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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1339 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish an advanced air 

mobility interagency working group, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas (for herself and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish an 

advanced air mobility interagency working group, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Air Mobility 

5 Coordination and Leadership Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY WORKING GROUP. 

7 (a) WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 120 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans9 portation shall establish an advanced air mobility (AAM) 


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1 interagency working group (referred to as the ‘‘working 

2 group’’ in this section). 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the working group es4 tablished under subsection (a) shall be to plan and coordi5 nate efforts related to the safety, infrastructure, physical 

6 security, cybersecurity, and Federal investment necessary 

7 for maturation of the AAM ecosystem in the United 

8 States. It is critical that Government agencies collaborate 

9 in order to enhance United States leadership, develop new 

10 transportation options, amplify economic activity and jobs, 

11 advance environmental sustainability and new tech12 nologies, and support emergency preparedness and com13 petitiveness. 

14 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—Not later than 60 days after the 

15 establishment of the working group under subsection (a), 

16 the Secretary of Transportation shall— 

17 (1) appoint the Under Secretary of Transpor18 tation for Policy to chair the working group; 

19 (2) designate not less than one additional rep20 resentative to participate on the working group from 

21 each of— 

22 (A) the Department of Transportation; 

23 and 

24 (B) the Federal Aviation Administration; 

25 and 


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1 (3) invite the heads of each of the following de2 partments or agencies to designate not less than 1 

3 representative to participate on the working group, 

4 including— 

5 (A) the National Aeronautics and Space 

6 Administration; 

7 (B) the Department of Defense; 

8 (C) the Department of Energy; 

9 (D) the Department of Homeland Security; 

10 (E) the Department of Commerce; and 

11 (F) such other departments or agencies as 

12 the Secretary determines appropriate. 

13 (d) COORDINATION.—The working group shall co14 ordinate with aviation industry and labor stakeholders, 

15 and others determined appropriate by the Secretary of 

16 Transportation, including the following: 

17 (1) Manufacturers of AAM aircraft, avionics, 

18 propulsion systems, and traffic management sys19 tems. 

20 (2) Operators of AAM aircraft. 

21 (3) Air carriers and general aviation operators. 

22 (4) Airports and fixed-based operators. 

23 (5) Training and maintenance providers. 

24 (6) Labor representatives of pilots, air traffic 

25 controllers, and aviation safety inspectors. 


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1 (7) State, local, and Tribal officials or public 

2 agencies. 

3 (8) First responders. 

4 (9) Groups representing environmental inter5 ests. 

6 (10) Electric utilities, energy providers and 

7 market operators. 

8 (e) REVIEW AND EXAMINATION.—Not later than (1) 

9 year after establishment of the working group under sub10 section (a), the working group shall complete a review and 

11 examination of, at a minimum— 

12 (1) steps that will mature AAM aircraft oper13 ations and concepts beyond initial operations; 

14 (2) safety requirements and physical and cyber15 security involved with future air traffic management 

16 concepts which may be considered as part of the evo17 lution of AAM to higher levels of traffic density; 

18 (3) current Federal programs and policies that 

19 may be leveraged to advance the maturation of the 

20 AAM industry; 

21 (4) infrastructure, including aviation, 

22 multimodal, and utility infrastructure, necessary to 

23 accommodate and support expanded operations of 

24 AAM after initial implementation; 


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1 (5) anticipated benefits associated with AAM 

2 aircraft operations, including economic, environ3 mental, emergency and natural disaster response, 

4 and transportation benefits; and 

5 (6) other factors that may limit the full poten6 tial of the AAM industry including community ac7 ceptance of AAM operations. 

8 (f) PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Based on the 

9 review and examination performed under subsection (e), 

10 the working group shall develop— 

11 (1) recommendations regarding the safety, se12 curity, infrastructure, and other Federal investment 

13 or actions necessary to support the evolution of early 

14 AAM to higher levels of activity and societal benefit; 

15 and 

16 (2) a comprehensive plan detailing the roles and 

17 responsibilities of each Federal department or agen18 cy to facilitate or implement the recommendations in 

19 paragraph (1). 

20 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the com21 pletion of the review and examination completed under 

22 subsection (e), the Chair of the working group shall sub23 mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc24 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 


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1 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

2 a report that— 

3 (1) details the review and examination per4 formed under subsection (e); and 

5 (2) provides the plan and recommendations de6 veloped under subsection (f). 

7 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the following defini8 tions apply: 

9 (1) ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY; AAM.—The term 

10 ‘‘Advanced Air Mobility’’ or ‘‘AAM’’ means an air 

11 transportation system that moves people and cargo 

12 between places using new aircraft designs including 

13 electric aircraft and electric vertical take-off and 

14 landing aircraft (eVTOL), which are integrated into 

15 existing airspace operations as well as operated in 

16 local, regional, intraregional, rural, and urban envi17 ronments. 

18 (2) ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘‘Electric 

19 Aircraft’’ means a fixed-wing airplane, rotorcraft or 

20 VTOL aircraft with a fully electric or hybrid (fuel 

21 and electric) driven propulsion system used for 

22 flight. 

23 (3) FIXED-BASED OPERATOR.—The term 

24 ‘‘fixed-based operator’’ means an aircraft service or25 ganization which operates under a lease or use 


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1 agreement with an airport sponsor or operator for 

2 the specific purpose of providing fueling, ground 

3 handling, and recharging services as well as aircraft 

4 maintenance and storage. 

5 (4) VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING.—The 

6 term ‘‘Vertical Take-off and Landing’’ (VTOL) 

7 means an aircraft with lift/thrust units used to gen8 erate powered lift and control and with more than 

9 two lift/thrust units used to provide lift during 

10 vertical take-off or landing. 

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