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Five 'Congress' stories May 2018 - February 2024

Bill to effectively ban DJI drones from US skies clears Congress committee hearing

Bruce Crumley Feb 16 2024 - 12:31 am PT

A firebrand US House of Representatives legislator who usually rails against the size, cost, and over-reach of rights-crushing government is hailing the advance of her bill to deprive perhaps millions of state agency, business, and police, fire, first responder, and private users the ability to fly their DJI drones across the country. And there aren’t even “alternative facts” backing up the motives for the astonishingly repressive effort.

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Bipartisan House bill aims to extend, broaden expiring counter-drone measures

Bruce Crumley Jun 27 2023 - 1:49 am PT

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A bipartisan group of legislators has introduced a new bill in the US House of Representatives to extend existing counter-drone capacities of federal agencies set to expire in September, and partially broaden those to authorities on the state, local, and tribal level.

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Congress tables (yet another) bill affecting drones – this one via FAA BVLOS rule deadlines

Bruce Crumley Jun 13 2023 - 2:27 am PT

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The US House of Representatives has added to Washington’s flurry of legislative initiatives in recent months surrounding future airline, drone, next-generation aircraft, and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) activity, with a new committee proposal that – among many, many other things – sets deadlines for creating new rules on beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations by UAVs.

U.S. Government wants new powers to seize and destroy drones in the National Airspace

Haye Kesteloo Jun 12 2018 - 10:31 pm PT

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U.S. Government wants new powers to seize and destroy drones in the National Airspace

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking Congress to pass new legislation that would allow the agency to surveil, research, seize and destroy airborne drones or unmanned aerial systems in the National Airspace. In a written testimony, Hayley Chang, DHS Deputy General Counsel said that today the U.S. Government is: “unable to effectively counter malicious use of drones because we are hampered by federal laws enacted years before UAS technology was available for commercial and consumer use.”

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DJI’s Brendan Schulman talks about the FAA, Congress and the possible impact for hobbyist drone pilots

Haye Kesteloo May 2 2018 - 2:25 pm PT

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DJI's Brendan Schulman talks about the FAA and Congress and how that impact hobbyist drone pilots

DJI’s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs, Brendan Schulman talks about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Congress and how new upcoming regulations may impact hobbyist drone pilots. Brendan has been part of the Aviation Rule Making Committee (ARC) to create a report with recommendations for the FAA. This report addresses among other things, remote identification. Brendan is also working with other stakeholders from the manned aviation world, the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and DJI customers on a proposal for Congress to create an online test or tutorial for recreational drone pilots and to prevent section 336 from being repealed.

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