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HOUSE 129115th CongressMotion to reconsider laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.

Calling on the Department of Defense, other appropriate elements of the Federal Government, and foreign governments to resolutely continue efforts to investigate, recover, and identify all United States personnel designated as unaccounted-for from past wars and conflicts around the world.

Last Action
2/14/2018

Actions

  • 2017-01-04Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  • 2017-01-03Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • 2017-01-03Introduced in House
  • 2017-01-03Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-01-03 (00)

No Armed Drones Act of 2017 or the NADA Act of 2017

This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit the Department of Transportation (DOT) from authorizing any person to operate an unmanned aircraft system (drone) in the national airspace system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon against a person or property.

The bill permits DOT to establish exceptions to the prohibition for:

  • private drones for recreational hunting and animal control; and
  • public drones for operations conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Defense, and certain governmental entities for national defense or in response to terrorism.

Subjects

  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Aviation and airports
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Hunting and fishing
  • Military operations and strategy
  • Transportation safety and security
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