[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 798 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 798

 To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit the 
   flying of unmanned recreational aircraft near commercial airports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2015

  Mr. Meeks 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 prohibit the 
   flying of unmanned recreational aircraft near commercial airports.

    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 ``Responsible Skies Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE FLYING OF UNMANNED RECREATIONAL AIRCRAFT 
              NEAR COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS.

    Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 
U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ; and ``, including that the operator of an unmanned 
        recreational aircraft may not fly the aircraft--
    ``(1) above 400 feet and within 5 miles of the perimeter of an 
airport that provides scheduled passenger air transportation; or
    ``(2) where it may be seem from the perimeter of the airport.''; 
and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report containing--
            ``(1) a description of any incident in which an unmanned 
        recreational aircraft flew above 400 feet less than 5 miles 
        from the perimeter of an airport that provides scheduled 
        passenger air transportation; and
            ``(2) the action taken by the Secretary in response to the 
        incident.
    ``(e) Definition of Unmanned Recreational Aircraft.--In this 
section, the term `unmanned recreational aircraft' means an unmanned 
aircraft flown for hobby or recreational purposes.''.
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