To strongly urge the Federal Aviation Administration | 1 |
to consider immediately adding additional | 2 |
qualified unmanned aircraft systems research and | 3 |
test sites to the six chosen research and test | 4 |
sites. | 5 |
WHEREAS, On December 30, 2013, the Federal Aviation | 6 |
Administration announced that the states of Alaska, Nevada, New | 7 |
York, North Dakota, Texas, and Virginia will host sites for the | 8 |
research and testing of unmanned aircraft systems in anticipation | 9 |
of future widespread operation of such aircraft systems in this | 10 |
country; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, Ohio and Indiana jointly submitted an application to | 12 |
host a site and the application met the stated criteria that was | 13 |
utilized by the Federal Aviation Administration in selecting the | 14 |
sites, including geography, climate, location of ground | 15 |
infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation | 16 |
experience, and risk; and | 17 |
WHEREAS, Of the six research and test sites selected by the | 18 |
Federal Aviation Administration, none are located in the | 19 |
midwestern part of this country; rather, four are located in the | 20 |
western part of this country and two are located in the eastern | 21 |
part of this country; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to | 23 |
disclose the specific findings that resulted from its | 24 |
decision-making process on this matter, and, until it does so, | 25 |
legitimate questions linger as to how and why the Federal Aviation | 26 |
Administration arrived at its final decision; now therefore be it | 27 |
RESOLVED, That the Federal Aviation Administration is | 28 |
strongly urged to evaluate immediately all of the applications | 29 |
that were submitted for consideration but were not selected and to | 30 |
consider adding additional unmanned aircraft systems research and | 31 |
test sites that are qualified and bring value to the mission of | 32 |
integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace; | 33 |
and be it further | 34 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 35 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 36 |
President of the United States, the President Pro Tempore and | 37 |
Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk | 38 |
of the United States House of Representatives, the Administrator | 39 |
of the Federal Aviation Administration, the members of the Ohio | 40 |
Congressional delegation, and to the news media of Ohio. | 41 |