjunction with other Federal agencies, 
as appropriate, to develop technologies and methods to 
assess the risk of and prevent defects, failures, and 
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