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
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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