[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5950 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5950

  To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to establish 
prohibitions to prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons 
    while operating in the national airspace system, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2012

 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to establish 
prohibitions to prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons 
    while operating in the national airspace system, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Armed Drones Act of 2012'' or the 
``NADA Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title III of the FAA Modernization 
and Reform Act of 2012 (126 Stat. 72 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 337. PROHIBITIONS TO PREVENT USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AS 
              WEAPONS WHILE OPERATING IN NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM.

    ``(a) Prohibitions.--The Secretary of Transportation may not 
authorize a person--
            ``(1) to operate an unmanned aircraft system in the 
        national airspace system for the purpose, in whole or in part, 
        of using the unmanned aircraft system as a weapon or to deliver 
        a weapon against a person or property; or
            ``(2) to manufacture, sell, or distribute an unmanned 
        aircraft system, or a component thereof, for use in the 
        national airspace system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon 
        against a person or property.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Person.--The term `person' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code.
            ``(2) Weapon.--The term `weapon' includes lethal and 
        nonlethal weapons.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents contained in section 
1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 336 the following:

``Sec. 337. Prohibitions to prevent use of unmanned aircraft systems as 
                            weapons while operating in national 
                            airspace system.''.
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