IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1551
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 16, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration’s civil avia-
tion research and development programs for fiscal years
2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Aviation Research
and Development Authorization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(4)(J);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2000, $208,416,100
including—
‘‘(A) $17,269,000 for system development
and infrastructure projects and activities;
‘‘(B) $33,042,500 for capacity and air
traffic management technology projects and ac-
tivities;
‘‘(C) $11,265,400 for communications,
navigation, and surveillance projects and activi-
ties;
‘‘(D) $15,765,000 for weather projects and
activities;
‘‘(E) $6,358,200 for airport technology
projects and activities;
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‘‘(F) $39,639,000 for aircraft safety tech-
nology projects and activities;
‘‘(G) $53,218,000 for system security tech-
nology projects and activities;
‘‘(H) $26,207,000 for human factors and
aviation medicine projects and activities;
‘‘(I) $3,481,000 for environment and en-
ergy projects and activities; and
‘‘(J) $2,171,000 for innovative/cooperative
research projects and activities, of which
$750,000 shall be for carrying out subsection
(h) of this section; and
‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2001, $222,950,000.’’.
SEC. 3. 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
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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. 4. NATIONAL AVIATION RESEARCH PLAN.
Section 44501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause
(iii);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(v) highlight the research and development
technology transfer activities that promote tech-
nology sharing among government, industry, and
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academia through the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘The report
shall be prepared in accordance with requirements of
section 1116 of title 31, United States Code.’’ after
‘‘effect for the prior fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 5. INTEGRATED SAFETY RESEARCH PLAN.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2000,
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall jointly prepare and transmit
to the Congress an integrated civil aviation safety research
and development plan.
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a)
shall include—
(1) an identification of the respective research
and development requirements, roles, and respon-
sibilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration and the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion;
(2) formal mechanisms for the timely sharing of
information between the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, including a requirement that the FAA-
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NASA Coordinating Committee established in 1980
meet at least twice a year; and
(3) procedures for increased communication and
coordination between the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration research advisory committee established
under section 44508 of title 49, United States Code,
and the NASA Aeronautics and Space Transpor-
tation Technology Advisory Committee, including a
proposal for greater cross-membership between those
two advisory committees.
SEC. 6. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall make available through the Internet home
page of the Federal Aviation Administration the abstracts
relating to all research grants and awards made with
funds authorized by the amendments made by this Act.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or
permit the release of any information prohibited by law
or regulation from being released to the public.
SEC. 7. RESEARCH ON NONSTRUCTURAL AIRCRAFT SYS-
TEMS.
Section 44504(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘, including nonstructural aircraft
systems,’’ after ‘‘life of aircraft’’.
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SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall exclude from consideration
for grant agreements made by that Administration with
funds appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by
this Act any person who received funds, other than those
described in subsection (b), appropriated for a fiscal year
after fiscal year 1999, under a grant agreement from any
Federal funding source for a project that was not sub-
jected to a competitive, merit-based award process, except
as specifically authorized by this Act. Any exclusion from
consideration pursuant to this subsection shall be effective
for a period of 5 years after the person receives such Fed-
eral funds.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to
the receipt of Federal funds by a person due to the mem-
bership of that person in a class specified by law for which
assistance is awarded to members of the class according
to a formula provided by law.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 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 stim-
ulation authorized by a law of the United States, and does
not include the acquisition (by purchase, lease, or barter)
of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the
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United States Government. Such term does not include
a cooperative agreement (as such term is used in section
6305 of title 31, United States Code) or a cooperative re-
search and development agreement (as such term is de-
fined in section 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).
SEC. 9. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.
No funds authorized pursuant to this Act may be ex-
pended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex-
pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod-
ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the
Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made
equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide
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to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 11. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 12. LASER VISUAL GUIDANCE RESEARCH.
The Federal Aviation Administration is encouraged
to conduct research on the laser visual guidance landing
system.
Passed the House of Representatives September 15,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.