IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS.

SEC. 2202. [49 U.S.C. 40101 note] IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS. (a) In General.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the President of RTCA, Inc., and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall convene industry stakeholders to facilitate the development of consensus standards for remotely identifying operators and owners of unmanned aircraft systems and associated unmanned aircraft. (b) Considerations.—As part of any standards developed under subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure the consideration of— (1) requirements for remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems; (2) appropriate requirements for different classifications of unmanned aircraft systems operations, including public and civil; and (3) the feasibility of the development and operation of a publicly accessible online database of unmanned aircraft and the operators thereof, and any criteria for exclusion from the database. (c) Deadline.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on any standards developed under subsection (a). (d) Guidance.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Administrator submits the report under subsection (c), the Administrator shall issue regulations or guidance, as appropriate, based on any standards developed under subsection (a).