,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dii #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ejdj
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-fjf1 ,part ,i ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,november #ab1 #bjai,mr4 ,curtis 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,huffman7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural           
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,december #b1 #bjbj,reported from the   
,committee on ,natural ,resources with  
an amendment,strike out all after the   
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,december #b1        
#bjbj;,committee on ,agriculture        
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed,for
 text of introduced bill1 see copy of   
bill as introduced on ,november #ab1    

#bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the        
,director of the ,bureau of ,land       
,management to study the effects of     
drone incursions on wildfire            
suppression1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,aerial ,incursion ,repercussion
 ,safety ,act of #bjbj or the ,,air     
,safety ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,study on   
effects of drone incursions on wildfire 
suppression  7a7 ,study required ,the   
,director of the ,bureau of ,land       
,management1 in consultation with the   
,chief of the ,forest ,service and the  
,national ,association of ,state        
,foresters1 shall conduct a study on the
 effects of drone incursions on the     
suppression of wildfires with respect to
 lands managed by the ,department of the
 ,interior or the ,department of        
,agriculture4  7b7 ,study contents ,in  
conducting the study required under     
subsection 7a71 the ,director shall--   
7#a7 determine1 for each of the five    
most recently completed calendar years1 

the number of occurrences in which a    
drone incursion interfered with wildfire
 suppression and the effect of each such
 occurrence on-- 7,a7 the length of time
 required to achieve complete           
suppression2  7,b7 the effectiveness of 
aerial firefighting responses2 and  7,c7
 the amounts expended by the ,federal   
,government2 and  7#b7 evaluate the     
feasibility and effectiveness of various
 actions to prevent drone incursions1   
including-- 7,a7 the use of reasonable  
force to disable1 damage1 or destroy a  
drone2  7,b7 the seizure of a drone1    
including seizure with a net device2 and
  7,c7 the dissemination of education   
materials relating to the effects of    
drone incursions on wildfire            
suppression4  7c7 ,report ,not later    
than #ah months after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director   
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,natural ,resources of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  

,senate a report on the findings of the 
study required under subsection 7a7 and 
any recommendations of the ,director    
relating to such findings4  7d7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,drone ,the term drone means an unmanned
 aircraft system owned by a private     
individual or entity4  7#b7 ,drone      
incursion ,the term drone incursion     
means the operation of a drone within   
any airspace for which the              
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration has issued a temporary 
flight restriction because of a         
wildfire4  7#c7 ,wildfire suppression   
,the term wildfire suppression has the  
meaning given such term in section      
#dfcbj7;d7 of title #di1 ,united ,states
 ,code4  ,december #b1 #bjbj,reported   
from the ,committee on ,natural         
,resources with an amendment,december   
#b1 #bjbj;,committee on ,agriculture    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed