51 USC § 40703 - Research alignment

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title: "51 USC § 40703 - Research alignment"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "40703"
section_name: "Research alignment"
chapter_number: 407
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AIRCRAFT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3390.)"
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# § 40703. Research alignment

section 40702 of this title

In addition to pursuing the research and development initiative described in , the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable within available funding, align the fundamental aeronautics research program to address high priority technology challenges of the National Academies’ Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics, and shall work to increase the degree of involvement of external organizations, and especially of universities, in the fundamental aeronautics research program.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3390.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40703 | 42 U.S.C. 17722. | Pub. L. 110–422, title III, § 303, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4787. |