51 USC § 40114 - Aviation safety and security research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s40114"
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title: "51 USC § 40114 - Aviation safety and security research"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "40114"
section_name: "Aviation safety and security research"
chapter_number: 401
chapter_name: "AERONAUTICS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HIGH PRIORITY AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3380.)"
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# § 40114. Aviation safety and security research

**(a)** **Objective.—** The Aviation Safety and Security Research program shall pursue research and development activities that directly address the safety and security needs of the National Airspace System and the aircraft that fly in it. The program shall develop prevention, intervention, and mitigation technologies aimed at causal, contributory, or circumstantial factors of aviation accidents.

**(b)** **Alignment.—** Not later than 1 year after December 30, 2005, the Administrator shall align the projects of the Aviation Safety and Security Research program so that they directly support the objectives of the Joint Planning and Development Office’s Next Generation Air Transportation System Integrated Plan.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3380.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40114 | 42 U.S.C. 16724. | Pub. L. 109–155, title IV, § 424, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2926. |

In subsection (b), the date “” is substituted for “the date of enactment of this Act” to reflect the date of enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (, ).