{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5315","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5315","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation a drone infrastructure inspection grant program and a drone education and training grant program, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation a drone infrastructure inspection grant program and a drone education and training grant program, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-09-21","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-13","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h422","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act","result":"Passed","yea":308,"nay":110,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll422.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-09-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes programs within the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the use of drones and other small, unmanned aircraft systems when inspecting, repairing, or constructing road infrastructure, electric grid infrastructure, water infrastructure, or other critical infrastructure."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, DOT must award grants to state, tribal, and local governments; metropolitan planning organizations; or groups of those entities to purchase or otherwise use drones to increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve worker and community safety, reduce carbon emissions, or meet other priorities related to critical infrastructure projects. Grant recipients must use domestically manufactured drones that are made by companies not subject to influence or control from certain foreign entities, including China and Russia."},{"k":"p","t":"DOT must also award grants to certain institutions of higher education for training students for careers using drones and related technologies."}],"words":137},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for governmental entities to use small unmanned aircraft systems on critical infrastructure projects and a grant program for educational institutions to train workers in that technology.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H4B8339C88D3D441895C9B69977C551DF"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H7D5A31562E7F494E838EF24A25144865"}]},"core_areas":["Drone grants to governmental entities for critical infrastructure projects","Drone education and workforce training grants to higher education institutions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a drone infrastructure inspection grant program that makes grants to governmental entities for using eligible small unmanned aircraft systems on critical infrastructure projects.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H4B8339C88D3D441895C9B69977C551DF"}},{"text":"Allows grant amounts to be used to purchase or lease eligible small unmanned aircraft systems, support their operation, contract for services performed with them, and support program management capability.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H4B8339C88D3D441895C9B69977C551DF"}},{"text":"Sets the Federal share of a project cost at no more than 80 percent, and lets the Secretary raise it to up to 100 percent for an entity that applies in writing and demonstrates the additional assistance is necessary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H4B8339C88D3D441895C9B69977C551DF"}},{"text":"Authorizes $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 for the drone infrastructure inspection grant program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H4B8339C88D3D441895C9B69977C551DF"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary to establish a drone education and training grant program that makes grants to educational institutions for workforce training for eligible small unmanned aircraft system technology.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H7D5A31562E7F494E838EF24A25144865"}},{"text":"Defines an eligible small unmanned aircraft system as one manufactured or assembled by a company domiciled in the United States that is not a covered foreign entity, which includes entities domiciled in or controlled by the People's Republic of China or the Russian Federation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh#H5EC827FC398947E196ADA875CF113E97"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5315/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5315.png","v":"e3ea7ca5be6d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5315, 117th Congress: Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act. House: 308 Yea, 110 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Sep 2022."}}