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 102 STAT. 3012

PUBLIC LAW 100-591—NOV. 3, 1988 "RESEARCH PLAN AND REPORTS

"(d)(1) The Administrator shall prepare, review, revise, publish, and transmit a national aviation research plan to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives not later than the date of the submission to Congress of the President's budget for fiscal year 1990, and for each fiscal year thereafter. The plan shall describe, for a 15-year period, the research, engineering, and development considered by the Administrator necessary to ensure the continued capacity, safety, and efficiency of aviation in the United States, considering emerging technologies and forecasted needs of civil aeronautics, and provide the highest degree of safety in air travel. The plan shall cover all research conducted under this section and section 316 of this Act and shall identify complementary and coordinated research efforts conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with funds specifically appropriated to such Administration. In addition, for projects for which the Administrator anticipates requesting funding, such plan shall set forth— "(A) for the first 2 years the plan, detailed annual estimates of the schedule, cost, and manpower levels for each research project, including a description of the scope and content of each major contract, grant, or interagency agreement; "(B) for the 3d, 4th, and 5th years of the plan, estimates of the total cost of each major project for such years and any additional major research projects which may be required to meet long-term objectives and which may have significant impact on future funding requirements; "(C) for the 6th and subsequent years of the plan, the longterm objectives which the Administrator considers to be necessary to ensure that aviation safety will be given the highest priority; and "(D) details of a program to disseminate to the private sector the results of aviation research conducted by the Administrator, including any new technologies developed. "(2) Subject to section 316(d)(2) of this Act and the regulations prescribed to carry out such section, the Administrator shall report annually, beginning with the date of transmission of the first aviation research plan as required by paragraph (1), to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives on the accomplishments of the research completed during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall be transmitted together with each plan transmittal required under paragraph (1) and shall be organized so as to allow comparison with the plan in effect for such year under this subsection.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—That portion of the table of contents contained in the first section of such Act which appears under the heading: "Sec. 312. Development planning."

is amended by adding at the end the following: "(d) Research plan and reports. "(e) Civil aeromedical research. "(f) Research advisory committee.".

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