Sec. 301. National Institute of Standards and Technology activities
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The Director, consistent with the research plan in section 102— shall support measurement science research and development in support of best practices and voluntary consensus technical standards for advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems, including for— privacy, security, and cybersecurity of advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; safety and operational performance of advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; hardware and components designed for advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; data management and techniques to increase the usability of data for advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; supply chain risks for advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; and all other areas deemed by the Director to be critical to the development and deployment of advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; may support one or more Institutes as described in section 201(a) of this Act for the purpose of advancing advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems; may produce curated, standardized, representative, secure, and privacy protected data sets for advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems research, development, and use, prioritizing data for high-value, high-risk research; shall support and strategically engage in the development of voluntary consensus technical standards, including international standards, through open, transparent, and consensus-based processes; shall apply lessons learned from unmanned aircraft systems research, development, demonstration, and testing to advanced air mobility systems; and shall coordinate the development of voluntary and consensus technical standards and best practices with other Federal agencies as appropriate.
In carrying out the activities under this section, the Director shall— solicit input from university researchers, private sector experts, relevant Federal agencies, Federal laboratories, State, local, and Tribal governments, civil society groups, labor organizations, and other relevant stakeholders; and provide opportunity for public comment on guidelines and best practices, as appropriate. Pursuant to section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3719 ), the Director shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, continue carrying out a program to award prizes competitively to stimulate research and development of innovative advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems technologies in order to expand upon and improve emergency response operations.
In carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Director may award not more than a total of $2,250,000 to one or more winners of the prize competition. Not later than 60 days after the date on which a prize is awarded under the prize competition, the Director shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report that describes the winning entry of the prize competition. In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Director may consult with the heads of relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to carry out this section— $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2026; $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2027; and $24,310,125 for fiscal year 2028.
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