Sen. Lee Introduces Legislation to Protect State Rights Over Drones
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced legislation Thursday meant to protect state rights for restricting drone activity. The Drone Integration and Zoning Act would protect states’ authority to issue “time, place, and manner restrictions, while not unreasonably prohibiting access to the…
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federal ‘navigable airspace,’” Lee announced. It would allow “the local zoning authority of state, local, or tribal governments to designate commercial drone take-off and landing zones, while still allowing for interstate commerce,” he said. FAA can’t “feasibly or efficiently oversee millions of drones in every locality throughout the country,” Lee said. The agency’s current “legal position” to regulate “every cubic inch of air in the United States ... is both unsustainable and unlawful.”