(a)
(b)
(1) for a 10-year period, the research, engineering, and development programs and the facilities and equipment that the Administrator considers necessary for a system of airways, air traffic services, and navigation aids that will-
(A) meet the forecasted needs of civil aeronautics;
(B) meet the requirements that the Secretary of Defense establishes for the support of the national defense; and
(C) provide the highest degree of safety in air commerce;
(2) for the first and 2d years of the plan, detailed annual estimates of-
(A) the number, type, location, and cost of acquiring, operating, and maintaining required facilities and services;
(B) the cost of research, engineering, and development required to improve safety, system capacity, and efficiency; and
(C) personnel levels required for the activities described in subclauses (A) and (B) of this clause;
(3) for the 3d, 4th, and 5th years of the plan, estimates of the total cost of each major program for the 3-year period, and additional major research programs, acquisition of systems and facilities, and changes in personnel levels that may be required to meet long range objectives and that may have significant impact on future funding requirements;
(4) a 10-year investment plan that considers long range objectives that the Administrator considers necessary to-
(A) ensure that safety is given the highest priority in providing for a safe and efficient airway system; and
(B) meet the current and projected growth of aviation and the requirements of interstate commerce, the United States Postal Service, and the national defense; and
(5) a list of capital projects that are part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System and funded by amounts appropriated under section 48101(a).
(c)
(2)(A) The plan shall describe, for a 5-year period, the research, engineering, and development that the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration considers necessary-
(i) to ensure the continued capacity, safety, and efficiency of aviation in the United States, considering emerging technologies and forecasted needs of civil aeronautics; and
(ii) to provide the highest degree of safety in air travel.
(B) The plan shall-
(i) provide estimates by year of the schedule, cost, and work force levels for each active and planned major research and development project under sections 40119,1 44504, 44505, 44507, 44509, 44511–44513, and 44912 of this title, including activities carried out under cooperative agreements with other Federal departments and agencies;
(ii) specify the goals and the priorities for allocation of resources among the major categories of research and development activities, including the rationale for the priorities identified;
(iii) identify the allocation of resources among long-term research, near-term research, and development activities;
(iv) identify the individual research and development projects in each funding category that are described in the annual budget request;
(v) highlight the research and development activities that address specific recommendations of the research advisory committee established under section 44508 of this title, and document the recommendations of the committee that are not accepted, specifying the reasons for nonacceptance; and
(vi) highlight the research and development technology transfer activities that promote technology sharing among government, industry, and academia through the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.
(3) Subject to section 40119(b) 1 of this title and regulations prescribed under section 40119(b),1 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the committees named in paragraph (1) of this subsection an annual report on the accomplishments of the research completed during the prior fiscal year, including a description of the dissemination to the private sector of research results and a description of any new technologies developed. The report shall be submitted with the plan required under paragraph (1) and be organized to allow comparison with the plan in effect for the prior fiscal year. The report shall be prepared in accordance with requirements of section 1116 of title 31.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 44501(a) | 49 App.:1353(a). | Aug. 23, 1958,
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| 49 App.:1655(c)(1). | Oct. 15, 1966,
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| 44501(b) | 49 App.:2203(b). | Sept. 3, 1982,
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| 44501(c) | 49 App.:1353(d). | Aug. 23, 1958,
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In subsection (a), the word "Administrator" in section 312(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words "the requirements of" are omitted as surplus. The text of 49 App.:2203(b) (1st sentence) is omitted as executed. The words "thereafter" and "For fiscal year 1991 and thereafter" are omitted as obsolete. In clauses (2)(C) and (3), the word "personnel" is substituted for "manpower" for consistency in the revised title. In clause (2)(C), the word "all" is omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c), before clause (1), the word "completed" is omitted as surplus.
In subsection (d)(1), the words "review, revise" are omitted as surplus. The word "annually" is substituted for "for fiscal year 1990, and for each fiscal year thereafter" to eliminate obsolete language.
In subsection (d)(2)(B), before clause (i), the words "an appropriation" are substituted for "funding", and in clause (ii), the word "appropriations" is substituted for "funding", for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
In subsection (d)(3), the words "beginning with the date of transmission of the first aviation research plan as required by paragraph (1)" are omitted as obsolete.
Section 40119 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B)(i), (3), was repealed by
The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B)(vi), is
2012-Subsec. (b)(5).
2000-Subsec. (c)(2)(B)(iv) to (vi).
Subsec. (c)(3).
1996-Subsec. (c)(1).
Subsec. (c)(2)(A).
Subsec. (c)(2)(B).
Subsec. (c)(3).
Committee on Science of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.
Amendment by
Except as otherwise specifically provided, amendment by
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A) recommendations of the Administrator on realignment and consolidation of services and facilities (including regional offices) of the FAA; and
"(B) for each of the recommendations, a description of-
"(i) the Administrator's justification;
"(ii) the projected costs and savings; and
"(iii) the proposed timing for implementation.
"(4)
"(A) representatives of labor organizations representing air traffic control system employees of the FAA; and
"(B) industry stakeholders.
"(5)
"(6)
"(b)
"(1) a report containing the recommendations of the Administrator on realignment and consolidation of services and facilities (including regional offices) of the FAA; and
"(2) copies of any public comments received by the Administrator under subsection (a)(6).
"(c)
"(d)
"(1)
"(A) the last day of the 30-day period beginning on the date of submission of the report; or
"(B) the adjournment of Congress sine die for the session during which the report is transmitted.
"(2)
"(e)
"(1)
"(2)
"(f)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A)
"(i) relocates functions, services, or personnel positions;
"(ii) discontinues or severs existing facility functions or services; or
"(iii) combines the results described in clauses (i) and (ii).
"(B)
[Section 545(b)(2) of
"(1) Runway Incursion Reduction.
"(2) System Capacity, Planning, and Improvement.
"(3) Operations Concept Validation.
"(4) NAS Weather Requirements.
"(5) Airspace Management Program.
"(6) NextGen-Air Traffic Control/Technical Operations Human Factors.
"(7) NextGen-Environment and Energy-Environmental Management System and Advanced Noise and Emissions Reduction.
"(8) NextGen-New Air Traffic Management Requirements.
"(9) NextGen-Operations Concept Validation-Validation Modeling.
"(10) NextGen-System Safety Management Transformation.
"(11) NextGen-Wake Turbulence-Recategorization.
"(12) NextGen-Operational Assessments.
"(13) NextGen-Staffed NextGen Towers.
"(14) Center for Advanced Aviation System Development.
"(15) Airports Technology Research Program-Capacity.
"(16) Airports Technology Research Program-Safety.
"(17) Airports Technology Research Program-Environment.
"(18) Airport Cooperative Research-Capacity.
"(19) Airport Cooperative Research-Environment.
"(20) Airport Cooperative Research-Safety."
1 See References in Text note below.