[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4443-S4444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3178. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural

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and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 
2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. 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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