{"id":25641,"date":"2023-05-22T14:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25641"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:38:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:38:39","slug":"congressmen-yakym-menendez-introduce-legislation-to-support-integration-of-drones-into-airspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/congressmen-yakym-menendez-introduce-legislation-to-support-integration-of-drones-into-airspace\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Congressmen Yakym, Menendez Introduce Legislation to Support Integration of Drones into Airspace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) and Congressman Rob Menendez (NJ-08) introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/d12t4t5x3vyizu.cloudfront.net\/yakym.house.gov\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Increasing-Competitiveness-for-American-Drones-Act-text.pdf\">Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act<\/a>. This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation is a much-needed step towards streamlining the approvals process for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights and bringing the regulation of drones in the United States up to speed with current technologies. Key provisions in this legislation include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Requiring the Federal Aviation Administration\n(FAA) to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to enable commercial BVLOS\noperations.<\/li><li>Establishing a new risk methodology that\ndetermines the regulatory scrutiny for pilot certification, airworthiness, and\noperating rules based on the size of the drone<\/li><li>Establishing the Office of the Associate\nAdministrator of UAS Integration at the FAA. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Making sure the U.S. stays ahead of the curve on\ndrones is essential to maintaining our competitive edge globally,&#8221; said\nCongressman Yakym. &#8220;Unfortunately, our current regulatory environment is\nholding us back. By cutting red tape and streamlining the approval process for\ndrone operations, we can preserve American leadership in aviation and unleash\nthe potential for drones to be used for a whole host of innovative\nopportunities, from agriculture to infrastructure to delivery systems. I am\nproud to lead this effort in the House along with Congressman Menendez as we\nwork to prioritize safe drone integration into our airspace and ultimately\nbenefit the people we represent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerica has long been a global leader in technological\ninnovation, and it is time we recognize the value drones can bring to\ncommunities across the country,\u201d said Congressman Menendez. \u201cI\u2019m proud to\nco-lead this bipartisan legislation that will promote American leadership on\nthis critical innovative front while creating a robust framework to enable\ncommercial drone use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCommercial drone operations provide valuable services to\nthe American public and workforce \u2013 but significant regulatory hurdles are\nhampering these benefits from reaching their fullest potential and jeopardize\nU.S. global leadership in aviation,&#8221; said Chief Advocacy Officer of the\nAssociation for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Michael Robbins.\n&#8220;The regulatory challenges are not driven by safety; they are hampered by\nbureaucracy. We accordingly have urged Congress to prioritize commonsense drone\nintegration. We are so grateful for the support of Senators Mark Warner (D-VA)\nand John Thune (R-SD), who championed the Increasing Competitiveness for\nAmerican Drones Act (ICAD) in the Senate. We applaud Rep. Yakym, the Vice-Chair\nof the House Aviation Subcommittee, and Rep. Menendez, a key member of the\nAviation Subcommittee with whom we\u2019ve worked on several UAS-related issues, on\ntaking the critical step of introducing a House companion. This legislation\nwould bring significant benefits to Reps. Yakym and Menendez\u2019s constituencies\nin Indiana and New Jersey, respectively, and around the nation. AUVSI is proud\nto endorse this House companion version of ICAD, and we continue to urge Congress\nto include it as part of their critical work this year to pass a multi-year FAA\nReauthorization.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis bill addresses so many needs across manifold use\ncases,&#8221; said the Small UAV Coalition Counsel Greg Walden. &#8220;It will\nincrease efficiencies by providing structural reforms to the FAA certification\nand approval processes, enabling the industry to scale beyond visual line of\nsight (BVLOS) commercial operations. It is a recipe for success for a thriving\nUS-based drone industry to serve US customer demand.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Commercial Drone Alliance applauds the introduction of\nH.R. 3459, the Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023, and\nwe thank Rep. Rudy Yakym and Rep. Rob Menendez for their leadership to move\nuncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) integration forward,&#8221; said Commercial\nDrone Alliance Executive Director Lisa Ellman. &#8220;Technology has moved\nquickly ahead, while policy has lagged behind. As companies scale safe\ncommercial drone operations to meet consumer demand around the world, the U.S.\nlags behind other countries in developing policy to enable this beneficial\ntechnology. The provisions contained in H.R. 3459 enable the U.S. to enhance\nour global leadership in advanced aviation as a national security and economic\nimperative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full text of the legislation can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/d12t4t5x3vyizu.cloudfront.net\/yakym.house.gov\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Increasing-Competitiveness-for-American-Drones-Act-text.pdf\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) and Congressman Rob Menendez (NJ-08) introduced the Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act. This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation is a much-needed step towards streamlining the approvals process for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights and bringing the regulation of drones in the United States up to speed with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25642,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25641\/revisions\/25642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}