The Safe Airspace for Americans Act is introduced (H.R. 6967)

On 11 January 2024 Rep. Robert Garcia of California, with Mr Grothman, Mr Moskowitz, Ms Mace, Mr Ogles and Mrs Luna, introduced H.R. 6967, the Safe Airspace for Americans Act, in the US House of Representatives. The bill was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. It would require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, within 180 days of enactment, to set up procedures for civilian aviation personnel to report incidents involving unidentified anomalous phenomena, share those reports with the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, and protect those who report from reprisals and from effects on their medical or airmen certificates.

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The FAA Administrator would have to develop procedures, within 180 days of enactment, to collect, report and analyse UAP incidents reported by civilian aircrew, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, maintenance personnel, dispatchers, air carriers and airports, and to evaluate the threat they present to the national airspace system (p. 2)
The Administrator would share the reports and archived data with the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department of Defense, and could not use them in enforcement action except for information concerning accidents or criminal offences (p. 3)
Reporting UAP could not be taken into account in evaluating mental standards for medical certificates under part 67 of title 14 or competency for airmen certificates (pp. 5 to 6)
Federal agencies, contractors, air carriers and commercial operators would be barred from personnel reprisals for spotting or reporting UAP, and carriers from issuing cease and desist letters over such reports (pp. 6 to 7)
The bill defines unidentified anomalous phenomena to include airborne objects not immediately identifiable, transmedium objects or devices, and certain submerged objects or devices (pp. 7 to 8)

Documents

Document Safe Airspace for Americans Act U.S. House of Representatives· 2024-01-11· 8 pp.