Bill Text: AZ HCR2024 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Unmanned aircraft systems
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-26 - Transmitted to Secretary Of State [HCR2024 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2012-HCR2024-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: unmanned aircraft systems |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HCR 2024 |
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Introduced by Representative Forese
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A Concurrent RESOLUTION
encouraging the marketing and effective use of airspace to receive federal contracts for unmanned aircraft systems.
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Whereas, the State of Arizona's military operations are increasingly important to this state's economy as they create and support tens of thousands of jobs and generate more than nine billion dollars in revenue; and
Whereas, the economic impact of military operations would not have been possible without the past congressional and state leadership support and the work of the servicemen and servicewomen at the following military installations: Luke Air Force Base, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, the Yuma Proving Ground and Yuma Marine Air Corps Station, Fort Huachuca in southeastern Arizona, and the Barry M. Goldwater Range Complex in southwestern Arizona as well as several auxiliary fields; and
Whereas, this success has given the State of Arizona a tremendous military and defense history in national security and aerospace; and
Whereas, the growth in our military operations has led to increased technological advances at the military bases and has led to great relationships with universities and technical colleges; and
Whereas, our military investments, military expertise, technically trained workforce and geographic and climatic diversity has positioned the State of Arizona well in retaining its military operations and competing for next‑generation technology projects.
Therefore
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. That, as military spending continues to be downsized in the foreseeable future, the State of Arizona must look to finding ways to continue its history of growth through projects awarded by the United States Department of Defense.
2. That the State of Arizona should specifically leverage its congressional and state leadership, current military expertise, workforce, and geographical and climate diversity to provide a concerted effort to aggressively pursue the opportunity for the State of Arizona to be awarded one or more of the six available sites under the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, an act that provides for a five-year program in which test sites will be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to coordinate with the United States Department of Defense to determine how to safely operate unmanned aircraft systems in shared national airspace.
3. That the test program will explore uses for the aircraft outside traditional military applications and for enhanced military operations.
4. That the creation of these test sites will mark the first step in what will undoubtedly be a long process, eventually leading to a common-day occurrence in which manned and unmanned aircraft fly safely and seamlessly together in the national airspace.
