To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to develop a plan for providing access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft.
What it does: Adds SEC. 933. PLAN ON ACCESS TO NATIONAL AIRSPACE FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT at the end of subtitle D of title IX
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 933. PLAN ON ACCESS TO NATIONAL AIRSPACE FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT at the end of subtitle D of title IX
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(f) Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision of law, amounts received by the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy for the instruction of private sector employees enrolled under this section shall be retained by the Academy to defray the costs of such instruction. The source and disposition of funds so retained and utilized shall be specifically identified in records of the Academy.
Inserted: SEC. 933. PLAN ON ACCESS TO NATIONAL AIRSPACE FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall, after consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, jointly develop a plan for providing access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) A description of how the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation will communicate and cooperate, at the executive, management, and action levels, to provide access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (2) Specific milestones, aligned to operational and training needs, for providing access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft and a transition plan for sites programmed to be activated as unmanned aerial system sites during fiscal years 2010 through 2015.
Inserted: (3) Recommendations for policies with respect to use of the national airspace, flight standards, and operating procedures that should be implemented by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation to accommodate unmanned aircraft assigned to any State or territory of the United States.
Inserted: (4) An identification of resources required by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation to execute the plan.
Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing the plan required by subsection (a).
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At the end of subtitle D of title IX, add the following:
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SA 1706. Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Conrad) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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 D of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 933. PLAN ON ACCESS TO NATIONAL AIRSPACE FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall, after consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, jointly develop a plan for providing access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft of the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of how the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation will communicate and cooperate, at the executive, management, and action levels, to provide access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft of the Department of Defense.
(2) Specific milestones, aligned to operational and training needs, for providing access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft and a transition plan for sites programmed to be activated as unmanned aerial system sites during fiscal years 2010 through 2015.
(3) Recommendations for policies with respect to use of the national airspace, flight standards, and operating procedures that should be implemented by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation to accommodate unmanned aircraft assigned to any State or territory of the United States.
(4) An identification of resources required by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation to execute the plan.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing the plan required by subsection (a).
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1706 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Dorgan.(consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8015-8016)
July 23, 2009
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1706 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Dorgan.(consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8015-8016)
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1706 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1706 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Dorgan. (consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8015-8016) To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to develop a plan for providing access to the national airspace for unmanned aircraft.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1706 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
July 22, 2009