Sec. 631. COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TRAINING
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## SEC. 631 COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TRAINING **[**[49 U.S.C. 40101 note](/us/usc/t49/s40101)**]** ###
(a)Designation Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a process to designate consortia of public, 2-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Small Unmanned Aircraft System Technology Training (in this section referred to as the “Centers of Excellence”). ###
(b)Functions A Center of Excellence designated under subsection
(a)shall have the capacity to train students for career opportunities in industry and government service related to the use of small unmanned aircraft systems. ###
(c)Education and Training Requirements In order to be designated as a Center of Excellence under subsection (a), a consortium shall be able to address education and training requirements associated with various types of small unmanned aircraft systems, components, and related equipment, including with respect to— ####
(1)multirotor and fixed-wing small unmanned aircraft; ####
(2)flight systems, radio controllers, components, and characteristics of such aircraft; ####
(3)routine maintenance, uses and applications, privacy concerns, safety, and insurance for such aircraft; ####
(4)hands-on flight practice using small unmanned aircraft systems and computer simulator training; ####
(5)use of small unmanned aircraft systems in various industry applications and local, State, and Federal government programs and services, including in agriculture, law enforcement, monitoring oil and gas pipelines, natural disaster response and recovery, fire and emergency services, and other emerging areas; ####
(6)Federal policies concerning small unmanned aircraft; ####
(7)dual credit programs to deliver small unmanned aircraft training opportunities to secondary school students; or ####
(8)training with respect to sensors and the processing, analyzing, and visualizing of data collected by small unmanned aircraft. ###
(d)Collaboration Each Center of Excellence shall seek to collaborate with institutions participating in the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence of the Federal Aviation Administration and with the test ranges defined under section 44801 of title 49, United States Code, as added by this Act. ###
(e)Institution of Higher Education In this section, the term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
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Sec. 631
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TRAINING
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