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“I thank the chairman for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the conference report to H.R. 658, reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration through fiscal year 2015. Early last year, the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on FAA's research and development programs. On March 9, 2011, Science Committee Chairman Ralph Hall introduced H.R. 970, the Federal Aviation Research and Development Act of 2011. A month later, it was reported out of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The bill was ultimately incorporated into H.R. 658, which is now before us. FAA's Research, Engineering, and Development account funds a number of programs and projects that are essential to the agency's ongoing safety, capacity, and air traffic modernization efforts. To give a few examples of its safety-related activities, FAA conducts research on the flammability of materials used in airplane cabins and on methods to improve fire suppression systems; research on mitigation of aircraft icing, on early detection of cracks and failure modes related to aging aircraft; and improving our understanding of human factors. In the environmental arena, examples include research on fuel additives to replace lead in aviation gasoline that powers piston- engine aircraft and better characterizing aviation's impact on local air quality.…”