For these reasons, we have urged the expeditious fulfillment by the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") of its Congressional mandate, established in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, to develop a plan to safely integrate UAS into the National Airspace System ("NAS"). We look forward to commenting separately on the FAA’s recent publication of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") that would allow small UAS to operate in the NAS. And we have supported the desire of several of our member universities who have sought public Certificate of Authorizations ("COAs") or Section 333 exemptions to operate UAS in the NAS before the FAA's proposed rule becomes final.