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 […]
Explore 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, it […]
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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 an unmanned aircraft and, in so doing, knowingly or […]
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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 […]
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