Require closer coordination between the Department of Defense and the FAA on collision-avoidance systems.

Enhance Military Aviation Safety Require closer coordination between the Department of Defense and the FAA on collision-avoidance systems.

The bill would increase DOD-FAA coordination on aviation collision-avoidance systems.

PASSED: U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids’ (D-KS-03) Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Aviation Safety Passes U.S. House | Representative Sharice Davids
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Section 918 states that the joint Department of Defense-Federal Aviation Administration executive committee is for resolving policy and procedure disputes between DOD and FAA on airspace, aircraft certifications, aircrew training, and other issues, including DOD unmanned aircraft access to the national airspace system. It requires the FAA Administrator to seek a charter revision within 45 days.

This enacted law requires/updates DOD-FAA coordination on aviation integration issues, including DOD UAS access, but it does not specifically require coordination on collision-avoidance systems.

partial later_term A for effort

Public Law 118-63, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
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Section 919 requires the FAA Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to review requirements needed to permit federal or armed-forces unmanned aircraft systems to operate in the national airspace system, including outside restricted airspace, without being escorted by a manned aircraft.

This is concrete DOD-FAA coordination on safe operation of military/federal UAS in civil airspace, a subject related to detect-and-avoid/collision risk, but the provision is framed as regulatory review rather than a direct collision-avoidance-system coordination mandate.

partial later_term A for effort

Public Law 118-63, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
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Section 319 requires FAA, in coordination with NTSB, to collect and analyze accident and incident data involving covered exempt aircraft, including midair collisions, traffic collision avoidance system alerts, loss of separation, or near misses.

This addresses collision-avoidance-related safety data, but the required coordination is FAA-NTSB, not DOD-FAA, so it supports only a partial match to the promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Public Law 118-63, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
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Congress.gov records that H.R.3935 passed the House on July 20, 2023, the House agreed to the Senate amendment on May 15, 2024 by 387-26, and the bill became Public Law 118-63 on May 16, 2024.

The coordination provisions became law during Davids' later House service, establishing partial fulfillment through enacted FAA reauthorization language.

partial later_term A for effort

Congress.gov Actions: H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
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Roll Call 200 on H.R.3935 was on the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment. The motion passed 387-26, and Davids (KS), Democratic, Kansas, is recorded as voting Yea.

Davids voted for final House passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, which included the DOD-FAA coordination provisions. This is clear legislative effort, though the enacted text only partially matches the exact collision-avoidance-system promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House - Roll Call 200, H.R.3935
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