AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 901. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In General.—Section 48102(a) is amended— (1) in the matter before paragraph (1) by striking “of this title” and inserting “of this title and, for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015, under subsection (g)”; (2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (8); (3) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as paragraphs (1) through (7), respectively; (4) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— (A) in subparagraph (K) by adding “and” at the end; and (B) in subparagraph (L) by striking “and” at the end; and (5) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting the following: “(8) $168,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015.” . (b) Specific Program Limitations.—Section 48102 is amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following: “(g) Specific Authorizations. The following programs described in the research, engineering, and development account of the national aviation research plan required under section 44501(c) are authorized: “(1) Fire Research and Safety. “(2) Propulsion and Fuel Systems. “(3) Advanced Materials/Structural Safety. “(4) Atmospheric Hazards—Aircraft Icing/Digital System Safety. “(5) Continued Airworthiness. “(6) Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research. “(7) Flightdeck/Maintenance/System Integration Human Factors. “(8) System Safety Management. “(9) Air Traffic Control/Technical Operations Human Factors. “(10) Aeromedical Research. “(11) Weather Program. “(12) Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research. “(13) NextGen—Alternative Fuels for General Aviation. “(14) Joint Planning and Development Office. “(15) NextGen—Wake Turbulence Research. “(16) NextGen—Air Ground Integration Human Factors. “(17) NextGen—Self Separation Human Factors. “(18) NextGen—Weather Technology in the Cockpit. “(19) Environment and Energy Research. “(20) NextGen Environmental Research—Aircraft Technologies, Fuels, and Metrics. “(21) System Planning and Resource Management. “(22) The William J. Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facility.” . (c) [49 U.S.C. 44501 note] Program Authorizations.—From the other accounts described in the national aviation research plan required under section 44501(c) of title 49, United States Code, the following research and development activities are authorized: (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.