search and Development Revitalization Act of 2003; 
and 
‘‘(13) for fiscal year 2008, $550,000,000, in-
cluding $35,000,000 to carry out collaborative re-
search with the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration and with other Federal agencies as ap-
propriate in accordance with the research plan devel-
oped under section 301(b) of the Aeronautics Re-
search and Development Revitalization Act of 
2003.’’. 
(b) RESEARCH PRIORITIES.—Section 48102(b) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) Of the amount authorized under subsection 
(a)(9)—
‘‘(A) $2,000,000 shall be made available for 
wake turbulence research; and 
‘‘(B) $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
information security research. 
‘‘(5) Of the amount authorized under subsection 
(a)(10)—
‘‘(A) $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
wake turbulence research; and 
‘‘(B) $12,000,000 shall be made available for 
information security research.
‘‘(6) Of the amount authorized under subsection 
(a)(11)—
‘‘(A) $4,000,000 shall be made available for 
wake turbulence research; and 
‘‘(B) $13,200,000 shall be made available for 
information security research. 
‘‘(7) The Administrator is authorized to use amounts 
authorized under subsection (a), regardless of the appro-
priations account through which the amounts may be pro-
vided, for making grant awards for support of research 
and development activities.’’. 
TITLE III—STUDIES 
SEC. 301. STUDY OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 
ARCHITECTURES AND RESEARCH PLAN. 
(a) STUDY.—(1) The NASA Administrator and the 
FAA Administrator, in consultation with other Federal 
agencies as appropriate, shall undertake a joint study to 
identify and assess the most promising national air traffic 
management system architecture that would result in an 
automated and integrated air transportation capability 
that would triple the capacity of the existing air traffic 
management system by 2025. In identifying and assessing 
possible national air traffic management system architec-
tures, the study shall take into account the presence of
commercial aircraft with the performance characteristics 
specified in section 102(a). 
(2) In carrying out this subsection, the NASA Ad-
ministrator and FAA Administrator shall seek comments 
from industry and academia during the study, and shall 
enter into an arrangement to have the results of the study 
reviewed by the National Research Council. 
(b) RESEARCH PLAN AND REPORT.—(1) Based on 
the study under subsection (a), the NASA Administrator 
and the FAA Administrator, in consultation with other 
Federal agencies as appropriate, shall develop a research 
plan to advance the key technologies that would be re-
quired to implement the air traffic management system 
architecture identified. The plan shall specify the research 
goals, the responsibilities of the agencies that would be 
involved in carrying it out, the time period anticipated to 
achieve the research goals, and the resources required. 
(2) A report containing the results of the study under 
subsection (a), the results of the review conducted by the 
National Research Council under subsection (a)(2), and 
the research plan under paragraph (1) of this subsection 
shall be provided to the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives and to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate within 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 for 
carrying out this section—
(1) to the NASA Administrator, $1,500,000; 
and 
(2) to the FAA Administrator, $1,500,000. 
SEC. 302. STUDY OF MARKETS ENABLED BY ENVIRON-
MENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) OBJECTIVE.—The NASA Administrator shall 
conduct a study to identify and quantify new markets that 
would be created, as well as existing markets that would 
be expanded, by the incorporation of the technologies de-
veloped pursuant to section 102 into future commercial 
aircraft. As part of the study, the NASA Administrator 
shall identify whether any of the performance characteris-
tics specified in section 102(a) would need to be made 
more stringent in order to create new markets or expand 
existing markets. The NASA Administrator shall seek 
input from at least the aircraft manufacturing industry, 
academia, and the airlines in carrying out the study. 
(b) REPORT.—A report containing the results of the 
study shall be provided to the Committee on Science of 
the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
within eighteen months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the NASA Adminis-
trator $500,000 for carrying out this section. 
SEC. 303. ASSESSMENT OF WAKE TURBULENCE RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The FAA Administrator shall 
enter into an arrangement with the National Research 
Council for an assessment of the FAA’s proposed wake 
turbulence research and development program. The as-
sessment shall address at least the following questions: 
(1) Are the research and development goals and 
objectives well defined? 
(2) Are there any research and development ob-
jectives that are not part of FAA’s proposed pro-
gram that should be? 
(3) Will the proposed research and development 
program enable the achievement of the goals and ob-
jectives of the FAA, and of the National Research 
Council, on schedule and for the proposed level of 
resources? If not, what adjustments would need to 
be made? 
(4) What roles should be played by other Fed-
eral agencies, such as NASA and the National Oce-