,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #i1 #bjbc,mr4  
,molinaro 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mann1 ,mr4
 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,kean
 of ,new ,jersey1 and ,mr4 ,williams of 
,new ,york7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,administrator of the ,federal      
,aviation ,administration to adopt a    
performance- and risk-based approach in 
reviewing requests for certain          
certificates of waiver1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,drone ,safety and  
,efficiency ,act4  #b4 #ad ,,cfr part   
#ajg waiver improvements  7a7 ,in       
general ,the ,administrator of the      
,federal ,aviation ,administration shall
 adopt a performance- and risk-based    
approach in reviewing requests for      
certificates of waiver under section    
#ajg4bjj of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal

 ,regulations4  7b7 ,standardization of 
waiver application  7#a7 ,in general ,in
 carrying out subsection 7a71 the       
,administrator shall improve the the    
process established to submit requests  
for certificates of waiver described in 
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,format ,in       
carrying out paragraph 7#a71 the        
,administrator may not require the use  
of open-ended descriptive prompts that  
are required to be filled out by an     
applicant1 except to provide applicants 
the ability to provide the              
,administration with information for an 
unusual or irregular operation4  7#c7   
,data  7,a7 ,in general ,in carrying out
 paragraph 7#a71 the ,administrator     
shall leverage data gathered from       
previous requests for certificates of   
waivers4  7,b7 ,considerations ,in      
carrying out subparagraph 7,a71 the     
,administrator shall safely use-- 7i7   
big data analytics2 and  7ii7 machine   
learning4  7c7 ,consideration of        
property ownership interest  7#a7 ,in   

general ,in determining whether to issue
 a certificate of waiver under section  
#ajg4bjj of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations1 the ,administrator       
shall-- 7,a7 consider whether the waiver
 applicant has control over access to   
all real property on the ground within  
the area of operation2 and  7,b7        
recognize and account for the safety    
enhancements of such controlled access4 
7#b7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in  
this subsection shall be construed to   
direct the ,administrator to consider   
the lack of control over access to all  
real property on the ground within an   
area of operation1 or a lack of property
 interest in such area of operation1 as 
negatively affecting the safety of the  
operation intended to be conducted under
 such certificate of waiver4  7d7       
,public availability of waivers  7#a7   
,in general ,the ,administrator shall   
publish all certificates of waiver      
issued under section #ajg4bjj of title  
#ad1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 on 

the website of the ,administration1     
including1 with respect to each issued  
certificate of waiver-- 7,a7 the terms1 
conditions1 and limitations2 and  7,b7  
the class of airspace and any           
restrictions related to operating near  
airports or heliports4  7#b7            
,publication ,in carrying out paragraph 
7#a71 the ,administrator shall ensure   
that published information is made      
available in a manner that prevents     
inappropriate disclosure of proprietary 
information4  7e7 ,precedential use of  
previously approved waivers  7#a7       
,waiver approval precedent ,except as   
provided in paragraph 7#c71 if the      
,administrator determines1 using        
criteria for a particular waiver1 that  
an application for a certificate of     
waiver issued under section #ajg4bjj of 
title #ad1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 is substantially similar  
7or is comprised of elements that are   
substantially similar7 to an application
 for a certificate of waiver that the   

,administrator has previously approved1 
the ,administrator may streamline1 as   
appropriate1 the approval of            
applications with substantially similar 
conditions and limitations as a         
previously approved application4  7#b7  
,rule of construction ,nothing in       
paragraph 7#a7 shall be construed to    
preclude an applicant for a certificate 
of waiver from applying to modify a     
condition1 or remove a limitation of1   
such certificate4  7f7 ,modification of 
waivers  7#a7 ,in general ,the          
,administrator shall establish an       
expedited review process for a request  
to modify or renew certificates of      
waiver previously issued under section  
#ajg4bjj of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations1 as appropriate4  7#b7    
,use of review process ,the review      
process established under paragraph 7#a7
 shall be used to review certificates of
 waiver that cover operations that are  
substantially similar in all material   
facts to operations covered under a     

subsequently issued certificate of      
waiver4