Sec. 2206. Pilot project for airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation
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The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a pilot program for airspace hazard mitigation at airports and other critical infrastructure using unmanned aircraft detection systems. In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Administrator shall work with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies for the purpose of ensuring that technologies that are developed, tested, or deployed by those departments and agencies to mitigate threats posed by errant or hostile unmanned aircraft system operations do not adversely impact or interfere with safe airport operations, navigation, air traffic services, or the safe and efficient operation of the national airspace system.
There is authorized to be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to carry out this section $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. After the pilot program established under subsection
(a)ceases to be effective pursuant to subsection (g), the Administrator may use unmanned aircraft detection systems to detect and mitigate the unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft that poses a risk to aviation safety. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the pilot program established under subsection (a). The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The number of unauthorized unmanned aircraft operations detected, together with a description of such operations. The number of instances in which unauthorized unmanned aircraft were mitigated, together with a description of such instances. The number of enforcement cases brought by the Federal Aviation Administration for unauthorized operation of unmanned aircraft detected through the pilot program, together with a description of such cases. The number of any technical failures in the pilot program, together with a description of such failures. Recommendations for safety and operational standards for unmanned aircraft detection systems. The feasibility of deployment of the systems at other airports. To the extent practicable, the report prepared under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in a classified format. If appropriate, the report may include an unclassified summary. The pilot program established under subsection
(a)shall cease to be effective on the earlier of— the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act; and the date of the submission of the report under subsection (e).