Sec. 102. National Drone and Advanced Air Mobility Initiative Office
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The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish or designate, and appoint a director of, an office to be known as the National Drone and Advanced Air Mobility Initiative Office to carry out the responsibilities described in subsection
(b)with respect to the Initiative. The Initiative Office shall have sufficient staff to carry out such responsibilities, including staff detailed from the Federal departments and agencies described in section 103(c). The Director of the Initiative Office shall— provide technical and administrative support to— the Interagency Committee; and the Advisory Committee; serve as the point of contact on Federal civilian unmanned aircraft systems activities for Government organizations, academia, industry, professional societies, State, local, Tribal, and Federal Governments, and other stakeholders to exchange technical and programmatic information; conduct public outreach, including dissemination of findings and recommendations of the Advisory Committee, as appropriate; promote access to and early application of technologies, innovations, and expertise derived from Initiative activities to agency missions and systems across the Federal Government, and to United States industry; and establish a robust data management strategy that ensures digital access and machine-readability; that promotes findability, interoperability, analysis- and decision-readiness and reusability; and ensures applicable scientific data are managed for wide use by Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, academia, and the public. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall develop an estimate of the funds necessary to carry out the activities of the Initiative, and submit such estimate to Congress not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. The Director shall update this estimate each fiscal year. In carrying out the Initiative Office, the Director shall coordinate with the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office and the Advanced Air Mobility Working Group to avoid duplication of research and other activities to ensure that the activities carried out by the Initiative Office are complementary to those being undertaken by other interagency efforts.