[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY COORDINATION AND LEADERSHIP ACT

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, American aviation--something we care about 
greatly in Kansas but across the country--it is entering a new era of 
innovation and of growth. Industry and government in this circumstance 
need to work together to make certain the United States stays 
competitive and remains the leader in this arena.
  In today's technology and research and development, there are 
unmanned vehicles. They are autonomous. They will be flying passengers 
and cargo from point to point in the United States.
  These vehicles will take off vertically and land vertically, and it 
is important for us to begin the preparation for that development in 
our airspace, at our airports, in our communities, and across the 
country.
  Bipartisan legislation, which I have introduced along with Senator 
Sinema, the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act, has 
been waiting Senate approval for weeks.
  This legislation would instruct the Secretary of the U.S. Department 
of Transportation to lead a working group comprised of members of 
various government Agencies and the civil aviation industry--a public-
private effort.
  Their objective would be for them to review the steps needed to 
mature AAM past its initial operations, ensure a robust domestic supply 
chain, identify current Federal policies that can be leveraged to 
advance this industry.
  I thank Senator Sinema for her help in moving this bill forward. It 
has been approved by the Commerce Committee, and the advocacy groups 
have been engaged in helping us develop the legislation and helping us 
work its way through the committee and through the Senate.
  I also thank a number of Kansans who have provided information and 
support for this endeavor.
  This legislation is crucial to ensuring the United States remains a 
leader in the aviation sector for years to come, and I am anxious for 
it to become law with the President's signature.
  Therefore, as if in legislative session, I ask the Chair lay before 
the Senate the message to accompany S. 516.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the following 
message from the House.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 516) entitled 
     ``An Act to plan for and coordinate efforts to integrate 
     advanced air mobility aircraft into the national airspace 
     system, and for other purposes'' do pass with an amendment.


                            Motion to Concur

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, now I move to concur in the House 
amendment, and I ask unanimous consent that the motion be agreed to and 
that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The motion was agreed to.

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