(B) $33,042,500 for capacity and air traffic management technology projects and activities; (C) $11,265,400 for communications, navigation, and surveillance projects and activities; (D) $19,300,000 for weather projects and activities; (E) $6,358,200 for airport technology projects and activities; (F) $44,457,000 for aircraft safety technology projects and activities; (G) $53,218,000 for system security technology projects and activities; (H) $26,207,000 for human factors and aviation medicine projects and activities; (I) $3,481,000 for environment and energy projects and activities; and (J) $2,171,000 for innovative/cooperative research projects and activities, of which $750,000 shall be for carrying out subsection (h); (7) for fiscal year 2001, $237,000,000; and (8) for fiscal year 2002, $249,000,000. (b) RESEARCH PRIORITIES.-(1) The Administrator shall consider the advice and recommendations of the research advisory committee established by section 44508 of this title in establishing priorities among major categories of research and development activities carried out by the Federal Aviation Administration. (2) At least 15 percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall be for long-term research projects. (3) At least 3 percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall be available to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to make grants under section 44511 of this title. (c) TRANSFERS BETWEEN CATEGORIES.-(1) Not more than 10 percent of the net amount authorized for a category of projects and activities in a fiscal year under subsection (a) of this section may be transferred to or from that category in that fiscal year. (2) The Secretary may transfer more than 10 percent of an authorized amount to or from a category only after (A) submitting a written explanation of the proposed transfer to the Committees on Science and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) 30 days have passed after the explanation is submitted or each Committee notifies the Secretary in writing that it does not object to the proposed transfer. (d) AIRPORT CAPACITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.-(1) Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) of this section, at least $25,000,000 may be appropriated each fiscal year for research and development under section 44505(a) and (c) of this title on preserving and enhancing airport capacity, including research and development on improvements to airport design standards, maintenance, safety, operations, and environmental concerns. (2) The Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Science and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans portation of the Senate a report on expenditures made under paragraph (1) of this subsection for each fiscal year. The report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year. (e) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE RESEARCH.-Necessary amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary out of amounts in the Fund available for research and development to conduct research under section 44506(a) and (b) of this title. (f) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.-Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) of this section remain available until expended. (h)1 RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM INVOLVING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. (1) ESTABLISHMENT.-The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a program to utilize undergraduate and technical colleges, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions, in research on subjects of relevance to the Federal Aviation Administration. Grants may be awarded under this subsection for (A) research projects to be carried out at primarily undergraduate institutions and technical colleges; (B) research projects that combine research at primarily undergraduate institutions and technical colleges with other research supported by the Federal Aviation Administration; or (C) research on future training requirements on projected changes in regulatory requirements for aircraft maintenance and power plant licensees. (2) NOTICE OF CRITERIA.-Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of the FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1998, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish and publish in the Federal Register criteria for the submittal of proposals for a grant under this subsection, and for the awarding of such grants. (3) PRINCIPAL CRITERIA.-The principal criteria for the awarding of grants under this subsection shall be (A) the relevance of the proposed research to technical research needs identified by the Federal Aviation Administration; (B) the scientific and technical merit of the proposed research; and (C) the potential for participation by undergraduate students in the proposed research. (4) COMPETITIVE, MERIT-BASED EVALUATION.-Grants shall be awarded under this subsection on the basis of evaluation of proposals through a competitive, merit-based process. § 48103. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs The total amounts which shall be available after September 30, 1998, to the Secretary of Transportation out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502) to make grants for airport 1 So in original. There is no subsection (g). planning and airport development under section 47104 of this title, airport noise compatibility planning under section 47505(a)(2) of this title, and carrying out noise compatibility programs under section 47504(c) of this title shall be (1) $2,410,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; Such sums shall remain available until expended. § 48104. Operations and maintenance (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-the 1 balance of the money available in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502) may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation out of the Fund for (1) direct costs the Secretary incurs to flight check, operate, and maintain air navigation facilities referred to in section 44502(a)(1)(A) of this title safely and efficiently; and (2) the costs of services provided under international agreements related to the joint financing of air navigation services assessed against the United States Government. [Subsections (b) and (c). Repealed. Pub. L. 106-181, title I, Sec. 106(d)(2), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 73.] § 48105. Weather reporting services To reimburse the Secretary of Commerce for the cost incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of providing weather reporting services to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Secretary of Transportation may expend from amounts available under section 48104 of this title not more than the following amounts: (1) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, $35,596,000. (2) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, $37,800,000. (3) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, $39,000,000. § 48106. Airway science curriculum grants Amounts are available from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502) to carry out section 44510 of this title. The amounts remain available until expended. § 48107. Civil aviation security research and development After the review under section 44912(b) of this title is completed, necessary amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502) to make grants under section 44912(a)(4)(A). 1 The amendment made by section 106(d)(1) of Public Law 106-181 (114 Stat. 73) struck out "Except as provided in this section". There was no amendment to strike "the" and insert "The". § 48108. Availability and uses of amounts (a) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.-Amounts equal to the amounts authorized under sections 48101-48105 of this title remain in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502) until appropriated for the purposes of sections 48101-48105. (b) LIMITATIONS ON USES.-(1) Amounts in the Fund may be appropriated only to carry out a program or activity referred to in this chapter. (2) Amounts in the Fund may be appropriated for administrative expenses of the Department of Transportation or a component of the Department only to the extent authorized by section 48104 of this title. (c) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATING OR EXPENDING AMOUNTS.-In a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1998, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate or expend an amount appropriated out of the Fund under section 48104 of this title only if a law expressly amends section 48104. § 48109. Submission of budget information and legislative recommendations and comments When the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration submits to the Secretary of Transportation, the President, or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget any budget information, legislative recommendation, or comment on legislation about amounts authorized in section 48101 or 48102 of this title, the Administrator concurrently shall submit a copy of the information, recommendation, or comment to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House, the President of the Senate, and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate. § 48110. Facilities for advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft For the fiscal years ending September 30, 1993–1995, amounts necessary to carry out section 44515 of this title may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502). The amounts remain available until expended. § 48111. Funding proposals (a) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.-Within 15 days (not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session) after a funding proposal is submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of Transportation under section 274(c) of the Air Traffic Management System Performance Improvement Act of 1996, an implementing bill with respect to such funding proposal shall be introduced in the Senate by the majority leader of the Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate. (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.-An implementing bill introduced in the Senate under subsection (a) shall be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation shall report the bill with its recommendations within 60 days following the date of introduction of the bill. Upon the reporting of the bill by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the reported bill shall be referred sequentially to the Committee on Finance for a period of 60 legislative days. (c) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) IMPLEMENTING BILL.-The term "implementing bill" means only a bill of the Senate which is introduced as provided in subsection (a) with respect to one or more Federal Aviation Administration funding proposals which contain changes in existing laws or new statutory authority required to implement such funding proposal or proposals. (2) FUNDING PROPOSAL.-The term "funding proposal" means a proposal to provide interim or permanent funding for operations of the Federal Aviation Administration. (d) RULES OF THE SENATE.-The provisions of this section are enacted (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of the Senate and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate. §48112. Adjustment to AIP program funding On the effective date of a general appropriations Act providing appropriations for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2000, for the Federal Aviation Administration, the amount made available for a fiscal year under section 48103 shall be increased by the amount, if any, by which— (1) the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 48101 for such fiscal year; exceeds (2) the amounts appropriated for programs funded under such section for such fiscal year. Any contract authority made available by this section shall be subject to an obligation limitation. § 48113. Reprogramming notification requirement Before reprogramming any amounts appropriated under section 106(k), 48101(a), or 48103, for which notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives is required, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit a written explanation of the proposed reprogramming to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. |