{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-amo-introduce-bill-promote-drone-and-aviation-safety-advance-research", "Kean, Amo Introduce Bill to Promote Drone and Aviation Safety, Advance Research & Development", "2025-12-12", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Thomas H. Kean, Jr.", "K000398", "kean.house.gov", "kean", "https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(December 12, 2025) WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representatives Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) and Gabe Amo (RI-01) announced the introduction of the Drone Safety Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation designed to advance research on drones and support the future of advanced air mobility.\n\nThe bill strengthens federal research and development (R&D) efforts focused on drone safety and autonomous aviation within the national airspace system. It also directly supports ongoing work at federal aviation laboratories\u2014including the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace located in New Jersey\u2014to ensure safe, efficient, and modern evolution of aviation technology.\n\n\u201cAs technology rapidly advances and drones become increasingly integrated into our daily lives, it is critical that air traffic for these systems is managed safely and transparently,\u201d said Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. \u201cI introduced the Drone Safety Enhancement Act with Representative Amo to direct the research needed to modernize our national airspace and support responsible integration of emerging technologies. Continued R&D in autonomous aviation is vital to America\u2019s competitiveness and to guaranteeing our airspace remains safe, efficient, and prepared for the future.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud to help introduce the bipartisan Drone Safety Enhancement Act with Congressman Tom Kean to ensure the federal government is collaborating across agencies and with leaders in academia and industry to enhance our understanding of drones and advanced air mobility,\u201d said Congressman Gabe Amo. \u201cWe must harness emerging technologies for good.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the bill would:\n\nRequire the NASA Administrator, the FAA Administrator, and leaders of other relevant federal agencies to collaborate on research related to unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility. This includes research on unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) and autonomous aviation capabilities.\n\nRequire congressional briefings on the progress of this research 18 months after the bill\u2019s enactment.\n\nThe full text of the bill is available HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-amo-introduce-bill-promote-drone-and-aviation-safety-advance-research"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 6.635338068008423, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}