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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4318 

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

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 

A BILL 

To provide for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) 

integration strategy. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. UAS INTEGRATION STRATEGY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall imple5 ment the recommendations made by— 

6 (1) the Comptroller General to the Secretary 

7 contained in the report of the Government Account8 ability Office titled ‘‘Drones: FAA Should Improve 

9 Its Approach to Integrating Drones into the Na10 tional Airspace System’’, issued in January 2023 

11 (GAO–23–105189); and 


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1 (2) the inspector general of the Department of 

2 Transportation to the Administrator contained in 

3 the audit report of the inspector general titled ‘‘FAA 

4 Made Progress Through Its UAS Integration Pilot 

5 Program, but FAA and Industry Challenges Remain 

6 To Achieve Full UAS Integration’’, issued in April 

7 2022 (Project ID: AV2022027). 

8 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 12 months after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

10 through 2028, the Administrator shall provide a briefing 

11 to the appropriate committees of Congress that— 

12 (1) provides a status update on the— 

13 (A) implementation of the recommenda14 tions described in subsection (a); 

15 (B) implementation of statutory provisions 

16 related to unmanned aircraft system integration 

17 under subtitle B of title III of division B of the 

18 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 

19 115–254); and 

20 (C) actions taken by the Administrator to 

21 implement recommendations related to safe in22 tegration of unmanned aircraft systems into the 

23 national airspace system included in aviation 

24 rulemaking committee reports published after 


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1 the date of enactment of the FAA Reauthoriza2 tion Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254); 

3 (2) provides a description of steps taken to 

4 achieve the safe integration of such systems into the 

5 national airspace system, including milestones and 

6 performance metrics to track results; 

7 (3) provides the costs of executing the integra8 tion described in paragraph (2), including any esti9 mates of future Federal resources or investments re10 quired to complete such integration; and 

11 (4) identifies any regulatory or policy changes 

12 required to execute the integration described in 

13 paragraph (2). 

14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis16 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration. 

18 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON19 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con20 gress’’ means the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

21 and Transportation of the Senate and the Com22 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

23 House of Representatives. 


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1 (3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The term 

2 ‘‘Comptroller General’’ means the Comptroller Gen3 eral of the United States. 

4 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of Transportation. 

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