; (3) the Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems; (4) each operator of a test site under section 44802; (5) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (6) the Secretary of Defense; and (7) the leaders of appropriate standards development organizations, including the President of RTCA, Inc. and the Director of the National Institute for Standards and Technology. (d) FAA process for acceptance and authorization Not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of the recommendations under subsection (a)(2), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a process based on those recommendations for— (1) the acceptance by the Federal Aviation Administration of consensus safety standards recommended under subsection (a)(1); (2) permitting, authorizing, or the approving small unmanned aircraft systems makes and models based upon the consensus safety standards accepted under paragraph (1); (3) the certification of a manufacturer of small unmanned aircraft systems that has demonstrated compliance with consensus safety standards accepted under subsection (d)(1), which shall allow the Administrator to enable the self-certification by a manufacturer of small unmanned aircraft systems to the standards; and (4) the certification of a manufacturer of small unmanned aircraft systems, or an employee of such manufacturer, that has demonstrated compliance with the consensus safety standards developed under subsection (a) and accepted under subsection (d)(1) and met any other qualifying criteria, as determined by the Administrator, to alternatively satisfy the requirements of paragraph (2). (e) Nonapplicability of other laws The process for permitting, authorizing, or approving the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems under subsection (d) shall allow for operation of any applicable small unmanned aircraft systems within the national airspace system without requiring— (1) airworthiness certification requirements under section 44704 of this title