[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1271 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                     November 13, 1997.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1271) entitled ``An Act to authorize the Federal Aviation 
Administration's research, engineering, and development programs for 
fiscal years 1998 through 2000, and for other purposes.'', do pass with 
the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FAA Research, Engineering, and 
Development Authorization Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2)(J);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3)(J) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) for fiscal year 1998, $226,800,000, including--
                    ``(A) $16,379,000 for system development and 
                infrastructure projects and activities;
                    ``(B) $27,089,000 for capacity and air traffic 
                management technology projects and activities;
                    ``(C) $23,362,000 for communications, navigation, 
                and surveillance projects and activities;
                    ``(D) $16,600,000 for weather projects and 
                activities;
                    ``(E) $7,854,000 for airport technology projects 
                and activities;
                    ``(F) $49,202,000 for aircraft safety technology 
                projects and activities;
                    ``(G) $53,759,000 for system security technology 
                projects and activities;
                    ``(H) $26,550,000 for human factors and aviation 
                medicine projects and activities;
                    ``(I) $2,891,000 for environment and energy 
                projects and activities; and
                    ``(J) $3,114,000 for innovative/cooperative 
                research projects and activities; and
            ``(5) for fiscal year 1999, $229,673,000.''.

SEC. 3. RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM INVOLVING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

    (a) Program.--Section 48102 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) 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 1997, 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.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 48102(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
inserting ``, of which $750,000 shall be for carrying out the grant 
program established under subsection (h)'' after ``projects and 
activities'' in paragraph (4)(J).

SEC. 4. NOTICES.

    (a) Reprogramming.--If any funds authorized by the amendments made 
by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice 
to be provided to the Appropriations Committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action shall 
concurrently be provided to the Committees on Science and 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
    (b) Notice of Reorganization.--The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall provide notice to the Committees on 
Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate, not later than 30 days 
before any major reorganization (as determined by the Administrator) of 
any program of the Federal Aviation Administration for which funds are 
authorized by this Act.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.

    With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense of Congress 
that the Federal Aviation Administration should--
            (1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-
        related problems in its computer systems to ensure that those 
        systems continue to operate effectively in the year 2000 and 
        beyond;
            (2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to the 
        operations of the Federal Aviation Administration posed by the 
        problems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and budget for 
        achieving Year 2000 compliance for all of its mission-critical 
        systems; and
            (3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the 
        Federal Aviation Administration is unable to correct in time.

            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to authorize the 
        Federal Aviation Administration's research, engineering, and 
        development programs for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for 
        other purposes.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1271

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                               AMENDMENTS