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[CITE: 49USC44511]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
            CHAPTER 445--FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, AND RESEARCH
 
Sec. 44511. Aviation research grants

    (a) General Authority.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may make grants to institutions of higher education and 
nonprofit research organizations to conduct aviation research in areas 
the Administrator considers necessary for the long-term growth of civil 
aviation.
    (b) Applications.--An institution of higher education or nonprofit 
research organization interested in receiving a grant under this section 
may submit an application to the Administrator. The application must be 
in the form and contain the information the Administrator requires.
    (c) Solicitation, Review, and Evaluation Process.--The Administrator 
shall establish a solicitation, review, and evaluation process that 
ensures--
        (1) providing grants under this section for proposals having 
    adequate merit and relevancy to the mission of the Administration;
        (2) a fair geographical distribution of grants under this 
    section; and
        (3) the inclusion of historically black institutions of higher 
    education and other minority nonprofit research organizations for 
    grant consideration under this section.

    (d) Records.--Each person receiving a grant under this section shall 
maintain records that the Administrator requires as being necessary to 
facilitate an effective audit and evaluation of the use of money 
provided under the grant.
    (e) Annual Report.--The Administrator shall submit an annual report 
to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
carrying out this section.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1181; Pub. L. 104-
287, Sec. 5(74), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3396.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44511.................................  49 App.:1353(g).                 Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  312(g); added Nov. 5, 1990,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 101-508, Sec.  9205(a), 104
                                                                          Stat.
 1388-373.
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    In this section, the words ``institutions of higher education'' and 
``institution of higher education'' are substituted for ``colleges, 
universities'', ``university, college'', and ``colleges and 
universities'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (c), the words ``providing grants'' are substituted 
for ``the funding'', the word ``grants'' is substituted for ``grant 
funds'', and the words ``grant consideration'' are substituted for 
``funding consideration'', for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (d), the words ``money provided under the grant'' are 
substituted for ``grant funds'' for consistency.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-287 substituted ``Committee on 
Science'' for ``Committee on Science, Space, and Technology''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 40119, 44501, 44508, 
48102, 50103 of this title.
