on commercial air travel. (b) Elements The study required by subsection (a) shall include assessment of the following: (1) Whether extreme weather may result in an increase in turbulence. (2) The effect of extreme weather on current commercial air routes. (3) The effect of extreme weather on domestic airports, air traffic control facilities, and associated facilities. E FAA Research and Development Activities 741. Research plan for the certification of new technologies into the national airspace system Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with NASA, shall transmit a comprehensive research plan for the certification of new technologies into the national airspace system to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. This plan shall identify research necessary to support the certification and implementation of NextGen, including both ground and air elements, and explain the plan’s relationship to other activities and procedures required for certification and implementation of new technologies into the national airspace system. This plan shall be informed by the recommendations of the National Research Council report titled Transformation in the Air—A Review of the FAA Research Plan , issued on June 8, 2015. This plan shall include, at a minimum— (1) a description of the strategic and prescriptive value of the research plan