I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2879 
To establish the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. CARSON (for himself, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. BEAN of Florida, 
Mr. BOST, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CROW, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GALLAGHER, 
Mr. GUEST, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
MANN, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
PINGREE, Ms. PORTER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. ROUZER, Ms. SALA-
ZAR, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. 
TITUS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Ms. 
WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the National Center for the Advancement of 
Aviation. 
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 ‘‘National Center for 
the Advancement of Aviation Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL CHARTER FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER 
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AVIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 120. National Center for the Advancement of Avia-
tion 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER AND STATUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Center for 
the Advancement of Aviation (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Center’) is a federally chartered en-
tity. The Center is a private independent entity, not 
a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government or a component thereof. 
Except as provided in subsection (f)(1), an officer or 
employee of the Center is not an officer or employee 
of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE.—Except as oth-
erwise provided, the Center shall have perpetual ex-
istence. 
‘‘(b) GOVERNING BODY.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Directors (in 
this section referred to as the ‘Board’) is the gov-
erning body of the Center. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OF POWERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall adopt 
a constitution, bylaws, regulations, policies, and 
procedures to carry out the purpose of the Cen-
ter and may take any other action that it con-
siders necessary (in accordance with the duties 
and powers of the Center) for the management 
and operation of the Center. The Board is re-
sponsible for the general policies and manage-
ment of the Center and for the control of all 
funds of the Center. 
‘‘(B) POWERS
OF
BOARD.—The Board 
shall have the power to do the following: 
‘‘(i) Adopt and alter a corporate seal. 
‘‘(ii) Establish and maintain offices to 
conduct its activities. 
‘‘(iii) Enter into contracts or agree-
ments as a private entity not subject to the 
requirements of title 41. 
‘‘(iv) Acquire, own, lease, encumber, 
and transfer property as necessary and ap-
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propriate to carry out the purposes of the 
Center. 
‘‘(v) Publish documents and other 
publications in a publicly accessible man-
ner. 
‘‘(vi) Incur and pay obligations as a 
private entity not subject to the require-
ments of title 31. 
‘‘(vii) Make or issue grants and in-
clude any conditions on such grants in fur-
therance of the purpose and duties of the 
Center. 
‘‘(viii) Perform any other act nec-
essary and proper to carry out the pur-
poses of the Center as described in its con-
stitution and bylaws or duties outlined in 
this section. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall have 
11 Directors as follows: 
‘‘(i) EX-OFFICIO
MEMBERSHIP.—The 
following individuals, or their designees, 
shall be considered ex-officio members of 
the Board: 
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