Drone Safety Statement Modernization Act
Sponsored By: Representative Gallagher, James [R-CA-1]
In Committee
Summary
Creates a mandatory FAA-issued safety statement that manufacturers of small unmanned aircraft systems must provide at first activation and document with an electronic operator acknowledgement.
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- Manufacturers: Must give the safety statement when a drone is first activated and capture the initial operator's electronic confirmation that each part was read and understood.
- Operators: Must electronically acknowledge sections on applicable laws and authorizations, airspace and temporary flight restrictions, methods for checking whether an operation is lawful, safety recommendations, and possible enforcement consequences before activation.
- FAA: Will develop, maintain, and periodically revise the statement, must publish an example within 120 days, and update the requirements at least every 18 months and then annually. The bill also removes an older 2016 FAA provision for consistency.
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New drone safety statements for operators
This bill would require the FAA Administrator to create, keep, and update a standard safety statement for small drones. The statement would list applicable laws and authorizations (including requirements under section 44809), temporary flight restrictions and UAS-specific airspace limits, FAA-approved ways to tell if a flight is lawful, safety recommendations, enforcement consequences, and the date of last revision. The FAA would have to publish an example statement within 120 days and review the rules not later than 18 months after enactment and then at least once a year. Manufacturers would have to provide the statement when a drone is first activated and get the initial operator's electronic acknowledgement that each part was read and understood; the bill would also repeal the older Section 2203 of the 2016 Act and clarify that other parts of the law do not automatically apply to this safety-statement regime.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gallagher, James [R-CA-1]
CA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 9/10/2026
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