; (4) in subsection (g)(4), by striking and the creation of aviation development zones ; and (5) by striking subsections (f) and (h) and redesignating subsection (g) (as amended by paragraph (4)) as subsection (f). 743. GAO study and report on the alternate Essential Air Service program (a) Study The Comptroller General shall study the effectiveness of the Alternate Essential Air Service program (in this section referred to as the Alternate EAS program ), including challenges if any that have impeded robust community participation in the Alternate EAS program. The study shall include an assessment of potential changes to the Alternate EAS program and the basic Essential Air Service programs under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code, wherein Governors of Essential Air Service eligible States and Puerto Rico are given block grants to distribute Essential Air Service funds to Essential Air Service eligible communities in their States and Puerto Rico. (b) Briefing Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the study required by subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate. VIII NEW ENTRANTS A Unmanned Aircraft Systems 801. Office of Advanced Aviation Technology and Innovation Section 106 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (u) Office of the Associate Administrator for Advanced Aviation Technology and Innovation (1) Establishment There is established in the Federal Aviation Administration the Office of Advanced Aviation Technology and Innovation (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). (2) Associate administrator The Office shall be headed by an Associate Administrator, who shall— (A) be appointed by the Administrator