United States · Bill · S
S. 307 (118th)
Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023
Introduced
7 February 2023
Last action
7 February 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Subjects
Transport, Aviation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023 This bill establishes and extends certain rules related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and operations. Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a regulatory pathway for certification or approval of UAS to enable commercial beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, including a risk assessment methodology. Additionally, the bill establishes the Office of Associate Administrator of UAS Integration within the FAA. It also establishes the UAS Certification Unit to develop and implement the UAS certification or approval processes for BVLOS operations. Further, the bill extends the special authority for the Department of Transportation to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system.
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Timeline
7 February 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral
7 February 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 February 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/307
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/307
- us · 118-s-307 · source updated 5 December 2025