S.Amdt. 3537

SA 3537. Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3452 proposed by
Mr. Rockefeller to the bill H.R. 1586, to impose an additional tax on
bonuses received from certain TARP recipients; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

Strike section 319 and insert the following:

SEC. 319. UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator shall develop a plan to
accelerate the integration of unmanned aerial systems into
the National Airspace System that--
(1) creates a pilot project to integrate such vehicles into
the National Airspace System at 5 test sites in the National
Airspace System by 2012;
(2) creates a safe, non-exclusionary airspace designation
for cooperative manned and unmanned flight operations in the
National Airspace System;
(3) establishes a process to develop certification, flight
standards, and air traffic requirements for such vehicles at
the test sites;
(4) dedicates funding for unmanned aerial systems research
and development to certification, flight standards, and air
traffic requirements;
(5) encourages leveraging and coordination of such research
and development activities with the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the Department of Defense;
(6) addresses both military and civilian unmanned aerial
system operations;
(7) ensures the unmanned aircraft systems integration plan
is incorporated in the Administration's NextGen Air
Transportation System implementation plan; and
(8) provides for verification of the safety of the vehicles
and navigation procedures before their integration into the
National Airspace System.
(b) Test Site Criteria.--In determining where the test
sites to be established under the pilot project required by
subsection (a)(1) are to be located, the Administrator
shall--
(1) take into consideration geographical and climate
diversity; and
(2) select one such site, subject to approval by the
Secretary of the Air Force, that is located in proximity to
principal Air Force research and acquisition functions to
take advantage of Air Force instrumented radars and related
research equipment and current defense science, research, and
development activities in unmanned aerial systems.
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