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116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-606
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
AERIAL INCURSION REPERCUSSION SAFETY ACT OF 2020
DECEMBER 2, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 5040]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5040) to direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement to study the effects of drone incursions on wildfire sup-
pression, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Aerial Incursion Repercussion Safety Act of 2020
or the AIR Safety Act of 2020.
SEC. 2. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF DRONE INCURSIONS ON WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.-The Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in con-
sultation with the Chief of the Forest Service and the National Association of State
Foresters, shall conduct a study on the effects of drone incursions on the suppres-
sion of wildfires with respect to lands managed by the Department of the Interior
or the Department of Agriculture.
(b) STUDY CONTENTS.-In conducting the study required under subsection (a), the
Director shall-
(1) determine, for each of the five most recently completed calendar years, the
number of occurrences in which a drone incursion interfered with wildfire sup-
pression and the effect of each such occurrence on-
(A) the length of time required to achieve complete suppression;
(B) the effectiveness of aerial firefighting responses; and
(C) the amounts expended by the Federal Government; and
(2) evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of various actions to prevent
drone incursions, including-
(A) the use of reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy a drone;
(B) the seizure of a drone, including seizure with a net device; and
(C) the dissemination of education materials relating to the effects of
drone incursions on wildfire suppression.
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