‘‘(2) The applicant is responsible for submitting 
to the Attorney General updates to the data collec-
tion statement. 
‘‘(3) The Attorney General may request that 
the Secretary of Transportation revoke the certifi-
cate or license to operate the public unmanned air-
craft system in the national airspace if the opera-
tor’s activity contravenes the data collection state-
ment disclosures required in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
issue regulations to establish a database, that is 
publicly accessible via electronic means, indexing the 
certificates or licenses and the associated data collec-
tion statements described in this subsection for pub-
lic unmanned aircraft systems operated within the 
national airspace. 
‘‘§ 3119c. Use of covered information as evidence 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Covered information that a gov-
ernmental entity collects by operation of a public un-
manned aircraft system, and evidence derived from such 
covered information, may not be received as evidence 
against an individual in any trial, hearing, or other pro-
ceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, 
officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or 
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other authority of the United States, a State, or a political 
subdivision thereof, unless such operation and collection, 
or disclosure of such covered information is in accordance 
with this Act. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON USE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PURPOSES.—Except as provided in subsection (c), a gov-
ernmental entity may not— 
‘‘(1) operate a public unmanned aircraft system 
for a law enforcement purpose to collect covered in-
formation; or 
‘‘(2) disclose covered information so collected. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—A governmental entity may oper-
ate a public unmanned aircraft system and may collect 
or disclose covered information acquired by such operation 
for a law enforcement purpose only if such operation, col-
lection, or disclosure is in accordance with any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) WARRANT.—The operation, collection, or 
disclosure is— 
‘‘(A) pursuant to a warrant issued by a 
court of competent jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 10 days after the exe-
cution of the warrant, the governmental entity 
that sought the warrant serves a copy of the 
warrant on each person on whom covered infor-
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mation was collected, except, if providing such 
notice would seriously jeopardize an ongoing 
criminal or national security investigation, the 
court may delay such notice on request of the 
governmental entity. 
‘‘(2) ORDER.—The operation, collection, or dis-
closure is pursuant to an order that may be lawfully 
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction— 
‘‘(A) based on the allegation by the govern-
mental entity requesting such order of specific 
and articulable facts showing a reasonable sus-
picion of criminal activity and a reasonable 
probability that the operation of a public un-
manned aircraft system will provide evidence of 
such criminal activity; 
‘‘(B) authorizing the operation of a public 
unmanned aircraft system only in a stipulated 
public area for a period of not more than 48 
hours; 
‘‘(C) which may be renewed at the court’s 
discretion for a total period of operation of not 
longer than 30 days; and 
‘‘(D) notice is provided— 
‘‘(i) not later than 10 days after the 
termination of which, by serving a copy on 
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each person on whom covered information 
was collected; or 
‘‘(ii) not less than 48 hours prior to 
such operation, to the public in the stipu-
lated public area, by prominent placement 
of a notification— 
‘‘(I) in a major publication (with 
circulation of more than 1,000 in that 
area); 
‘‘(II) on a public Internet Web 
site of the governmental entity, for 
the duration of the operation; or 
‘‘(III) on public signage in the 
area, for the duration of the oper-
ation. 
‘‘(3) U.S. LAND
BORDER.—The operation is 
within a distance of 25 miles from any external land 
boundary of the United States and is for the pur-
pose of patrolling or securing the border. 
‘‘(4) CONSENT.—The covered information that 
is collected or disclosed pertains to an individual who 
provides prior written consent to such collection or 
disclosure. 
‘‘(5) EMERGENCY.—The operation is— 
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‘‘(A) an investigative or law enforcement 
officer reasonably believes that an emergency 
situation exists that— 
‘‘(i) involves— 
‘‘(I) immediate danger of death 
or serious physical injury to any per-
son; 
‘‘(II) 
conspiratorial 
activities 
threatening the national security in-
terest; or 
‘‘(III) 
conspiratorial 
activities 
characteristic of organized crime; and 
‘‘(ii) requires such operation, collec-
tion, or disclosure before a warrant or 
order authorizing such operation, collec-
tion, or disclosure may, with due diligence, 
be obtained; 
‘‘(B) that officer applies for such a war-
rant or order not later than 48 hours after such 
operation begins; and 
‘‘(C) that operation is terminated imme-
diately on the earlier of when— 
‘‘(i) the information necessary to re-
solve the emergency situation is collected; 
or 
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‘‘(ii) the court denies the application 
for the warrant or order. 
‘‘(6) EFFECT
OF
FAILURE
TO
SECURE
WAR-
RANT OR ORDER.—If a warrant or order described 
in paragraph (5) is denied, then for purposes of sub-
section (b), an operation, collection, or disclosure 
under that paragraph shall not be considered to be 
an operation, collection, or disclosure authorized 
under this subsection. Any covered information so 
collected shall be removed from all databases of the 
governmental entity. 
‘‘§ 3119d. Administrative discipline 
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE.—If a court or 
appropriate department or agency determines that a gov-
ernmental entity has violated any provision of this Act, 
and the court or appropriate department or agency finds 
that the circumstances surrounding the violation raise se-
rious questions about whether or not an officer or em-
ployee of the United States acted intentionally with re-
spect to the violation, the department or agency shall, 
upon receipt of a true and correct copy of a decision or 
findings of the court or appropriate department or agency, 
promptly initiate a proceeding to determine whether dis-
ciplinary action against the officer or employee is war-
ranted. If the head of the department or agency involved 
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determines that disciplinary action is not warranted, such 
head shall notify the Inspector General with jurisdiction 
over the department or agency concerned and shall provide 
the Inspector General with the reasons for such deter-
mination. 
‘‘(b) IMPROPER DISCLOSURE IS VIOLATION.—Any 
willful disclosure or use by an investigative or law enforce-
ment officer or governmental entity of information beyond 
the extent permitted by this Act is a violation of this Act 
for purposes of this section. 
‘‘§ 3119e. Reporting 
‘‘(a) In January of each year, any Federal judge who 
has issued a warrant or order (or an extension thereof) 
under section 3 on operation of public unmanned aircraft 
systems that expired during the preceding year, or who 
has denied approval of such a warrant or order during 
that year, shall report to the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts— 
‘‘(1) the fact that an order or extension was ap-
plied for; 
‘‘(2) the kind of order or extension applied for; 
‘‘(3) the fact that the order or extension was 
granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; 
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‘‘(4) the period of collections authorized by the 
order, and the number and duration of any exten-
sions of the order; 
‘‘(5) the offense specified in the order or appli-
cation, or extension of an order; and 
‘‘(6) the identity of the applying agency making 
the application and the rank and title of the person 
authorizing the application. 
‘‘(b) In March of each year the Attorney General, an 
Assistant Attorney General specially designated by the At-
torney General, or the principal prosecuting attorney of 
a State, or the principal prosecuting attorney for any po-
litical subdivision of a State, shall report to the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts— 
‘‘(1) the information required by paragraphs 
(1) through (6) of subsection (a) with respect to 
each application for an order or extension made dur-
ing the preceding calendar year; 
‘‘(2) a general description of all the information 
collected under such order or extension, including— 
‘‘(A) the approximate nature and fre-
quency of incriminating conduct collected; 
‘‘(B) the approximate number of persons 
whose covered information was collected; and 
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‘‘(C) the approximate nature, amount, and 
cost of the manpower and other resources used 
in the collection; 
‘‘(3) the number of arrests resulting from cov-
ered information collected from such order or exten-
sion, and the offenses for which arrests were made; 
‘‘(4) the number of trials resulting from such 
covered information; 
‘‘(5) the number of motions to suppress made 
with respect to such covered information, and the 
number granted or denied; 
‘‘(6) the number of convictions resulting from 
such covered information, and the offenses for which 
the convictions were obtained, and a general assess-
ment of the importance of the information collected; 
and 
‘‘(7) the information required by paragraphs 
(2) through (6) of this subsection with respect to or-
ders or extensions obtained in a preceding calendar 
year. 
‘‘(c) In June of each year the Director of the Admin-
istrative Office of the United States Courts shall transmit 
to the Congress a full and complete report that includes 
a summary and analysis of all information received under 
subsections (a) and (b) during the preceding calendar 
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year. The Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts is authorized to issue regulations re-
garding the content and form of the reports required to 
be filed by subsections (a) and (b) of this section. 
‘‘§ 3119f. Private use of unmanned aircraft systems 
‘‘It shall be unlawful to intentionally operate a pri-
vate unmanned aircraft system to capture, in a manner 
that is highly offensive to a reasonable person, any type 
of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impres-
sion of a individual engaging in a personal or familial ac-
tivity under circumstances in which the individual had a 
reasonable expectation of privacy, through the use of a vis-
ual or auditory enhancing device, regardless of whether 
there is a physical trespass, if this image, sound recording, 
or other physical impression could not have been achieved 
without a trespass unless the visual or auditory enhancing 
device was used. 
‘‘§ 3119g. Application with other Federal laws 
‘‘Nothing in this Act may be construed to modify, 
limit, or supersede the operation of chapter 119 of title 
18, United States Code. 
‘‘§ 3119h. Ban on weaponization 
‘‘It shall be unlawful for any investigative or law en-
forcement officer or private individual to operate an un-
manned aircraft system that is armed with a firearm (as 
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such term is defined in section 921 of title 18, United 
States Code) within the airspace of the United States. 
‘‘§ 3119i. Rule of construction regarding State laws on 
unmanned aircraft system usage 
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt 
any State law regarding the use of unmanned aircraft sys-
tems exclusively within the borders of that State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to chapter 205 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘205A. Use of unmanned aircraft systems .............................................. 3119a’’. 
Æ 
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