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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 159 — Space Exploration, Technology, and Science

§ 18402. Research collaboration

Statutory text

(a)

Department of Defense

The Administrator shall continue to coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, through the National Partnership for Aeronautics Testing, to develop and implement joint plans for those elements of the Nation’s research, development, testing, and engineering infrastructure that are of common interest and use.

(b)

Federal Aviation Administration

The Administrator shall continue to coordinate with, and work closely with, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, under the framework of the Senior Policy Council, in development of the Next Generation Air Transportation Program. The Administrator shall encourage the Council to explore areas for greater collaboration, including areas where NASA can help to accelerate the development and demonstration of NextGen technologies.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 111–267 title IX § 903 · 124 Stat. 2805

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 18402

    (Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 903, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2835.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 903, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2835.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 903. RESEARCH COLLABORATION. (a) Department of Defense.— The Plans. Administrator shall continue to coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, through the National Partnership for Aeronautics Testing, to develop and implement joint plans for those elements of the Nation’s research, development, testing, and engineering infrastructure that are of common interest and use. (b) Federal Aviation Administration.— The Administrator shall continue to coordinate with, and work closely with, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, under the framework of the Senior Policy Council, in development of the Next Generation Air Transportation Program. The Administrator shall encourage the Council to explore areas for greater collaboration, including areas where NASA can help to accelerate the development and demonstration of NextGen technologies.

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Credits

(Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 903, , 124 Stat. 2835.)

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