Sec. 103. Coordination by Interagency Committee
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The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the National Science and Technology Council, shall establish or designate an Interagency Committee to coordinate Federal programs and activities in support of the Initiative. The Interagency Committee shall be co-chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and, on a rotating basis, a representative from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as selected by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The Committee shall include— the National Institute of Standards and Technology; the National Science Foundation; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Department of Homeland Security; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the Department of Energy; the Federal Aviation Administration; the Department of Defense; the Office of Management and Budget; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; the General Services Administration; the Department of Justice; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of the Interior; the Federal Communications Commission; and any other Federal agency considered appropriate by the President.
The Interagency Committee shall coordinate with the National Security Council and other authorized agency coordinating bodies on the assessment of risks posed by the existing Federal unmanned aircraft systems fleet and outlining potential steps to mitigate these risks. The Interagency Committee shall— provide for interagency coordination of Federal unmanned aircraft systems research, development, and demonstration activities, development of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines for research, development, testing, and adoption of unmanned aircraft systems, scientific data management and education and training activities and programs of Federal departments and agencies undertaken pursuant to the Initiative; not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, develop a strategic plan for unmanned aircraft systems (to be updated not less than every 3 years thereafter) that— establishes goals, priorities, and metrics for guiding and evaluating the Initiative’s activities; and describes how the agencies carrying out the Initiative will— determine and prioritize areas of unmanned aircraft systems and counter-UAS systems research, development, and demonstration requiring Federal Government leadership and investment; support long-term funding for unmanned aircraft systems research, development, demonstration, education and public outreach activities, and existing Federal Aviation Administration-designated Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site facilities; support research and other activities on national security, safety, societal, economic, legal, workforce, and other appropriate societal issues related unmanned aircraft systems; provide or facilitate access to the necessary facilities, including existing Federal Aviation Administration-designated Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Sites, for unmanned aircraft systems research, development, testing, and demonstration; reduce barriers to transferring unmanned aircraft systems from the laboratory into application for the benefit of society and United States competitiveness; support the development of an advanced air mobility ecosystem; and in consultation with the Council of Economic Advisers, measure and track the contributions of unmanned aircraft systems to United States economic growth and other societal indicators; propose an annually coordinated interagency budget for the Initiative to the Office of Management and Budget that is intended to ensure that the balance of funding across the Initiative is sufficient to meet the goals and priorities established for the Initiative; and in carrying out this section, take into consideration the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, existing reports on related topics, and the views of academic, State, industry, and other appropriate groups.
For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2023, not later than 90 days after submission of the President’s annual budget request for such fiscal year, the Interagency Committee shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes— a summarized budget in support of the Initiative for such fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year, including a disaggregation of spending for each Federal agency participating in the Initiative; and an assessment of how Federal agencies are implementing the plan described in subsection (e)(2), and a description of those efforts.