[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3132 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3132

     To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of 
            unauthorized unmanned aircrafts over wildfires.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2018

Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of 
            unauthorized unmanned aircrafts over wildfires.

    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 ``Securing Airspace for Emergency 
Responders Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 40A. Use of unauthorized unmanned aircrafts over wildfires
    ``(a) Unmanned Aircraft Defined.--In this section, the term 
`unmanned aircraft' has the meaning given the term in section 331 of 
the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note).
    ``(b) Offense.--It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an 
unmanned aircraft over a wildfire without authorization from relevant 
Federal agency personnel or any individual designated by a State or 
unit of local government to authorize such activity.
    ``(c) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (b) shall be 
fined under this title, imprisoned for not less than 1 year, or 
both.''.
    (b) Table of Sections Amendment.--The table of section for chapter 
2 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 40 the following:

``40A. Use of unauthorized unmanned aircrafts over wildfires.''.
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