[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4135. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. REPORT ON THE INTEGRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   UNMANNED AIRCRAFT INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, shall submit to Congress a report on how the 
     Department of Defense will ensure the safe integration of its 
     unmanned aircraft with any civilian unmanned aircraft system 
     traffic management system that may be part of the national 
     airspace system after such date of enactment.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of--
       (A) the potential for civilian unmanned aircraft traffic 
     below 400 feet above sea level to affect the safety of 
     military training routes, special use airspace, and airport 
     terminal operating areas;
       (B) the potential for civilian unmanned aircraft traffic 
     above 400 feet above sea level, whether operating legally or 
     illegally, to affect military training routes and special use 
     airspace; and
       (C) the technology the Department of Defense employs to 
     provide unmanned aircraft operators with airspace situational 
     awareness and the degree to which that technology could 
     enable the Department of Defense to comply with current and 
     expected future safety requirements in the United States 
     national airspace system.
       (2) A description of--
       (A) the cases in which unmanned aircraft of the Department 
     of Defense may need to be interoperable with any civilian 
     unmanned aircraft system traffic management system that may 
     be part of the national airspace system after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (B) the efforts of the Department of Defense efforts to 
     coordinate with the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration on--
       (i) research, development, testing, and evaluation of 
     concepts, technologies, and systems required to ensure that 
     unmanned aircraft systems of the Department of Defense meet 
     civilian technical and safety standards; and
       (ii) the development of technology and standards for any 
     civilian unmanned aircraft system traffic management system 
     that may be part of the national airspace system after such 
     date of enactment.
       (3) A strategy for ensuring that the unmanned aircraft of 
     the Department of Defense are interoperable with any civilian 
     unmanned aircraft system traffic management system that may 
     be part of the national airspace system after such date of 
     enactment.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``unmanned 
     aircraft'' and ``unmanned aircraft system'' have the meanings 
     given those terms in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and 
     Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note).
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