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S 1755 115th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Aviation and airports Transportation safety and security

Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017

Introduced: August 3, 2017 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly or recklessly operate an unmanned aircraft that interferes with or disrupts an aircraft or airborne vehicle carrying at least one occupant in U.S. airspace.

It imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term, or both—on a violator.

The prohibition includes the unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft within an airport's runway exclusion zone (i.e., defined area of controlled airspace around an active runway) unless the operation is the result of an unforeseeable circumstance (e.g., a malfunction).

What's happening now August 3, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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