Sec. 932. THIRD-PARTY SERVICE APPROVALS
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## SEC. 932 THIRD-PARTY SERVICE APPROVALS **[**[49 U.S.C. 44802 note](/us/usc/t49/s44802)**]** ###
(a)Approval Process Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish procedures, which may include a rulemaking, to approve third-party service suppliers, including third-party service suppliers of unmanned aircraft system traffic management, to support the safe integration and commercial operation of unmanned aircraft systems. ###
(b)Acceptance of Standards In establishing the approval process required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, industry consensus standards, such as ASTM International Standard F3548-21, titled “UAS Traffic Management
(UTM)UAS Service Supplier
(USS)Interoperability”, are included as an acceptable means of compliance for third-party services. ###
(c)Approvals In establishing the approval process required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— ####
(1)define and implement criteria and conditions for the approval and oversight of third-party service suppliers that— #####
(A)could have a direct or indirect impact on air traffic services in the national airspace system; and #####
(B)require FAA oversight; and ####
(2)establish procedures by which unmanned aircraft systems can use the capabilities and services of third-party service suppliers to support operations. ###
(d)Harmonization In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall seek to harmonize, to the extent practicable and advisable, any requirements and guidance for the development, use, and operation of third-party capabilities and services, including UTM, with similar requirements and guidance of other civil aviation authorities. ###
(e)Coordination In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall consider any relevant information provided by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration regarding research and development efforts the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may have conducted related to the use of UTM providers. ###
(f)Third-party Service Supplier Defined In this section, the term “third-party service supplier” means an entity other than the FAA that provides a distributed service that affects the safety or efficiency of the national airspace system, including UAS service suppliers, supplemental data service providers, and infrastructure providers, such as providers of ground-based surveillance, command-and-control, and information exchange to another party. ###
(g)Rules of Construction ####
(1)Beyond visual line of sight operations Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or prohibit beyond visual line of sight operations of unmanned aircraft systems, or other types of operations, through the use of technologies other than third-party capabilities and services. ####
(2)Airspace Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the authorities provided under section 40103 of title 49, United States Code.
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