US Congress Senate Bill 387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015 This bill requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, for purposes of determining whether an unmanned aircraft (drone) used for aeronautical research qualifies as a public aircraft, to use definitions under federal aviation safety law for determining whether the aircraft is used for: a commercial purpose, and aeronautical research and platform-based research. The Administrator must also develop procedures for the safe, beyond-line-of-sight operation of aeronautical research drones in the national airspace system.

Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB819 (Related) 2015-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/387/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s387/BILLS-114s387is.pdf