3.0.0 1755 2023-01-11T13:38:46Z 2023-01-11T13:38:46Z Senate S 2017-08-03 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-03T20:58:59Z Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 115 1405 S 2018-05-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407. Related bill CRS Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 115 3644 HR 2017-09-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2017-08-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N Crime and Law Enforcement Aviation and airports Transportation safety and security Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-09T19:26:25Z 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).

]]> Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 Display Title Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit unsafe operation of unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1755is/xml/BILLS-115s1755is.xml 2017-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.