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Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015

Introduced: February 5, 2015 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 5, 2015
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Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015

This bill requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, for purposes of determining whether an unmanned aircraft (drone) used for aeronautical research qualifies as a public aircraft, to use definitions under federal aviation safety law for determining whether the aircraft is used for:

  • a commercial purpose, and
  • aeronautical research and platform-based research.

The Administrator must also develop procedures for the safe, beyond-line-of-sight operation of aeronautical research drones in the national airspace system.

What's happening now February 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 819 Related bill To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to use the definitions in section 40125 of title 49…
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 387: Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-387/
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"S. 387: Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-387/.
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