3.0.0 3993 2018-02-04T01:46:31Z 2023-01-11T22:18:04Z Senate S S 2006-09-28 109 Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2005 109 1400 HR 2005-12-22 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS Related bill House Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2006 109 6226 HR 2006-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2006-09-30 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657. Calendars 2006-09-28 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2006-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL N Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Aviation safety Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Justice Government Operations and Politics Lasers Law Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Transportation and Public Works Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-19T18:11:01Z Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the aiming of the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft or in its flight path. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years.

Exempts from such prohibition: (1) individuals conducting research and development or flight test operations for an aircraft manufacturer or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (2) Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security personnel conducting research, development, operations, testing or training; or (3) an individual using a laser emergency signaling device to send a distress signal.

]]> Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2006 Display Title Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2006-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3993pcs/xml/BILLS-109s3993pcs.xml 2006-09-30 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.