To provide for a rulemaking on operation of unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3969.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2790):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Requires a timely rulemaking to enable the operation of unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

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  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3969, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ce500b0a462c00a166ef9d69cb31ab41a58fc9ecb42fc2bea479e9ddb2dfeef

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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