Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Senator Seeks To Prohibit Low-altitude Drone Flights
Proposed Senate legislation challenges FAA authority to regulate unmanned aircraft operations below 200 feet all.

Drone operations over private property at altitudes below 200 feet agl could be banned under a bill introduced this morning—the Drone Integration and Zoning Act of 2019—by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s aviation and space subcommittee. The bill is another direct challenge to the long-standing practice of federal preemption on all matters airspace.