[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3513 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3513

  To establish a deadline for the establishment of a process to allow 
   applicants to petition the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
  Administration to prohibit or restrict the operation of an unmanned 
         aircraft in close proximity to a fixed site facility.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2018

    Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a deadline for the establishment of a process to allow 
   applicants to petition the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
  Administration to prohibit or restrict the operation of an unmanned 
         aircraft in close proximity to a fixed site facility.

    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 ``UAS Critical Infrastructure 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNATION.

    Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 
(49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(i), by striking ``and 
        distribution facilities and equipment'' and inserting 
        ``distribution facilities and equipment, and railroad 
        facilities''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Deadlines.--
            ``(1) Not later than March 31, 2019, the Administrator 
        shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to carry out the 
        requirements of this section.
            ``(2) Not later than 12 months after publishing the notice 
        of proposed rulemaking under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
        shall issue a final rule.''.
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