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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 220 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Office of Advanced Aviation within the Administration of |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. V |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANDREWintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 11 | 11 | | mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com- |
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| 12 | 12 | | mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently |
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| 13 | 13 | | determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi- |
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| 14 | 14 | | sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To establish the Office of Advanced Aviation within the Ad- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ministration of the Federal Aviation Administration, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Aviation 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ADVANCED AVIATION; ASSOCIATE AD-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | MINISTRATOR FOR ADVANCED AVIATION. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) E |
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| 30 | 30 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | designate the Office of NextGen as the Office of Advanced 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Aviation. 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) A |
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| 35 | 35 | | PPOINTMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | an Associate Administrator for Advanced Aviation to head 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the Office of Advanced Aviation designated under sub-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | section (a). 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) R |
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| 41 | 41 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Associate Administrator for Advanced Aviation shall in-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | clude the following: 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) Coordinate rulemaking and approval proc-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | esses on matters relating to the standardization and 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | certification of advanced aviation systems for use in 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the national airspace system. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) Coordinate rulemaking and approval proc-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | esses on matters relating to the safe operation and 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | integration of advanced aviation systems in the na-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tional airspace system. 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) Coordinate activities and establish policies 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | related to the integration of aeronautical radio fre-24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | quency spectrum designated by the National Tele-25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | communications and Information Administration of 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the Department of Commerce for use in the national 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | airspace system. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (4) Coordinate workforce planning across rel-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | evant offices of the Administration to— 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (A) hire and recruit personnel to— 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (i) research, develop, test, and evalu-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ate advanced aviation systems; and 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (ii) process applications related to ad-8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | vanced aviation systems in a timely man-9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ner; 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (B) develop and submit a quarterly report 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | to the Secretary and the Administrator, includ-12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ing— 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (i) core workforce requirements re-14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | lated to the research, development, testing 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | and evaluation of advanced aviation sys-16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tems by the Administration; 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (ii) core workforce requirements re-18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | lated to the safety, certification, and oper-19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ational approval of advanced aviation sys-20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tems by the Administration; and 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (iii) recommendations on staffing and 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | budgetary resources needed to address 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | areas of concern. 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (5) Coordinate rulemaking related to the inter-1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | national standardization and environmental effects 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | of advanced aviation systems. 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (6) Advise the Administrator during internal 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and interagency coordination and rulemaking on 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | counter-UAS systems and other matters related to 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | advanced aviation systems. 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (7) Advise the Chief Technology Officer of the 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | Administration on the development of enterprise ar-9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | chitecture. 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (8) Validate supporting system requirements 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | proposed by the Chief Technology Officer. 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (9) Consult with the Director of the William J. 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aviation, as 14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | redesignated under section 5, to— 15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (A) evaluate technologies related to ad-16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | vanced aviation systems; 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (B) inform processes and rulemaking re-18 |
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| 104 | 104 | | lated to advanced aviation systems; 19 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (C) identify new technologies that qualify 20 |
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| 106 | 106 | | as viable advanced aviation systems; and 21 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (D) coordinate referral of all technologies 22 |
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| 108 | 108 | | to the relevant office of the Administration. 23 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (10) Lead aviation rulemaking committees rel-24 |
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| 110 | 110 | | evant to advanced aviation systems. 25 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (11) Consult with and assign tasks to the Ad-1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | vanced Aviation Advisory Committee. 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (12) Develop and implement a secure password- 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | protected online portal that allows stakeholders with 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | a new or pending certification or approval applica-5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | tion to review the status of such application, receive 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | notice of deadlines and major certification mile-7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | stones, and identify the Administration office review-8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ing such application. 9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (13) Implement pilot programs in partnership 10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | with advanced aviation stakeholders to provide data 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | to support rulemaking and approval processes. 12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (14) Serve as a representative of the Adminis-13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | tration during interagency coordination of policies 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | related to advanced aviation systems. 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (15) Promote the safe and responsible integra-16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | tion of advanced aviation systems into the national 17 |
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| 131 | 131 | | airspace system. 18 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (d) N |
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| 133 | 133 | | OTICE OFOBJECTION.— 19 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (1) I |
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| 135 | 135 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out the respon-20 |
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| 136 | 136 | | sibilities described in subsection (c), the Associate 21 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Administrator for Advanced Aviation may submit to 22 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the Administrator a notice of objection with respect 23 |
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| 139 | 139 | | to— 24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (A) a final rule of the Administration re-1 |
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| 144 | 144 | | lated to advanced aviation systems; 2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (B) a determination by the Chief Tech-3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | nology Officer related to the establishment of 4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | enterprise architecture or supporting system re-5 |
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| 148 | 148 | | quirements; 6 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (C) an airworthiness or type certification 7 |
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| 150 | 150 | | determination that relates to an advanced avia-8 |
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| 151 | 151 | | tion system issued in accordance with section 9 |
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| 152 | 152 | | 44701 or 44704 of title 49, United States 10 |
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| 153 | 153 | | Code, or a modification or reversal of such de-11 |
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| 154 | 154 | | termination; and 12 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (D) an waiver determination that relates to 13 |
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| 156 | 156 | | the operation of an advanced aviation system in 14 |
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| 157 | 157 | | the national airspace system issued in accord-15 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ance with section 44701 or 44807 of title 49, 16 |
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| 159 | 159 | | United States Code, or a modification or rever-17 |
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| 160 | 160 | | sal of such determination. 18 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (2) C |
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| 162 | 162 | | ONTENTS OF NOTICE .—In each notice of 19 |
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| 163 | 163 | | objection submitted under this subsection, the Asso-20 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ciate Administrator shall include an explanation for 21 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the basis of each such objection. 22 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (3) D |
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| 167 | 167 | | ETERMINATION BY ADMINISTRATOR .—Not 23 |
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| 168 | 168 | | later than 30 days after receiving a notice of objec-24 |
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| 169 | 169 | | tion under this subsection, the Administrator shall— 25 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (A) determine whether to agree with or 1 |
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| 174 | 174 | | overrule such objection; and 2 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (B) if the Administrator determines that 3 |
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| 176 | 176 | | such objection should be overruled, submit to 4 |
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| 177 | 177 | | the Secretary a report explaining the reasons 5 |
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| 178 | 178 | | for overruling such objection. 6 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (4) D |
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| 180 | 180 | | ETERMINATION BY SECRETARY .—Not 7 |
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| 181 | 181 | | later than 30 days after receiving a report submitted 8 |
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| 182 | 182 | | under paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary may deter-9 |
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| 183 | 183 | | mine whether to allow the rule, determination, modi-10 |
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| 184 | 184 | | fication, or reversal to which the report relates to 11 |
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| 185 | 185 | | proceed. If the Secretary fails to make a determina-12 |
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| 186 | 186 | | tion under this paragraph, the determination made 13 |
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| 187 | 187 | | by the Administrator under paragraph (3) shall pro-14 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ceed. 15 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (5) I |
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| 190 | 190 | | MPLEMENTATION OF RULE .—Any rule or 16 |
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| 191 | 191 | | determination that is the subject of a notice of ob-17 |
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| 192 | 192 | | jection submitted under this subsection shall not 18 |
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| 193 | 193 | | take effect during the period beginning on the date 19 |
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| 194 | 194 | | on which such notice is submitted and ending on the 20 |
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| 195 | 195 | | last day of the 30-day period described in paragraph 21 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (4). 22 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (6) S |
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| 198 | 198 | | UBMISSION TO CONGRESS .—The Secretary 23 |
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| 199 | 199 | | shall— 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (A) submit to Congress each notice of ob-1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | jection submitted under paragraph (1); 2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (B) notify Congress of each determination 3 |
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| 206 | 206 | | of the Administrator under paragraph (3), and 4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | submit to Congress the report required under 5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, if applica-6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ble; and 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (C) notify Congress of any determination 8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | made by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (4). 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | SEC. 3. OFFICE OF ADVANCED INTEGRATION. 11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (a) E |
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| 215 | 215 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Associate Administrator 12 |
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| 216 | 216 | | for Advanced Aviation shall establish an Office of Ad-13 |
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| 217 | 217 | | vanced Integration within the Office of Advanced Aviation. 14 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (b) D |
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| 219 | 219 | | ESIGNATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 15 |
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| 220 | 220 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Associate Adminis-16 |
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| 221 | 221 | | trator, in consultation with the Administrator and Sec-17 |
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| 222 | 222 | | retary, shall appoint a Director of Advanced Integration 18 |
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| 223 | 223 | | to head the Office of Advanced Integration. 19 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (c) R |
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| 225 | 225 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Associate Adminis-20 |
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| 226 | 226 | | trator shall delegate to the Director of Advanced Integra-21 |
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| 227 | 227 | | tion the responsibilities described in paragraphs (1) 22 |
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| 228 | 228 | | through (5) of section 2(c). 23 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (d) C |
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| 230 | 230 | | OLLABORATION.—The Director of Advanced In-24 |
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| 231 | 231 | | tegration shall collaborate with— 25 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (1) the Executive Director of the Aircraft Cer-1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | tification Service of the Administration and the Ex-2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ecutive Director of the Flight Standards Service of 3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | the Administration to carry out the responsibilities 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | described in section 2(c)(1); 5 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (2) the Director for Air Traffic Services Oper-6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ations Planning and Integration of the Administra-7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | tion to carry out the responsibilities described in sec-8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | tion 2(c)(2); 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (3) the Vice President of Technical Operations 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | of the Air Traffic Organization to carry out the re-11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | sponsibilities described in section 2(c)(3); 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (4) the Assistant Administrator for Finance 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | and Management of the Administration to carry out 14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | the responsibilities described in section 2(c)(4); and 15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (5) the Director of the Office of International 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Affairs of the Administration and the Director of the 17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Office of Environment and Energy of the Adminis-18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | tration to carry out the responsibilities described in 19 |
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| 254 | 254 | | section 2(c)(5). 20 |
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| 255 | 255 | | SEC. 4. ADVANCED AVIATION COORDINATION UNIT. 21 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (a) E |
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| 257 | 257 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 22 |
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| 258 | 258 | | a coordination unit within the Administration to carry out 23 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the responsibilities described in subsection (d), to be 24 |
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| 260 | 260 | | known as the Advanced Aviation Coordination Unit. 25 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advanced Aviation Coordi-1 |
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| 265 | 265 | | nation Unit shall consist of the head of each relevant office 2 |
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| 266 | 266 | | of the Administration, or an employee representing such 3 |
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| 267 | 267 | | office, including— 4 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (1) the Office of Advanced Integration estab-5 |
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| 269 | 269 | | lished under section 3; 6 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (2) the William J. Hughes Technical Center for 7 |
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| 271 | 271 | | Advanced Aviation, as redesignated under section 5; 8 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (3) the Office of Aviation Safety; 9 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (4) the Aircraft Certification Service; 10 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (5) the Flight Standards Service; 11 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (6) Air Traffic Organization; 12 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (7) the Program Management Organization; 13 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (8) Technical Operations Services for the Air 14 |
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| 278 | 278 | | Traffic Organization; 15 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (9) the Office of Airports; 16 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (10) the Office of the Chief Counsel; 17 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (11) the Office of Commercial Space Transpor-18 |
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| 282 | 282 | | tation; 19 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (12) the Office of Environment and Energy; 20 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (13) the office headed by the Chief Technology 21 |
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| 285 | 285 | | Officer; and 22 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (14) the Office of Finance and Management. 23 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (c) C |
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| 292 | 292 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Advanced 1 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Integration shall serve as the Chair of the Advanced 2 |
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| 294 | 294 | | Aviation Coordination Unit, at the discretion of the 3 |
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| 295 | 295 | | Associate Administrator for Advanced Aviation. 4 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (2) A |
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| 297 | 297 | | UTHORITY.—The Chair may— 5 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (A) schedule meetings of the members of 6 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the Advanced Aviation Coordination Unit; 7 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (B) identify items for the members of the 8 |
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| 301 | 301 | | Advanced Aviation Coordination Unit to act on 9 |
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| 302 | 302 | | in fulfillment of the responsibilities described in 10 |
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| 303 | 303 | | subsection (d); and 11 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (C) submit to the Administrator, the Sec-12 |
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| 305 | 305 | | retary, and Congress a notice of noncompliance 13 |
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| 306 | 306 | | indicating that a member of the Advanced Avia-14 |
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| 307 | 307 | | tion Coordination Unit failed to participate in 15 |
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| 308 | 308 | | the Coordination Unit to the extent necessary 16 |
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| 309 | 309 | | to fulfill such responsibilities. 17 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (3) C |
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| 311 | 311 | | ONSULTATION.—The Chair shall consult 18 |
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| 312 | 312 | | with the Director of the William J. Hughes Tech-19 |
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| 313 | 313 | | nical Center for Advanced Aviation to identify new 20 |
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| 314 | 314 | | aviation-related technologies through the aviation in-21 |
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| 315 | 315 | | novation program established under section 5(c). 22 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (d) R |
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| 317 | 317 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—The members of the Ad-23 |
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| 318 | 318 | | vanced Aviation Coordination Unit shall collaborate to— 24 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (1) promote the safe and responsible integration 1 |
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| 323 | 323 | | of advanced aviation systems into the national air-2 |
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| 324 | 324 | | space system; 3 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (2) establish or improve processes related to 4 |
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| 326 | 326 | | such integration; 5 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (3) establish or improve processes related to the 6 |
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| 328 | 328 | | certification of advanced aviation systems; 7 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (4) develop clear and consistent standards re-8 |
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| 330 | 330 | | lated to advanced aviation systems; 9 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (5) ensure that determinations of the Adminis-10 |
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| 332 | 332 | | tration related to advanced aviation systems are 11 |
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| 333 | 333 | | made in a timely manner; 12 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (6) proactively identify, discuss, and act on 13 |
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| 335 | 335 | | challenges related to the application and impact of 14 |
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| 336 | 336 | | radio frequency spectrum use in the national air-15 |
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| 337 | 337 | | space system; and 16 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (7) identify innovative aviation technologies 17 |
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| 339 | 339 | | that may be integrated into the national airspace 18 |
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| 340 | 340 | | system. 19 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (e) I |
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| 342 | 342 | | NTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Secretary 20 |
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| 343 | 343 | | may facilitate coordination between interagency partners 21 |
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| 344 | 344 | | and the members of the Advanced Aviation Coordination 22 |
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| 345 | 345 | | Unit to fulfill the responsibilities described in subsection 23 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (d). 24 |
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| 350 | 350 | | SEC. 5. WILLIAM J. HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER FOR AD-1 |
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| 351 | 351 | | VANCED AVIATION. 2 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (a) E |
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| 353 | 353 | | STABLISHMENT.— 3 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (1) I |
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| 355 | 355 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 4 |
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| 356 | 356 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-5 |
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| 357 | 357 | | designate the William J. Hughes Technical Center 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | as the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Ad-7 |
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| 359 | 359 | | vanced Aviation. 8 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (2) D |
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| 361 | 361 | | IRECTOR.—The Director of the William J. 9 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Hughes Technical Center shall be known as Director 10 |
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| 363 | 363 | | of the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Ad-11 |
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| 364 | 364 | | vanced Aviation. 12 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (b) R |
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| 366 | 366 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the William 13 |
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| 367 | 367 | | J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aviation shall 14 |
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| 368 | 368 | | be responsible for— 15 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (1) assuming all roles and responsibilities pre-16 |
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| 370 | 370 | | viously held by the Director of William J. Hughes 17 |
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| 371 | 371 | | Technical Center, including— 18 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (A) managing the research and develop-19 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ment portfolio of the Administration and the 20 |
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| 374 | 374 | | Research and Development Advisory Com-21 |
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| 375 | 375 | | mittee; 22 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (B) preparing congressional reports rel-23 |
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| 377 | 377 | | evant to such research, including the National 24 |
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| 378 | 378 | | Aviation Research Plan and Annual Review; 25 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (C) developing formal research partner-1 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ships with industry, academia, and other gov-2 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ernment agencies, and promoting the dissemi-3 |
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| 385 | 385 | | nation of federally funded research; 4 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (D) managing research grants and Centers 5 |
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| 387 | 387 | | of Excellence; 6 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (E) conducting aviation research, develop-7 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ment, testing, evaluation activities, and 8 |
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| 390 | 390 | | sustainment activities, including field support, 9 |
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| 391 | 391 | | for new and existing national airspace system 10 |
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| 392 | 392 | | applications and technologies related to— 11 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (i) aerospace performance and plan-12 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ning, including reducing aviation hazards 13 |
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| 395 | 395 | | and aircraft safety assurance; 14 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (ii) airports; 15 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (iii) digital systems and technologies, 16 |
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| 398 | 398 | | including spectrum management and evolv-17 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ing aerospace operations; 18 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (iv) safety and health; 19 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (v) aircraft, weather, or human fac-20 |
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| 402 | 402 | | tors; 21 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (vi) pre-implementation air traffic 22 |
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| 404 | 404 | | management, including NextGen; 23 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (vii) testing during the development of 1 |
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| 409 | 409 | | air traffic control systems to verify per-2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | formance; and 3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (viii) flight testing; 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (F) maintaining and upholding test meth-5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ods, standards, and policies of the Administra-6 |
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| 414 | 414 | | tion and providing independent test and evalua-7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | tion to confirm products are operationally suit-8 |
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| 416 | 416 | | able and effective for use in the national air-9 |
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| 417 | 417 | | space system; 10 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (G) developing performance-based stand-11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ards with industry and domestic or inter-12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | national partners for advanced aviation systems 13 |
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| 421 | 421 | | and other global aviation harmonization activi-14 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ties; and 15 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (H) facilitating interagency engagement 16 |
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| 424 | 424 | | through the research team process; 17 |
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| 425 | 425 | | (2) assisting the Associate Administrator for 18 |
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| 426 | 426 | | Advanced Aviation in fulfilling the responsibilities 19 |
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| 427 | 427 | | described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 2(c); 20 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (3) managing the campus of the William J. 21 |
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| 429 | 429 | | Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aviation, in-22 |
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| 430 | 430 | | cluding— 23 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (A) conducting operations and mainte-24 |
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| 432 | 432 | | nance, engineering design and construction, and 25 |
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| 436 | 436 | | operational support services for campus facili-1 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ties owned by the Administration and Adminis-2 |
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| 438 | 438 | | tration personnel residing on properties that are 3 |
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| 439 | 439 | | owned by the Administration and located on the 4 |
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| 440 | 440 | | campus; 5 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (B) operating, maintaining, and enhancing 6 |
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| 442 | 442 | | the support infrastructure of the campus, in-7 |
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| 443 | 443 | | cluding buildings, roads, utilities, and land; 8 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (C) ensuring compliance with environ-9 |
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| 445 | 445 | | mental laws, policies, directives, and initiatives; 10 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (D) managing lease agreements and land 11 |
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| 447 | 447 | | permits that support the missions of all Fed-12 |
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| 448 | 448 | | eral, State, and local agencies on the campus; 13 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (E) managing, modernizing, and enhancing 14 |
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| 450 | 450 | | the activities of the national airspace system 15 |
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| 451 | 451 | | laboratories and supporting the physical and 16 |
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| 452 | 452 | | virtual laboratories through configuration man-17 |
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| 453 | 453 | | agement, test bed maintenance and enhance-18 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ment, laboratory scheduling, computer oper-19 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ations, documentation library services, and sys-20 |
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| 456 | 456 | | tems engineering; and 21 |
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| 457 | 457 | | (F) providing technical and engineering 22 |
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| 458 | 458 | | services for customers of such laboratories in 23 |
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| 459 | 459 | | support of research and development system in-24 |
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| 460 | 460 | | stallations and proof-of-concept testing; 25 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (4) overseeing all research, development, test-1 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ing, evaluation, and sustainment activities related to 2 |
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| 466 | 466 | | advanced aviation systems; and 3 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (5) hosting domestic and international 4 |
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| 468 | 468 | | symposia, conferences, or technical interchange 5 |
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| 469 | 469 | | meetings with industry, academia, and other govern-6 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ment agencies. 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (c) A |
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| 472 | 472 | | VIATIONINNOVATIONPROGRAM.— 8 |
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| 473 | 473 | | (1) E |
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| 474 | 474 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Director of the 9 |
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| 475 | 475 | | William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced 10 |
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| 476 | 476 | | Aviation shall establish and manage a program to 11 |
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| 477 | 477 | | evaluate new aviation-related technologies proposed 12 |
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| 478 | 478 | | to be used in the national airspace system and facili-13 |
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| 479 | 479 | | tate the integration of such technologies into the na-14 |
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| 480 | 480 | | tional airspace system. 15 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (2) C |
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| 482 | 482 | | OMPONENTS.— 16 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (A) I |
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| 484 | 484 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out the 17 |
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| 485 | 485 | | program established under paragraph (1), the 18 |
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| 486 | 486 | | Director shall— 19 |
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| 487 | 487 | | (i) encourage aviation industry stake-20 |
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| 488 | 488 | | holders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to 21 |
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| 489 | 489 | | present to the Director aviation-related 22 |
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| 490 | 490 | | technologies for proposed use in the na-23 |
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| 491 | 491 | | tional airspace system; 24 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (ii) examine the effects of each such 1 |
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| 496 | 496 | | technology proposed under the program on 2 |
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| 497 | 497 | | the national airspace system and the po-3 |
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| 498 | 498 | | tential benefits and risks of such tech-4 |
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| 499 | 499 | | nology, including the potential safety, so-5 |
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| 500 | 500 | | cial, economic, and workforce effects, and 6 |
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| 501 | 501 | | methods to safely integrate such tech-7 |
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| 502 | 502 | | nology into the national airspace system; 8 |
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| 503 | 503 | | and 9 |
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| 504 | 504 | | (iii) determine whether such tech-10 |
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| 505 | 505 | | nology could feasibly be integrated into the 11 |
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| 506 | 506 | | national airspace system. 12 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (B) R |
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| 508 | 508 | | ECOMMENDATIONS .—After exam-13 |
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| 509 | 509 | | ining a technology and making the determina-14 |
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| 510 | 510 | | tion required under subparagraph (A), the Di-15 |
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| 511 | 511 | | rector shall submit to the Associate Adminis-16 |
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| 512 | 512 | | trator for Advanced Aviation recommendations 17 |
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| 513 | 513 | | on— 18 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (i) whether such technology could fea-19 |
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| 515 | 515 | | sibly and safely be integrated into the na-20 |
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| 516 | 516 | | tional airspace system; 21 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (ii) which office or offices should be 22 |
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| 518 | 518 | | responsible for designing and implementing 23 |
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| 519 | 519 | | policies, processes, and procedures related 24 |
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| 520 | 520 | | to such technology; and 25 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (iii) whether such technology may be 1 |
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| 525 | 525 | | considered an advanced aviation system. 2 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (C) R |
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| 527 | 527 | | EFERRAL.—Upon receipt of a rec-3 |
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| 528 | 528 | | ommendation related to an aviation-related 4 |
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| 529 | 529 | | technology under subparagraph (B), the Asso-5 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ciate Administrator for Advanced Aviation 6 |
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| 531 | 531 | | shall— 7 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (i) submit a summary of such rec-8 |
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| 533 | 533 | | ommendation to the Administrator and the 9 |
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| 534 | 534 | | Secretary; 10 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (ii) refer such technology to the rel-11 |
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| 536 | 536 | | evant office of the Administration; and 12 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (iii) in the case of a recommendation 13 |
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| 538 | 538 | | by the Director that a technology be con-14 |
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| 539 | 539 | | sidered an advanced aviation system, refer 15 |
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| 540 | 540 | | such technology to the Advanced Aviation 16 |
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| 541 | 541 | | Coordination Unit established under sec-17 |
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| 542 | 542 | | tion 4. 18 |
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| 543 | 543 | | (3) C |
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| 544 | 544 | | OLLABORATION.—In examining each tech-19 |
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| 545 | 545 | | nology proposed under the program established 20 |
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| 546 | 546 | | under this subsection, the Director shall collaborate 21 |
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| 547 | 547 | | with subject matter experts from relevant offices of 22 |
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| 548 | 548 | | the Administration in an expeditious and thorough 23 |
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| 549 | 549 | | manner to provide an effective pathway for the de-24 |
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| 553 | 553 | | velopment, demonstration, and adoption of such 1 |
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| 554 | 554 | | technology. 2 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (4) P |
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| 556 | 556 | | ARTNERSHIPS.—The Director may enter 3 |
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| 557 | 557 | | into partnerships with stakeholders to participate in 4 |
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| 558 | 558 | | the program established under this subsection. 5 |
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| 559 | 559 | | (d) A |
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| 560 | 560 | | UTHORITY.—The Director may establish cooper-6 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ative research and development agreements and make 7 |
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| 562 | 562 | | grants to carry out this section. 8 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (e) P |
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| 564 | 564 | | RESERVATION.—The redesignation of the Wil-9 |
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| 565 | 565 | | liam J. Hughes Technical Center under this section shall 10 |
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| 566 | 566 | | not affect any agreement between the William J. Hughes 11 |
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| 567 | 567 | | Technical Center and another entity that was in effect on 12 |
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| 568 | 568 | | the day before such redesignation occurs. 13 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (f) C |
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| 570 | 570 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 44507 of 14 |
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| 571 | 571 | | title 49, United States Code, is amended— 15 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (1) by striking ‘‘(a) C |
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| 573 | 573 | | IVILAEROMEDICALINSTI-16 |
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| 574 | 574 | | TUTE’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The Civil 17 |
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| 575 | 575 | | Aeromedical Institute established’’ and inserting 18 |
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| 576 | 576 | | ‘‘The Civil Aeromedical Institute established’’; and 19 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (2) by striking subsection (b). 20 |
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| 578 | 578 | | SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 21 |
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| 579 | 579 | | In this Act: 22 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (1) A |
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| 581 | 581 | | DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-23 |
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| 582 | 582 | | trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 24 |
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| 583 | 583 | | Aviation Administration. 25 |
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| 588 | 588 | | tion’’ means the Federal Aviation Administration. 2 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (3) A |
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| 590 | 590 | | DVANCED AVIATION SYSTEM .—The term 3 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ‘‘advanced aviation system’’ means— 4 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (A) an unmanned aircraft system; 5 |
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| 593 | 593 | | (B) a counter-UAS system; 6 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (C) a powered lift aircraft; 7 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (D) a technology related to— 8 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (i) advanced air mobility; 9 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (ii) the ability of an aircraft to detect 10 |
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| 598 | 598 | | surroundings and avoid impacts; 11 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (iii) autonomous functioning of air-12 |
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| 600 | 600 | | craft; 13 |
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| 601 | 601 | | (iv) supersonic aircraft capabilities; 14 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (v) electric or hydrogen based aircraft 15 |
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| 603 | 603 | | propulsion; or 16 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (vi) evolving aerospace operations in-17 |
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| 605 | 605 | | cluding new aircraft, airport, weather, or 18 |
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| 606 | 606 | | digital systems; 19 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (E) a technology that— 20 |
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| 608 | 608 | | (i) relates to the telecommunication 21 |
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| 609 | 609 | | capabilities of aircraft; or 22 |
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| 610 | 610 | | (ii) functions in the 5G band, 6G 23 |
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| 611 | 611 | | band, or other high-frequency spectrum 24 |
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| 612 | 612 | | bands as designated by the National Tele-25 |
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| 616 | 616 | | communications and Information Adminis-1 |
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| 617 | 617 | | tration for use as aeronautical radio fre-2 |
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| 618 | 618 | | quency spectrum; or 3 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (F) any other aviation-related technology 4 |
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| 620 | 620 | | that the Associate Administrator for Advanced 5 |
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| 621 | 621 | | Aviation determines qualifies as an advanced 6 |
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| 622 | 622 | | aviation system that could feasibly be inte-7 |
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| 623 | 623 | | grated into the national airspace system. 8 |
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| 624 | 624 | | (4) C |
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| 625 | 625 | | OUNTER-UAS SYSTEM; UNMANNED AIR -9 |
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| 626 | 626 | | CRAFT SYSTEM.—The terms ‘‘counter-UAS system’’ 10 |
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| 627 | 627 | | and ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ have the meanings 11 |
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| 628 | 628 | | given such terms in section 44801 of title 49, United 12 |
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| 629 | 629 | | States Code. 13 |
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| 630 | 630 | | (5) S |
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| 631 | 631 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14 |
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| 632 | 632 | | the Secretary of Transportation. 15 |
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