[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1927 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1927

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
develop a comprehensive unmanned aircraft system integration strategy, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
develop a comprehensive unmanned aircraft system integration strategy, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``UAS National Airspace Integration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that it is important that the United 
States maintain global leadership in advanced aviation to maintain and 
improve national security, safety, sustainability, and economic 
strength domestically and globally.

SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM INTEGRATION STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive integration strategy 
for unmanned aircraft systems, including civil unmanned aircraft 
systems operating in controlled airspace, that includes the following:
            (1) A comprehensive mission statement that summarizes the 
        main purpose of the strategy.
            (2) A description of the objectives to be achieved by the 
        strategy, which shall include the following:
                    (A) Timely implementation of statutory provisions 
                related to drone integration in subtitle B of title III 
                of division B of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 
                (Public Law 115-254).
                    (B) Actions taken by the FAA to implement 
                recommendations related to unmanned aircraft systems, 
                including civil unmanned aircraft systems operating in 
                controlled airspace, included in aviation rulemaking 
                committee reports published since the enactment of the 
                FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254).
                    (C) Any other objectives determined appropriate by 
                the Administrator.
            (3) A description of steps to achieve strategy objectives, 
        including milestones and performance metrics to gauge results.
            (4) A description of the process by which the scope and 
        objectives of the strategy were developed.
            (5) The costs of executing the strategy, including the 
        sources of such costs, and the types of resources and 
        investments, skills and technology, and human, capital, 
        information, and other resources required to meet the 
        objectives of the strategy.
            (6) A description of the roles and responsibilities of each 
        FAA office tasked with executing the objectives of the 
        strategy.
            (7) A plan to establish mechanisms to allow various FAA 
        offices or other necessary interagency stakeholders involved in 
        implementing the strategy to coordinate in meeting strategy 
        objectives.
            (8) Processes for ensuring transparency and receiving input 
        from applicants and relevant stakeholders in the course of 
        executing the objectives of the strategy.
            (9) A list of key factors external to the FAA that are 
        beyond the control of the FAA which could significantly affect 
        the achievement of the strategy objectives.
    (b) Congressional Briefings.--Beginning 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this section, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
Administrator shall provide a briefing for the appropriate Committees 
of Congress on--
            (1) the status of implementation of each element of the 
        strategy developed under subsection (a);
            (2) any revisions made to the strategy since the last 
        briefing; and
            (3) any additional actions taken by the Administrator to 
        integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace 
        System.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
            (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code.
            (3) FAA.--The term ``FAA'' means the Federal Aviation 
        Administration.
            (4) Unmanned aircraft system.--The term ``unmanned aircraft 
        system'' has the meaning given such term in section 44801 of 
        title 49, United States Code.
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