---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 44814"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "44814"
heading: "ASSUREd Safe credentialing authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/44814"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iii — safety"
  - "Chapter 448 — Unmanned Aircraft Systems"
---

# §44814. ASSUREd Safe credentialing authority

- (a) **In General.—** Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a credentialing authority for the program of record of the Federal Aviation Administration (referred to in this section as “ASSUREd Safe”) under the Center of Excellence for [Unmanned Aircraft Systems](/usc/49/44801.md?p=12).
- (b) **Purposes.—** ASSUREd Safe shall offer services throughout the [United States](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-46), and to allies and partners of the [United States](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-46), including—
  - (1) online and in-person standards, education, and testing for the use of [unmanned aircraft systems](/usc/49/44801.md?p=12) by first responders for emergency and disaster management operations;
  - (2) uniform communications standards, operational standards, and reporting standards for civilian, military, and international allies and partners; and
  - (3) any other relevant standards development related to operation of [unmanned aircraft systems](/usc/49/44801.md?p=12), as determined appropriate by the Administrator.
- (c) **Coordination.—** The Administrator shall ensure that the Center of Excellence for [Unmanned Aircraft Systems](/usc/49/44801.md?p=12) coordinates with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on establishment of ASSUREd Safe, and on any services offered by ASSUREd Safe.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–63, title X, § 1007(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1389.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–63, which was approved May 16, 2024.