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S. 3511 115th Congress Senate

Drone Safety Enhancement Act

Official title: A bill to broaden unmanned aircraft systems safety awareness, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2018 Introduced by: Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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Sep 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 26, 2018
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 Latest action September 26, 2018

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drone Safety Enhancement Act

This bill authorizes funding for FY2019-FY2024 to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Know Before You Fly educational campaign or similar public informational efforts to broaden unmanned aircraft systems (drone) safety awareness.

The FAA shall initiate a review of the process for interagency coordination of C-UAS activity and the standards for operation of a C-UAS system. A "C-UAS system" is the counter-unmanned aircraft system for detecting, tracking, and defending against drones.

The bill amends the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 to include railroad facilities as fixed site facilities for purposes of prohibiting or restricting the operation of a drone near such facilities.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HRES 1082 Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
  • HR 4 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • S 3513 UAS Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
  • HR 302 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3511: Drone Safety Enhancement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3511/
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"S. 3511: Drone Safety Enhancement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3511/.
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S. 3511, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3511/.
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