118th Congress Transportation and Public Works
H.R. 4229: Balloon Location and Identification Pronouncement Study Act
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Summary
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study the effects on aviation safety of domestically launched unmanned free balloons that do not emit a trackable electronic or radio signal.
DOD and the FAA must submit a report to Congress on the study. The report must include a discussion and recommendations on
- the efficacy, feasibility, technical specifications, and potential civil and military impacts of mandating that domestically launched unmanned free balloons be equipped with an electronic or radio emitter that can be tracked with near real-time, geolocational, and altitudinal precision, and which can transmit identifying information of the balloon or its owner; and
- how DOD and the FAA can collect the data and integrate it into a real-time or near real-time digital system that supports the operations of DOD and the FAA.
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
- Sylvia Garcia D-TXOriginal
- Carlos Gimenez R-FLOriginal
- Aumua Amata Radewagen R-AS
- Jack Bergman R-MI
- André Carson D-IN
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mikie Sherrill SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Mikie Sherrill.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.