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HR 3025 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Aviation and airports Fires First responders and emergency personnel Forests, forestry, trees

Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015

Introduced: July 10, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 10, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 10, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly launching a drone near a wildfire threatening U.S. property that recklessly interferes with fighting the fire.

Makes it a defense to a prosecution for such offense that the drone was launched by a firefighter or other public safety officer acting in the course of official duty.

What's happening now July 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 18, 2015
Walters, Mimi
· Sep 8, 2015
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 29, 2015
ROYCE, ED
· Jul 29, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jul 29, 2015
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 16, 2015
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Jul 15, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3025: Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3025/
MLA
"H.R. 3025: Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3025/.
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H.R. 3025, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3025/.
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