Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act

Bill: 114-hr-2909
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act

 
This bill directs the President to establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting.
 
The working group shall:
 
 
develop standards and best practices for the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting to assist in fire suppression, to provide real-time updates for firefighters, and to reduce the risk of firefighter fatalities due to wildland firefighting and related aircraft accidents;
 
identify opportunities to use existing federal unmanned aircraft systems to lower the costs of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting;
 
with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, assess opportunities to improve interagency coordination, the efficacy of current technology, and the potential efficacy of emerging technology; 
 
assess the implications for the Fourth Amendment of any standards, best practices, or recommendations under this Act with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems; and
 
 report to Congress and to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group on the results of its work.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House