search, development, demonstration, and testing to ad-
vanced air mobility systems. 
(c) RESEARCH
ON APPROACHES
TO EVALUATING 
RISK.—The Administrator shall conduct research on ap-
proaches to evaluating risk in emerging vehicles, tech-
nologies, and operations for unmanned aircraft systems and 
advanced air mobility systems. Such research shall in-
clude— 
(1) defining quantitative metrics, including those 
needed for the Secretary of Transportation to make 
determinations and establish requirements for the op-
erations of certain unmanned aircraft systems, as de-
scribed under section 44807 of title 49, United States 
Code, as amended by this title; 
(2) developing risk-based processes and criteria 
to inform the development of regulations and certifi-
cation of complex operations, to include autonomous 
beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, of unmanned 
aircraft systems of various sizes and weights, and ad-
vanced air mobility systems; and 
(3) considering the utility of performance stand-
ards to make determinations under section 44807 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by this title. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
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to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
actions taken by the Administrator to implement provisions 
under this section that includes— 
(1) a summary of the costs and results of re-
search under subsection (a)(6); 
(2) a description of plans for and progress to-
ward the implementation of research and development 
under subsection (c); 
(3) a description of the Administration’s 
progress using research and development to inform 
the development of certification guidance and regula-
tions of— 
(A) large unmanned aircraft systems, in-
cluding those weighing more than 55 pounds; 
and 
(B) extended autonomous and remotely pi-
loted operations beyond visual line of sight in 
controlled and uncontrolled airspace; and 
(4) a current Plan for Full Operational Capa-
bility of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Manage-
ment, as described in section 376 of Public Law 115– 
254, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. 
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SEC. 902. PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
DEMONSTRATION, AND TESTING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Academy of Public Adminis-
tration to examine Administration research, development, 
demonstration, and testing partnerships to advance un-
manned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility and 
to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft sys-
tems into the national airspace system. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—The study in subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) identify existing Administration partner-
ships with external entities, including academia and 
Centers of Excellence, industry, and nonprofit organi-
zations, and the types of such partnership arrange-
ments; 
(2) examine the partnerships in paragraph (1), 
including the scope and areas of research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and testing carried out, and as-
sociated arrangements for performing research and 
development activities; 
(3) review the extent to which the Administra-
tion uses the results and outcomes of each partnership 
to advance the research and development in un-
manned aircraft systems; 
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(4) identify additional research and development 
areas, if any, that may benefit from partnership ar-
rangements, and whether such research and develop-
ment would require new partnerships; 
(5) identify any duplication of ongoing or 
planned research, development, demonstration, or test-
ing activities; 
(6) identify effective and appropriate means for 
publication and dissemination of the results and 
sharing with the public, commercial, and research 
communities related data from such research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and testing conducted under 
such partnerships; 
(7) identify effective mechanisms, either new or 
already existing, to facilitate coordination, evalua-
tion, and information-sharing among and between 
such partnerships; 
(8) identify effective and appropriate means for 
facilitating technology transfer activities within such 
partnerships; 
(9) identify the extent to which such partner-
ships broaden participation from groups historically 
underrepresented in STEM and include participation 
by industry, workforce, and labor organizations; and 
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(10) review options for funding models best suit-
ed for such partnerships, which may include cost- 
sharing and public-private partnership models with 
industry. 
(c) TRANSMITTAL.—The Administrator shall transmit 
the study directed in subsection (a) to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 903. UAS TEST RANGES AND OPERATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 44803, in subsection (h), by strik-
ing ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 
(2) in section 44807, in subsection (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
(b) EXPANSION.—Title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 44803, in paragraph (b)(7), by in-
serting after subparagraph (E)— 
‘‘(F) implementing unmanned aircraft sys-
tems traffic management services for commercial 
unmanned aircraft systems in uncontrolled air-
space; 
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