[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1273. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In title I of division C, insert the following after 
     section 119G:
       Sec. 119H.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration (FAA) shall ensure that any amounts made 
     available under this Act for providing matching funds to 
     commercial entities that contract with FAA-designated 
     unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites to demonstrate or 
     validate technologies that the FAA considers essential to the 
     safe integration of UAS into the national airspace system 
     (NAS) are also available to test sites that are not 
     designated by the FAA, including tribal test sites.
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