Sec. 2109. Additional certification resources
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the requirements of subsection (b), the Administrator of the FAA may enter into a reimbursable agreement with an applicant or certificate-holder for the reasonable travel and per diem expenses of the FAA associated with official travel to expedite the acceptance or validation by a foreign authority of an FAA certificate or design approval or the acceptance or validation by the FAA of a foreign authority certificate or design approval. The Administrator may enter into an agreement under subsection
(a)only if— the travel covered under the agreement is deemed necessary, by both the Administrator and the applicant or certificate-holder, to expedite the acceptance or validation of the relevant certificate or approval; the travel is conducted at the request of the applicant or certificate-holder; travel plans and expenses are approved by the applicant or certificate-holder prior to travel; and the agreement requires payment in advance of FAA services and is consistent with the processes under section 106(l)(6) of title 49, United States Code. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on— the number of occasions on which the Administrator entered into reimbursable agreements under this section; the number of occasions on which the Administrator declined a request by an applicant or certificate-holder to enter into a reimbursable agreement under this section; the amount of reimbursements collected in accordance with agreements under this section; and the extent to which reimbursable agreements under this section assisted in reducing the amount of time necessary for validations of certificates and design approvals. In this section, the following definitions apply: The term applicant means a person that has— applied to a foreign authority for the acceptance or validation of an FAA certificate or design approval; or applied to the FAA for the acceptance or validation of a foreign authority certificate or design approval. The term certificate-holder means a person that holds a certificate issued by the Administrator under part 21 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. The term FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration.