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124 STAT. 3391 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 § 40704. Research program on perceived impact of sonic booms (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall establish a cooperative research program with industry, including the conduct of flight demonstrations in a relevant environment, to collect data on the perceived impact of sonic booms. The data could enable the promulgation of appropriate standards for overland commercial supersonic flight operations. (b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall ensure that sonic boom research is coordinated as appropriate with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and as appropriate make use of the expertise of the Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction Center of Excellence sponsored by the Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. CHAPTER 409—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 40901. Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund. 40902. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellow- ship Trust Fund. 40903. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research—merit grant competition requirements. 40904. Microgravity research. 40905. Program to expand distance learning in rural underserved areas. 40906. Equal access to the Administration’s education programs. 40907. Museums. 40908. Continuation of certain education programs. 40909. Compliance with title IX of Education Amendments of 1972. § 40901. Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund There is appropriated, by transfer from funds appropriated in the Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–404, 102 Stat. 1014), for ‘‘Construction of facilities’’, the sum of $15,000,000 to the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund’’, which is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest these funds in the United States Treasury special issue securities, and interest shall be cred- ited to the Trust Fund on a quarterly basis. Such interest shall be available for the purpose of making grants for programs directed at improving science, space, and technology education in the United States. The Administrator, after consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall review applications made for such grants and determine the distribution of available funds on a competitive basis. Grants shall be made available to any awardee only to the extent that the awardee provides matching funds from non-Federal sources to carry out the program for which grants from this Trust Fund are made. Of the funds made available by this Trust Fund, $250,000 shall be disbursed each calendar quarter to the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. The Administrator shall submit to Congress an annual report on the grants made pursuant to this section. § 40902. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury of the United States, in tribute to the dedicated crew of the Space