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of this Act, including approvals under the Low Altitude Authoriza-
tion and Notification Capability. 
SEC. 378. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) each person that uses an unmanned aircraft system 
for compensation or hire, or in the furtherance of a business 
enterprise, except those operated for purposes protected by 
the First Amendment of the Constitution, should have a written 
privacy policy consistent with section 357 that is appropriate 
to the nature and scope of the activities regarding the collection, 
use, retention, dissemination, and deletion of any data collected 
during the operation of an unmanned aircraft system; 
(2) each privacy policy described in paragraph (1) should 
be periodically reviewed and updated as necessary; and 
(3) each privacy policy described in paragraph (1) should 
be publicly available. 
SEC. 379. COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL OPERATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, to the extent prac-
ticable and consistent with applicable law, make available in a 
single location on the website of the Department of Transportation: 
(1) Any certificate of waiver or authorization issued by 
the Administration to Federal, State, tribal or local govern-
ments for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems within 
30 days of issuance of such certificate of waiver or authoriza-
tion. 
(2) A spreadsheet of UAS registrations, including the city, 
state, and zip code of each registered drone owner, on its 
website that is updated once per quarter each calendar year. 
(3) Summary descriptions and general purposes of public 
unmanned aircraft operations, including the locations where 
such unmanned aircraft may generally operate. 
(4) Summary descriptions of common civil unmanned air-
craft operations. 
(5) The expiration date of any authorization of public or 
civil unmanned aircraft operations. 
(6) Links to websites of State agencies that enforce any 
applicable privacy laws. 
(7) For any unmanned aircraft system, except with respect 
to any operation protected by the First Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, that will collect personally 
identifiable information about individuals, including the use 
of facial recognition— 
(A) the circumstance under which the system will be 
used; 
(B) the specific kinds of personally identifiable informa-
tion that the system will collect about individuals; and 
(C) how the information referred to in subparagraph 
(B), and the conclusions drawn from such information, will 
be used, disclosed, and otherwise handled, including— 
(i) how the collection or retention of such informa-
tion that is unrelated to the specific use will be mini-
mized; 
(ii) under what circumstances such information 
might be sold, leased, or otherwise provided to third 
parties;
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(iii) the period during which such information will 
be retained; 
(iv) when and how such information, including 
information no longer relevant to the specified use, 
will be destroyed; and 
(v) steps that will be used to protect against the 
unauthorized disclosure of any information or data, 
such as the use of encryption methods and other secu-
rity features. 
(8) With respect to public unmanned aircraft systems— 
(A) the locations where the unmanned aircraft system 
will operate; 
(B) the time during which the unmanned aircraft 
system will operate; 
(C) the general purpose of the flight; and 
(D) the technical capabilities that the unmanned air-
craft system possesses. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator shall not disclose informa-
tion pursuant to subsection (a) if the Administrator determines 
that the release of such information— 
(1) is not applicable; 
(2) is not practicable, including when the information is 
not available to the Administrator; 
(3) is not in compliance with applicable law; 
(4) would compromise national defense, homeland security 
or law enforcement activity; 
(5) would be withheld pursuant to an exception of the 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); or 
(6) is otherwise contrary to the public interest. 
(c) SUNSET.—This section will cease to be effective on the date 
that is the earlier of— 
(1) the date of publication of a Notice of Proposed Rule-
making or guidance regarding remote identification standards 
under section 2202 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–190; 130 Stat. 615); or 
(2) September 30, 2023. 
SEC. 380. TRANSITION LANGUAGE. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Notwithstanding the repeals under sections 
341, 348, 347, and 383 of this Act, all orders, determinations, 
rules, regulations, permits, grants, and contracts, which have been 
issued under any law described under subsection (b) of this section 
before the effective date of this Act shall continue in effect until 
modified or revoked by the Secretary of Transportation, acting 
through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
as applicable, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation 
of law other than this Act. 
(b) LAWS DESCRIBED.—The laws described under this subsection 
are as follows: 
(1) Section 332 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 
(2) Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 
(3) Section 334 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note).
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(4) Section 2206 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–190; 130 Stat. 615). 
(c) EFFECT ON PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—This Act shall not affect 
administrative or judicial proceedings pending on the effective date 
of this Act. 
SEC. 381. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS IN RESTRICTED BUILDINGS 
OR GROUNDS. 
Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after subsection (a)(4) the following: 
‘‘(5) knowingly and willfully operates an unmanned aircraft 
system with the intent to knowingly and willfully direct or 
otherwise cause such unmanned aircraft system to enter or 
operate within or above a restricted building or grounds;’’. 
SEC. 382. PROHIBITION. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 40A. Operation of unauthorized unmanned aircraft over 
wildfires 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
individual who operates an unmanned aircraft and knowingly or 
recklessly interferes with a wildfire suppression, or law enforcement 
or emergency response efforts related to a wildfire suppression, 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 2 
years, or both. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply to the operation 
of an unmanned aircraft conducted by a unit or agency of the 
United States Government or of a State, tribal, or local government 
(including any individual conducting such operation pursuant to 
a contract or other agreement entered into with the unit or agency) 
for the purpose of protecting the public safety and welfare, including 
firefighting, law enforcement, or emergency response. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
‘‘(1) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘unmanned aircraft’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 44801 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(2) WILDFIRE.—The term ‘wildfire’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 2 of the Emergency Wildfire Suppression 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m). 
‘‘(3) WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.—The term ‘wildfire suppres-
sion’ means an effort to contain, extinguish, or suppress a 
wildfire.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 
2 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 40 the following: 
‘‘40A. Operation of unauthorized unmanned aircraft over wildfires.’’. 
SEC. 383. AIRPORT SAFETY AND AIRSPACE HAZARD MITIGATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 448 of title 49, United States Code, 
as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting at the 
end the following:
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‘‘§ 44810. Airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and 
enforcement 
‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall work with the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies for the purpose of ensuring that 
technologies or systems that are developed, tested, or deployed 
by Federal departments and agencies to detect and mitigate poten-
tial risks posed by errant or hostile unmanned aircraft system 
operations do not adversely impact or interfere with safe airport 
operations, navigation, air traffic services, or the safe and efficient 
operation of the national airspace system. 
‘‘(b) PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop a plan 
for the certification, permitting, authorizing, or allowing of 
the deployment of technologies or systems for the detection 
and mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plan shall provide for the develop-
ment of policies, procedures, or protocols that will allow appro-
priate officials of the Federal Aviation Administration to utilize 
such technologies or systems to take steps to detect and miti-
gate potential airspace safety risks posed by unmanned aircraft 
system operations. 
‘‘(3) AVIATION
RULEMAKING
COMMITTEE.—The Adminis-
trator shall charter an aviation rulemaking committee to make 
recommendations for such a plan and any standards that the 
Administrator determines may need to be developed with 
respect to such technologies or systems. The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to an aviation 
rulemaking committee chartered under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) NON-DELEGATION.—The plan shall not delegate any 
authority granted to the Administrator under this section to 
other Federal, State, local, territorial, or tribal agencies, or 
an airport sponsor, as defined in section 47102 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(c) AIRSPACE HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM.—In order to test 
and evaluate technologies or systems that detect and mitigate poten-
tial aviation safety risks posed by unmanned aircraft, the Adminis-
trator shall deploy such technologies or systems at 5 airports, 
including 1 airport that ranks in the top 10 of the FAA’s most 
recent Passenger Boarding Data. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY.—Under the testing and evaluation in sub-
section (c), the Administrator shall use unmanned aircraft detection 
and mitigation systems to detect and mitigate the unauthorized 
operation of an unmanned aircraft that poses a risk to aviation 
safety. 
‘‘(e) AIP FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.—Upon the certification, permit-
ting, authorizing, or allowing of such technologies and systems 
that have been successfully tested under this section, an airport 
sponsor may apply for a grant under subchapter I of chapter 471 
to purchase an unmanned aircraft detection and mitigation system. 
For purposes of this subsection, purchasing an unmanned aircraft 
detection and mitigation system shall be considered airport develop-
ment (as defined in section 47102). 
‘‘(f) BRIEFING.—The Administrator shall annually brief the 
appropriate committees of Congress, including the Committee on