1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FAA Advancements Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (2) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (3) FAA The term FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration. (4) International Validation Branch The term International Validation Branch means the International Validation Branch of the Compliance and Airworthiness Division of the Aircraft Certification Service of the FAA. (5) Regulatory materials The term regulatory materials means rules, orders, advisory circulars, statements of policy, guidance, and other materials related to aviation safety regulations, as well as other materials pertaining to training and operation of aeronautical products. (6) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. 3. Independent study on a future state on type certification processes (a) Review and study Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate federally funded research and development center, or other independent nonprofit organization that recommends solutions to aviation policy challenges through objective analysis, to conduct a review and study in accordance with the requirements and elements set forth in this section. (b) Elements The review and study under subsection (a) shall provide analyses, assessments, and recommendations that address the following: (1) A vision for a future state of type certification that reflects the highly complex, highly integrated nature of today’s aircraft. (2) A review of the current tools and techniques used for type certification and an evaluation of whether use of advanced digital tools and