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BY U.S. Senate News Release | January 3, 2021
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), John Thune (R-SD) and Pat Roberts (R-KS), who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition Committee, today applauded the signing into law of their bipartisan legislation to ensure the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) chief drone policy committee includes representation for agriculture, forestry, and rural America. The
Drone Advisory Committee for the 21
st Century Act will ensure that the FAA provides representation for local government officials, including those from county and tribal governments, on the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC).
Dec 21, 2020
The U.S. House passed bipartisan legislation Friday to ensure the Federal Aviation Administration s chief drone policy committee includes representation for agriculture, forestry and rural America.
Introduced by U.S. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., John Thune, R-S.D., and Pat Roberts, R-Kan., who serves as the chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutrition Committee, the Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act would ensure that the FAA provides representation for local government officials, including those from county and tribal governments, on the Drone Advisory Committee.
The Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act would encourage public participation in the nomination process to increase broader user representation on the DAC and would emphasize transparency requirements to ensure that the DAC’s work becomes part of the public record.