Sec. 2109. ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION RESOURCES
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## SEC. 2109 ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION RESOURCES **[**[49 U.S.C. 44701 note](/us/usc/t49/s44701)**]** ###
(a)In General 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. ###
(b)Conditions The Administrator may enter into an agreement under subsection
(a)only if— ####
(1)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; ####
(2)the travel is conducted at the request of the applicant or certificate-holder; ####
(3)travel plans and expenses are approved by the applicant or certificate-holder prior to travel; and ####
(4)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. ###
(c)Report 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— ####
(1)the number of occasions on which the Administrator entered into reimbursable agreements under this section; ####
(2)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; ####
(3)the amount of reimbursements collected in accordance with agreements under this section; and ####
(4)the extent to which reimbursable agreements under this section assisted in reducing the amount of time necessary for validations of certificates and design approvals. ###
(d)Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: ####
(1)Applicant The term “applicant” means a person that has— #####
(A)applied to a foreign authority for the acceptance or validation of an FAA certificate or design approval; or #####
(B)applied to the FAA for the acceptance or validation of a foreign authority certificate or design approval. ####
(2)Certificate-holder 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. ####
(3)FAA The term “FAA” means the Federal Aviation Administration.
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