Title: A bill to require a Comptroller General of the United States report on certain personnel matters in connection with Air Force remotely piloted aircraft.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress a report setting forth an assessment of: (1) current plans of the U.S. Air Force to expand services for Air Force pilots and sensor operators of remotely piloted aircraft at Air Force installations for such aircraft, and (2) current plans of the Air Force to implement a combat-to-dwell ratio for Air Force pilots and sensor operators of such aircraft.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2914 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2914

To require a Comptroller General of the United States report on certain 
    personnel matters in connection with Air Force remotely piloted 
                               aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
            and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a Comptroller General of the United States report on certain 
    personnel matters in connection with Air Force remotely piloted 
                               aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON CERTAIN 
              PERSONNEL MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH AIR FORCE REMOTELY 
              PILOTED AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Report Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the 
following:
            (1) Current plans of the Air Force to expand services for 
        Air Force pilots and sensor operators of remotely piloted 
        aircraft (RPA) at Air Force installations for such aircraft.
            (2) Current plans of the Air Force to implement a combat-
        to-dwell ratio for Air Force pilots and sensor operators of 
        such aircraft.
    (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) A description and assessment of the challenges faced by 
        the Air Force in implementing the plans described in subsection 
        (a)(1), and a description and assessment of options to mitigate 
        such challenges.
            (2) A description and assessment of various mechanism for 
        the Air Force to incrementally reduce stressors for Air Force 
        pilots and sensor operators of remotely piloted aircraft, and 
        to improve the workload of such pilots and sensor operators, 
        prior to the achievement of the planned 1:0.5 combat-to-dwell 
        ratio for such pilots and sensor operators.
            (3) An assessment of the following in connection with the 
        implementation of the combat-to-dwell ratio described in 
        paragraph (2):
                    (A) A balance of production with attendant staffing 
                requirements to support training.
                    (B) The achievement of retention goals.
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