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117th Congress > House > Vote 869

Date: September 13, 2022

Result: 308-110 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 422

Sponsor: STANTON, Greg (D-AZ)

Bill number: HR5315

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act

Bill summary:

Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act

This bill establishes programs within the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the use of drones and other small, unmanned aircraft systems when inspecting, repairing, or constructing road infrastructure, electric grid infrastructure, water infrastructure, or other critical infrastructure.

Specifically, DOT must award grants to state, tribal, and local governments; metropolitan planning organizations; or groups of those entities to purchase or otherwise use drones to increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve worker and community safety, reduce carbon emissions, or meet other priorities related to critical infrastructure projects. Grant recipients must use domestically manufactured drones that are made by companies not subject to influence or control from certain foreign entities, including China and Russia.

DOT must also award grants to certain institutions of higher education for training students for careers using drones and related technologies.

Bill titles: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation a drone infrastructure inspection grant program and a drone education and training grant program, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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