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Drone Backlog Reduction Act

Introduced: May 17, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
May 17, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 17, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drone Backlog Reduction Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to establish an Unmanned Aircraft System Waiver Task Force to process applications submitted for determinations, assessments, and waivers for small unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., drones) to reduce the backlog and processing time of outstanding waiver or exemption applications.

What's happening now May 20, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 17, 2019
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · May 17, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2830: Drone Backlog Reduction Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2830/
MLA
"H.R. 2830: Drone Backlog Reduction Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2830/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2830, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2830/.
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[H.R. 2830: Drone Backlog Reduction Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2830/)
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