This never became law. There is another FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 that DID become law which is located here. Brief Summary of the Proposed FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018: Representative Shuster introduced on 4/13/2018 the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 which plans to fund the FAA out until 2023. This is a very large… Read More »
I’m going to break the Drone Legislation Directory up into two sections: passed drone legislation and proposed drone legislation. I’m using the term very loosely to apply to laws that affect hobby/civilian drones in some way. For example, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 is primarily military focused but made it legal for the… Read More »
Brief Summary of the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act: Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act on 3/21/2018. Congresswoman Hartzler explained in a press release, “Title 18 also prevents federal agencies from using tailored jamming or protocol manipulation to interdict drones because it is considered intruding on a ‘protected computer.’ The National Defense Authorization… Read More »
Interested in drone legislation? Click here for my U.S. drone legislation directory. Background of the Safe Drone Act of 2017 On June 22, 2017, Senator Warner of Virginia introduced into the Safe Drone Act of 2017. The act is supported by Sen. Hoeven, Sen. Cortez Masto, and Sen. Heller. On the day it was introduced,… Read More »
Quick Summary of the Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017: The Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 is a proposed bill that makes it a federal misdemeanor to: (1) fly unmanned aircraft in the runway exclusion zone of an airport (red zone in the picture to the left) without air traffic control authorization or (2) “operate… Read More »
The scope of this is ONLY for unmanned aircraft since that is what my business is about. :) The title of the bill is “21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act’’ and has multiple provisions for unmanned aircraft. I’ll outline below the major provisions for each of the areas. I’ll continue to update this… Read More »
Brief Summary: The Drone Innovation Act of 2017 was introduced by Representative Jason Lewis on June 16, 2017. It was referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. This bill is similar to Senator Feinstein’s Drone Federalism Act recently introduced in that it seeks to clarify this murky area of how states and local… Read More »
Quick Summary of Important Facts of the Drone Federalism Act of 2017: This article is part of my Drone Legislation Database. On May 25, Senator Feinstein introduced into the U.S. Senate the bill below. It is labeled Senate Bill 1272. It has been referred to the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Track the current… Read More »