,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjae ,ms4
 ,sinema 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,hunter1    
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4       
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,salmon1 and ,ms4          
,mc,sally7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committees on ,agriculture and ,natural
 ,resources1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish an interagency 
working group to study the use of       
unmanned aircraft systems for wildland  
firefighting1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protecting ,firefighters and   
,promoting ,innovation ,act4  #b4       
,interagency working group on the use of
 unmanned aircraft systems for wildland 

firefighting  7a7 ,establishment ,not   
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall establish an interagency working  
group to study the use of unmanned      
aircraft systems for wildland           
firefighting4  7b7 ,members ,the working
 group established under subsection 7a7 
shall include-- 7#a7 the ,administrator 
of the ,federal ,aviation               
,administration and the ,secretary of   
the ,interior1 who shall serve as       
co-chairs of the working group2  7#b7   
one representative1 selected by the     
co-chairs1 with wildland firefighting   
experience from each of-- 7,a7 a ,state 
firefighting agency2  7,b7 a local      
firefighting agency2 and  7,c7 a        
volunteer firefighting agency2 and  7#c7
 at least one senior-level              
representative from each of-- 7,a7 the  
,department of ,agriculture2  7,b7 the  
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       
,administration2  7,c7 the ,national    
,guard ,bureau2  7,d7 the ,federal      

,emergency ,management ,agency2 and     
7,e7 the ,national ,oceanic and         
,atmospheric ,administration4  7c7      
,functions ,the working group           
established under subsection 7a7 shall  
carry out functions including the       
following3 7#a7 ,in consultation with   
national fire service organizations1    
adjutants general from ,states affected 
by wildland fires1 representatives from 
relevant industries1 and other          
stakeholders developing standards and   
best practices for the use of unmanned  
aircraft systems for wildland           
firefighting to--  7,a7 assist in fire  
suppression2  7,b7 provide real-time    
updates for firefighters2 and  7,c7     
reduce the risk of firefighter          
fatalities due to wildland firefighting 
and to aircraft accidents related to    
wildland firefighting4  7#b7 ,assessing 
existing ,federal unmanned aircraft     
systems to identify opportunities to use
 such existing systems to lower the     
costs of the use of unmanned aircraft   

systems for wildland firefighting4  7#c7
 ,assessing opportunities to improve    
interagency coordination with respect to
 the use of unmanned aircraft systems   
for wildland firefighting4  7#d7 ,with  
respect to the use of unmanned aircraft 
systems for wildland firefighting1      
assessing--  7,a7 the efficacy of       
current technology2 and  7,b7 the       
potential efficacy of emerging          
technology4  7#e7 ,in consultation with 
legal experts1 assessing the            
implications for the ,fourth ,amendment 
of the ,constitution of any standards1  
best practices1 or recommendations under
 this section with respect to the use of
 unmanned aircraft systems4  7d7 ,report
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
of the establishment of the working     
group under subsection 7a71 the         
co-chairs of the working group shall    
submit to the committees of the ,house  
of ,representatives and the ,senate with
 relevant jurisdiction and the ,national
 ,wildfire ,coordinating ,group a report

 containing the results of the work of  
the working group4 ,such report shall   
include--  7#a7 the standards and best  
practices developed under paragraph 7#a7
 of subsection 7c72  7#b7 a summary of  
the assessments under paragraphs 7#b71  
7#c71 7#d71 and 7#e7 of such subsection2
 and  7#c7 any recommendations with     
respect to the use of unmanned aircraft 
systems for wildland firefighting4  7e7 
,unmanned aircraft system defined ,in   
this section1 the term unmanned aircraft
 system has the meaning given such term 
in section #cca of the ,,faa            
,modernization and ,reform ,act of #bjab
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