• Implementation of drone provisions in FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018; FY 2023 THUD appropriations: report language and proposed report language on drones; FAA realignment proposal in reprogramming request and FY 23 budget proposal; draft legislative proposal for FAA realignment of UAS functions; S. 73, American Security Drone Act, included in S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and H.R. 4521, America COMPETES Act; FAA type certification for drones; implementation of BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee report and recommendations; comments on BVLOS ARC report and recommendations; S. 3542, Drone Act of 2022; section 2209 rulemaking; H.R. 6489, Infrastructure Grant Security Act; White House Domestic Counter-UAS National Action Plan and Legislative Proposal; Federal preemption issues; proposals for FAA reauthorization bill

Duration: October 26, 2020 to June 30, 2022

General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Transportation, Homeland Security, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,130,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2020: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)