,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eigg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington 7for   
himself1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 and ,ms4 ,davids
 of ,kansas7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
seek to enter into an agreement with the
 ,national ,academies of ,sciences1     
,engineering1 and ,medicine to conduct a
 study on climate change mitigation     
efforts with respect to the civil       
aviation and aerospace industries1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,national
 ,evaluation of ,aviation and ,aerospace
 ,solutions to ,climate ,change ,act of 
#bjbj4  #b4 ,study on certain climate   
change mitigation efforts  7a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,transportation shall seek

 to enter into an agreement with the    
,national ,academies of ,sciences1      
,engineering1 and ,medicine 7referred to
 in this ,act as the ,national          
,academies7 to conduct a study on       
climate change mitigation efforts with  
respect to the civil aviation and       
aerospace industries4  7b7 ,study       
contents ,in conducting the study under 
subsection 7a71 the ,national ,academies
 shall-- 7#a7 identify climate change   
mitigation efforts1 including efforts   
relating to emerging technologies1 in   
the civil aviation and aerospace        
industries2  7#b7 develop and apply an  
appropriate indicator for assessing the 
effectiveness of such efforts2  7#c7    
identify gaps in such efforts2  7#d7    
identify barriers preventing expansion  
of such efforts2 and  7#e7 develop      
recommendations with respect to such    
efforts4  7c7 ,reports  7#a7 ,findings  
of study ,not later than #a year after  
the date on which the ,secretary enters 
into an agreement for a study pursuant  

to subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the findings of the study4   
7#b7 ,assessment ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date on which the        
,secretary submits the findings pursuant
 to paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary1     
acting through the ,administrator of the
 ,federal ,aviation ,administration1    
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a report that  
contains an assessment of the findings4 
7d7 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there is authorized to be appropriated 
to the ,secretary to carry out this     
section #a1ejj1jjj4  7e7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate     
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means the ,committee on ,transportation 
and ,infrastructure of the ,house of    
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate1 and other congressional
 committees determined appropriate by   

the ,secretary4  7#b7 ,climate change   
mitigation efforts ,the term climate    
change mitigation efforts means efforts1
 including the use of technologies1     
materials1 processes1 or practices1 that
 contribute to the reduction of         
greenhouse gas emissions4