3.0.0 816 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z Senate S S 2023-03-15 118 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-15T19:45:11Z 118 1939 S 2024-02-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335. Related bill CRS 2023-03-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ N B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2023-03-15 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2023-04-03T20:30:18Z

00 2023-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-31T15:34:42Z <p><b>Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly Act or the SOAR Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a rulemaking committee and propose rules on the continuous tracking of high altitude balloons (i.e., manned or unmanned free balloons operating at least 10,000 feet above sea level). </p> <p>Specifically, the committee must develop findings and recommendations regarding a standard requiring high altitude balloons to be equipped with a system for continuous aircraft tracking and transmit, at a minimum, the altitude, location, and identity of the balloon in a manner that is accessible to air traffic controllers, aircraft, and other users of the U.S. national airspace system (NAS). </p> <p>Further, the FAA must, in accordance with the recommendations of the committee, issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to require a continuous aircraft tracking and transmission system for high altitude balloons and coordinate with foreign authorities to develop such standards for any balloons operating outside of NAS.</p> <p>If the FAA does not issue a notice of proposed rulemaking within two years of the bill's enactment, the bill prescribes certain interim standards for the operation of high altitude balloons, which stay in place until the FAA issues a notice of proposed rulemaking.</p>

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