RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAA’S AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 1016. [49 U.S.C. 44505 note] RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAA’S AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES. (a) In General.—Using amounts made available under section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator, in coordination with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, shall establish a research and development program, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to inform the continuous modernization of the aeronautical information systems of the FAA, including— (1) the Aeronautical Information Management Modernization, including the Notice to Air Missions system of the FAA; (2) the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing system; and (3) the Service Difficulty Reporting System. (b) Review and Report.— (1) Review.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct and complete a review of planned and ongoing modernization efforts of the aeronautical information systems of the FAA. Such review shall identify opportunities for additional coordination between the Administrator and the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to further modernize such systems. (2) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the Administrator enters into the agreement with the center under paragraph (1), the Center shall submit to the Administrator, the covered committees of Congress, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the review conducted under paragraph (1) and such recommendations as the Center determines appropriate.