Second Century of Flight Act

Bill: 108-s-788
Sponsor: Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aeronautics
Aerospace industries
Air cargo
Air pollution control
Air routes
Air traffic
Aircraft
Aircraft construction
Aircraft engines
Aircraft industry
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Apprenticeship
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Aviation fuels
Aviation safety
Avionics
Building materials
Carbon dioxide
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Commercial aircraft
Commercialization
Communicable diseases
Community colleges
Computer simulation
Computer software
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Corporate mergers
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Energy
Energy efficiency
Engineering
Environmental Protection
Europe
European Union
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foundations
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government internships
Government lending
Government regulation
Graduate education
Health
High technology
Higher education
Indoor air pollution
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International agencies
International competitiveness
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
Mentoring
Meteorological satellites
Military aviation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nitrogen oxides
Noise
Nonprofit organizations
Planning-programming-budgeting
Pollution control
Polymers
Preventive medicine
Product development
Product safety
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientists
Social Welfare
Sonic boom
Space activities
Standards
Student loan funds
Supersonic aircraft
Taxation
Technical education
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Vocational and technical education
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: 
Second Century of Flight Act - Establishes in the Department of Transportation an Office of Aerospace and Aviation Liaison (OAAL) to coordinate aviation and aeronautics research programs.
 
Establishes within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a National Air Traffic Management System Development Office, which shall develop a next generation air traffic management system plan for the United States.
 
Directs the OAAL to report to specified congressional committees on market developments and government policies influencing the competitiveness of the U.S. jet transport aircraft industry. 
 
Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the FAA Administrator to establish a joint aerospace workforce initiative of grants to increase the number of students in technical training and certificate programs, as well as studying for undergraduate and graduate degrees, in aerospace-related fields.
 
Authorizes the NASA and FAA Administrators to provide loans (scholarships for service) of up to $5,000 per year to fulltime students enrolled in an undergraduate or post-graduate program leading to an advanced degree in an aerospace-related field.
 
Directs the FAA Administrator to: (1) continue the research grant program to improve airfield pavements; (2) review whether its asphalt and concrete airfield pavement standards accord with its standard 20-year-life requirement; (3) arrange with the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the FAA wake turbulence research and development program; (4) establish a cabin air quality research program; (5) exercise leadership with its foreign counterparts in the International Civil Aviation Organization; (6) report to specified congressional committees on aviation and aeronautical safety, and research funding and technological actions in other countries; (7) conduct research to promote development of analytical tools to improve existing certification methods and reduce overall certification costs; (8) develop a Center for Excellence focused on applied research and training with respect to advanced materials in transport airframe structures; and (9) study and report to specified congressional committees on ways to reduce aircraft noise and emissions and increase aircraft fuel efficiency.
 
Authorizes the FAA Administrator to conduct a limited pilot program of incentives to airspace users for deployment of new technologies.
 
Amends Federal transportation law to provide for FAA issuance of design organization certificates authorizing design organizations to certify compliance with certain requirements and minimum standards for the type certification of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances.
 
Directs the NASA Administrator to: (1) develop a a ten-year aeronautics research plan; (2) study and report to specified congressional committees on markets enabled by environmental technologies for future aircraft; (3) convert and expand the vehicle systems program into a vehicle-enabling technologies program; (4) develop innovative software-validation technologies; (5) increase research into weather sensors and prediction; (6) develop a National Center for Advanced Materials Performance; and (7) submit unified annual program budgets to specified congressional committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4841-4842)
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate