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[USC02] 49 USC 44513: Regional centers of air transportation excellence
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49 USC 44513: Regional centers of air transportation excellence Text contains those laws in effect on February 21, 2020
(a) General Authority.-The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may make grants to institutions of higher education to establish and operate regional centers of air transportation excellence. The locations shall be distributed in a geographically fair way.
(b) Responsibilities.-(1) The responsibilities of each center established under this section shall include-
(A) conducting research on-
(c) Applications.-An institution of higher education interested in receiving a grant under this section may submit an application to the Administrator. The application must be in the form and contain the information that the Administrator requires by regulation.
(d) Selection Criteria.-The Administrator shall select recipients of grants under this section on the basis of the following criteria:
(e) Expenditure Agreements.-A grant may be made under this section in a fiscal year only if the recipient makes an agreement with the Administrator that the Administrator requires to ensure that the recipient will maintain its total expenditures from all other sources for establishing and operating the center and related research activities at a level at least equal to the average level of those expenditures in the 2 fiscal years of the recipient occurring immediately before November 5, 1990.
(f) Government's Share of Costs.-The United States Government's share of establishing and operating a center and all related research activities that grant recipients carry out shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs, except that the Administrator may increase such share to a maximum of 75 percent of the costs for a fiscal year if the Administrator determines that a center would be unable to carry out the authorized activities described in this section without additional funds.
(g) Allocating Amounts.-The Administrator shall allocate amounts made available to carry out this section in a geographically fair way.
(h) Annual Report.-The Administrator shall transmit annually to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate at the time of the President's budget request a report that lists-
( Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1182 ; Pub. L. 112–95, title IX, §907, Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 140 .)
44513 49 App.:1353(i). Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731 , §312(i); added Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–508, §9209(a), 104 Stat. 1388–376 .
2012-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 112–95, §907(a), amended subsec. (f) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The United States Government's share of a grant under this section is 50 percent of the costs of establishing and operating the center and related research activities that the grant recipient carries out."
Pub. L. 112–95, title IX, §908, Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 140 , provided that:
"(a) Establishment.-Using amounts made available under section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Administrator [of the Federal Aviation Administration] may establish a center of excellence to conduct research on-
"(b) Activities.-Activities conducted under this section may include the following: