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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Aeronautics Competitiveness Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION FOR AERONAUTICS.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized to
be appropriated for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
for Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration and available for Aeronautics
Research amounts as follows:
(1) For fiscal year 2009, $1,089,000,000.
(2) For fiscal year 2010, $1,198,000,000.
(3) For fiscal year 2011, $1,250,000,000.
(b) Supplement Not Supplant.--The amounts authorized to be
appropriated and available for a fiscal year under subsection (a) for
the purposes specified in that subsection are in addition to any other
amounts authorized to be appropriated and make available for such
fiscal year for that purpose.

SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRIORITIES IN AERONAUTICS RESEARCH.

(a) Advisory Committee Required.--The Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall establish an advisory
committee of experts from the private sector to provide advice and
consultation to the Administrator in priorities in aeronautics research
conducted by the Administration.
(b) Members.--The members of the advisory committee established
under subsection (a) shall include representatives of commercial
aviation groups, general aviation groups, aviation labor groups,
aeronautics research and development agencies, aircraft and systems
manufacturers, academia, and aircraft and air traffic control
suppliers.

SEC. 4. DEVELOPMENT OF AERONAUTICS TECHNOLOGIES TO DEMONSTRATION LEVEL.

(a) In General.--The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration shall carry out activities to develop particular
aeronautics technologies, including technologies for the Next
Generation Air Transportation System, to a level of readiness that will
permit the demonstration of such technologies, or a system or subsystem
model or prototype incorporating such technologies, in an appropriate
environment.
(b) Consultation.--The Administrator shall carry out activities
under this section in consultation with the advisory committee
established under section 3.

SEC. 5. AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIPS.

(a) Expansion of Number of NASA Aeronautics Scholarships.--Section
431 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16741) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsection (c):
''(c) Maximum Number of Scholarships.--The maximum number of
scholarships awarded under this section that are in force at any one
time may not exceed seven scholarships.''.
(b) Fellowships for Graduate Research in Aviation or Aeronautics.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall carry out a program to provide fellowships
for students enrolled in institutions of higher education in
graduate programs in aviation or aeronautics for the conduct by
such students of research in aviation or aeronautics.
(2) Maximum number of fellowships.--The maximum number of
fellowships awarded under the program that are in force at any
one time may not exceed seven fellowships.
(3) Other program requirements.--The Administrator shall
prescribe such requirements for the program as the
Administrator considers appropriate, including qualifications
for the award of fellowships under the program and the amount
and duration of fellowships awarded under the program.

SEC. 6. PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS FOR COSTS OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF AERONAUTICS WORKFORCES.

(a) In General.--Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 2372 the following new section:
''Sec. 2372a. Education and professional development of aeronautics
workforces: payments to contractors
''(a) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations governing the payment, by the Department of Defense, of
expenses incurred by contractors for costs of education and
professional development of their aeronautics workforce.
''(b) Costs Allowable as Indirect Expenses.--The regulations
prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that costs of
education and professional development of the aeronautics workforce
shall be allowable as indirect expenses on covered contracts to the
extent that those costs are allocable, reasonable, and not otherwise
unallowable by law or under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
''(c) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) The term 'aeronautics workforce' means personnel
employed as engineers or scientists engaged in the development
and manufacture of aeronautics technologies.
''(2) The term 'covered contract' has the meaning given
that term in section 23724(l) of this title.
''(3)(A) The term 'education and professional development',
in the case of an aeronautics workforce, means each of the
following:
''(i) The acquisition by personnel of the workforce
of general knowledge of science and engineering.
''(ii) The development among personnel of the
workforce of powers of reasoning and judgement.
''(iii) The participation of personnel of the
workforce in technical conferences and professional
society technical committees relating to aeronautics.
''(iv) The participation of personnel of the
workforce in government advisory boards or commissions
on aeronautics for which participation the government
provides no compensation.
''(B) The term does not include the acquisition by
personnel of an aeronautics workforce of vocational or
practical skills for an immediate and specific job task or
purpose.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 139 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 2372 the following new item:

''2372a. Education and professional development of aeronautics
workforces: payments to contractors.''.
Output:
Aeronautics Competitiveness Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2011 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration for aeronautics research.

Establishes an advisory committee on priorities in aeronautics research.

Requires the NASA Administrator to develop particular aeronautics technologies, including for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, to a demonstration ready level.

Sets the maximum number of NASA aeronautics scholarships at no more than seven at any one time. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a program to provide fellowships for graduate students in research in aviation or aeronautics.

Requires the Secretary of the Department of Defense (DOD) to prescribe regulations governing DOD's payment of contractors' costs for education and professional development of their aeronautics workforce.