US Congress: UAP Office Mandated via Defense Authorization
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sponsored legislation establishing a permanent UAP research office within the Pentagon. The amendment passed as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
Background
In December 2021, the United States Congress approved Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. This legislation mandated creation of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, a permanent multi-agency task force within the Department of Defense. The office received congressional authorization to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena as potential threats to national security, standardize incident reporting across military branches, and provide biannual classified and unclassified reports to oversight committees. This statutory requirement institutionalized governmental UAP research beyond previous ad hoc study programs.