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Union Calendar No. 205 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2698 
[Report No. 110–329] 
To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research and development 
projects and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. GORDON of Tennessee) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 
and Technology 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Additional sponsor: Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 13, 2007] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research 
and development projects and activities of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Re-
search and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; 
(2) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the 
Joint Planning and Development Office; 
(3) the term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal Aviation 
Administration; 
(4) the term ‘‘NASA’’ means the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration; 
(5) the term ‘‘National Research Council’’ means 
the National Research Council of the National Acad-
emies of Science and Engineering; 
(6) the term ‘‘NOAA’’ means the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration; 
(7) the term ‘‘NSF’’ means the National Science 
Foundation; 
(8) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and De-
velopment Office; and 
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(9) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11)(L), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (12)(L), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(13) for fiscal year 2008, $335,191,000, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) $7,350,000 for fire research and safety; 
‘‘(B) $4,086,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,713,000 for advanced materials and 
structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,574,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,931,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,202,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $14,651,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration, and human factors; 
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‘‘(H) $9,517,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,254,000 for air traffic control, tech-
nical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $6,780,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $19,888,000 for weather programs; 
‘‘(L) $6,310,000 for unmanned aircraft sys-
tems research; 
‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $13,755,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $20,469,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,184,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,415,000 for the William J. Hughes 
Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $74,200,000 for the Center for Ad-
vanced Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $2,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $3,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—environment; 
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‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,600,000 for GPS civil requirements; 
‘‘(W) $5,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning, and improvement; 
‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for operations concept vali-
dation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Manage-
ment Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $5,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $4,000,000 for wind profiling and 
weather research, Juneau; 
‘‘(DD) $1,000,000 for the Local Area Aug-
mentation System (LAAS); 
‘‘(EE) $15,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, Alas-
ka Capstone; 
‘‘(FF) $20,000,000 for NextGen demonstra-
tion; 
‘‘(GG) $8,907,000 for airports technology 
research—capacity; 
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‘‘(HH) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; 
‘‘(14) for fiscal year 2009, $481,554,000, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) $8,457,000 for fire research and safety; 
‘‘(B) $4,050,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,686,000 for advanced materials and 
structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,568,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,683,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,158,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $37,499,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration, and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $8,349,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,323,000 for air traffic control, tech-
nical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $6,932,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $22,336,000 for weather program; 
‘‘(L) $6,738,000 for unmanned aircraft sys-
tems research; 
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‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $11,560,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $35,039,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,847,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,548,000 for the William J. Hughes 
Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $85,000,000 for Center for Advanced 
Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,469,000 for GPS civil requirements; 
‘‘(W) $5,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning and improvement; 
‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for Operations Concept 
Validation; 
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‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Manage-
ment Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $3,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $20,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, Alas-
ka Capstone; 
‘‘(DD) $12,000,000 for NextGen demonstra-
tion; 
‘‘(EE) $102,000,000 for NextGen system de-
velopment; 
‘‘(FF) $8,907,000 for airports technology re-
search—capacity; 
‘‘(GG) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; 
‘‘(15) for fiscal year 2010, $486,502,000, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) $8,546,000 for fire research and safety; 
‘‘(B) $4,075,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,700,000 for advanced materials and 
structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,608,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,688,000 for aging aircraft; 
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‘‘(F) $2,153,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $36,967,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration, and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $8,334,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,471,000 for air traffic control, tech-
nical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $7,149,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $23,286,000 for weather program; 
‘‘(L) $6,236,000 for unmanned aircraft sys-
tems research; 
‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $11,412,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $34,678,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,827,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,644,000 for William J. Hughes 
Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $90,000,000 for the Center for Ad-
vanced Aviation System Development; 
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‘‘(S) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,416,000 for GPS civil requirements; 
‘‘(W) $5,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning and improvement; 
‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for operations concept vali-
dation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Manage-
ment Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $3,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $20,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, Alas-
ka Capstone; 
‘‘(DD) $12,000,000 for NextGen demonstra-
tion; 
‘‘(EE) $102,000,000 for NextGen system de-
velopment; 
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‘‘(FF) $8,907,000 for airports technology re-
search—capacity; 
‘‘(GG) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; and 
‘‘(16) for fiscal year 2011, $514,832,000, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) $8,815,000 for fire research and safety; 
‘‘(B) $4,150,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,747,000 for advanced materials and 
structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,687,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,903,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,181,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $39,245,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $8,446,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,715,000 for air traffic control, tech-
nical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $7,390,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $23,638,000 for weather program; 
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‘‘(L) $6,295,000 for unmanned aircraft sys-
tems research; 
‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $11,471,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $34,811,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,836,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,758,000 for William J. Hughes 
Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $114,000,000 for Center for Advanced 
Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,432,000 for GPS civil requirements; 
‘‘(W) $2,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning and improvement; 
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‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for operations concept vali-
dation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Manage-
ment Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $3,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $20,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, Alas-
ka Capstone; 
‘‘(DD) $12,000,000 for NextGen demonstra-
tion; 
‘‘(EE) $105,000,000 for NextGen system de-
velopment; 
‘‘(FF) $8,907,000 for airports technology re-
search—capacity; 
‘‘(GG) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety.’’. 
SEC. 4. NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 
JOINT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF-
FICE. 
(a) STATUS OF DIRECTOR AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
OFFICE.—Section 709 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The head of the Office shall be the 
Director. The Director shall report to the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
and shall serve as Associate Administrator for 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System, 
and shall be a voting member and co-chair of the 
Joint Resources Council.’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2)(C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) creating a transition plan for the im-
plementation of that system that includes date- 
specific milestones for the implementation of new 
capabilities into the national airspace system;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (2)(H), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(E) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) 
the following: 
‘‘(I) establishing specific quantitative goals 
for the safety, capacity, efficiency, performance, 
and environmental impacts of each phase of Next 
Generation Air Transportation System imple-
mentation activities and measuring actual oper-
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ational experience against those goals, taking 
into account noise pollution reduction concerns 
of affected communities to the greatest extent 
practicable in establishing the environmental 
goals; 
‘‘(J) working to ensure global interoper-
ability of the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System; 
‘‘(K) integrating aviation weather informa-
tion and space weather information into the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System as 
soon as possible; 
‘‘(L) overseeing, with the Administrator, the 
selection of products or outcomes of research and 
development activities that would be moved to 
the next stage of a demonstration project through 
the Joint Resources Council; 
‘‘(M) maintaining a baseline modeling and 
simulation environment for testing and evalu-
ating alternative concepts to satisfy Next Gen-
eration Air Transportation enterprise architec-
ture requirements; and 
‘‘(N) pursuing the integration of unmanned 
aircraft systems into the national airspace sys-
tem through research and demonstration pro-
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grams under the auspices of a public and private 
partnership.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section 709(a) is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after 
the paragraph designation; and 
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) The Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other 
Department or Federal agency from which the Secretary 
of Transportation requests assistance under paragraph (A) 
shall designate a senior official in the department or agency 
to be responsible for— 
‘‘(i) implementing the department’s or agency’s 
Next Generation Air Transportation System activities 
with the Office, including the execution of all aspects 
of the department’s or agency’s work on developing 
and implementing the integrated plan described in 
section 709(2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) ensuring that the department or agency 
meets its obligations as set forth in the memorandum 
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of understanding executed by or on behalf of the de-
partment or agency under subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(C) The head of any such department or agency 
shall— 
‘‘(i) establish an office within the department or 
agency to carry out its responsibilities under the 
memorandum of understanding under the supervision 
of the designated official; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure that the designated official has suffi-
cient budgetary authority and staff resources to carry 
out the department’s or agency’s Next Generation Air 
Transportation System responsibilities as set forth in 
the integrated plan under section 709(b). 
‘‘(D) Not later than 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of the Federal Aviation Research and Development 
Reauthorization Act of 2007, the head of each department 
or agency that has responsibility for carrying out any ac-
tivity under the integrated plan under section 709(b) shall 
execute a memorandum of understanding with the Office 
obligating that department or agency to carry out those ac-
tivities.’’. 
(c) INTEGRATED PLAN.—Section 709(b) of the Vision 
100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 
40101 note) is amended— 
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(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘The integrated plan shall be designed to ensure that 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System meets 
anticipated future air transportation safety, security, 
mobility, efficiency, and capacity needs and accom-
plishes the goals under subsection (c).’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) Date-specific timetables for the partial and 
complete implementation of planned Next Generation 
Air Transportation System capabilities, including 
but not limited to Automated Dependent Surveil-
lance-Broadcast, Unmanned Aircraft Systems oper-
ations, Next Generation Enabled Weather system, 
Next Generation Data Communications, NAS Voice 
Switch, System Wide Information Management sys-
tem, and space weather information, and including 
any necessary certification activities, and including 
an evaluation of the costs and benefits of accelerating 
any of the implementation and certification time-
tables; 
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‘‘(6) Identification of planned demonstration 
projects and date-specific timetables for the conduct of 
the demonstration projects and subsequent certifi-
cation activities and an evaluation of the costs and 
benefits of accelerating any of the demonstration 
projects and certification activities; 
‘‘(7) Date-specific timetables for meeting the en-
vironmental requirements identified in subsection (I); 
and 
‘‘(8) Identification, on an annual basis, of each 
entity that will be responsible for each component of 
any research, development, or implementation activ-
ity.’’. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 709(d) of the Vision 
100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 
40101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Director of the Office 
shall transmit a report annually to the Committee on 
Science and Technology and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate at the time of the President’s budget 
request describing the progress in carrying out the plan re-
quired under subsection (b) and any changes to that plan. 
The annual report shall include— 
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‘‘(1) the updated integrated plan developed under 
subsection (b); 
‘‘(2) a detailed description of the progress made 
in carrying out the integrated plan and any changes 
made to that plan since the previous annual report, 
and identifying any changes resulting from funding 
shortfalls or limitations set by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; 
‘‘(3) any deviation from previously established 
development and implementation milestones, the rea-
sons for the deviation, and the impact of the devi-
ation; 
‘‘(4) the relevant programs and activities for the 
previous fiscal year and the proposed programs and 
activities under the President’s budget request, of each 
participating Federal agency and department; and 
‘‘(5) the levels of funding for each participating 
Federal agency and department devoted to the pro-
grams and activities in paragraph (4) for the pre-
vious fiscal year and under the President’s budget re-
quest.’’. 
(e) SENIOR POLICY COMMITTEE.—Section 710(a) of 
the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act 
(49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended in the last sentence by 
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inserting ‘‘, and shall meet at least four times each year’’ 
before the period. 
(f) BUDGET PREPARATION.— 
(1) Each Federal agency and department par-
ticipating in the office shall, as part of its annual re-
quest for appropriations to the Office of Management 
and Budget, submit a report to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget which— 
(A) identifies each element of its work pro-
gram which contributes directly to Next Genera-
tion Air Transportation System initiative; and 
(B) states the portion of its request for ap-
propriations that is allocated to each such ele-
ment. 
(2) The Office of Management and Budget shall 
review each such report in light of the goals, prior-
ities, and agency and departmental responsibilities 
set forth in the annual report submitted under the 
amendment made by subsection (d), and shall in-
clude, in the President’s annual budget estimate, a 
statement of the portion of each appropriate agency’s 
or department’s annual budget estimate relating to its 
activities undertaken pursuant to the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System initiative. 
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(g) CONTINGENCY PLANNING.—The Director shall, as 
part of the design of the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System, develop contingency plans for dealing with 
the degradation of the Next Generation Air Transportation 
System in the event of a natural disaster, major equipment 
failure, or act of terrorism. 
(h) ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH.—The Director shall 
establish environmental objectives for noise, emissions, and 
energy consumption to be satisfied in the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System through a combination of tech-
nologies and operational procedures. The Director shall as-
sign primary responsibility for the research, development, 
and demonstration of the applicable technologies in a rel-
evant environment to NASA and primary responsibility for 
demonstration of optimized operational procedures to the 
FAA. 
(i) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE ASSESS-
MENT AND REPORT.— 
(1) SCOPE.—The Comptroller General shall as-
sess compliance with the requirements of section 709 
of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthoriza-
tion Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) to determine— 
(A) the effectiveness of the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office in meeting the deadlines and 
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milestones of the integrated plan under that sec-
tion; and 
(B) the adequacy and effectiveness of the 
memoranda of understanding executed by Fed-
eral departments and agencies under that sec-
tion. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
until the Next Generation Air Transportation System 
is fully operational, the Comptroller General shall 
transmit a report to the Committee on Science and 
Technology and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate containing the Comptroller 
General’s findings, conclusions and recommendations 
related to the assessment in paragraph (1). 
(j) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.— 
(1) RESEARCH INITIATIVE.— 
(A) IMPROVED
MANNED
AND
UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT.—Section 44504 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘un-
manned and manned’’ after ‘‘improve’’; 
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(ii) in subsection (b)(6), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subsection (b)(7) by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end of subsection 
(b) 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 
malfunctions of products, parts, and processes, for use 
in all classes of unmanned aircraft systems that could 
result in a catastrophic failure of the unmanned air-
craft that would endanger other aircraft in the na-
tional airspace system.’’. 
(B) SYSTEMS, PROCEDURES, FACILITIES, 
AND DEVICES.—Section 44505(b) of such title is 
amended— 
(i) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking 
the period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end of subsection 
(b) the following: 
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‘‘(6) to develop a better understanding of the re-
lationship between human factors and unmanned air-
craft systems safety; and 
‘‘(7) to develop dynamic simulation models for 
integrating all classes of unmanned aircraft systems 
into the national airspace system without any deg-
radation of existing levels of safety for all national 
airspace system users.’’. 
(2) ROADMAP.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
develop and transmit an unmanned aircraft systems 
research, development, demonstration and implemen-
tation ‘‘roadmap’’ to the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(3) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall enter into an arrangement 
with the National Research Council for an as-
sessment of the status of unmanned aircraft sys-
tems that shall include consideration of— 
(i) human factors regarding unmanned 
aircraft systems operation; 
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(ii) ‘‘detect, sense and avoid tech-
nologies’’ with respect to both cooperative 
and non-cooperative aircraft; 
(iii) spectrum issues and bandwidth 
requirements; 
(iv) operation in suboptimal winds 
and adverse weather conditions; 
(v) mechanisms for communicating un-
manned aircraft system location; 
(vi) airworthiness and system redun-
dancy; 
(vii) flight termination systems for 
safety and security; 
(viii) technologies for unmanned air-
craft systems flight control; 
(ix) technologies for unmanned aircraft 
systems propulsion; 
(x) unmanned aircraft systems oper-
ator qualifications, medical standards, and 
training requirements; 
(xi) unmanned aircraft systems main-
tenance requirements and training require-
ments; 
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(xii) any other unmanned aircraft sys-
tems-related issue the Administrator believes 
should be addressed; and 
(xiii) recommendations for integrating 
unmanned aircraft systems into the na-
tional airspace system in a timely manner 
without any degradation of existing levels of 
safety for all national airspace system 
users. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months 
after initiating the study, the National Academy 
shall submit its report to the Administrator, the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, and the House of Representa-
tives Committee on Science and Technology con-
taining its finding and recommendations. 
(4) PILOT
PROJECTS
FOR
TRANSITIONING
RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RESULTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
establish pilot projects in sparsely populated, 
low-density Class G air traffic airspace to con-
duct experiments and collect data in order to ac-
celerate the safe integration of unmanned air-
craft systems into the national airspace system 
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without any degradation of existing levels of 
safety for all national airspace system users. 
(B) USE
OF
PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNER-
SHIP.—In conducting the pilot projects, the Ad-
ministrator shall encourage the formation of a 
public-private partnership. 
(C) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
completing the pilot projects, the Administrator 
shall transmit a report to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, set-
ting forth the Administrator’s findings and con-
clusions concerning the projects. 
(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Administrator for fiscal years 2008 and 
2009 such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the pilot projects under this paragraph. 
SEC. 5. 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 establish a research initiative to assess the 
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impact of aviation on the climate and, if warranted, to 
evaluate approaches to mitigate that impact. 
(b) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the participating Federal en-
tities shall jointly develop a plan for the research program 
that contains the objectives, proposed tasks, milestones, and 
5-year budgetary profile. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall have the Na-
tional Research Council conduct an independent review of 
the interagency research program plan and provide the re-
sults of that review to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology of the 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. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008, and $5,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2011, for the interagency research program estab-
lished under this section. 
SEC. 6. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON RUNWAYS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The 
Administrator shall establish a program of research grants 
to universities and non-profit research foundations for re-
search and technology demonstrations related to— 
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(1) improved runway surfaces; and 
(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 $5,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 7. RESEARCH ON DESIGN FOR CERTIFICATION. 
(a) JOINT PROGRAM.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the FAA and NASA shall 
establish a joint research program on methods to improve 
both confidence in and the timeliness of certification of new 
technologies for their introduction into the national air-
space 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 and NASA shall jointly 
develop a plan for the research program that contains the 
objectives, proposed tasks, milestones, and five-year budg-
etary profile. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall have the Na-
tional Research Council conduct an independent review of 
the joint research program plan and provide the results of 
that review to the Committee on Science and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
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merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 44513(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, 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 a report annually to the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate at the time of the President’s budget request 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. 9. AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 44511(f) of title 49, United States Code, 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. 10. RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM INVOLVING UNDER-
GRADUATE STUDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 
a program to utilize colleges and universities, including 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic 
Serving Institutions, tribally controlled colleges and univer-
sities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving in-
stitutions in conducting research by undergraduate students 
on subjects of relevance to the FAA. Grants may be awarded 
under this section for— 
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(1) research projects to be carried out primarily 
by undergraduate students; 
(2) research projects that combine undergraduate 
research with other research supported by the FAA; 
(3) research on future training requirements re-
lated to projected changes in regulatory requirements 
for aircraft maintenance and power plant licensees; 
and 
(4) research on the impact of new technologies 
and procedures, particularly those related to aircraft 
flight deck and air traffic management functions, and 
on training requirements for pilots and air traffic 
controllers. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011, for research grants under 
this section. 
SEC. 11. BUDGET FORMULATION. 
Section 48102 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g) BUDGET FORMULATION.—(1) The Department of 
Transportation’s annual budget request for the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall identify all of the activities 
carried out by the Administration within the categories of 
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basic research, applied research, and development, as classi-
fied by the Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
11. Each activity in the categories of basic research, applied 
research, and development shall be identified regardless of 
the budget category in which it appears in the budget re-
quest. 
‘‘(2) The budget request specified in paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
at the same time as the President’s Budget Request is sub-
mitted to the Congress.’’. 
SEC. 12. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON SPACE WEATHER AND 
AVIATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall, in coordination with 
the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, and other relevant agencies, initiate 
a research program to— 
(1) conduct or supervise research projects on im-
pacts of space weather to aviation, including commu-
nication, navigation, avionic systems, and on airline 
passengers and personnel; and 
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(2) facilitate the transfer of technology from 
space weather research programs to Federal agencies 
with operational responsibilities and to the private 
sector. 
(b) USE
OF
GRANTS
OR
COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Administrator may use grants or cooperative 
agreements in carrying out this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts authorized to be appropriated by the 
amendments made by this Act, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2011 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 13. AVIATION GAS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM.—The Administrator, 
in coordination with the NASA Administrator, shall con-
tinue research and development activities into technologies 
for modification of existing general aviation piston engines 
to enable their safe operation using unleaded aviation fuel. 
(b) ROADMAP.—Not later than 120 days of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall develop a research 
and development roadmap for the program continued in 
subsection (a), containing the specific research and develop-
ment objectives and anticipated timetable for achieving the 
objectives. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 130 days of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide the road-
map specified in subsection (b) to the Committee on Science 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2010, to carry out this section. 
SEC. 14. RESEARCH REVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) REVIEW OF FAA’S ENERGY- AND ENVIRONMENT- 
RELATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Administrator shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Research Council 
for a review of the FAA’s energy- and environment- 
related research program. The review shall assess 
whether— 
(A) 
the 
programs 
have 
well-defined, 
prioritized, and appropriate research objectives; 
(B) the program are properly coordinated 
with the energy- and environment-related re-
search programs of NASA, NOAA, and other rel-
evant agencies; 
(C) the program have allocated appropriate 
resources to each of the research objectives; and 
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(D) there exist suitable mechanisms for 
transitioning the research results into the FAA’s 
operational technologies and procedures and cer-
tification activities. 
(2) REPORT.—A report containing the results of 
the review shall be provided to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate within eighteen months 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SPACE WEATHER 
ON AVIATION.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Administrator shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Research Council 
for a study of the impacts of space weather on the 
current and future United States aviation industry, 
and in particular, to examine the risks for Over-The- 
Pole (OTP) and Ultra-Long-Range (ULR) operations. 
The study shall— 
(A) examine space weather impacts on at 
least the following areas: communications, navi-
gation, avionics, and human health in flight; 
(B) assess the benefits of space weather in-
formation and services to reduce aviation costs 
and maintain safety; 
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(C) 
provide 
recommendations 
on 
how 
NASA, NOAA, and the NSF can most effectively 
carry out research and monitoring activities re-
lated to space weather and aviation; and 
(D) provide recommendations on how to in-
tegrate space weather information into the Next 
Generation Air Transportation System. 
(2) REPORT.—A report containing the results of 
the study shall be provided to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 15. REVIEW OF FAA’S AVIATION SAFETY-RELATED RE-
SEARCH PROGRAMS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Research Council for an 
independent review of the FAA’s aviation safety-related re-
search programs. The review shall assess whether— 
(1) the programs have well-defined, prioritized, 
and appropriate research objectives; 
(2) the programs are properly coordinated with 
the safety research programs of NASA and other rel-
evant Federal agencies; 
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(3) the programs have allocated appropriate re-
sources to each of the research objectives; and 
(4) 
there 
exist 
suitable 
mechanisms 
for 
transitioning the research results from the programs 
into the FAA’s operational technologies and proce-
dures and certification activities in a timely manner. 
(b) AVIATION
SAFETY-RELATED
RESEARCH
PRO-
GRAMS TO BE ASSESSED.—The FAA aviation safety-re-
lated research programs to be assessed under the review 
shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) 
Air 
traffic 
control/technical 
operations 
human factors. 
(2) Runway incursion reduction. 
(3) Flightdeck/maintenance system integration 
human factors. 
(4) Airports technology research—safety. 
(5) Airport cooperative research program—safe-
ty. 
(6) Weather program. 
(7) Atmospheric hazards/digital system safety. 
(8) Fire research and safety. 
(9) Propulsion and fuel systems. 
(10) Advanced materials/structural safety. 
(11) Aging aircraft. 
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(12) Aircraft catastrophic failure prevention re-
search. 
(13) Aeromedical research. 
(14) Aviation safety risk analysis. 
(15) Unmanned aircraft systems research. 
(16) Safe Flight 21—Alaska Capstone. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 14 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
results of the review. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts authorized to be appropriated by the 
amendments made by this Act, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated $700,000 for fiscal year 2008 to carry out this 
section. 
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Union Calendar No. 205 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2698 
[Report No. 110–329] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation 
research and development projects and activities 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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