S.Amdt. 2443

1. Adds SEC. 1066. REPORT ON UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS at the end of subtitle G of title X

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   In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) Limitation on Certain Actions.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not undertake any changes to the organization or control of the Eagle Vision system until 90 days after the date of the submittal to the congressional defense committees of the report required by subsection (a).

   Inserted: SEC. 1066. REPORT ON UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

   Inserted: (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

   Inserted: (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;

   Inserted: (E) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;

   Inserted: (F) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; and

   Inserted: (G) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) The term "UAS Executive Committee" means the Department of Defense-Federal Aviation Administration executive committee described in section 1036(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4596) established by the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

   Inserted: (b) Report on Collaboration, Demonstration, and Use Cases and Data Sharing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, on behalf of the UAS Executive Committee, shall jointly submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the following:

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   Inserted: (1) The collaboration, demonstrations, and initial fielding of unmanned aircraft systems at test sites within and outside of restricted airspace.

   Inserted: (2) The progress being made to develop public and civil sense-and-avoid and command-and-control technology, including the human factors and other technological challenges identified in the Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System Roadmap, published by the Federal Aviation Administration on November 7, 2013 (referred to in this subsection as the "NAS Roadmap"), and what role the test sites can play in overcoming those challenges.

   Inserted: (3) An assessment on the sharing of operational, programmatic, and research data relating to unmanned aircraft systems operations by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to help the Federal Aviation Administration establish civil unmanned aircraft systems certification standards, pilot certification and licensing, and air traffic control procedures, including identifying the locations selected to collect, analyze, and store the data.

   Inserted: (4) The strategy to improve the effectiveness of government-industry collaboration between UAS Executive Committee members and relevant stakeholders regarding National Airspace System integration, and how the test sites can be used to improve this collaboration.

   Inserted: (5) An evaluation of how best to overcome the national security challenges identified in the NAS Roadmap referred to in paragraph (2).

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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