[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 427. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEDERAL AVIATION 
                   ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON 
                   UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

       (a) Collaboration Between Federal Aviation Administration 
     in Department of Defense Required.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and the Secretary of Defense shall collaborate 
     on developing standards, policies, and procedures for sense 
     and avoid capabilities for unmanned aircraft systems.
       (2) Elements.--The collaboration required by paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) Sharing information and technology on safely 
     integrating unmanned aircraft systems and manned aircraft in 
     the national airspace system and fielding remote and virtual 
     towers.
       (B) Building upon the experience of the Air Force and the 
     Department of Defense to inform the Federal Aviation 
     Administration's development of civil standards, policies, 
     and procedures for integrating unmanned aircraft systems in 
     the national airspace system.
       (C) Assisting in the development of best practices for 
     unmanned aircraft airworthiness certification, development of 
     airborne and ground-based sense and avoid capabilities for 
     unmanned aircraft systems, and research and development on 
     unmanned aircraft systems, especially with respect to matters 
     involving human factors, information assurance, and security.
       (b) Participation by Federal Aviation Administration in 
     Department of Defense Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator may participate and 
     provide assistance for participation in test and evaluation 
     efforts of the Department of Defense, including the Air 
     Force, relating to ground-based sense and avoid and airborne 
     sense and avoid capabilities for unmanned aircraft systems.
       (2) Participation through centers of excellence and test 
     sites.--Participation under paragraph (1) may include 
     provision of assistance through the Center of Excellence for 
     Unmanned Aircraft Systems and unmanned aircraft systems test 
     ranges designated under section 332(c) of the FAA 
     Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-95; 49 
     U.S.C. 40101 note).
       (c) Unmanned Aircraft System Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``unmanned aircraft system'' has the meaning given that 
     term 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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