S. 387 · 114th Congress
Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Lisa Murkowski
- Introduced
- 2015-02-05
- Latest action
- 2015-02-05 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
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.