To improve the authority for operations of unmanned aircraft for educational purposes.

SA 1797. Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. IMPROVING THE AUTHORITY FOR OPERATIONS OF UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

Section 350 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public
Law 115-254; 49 U.S.C 44809 note) is amended
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``at institutions
of higher education'' and inserting ``for educational
purposes''; and
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``aircraft system operated by'' and
inserting the following: ``aircraft system--
``(1) operated by'';
(B) in paragraph (1), as added by subparagraph (A), by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) flown as part of the established curriculum of an
elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are
defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801));
``(3) flown as part of an established Junior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program; or
``(4) flown as part of an educational program that is
chartered by a recognized community-based organization (as
defined in subsection (h) of such section).''.
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