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To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to provideguidance and limitations regarding the integration of unmanned aircraftsystems into United States airspace.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. M
ARKEY
introduced the following bill; which was referred to theCommittee on
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A BILL
To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012to provide guidance and limitations regarding the inte-gration of unmanned aircraft systems into United Statesairspace.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drone Aircraft Privacy
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and Transparency Act of 2012’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following:
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2(1) On February 14, 2012, President Obama
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signed the Federal Aviation Administration Mod-
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ernization and Reform Act into law, and sections
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331 through 336 of such Act require the Federal
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Aviation Administration to fully integrate govern-
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ment, commercial, and recreational unmanned air-
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craft systems, commonly known as ‘‘drones’’, into
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United States airspace by October 2015.
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(2) Unmanned aircraft systems have tradition-
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ally been used almost exclusively overseas by mili-
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tary and security organizations; however, State and
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local governments, businesses, and private individ-
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uals are increasingly using unmanned aircraft sys-
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tems in the United States, including deployments for
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law enforcement operations.
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(3) As the technology advances and the cost de-
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creases—unmanned aircraft systems are already or-
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ders of magnitude less expensive to purchase and op-
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erate than piloted aircraft—the market for Federal,
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State, and local government and commercial un-
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manned aircraft systems is rapidly growing.
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(4) It has been estimated there could be as
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many as 30,000 unmanned aircraft systems in the
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sky by 2020.
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3(5) There will no doubt be many beneficial ap-
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plications of this technology, for as Secretary of
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Transportation Ray LaHood said in a statement on
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March 7, 2012, ‘‘Unmanned aircraft can help us
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meet a number of challenges, from spotting wildfires
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to assessing natural disasters.’’.
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(6) However, there also is the potential for un-
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manned aircraft system technology to enable
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invasive and pervasive surveillance without adequate
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privacy protections, and currently, no explicit pri-
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vacy protections or public transparency measures
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with respect to such system technology are built into
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the law.
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(7) Federal standards for informing the public
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and protecting individual privacy with respect to un-
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manned aircraft systems are needed.
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SEC. 3. GUIDANCE AND LIMITATIONS REGARDING UN-
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MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
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Subtitle B of title III of the FAA Modernization and
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Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended
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by adding at the end the following new sections:
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‘‘SEC. 337. PRIVACY STUDY AND REPORT.
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‘‘(a) S
TUDY
.—The Secretary of Transportation, in
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consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Chair-
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man of the Federal Trade Commission, and the Chief Pri-
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