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title: "42 U.S.C. § 19061"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 19061 - Unmanned aircraft systems technologies

## Text

In coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director shall carry out a program of research and related activities related to unmanned aircraft system technologies, which may include a prize competition pursuant to section 3719 of title 15 and support for undergraduate and graduate curriculum development.

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10352, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1561.)