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S 4744 117th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Higher education Housing and community development funding Infrastructure development

Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act

Introduced: August 2, 2022 Introduced by: Rosen, Jacky Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 2, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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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 when carrying out inspections, repairs, and construction. 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.

What's happening now August 2, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Aug 2, 2022
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Aug 2, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4744: Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4744/
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"S. 4744: Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4744/.
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S. 4744, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4744/.
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