118th Congress Transportation and Public Works
H.R. 3459: Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill establishes and extends certain rules and authorities related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and operations.
Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a regulatory pathway for certification or approval of UAS to enable commercial beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, including a risk assessment methodology.
Additionally, the bill establishes the Office of Associate Administrator of UAS Integration within the FAA. Among other duties, the office must (1) ensure and oversee the safe integration of UAS into the national airspace system, and (2) encourage and facilitate a commercially viable UAS industry and the leadership of the United States in UAS.
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The bill also establishes the UAS Certification Unit to develop and implement the UAS certification or approval processes for BVLOS operations.
The bill extends the FAA's UAS Test Site Program, which provides verification of the safety of public and civil UAS, operations, and related navigation procedures before their integration into the national airspace system. The bill also modifies the program to require the FAA to use modeling and simulation tools to assist in the testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of UAS.
Further, the bill extends the special authority for the Department of Transportation to provide exemptions from some requirements for UAS by using a risk-based approach to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Robert Menendez D-NJOriginal
- Jennifer Kiggans R-VA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Rudy Yakym SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Rudy Yakym.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.