Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act

Summary

Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act This bill establishes programs within the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the use of small, unmanned aircraft systems (commonly known as drones) when inspecting, operating, maintaining, repairing, modernizing, or constructing road infrastructure, electric grid infrastructure, water infrastructure, or other critical infrastructure. Specifically, DOT must award grants to state, tribal, or local governments; metropolitan planning organizations; or groups of those entities to purchase or otherwise use drones to support the inspection, operation, construction, maintenance, modernization, or repair of critical infrastructure to increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve worker and community safety, or reduce carbon emissions related to critical infrastructure projects. Grant recipients must use domestically manufactured drones that are not made by certain foreign entities, including companies subject to influence or control from China or Russia. DOT must also award grants to certain institutions of higher education for training students for careers using drones and related technologies. 

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Timeline

1. 6 June 2023

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 June 2023

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 June 2023 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 June 2023

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 June 2023

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 June 2023

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Sponsors

• Jacky Rosen · D · Sponsor
• John Boozman · R · Sponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act
• related to ← FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024