Drone Integration and Zoning Act

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations or standards related to unmanned aircraft systems.

Among other requirements, the FAA must

• designate the area between 200 feet and 400 feet above ground level for use of civil unmanned aircraft systems;
• authorize, only with a property owner's permission, the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft in the immediate reaches of airspace above private property;
• preserve state, local, and tribal authority to issue certain reasonable restrictions on the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft system within 200 feet of the ground or a structure; and
• establish a process for the designation of routes above 200 feet of the ground as authorized commercial routes.