In a Senate Environment and Publics Works Committee hearing, U.S. Senator John Boozman promoted the use of drones to help inspect infrastructure. The senator promoted legislation he helped introduce in August that would authorize $100 million in competitive grants to use American-made drones to perform critical infrastructure inspection, maintenance or construction projects. This bipartisan bill would also authorize $100 million in grants for workforce training and education to prepare the next generation of workers in this field.