H.R. 1083 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1083 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2013 Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Gibson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to establish prohibitions to prevent the use of an unmanned aircraft system as a weapon while operating in the national airspace system, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Armed Drones Act of 2013 or the NADA Act of 2013. 2. Unmanned aircraft systems (a) In general Subtitle B of title III of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (126 Stat. 72; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 337. Prohibitions to prevent use of unmanned aircraft system as a weapon while operating in national airspace system (a) Prohibitions The Secretary of Transportation may not authorize a person to operate an unmanned aircraft system in the national airspace system for the purpose, in whole or in part, of using the unmanned aircraft system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon against a person or property. (b) Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Person The term person has the meaning given that term in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code. (2) Weapon The term weapon includes lethal and nonlethal weapons. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 336 the following: Sec. 337. Prohibitions to prevent use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons while operating in national airspace system. .