Press Releases

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) released the following statement on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) final rule for the commercial uses of small drones:

“Although we are continuing to review in detail, we are pleased that the FAA appears to have taken an approach to the commercial use of small drones that closely mirrors the risk-based permitting provision approach we proposed in the House FAA reauthorization bill.  Like the AIRR Act’s provision, the FAA’s long-overdue final rule focuses on safely integrating unmanned drones into the national airspace while providing flexibility to permit more advanced types of operations as technology improves.  Completing this rule is an important step towards full integration and fostering innovation in the growing UAS industry.”

#   #   #