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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4318 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4318

 To provide for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration strategy.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2024

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL

 
 To provide for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration strategy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UAS INTEGRATION STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall implement the 
recommendations made by--
            (1) the Comptroller General to the Secretary contained in 
        the report of the Government Accountability Office titled 
        ``Drones: FAA Should Improve Its Approach to Integrating Drones 
        into the National Airspace System'', issued in January 2023 
        (GAO-23-105189); and
            (2) the inspector general of the Department of 
        Transportation to the Administrator contained in the audit 
        report of the inspector general titled ``FAA Made Progress 
        Through Its UAS Integration Pilot Program, but FAA and Industry 
        Challenges Remain To Achieve Full UAS Integration'', issued in 
        April 2022 (Project ID: AV2022027).
    (b) Briefing.--Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2028, the Administrator 
shall provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress 
that--
            (1) provides a status update on the--
                    (A) implementation of the recommendations described 
                in subsection (a);
                    (B) implementation of statutory provisions related 
                to unmanned aircraft system integration under subtitle 
                B of title III of division B of the FAA Reauthorization 
                Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254); and
                    (C) actions taken by the Administrator to implement 
                recommendations related to safe integration of unmanned 
                aircraft systems into the national airspace system 
                included in aviation rulemaking committee reports 
                published after the date of enactment of the FAA 
                Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254);
            (2) provides a description of steps taken to achieve the 
        safe integration of such systems into the national airspace 
        system, including milestones and performance metrics to track 
        results;
            (3) provides the costs of executing the integration 
        described in paragraph (2), including any estimates of future 
        Federal resources or investments required to complete such 
        integration; and
            (4) identifies any regulatory or policy changes required to 
        execute the integration described in paragraph (2).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (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 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (3) Comptroller general.--The term ``Comptroller General'' 
        means the Comptroller General of the United States.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
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