To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, and for other purposes.
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 14, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for any person who knowingly aims the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft or in its flight path.
Exempts from such prohibition: (1) individuals conducting research and development or flight test operations for an aircraft manufacturer or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (2) Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security personnel conducting research, development, operations, testing, or training; or (3) an individual using a laser emergency signaling device to send an emergency distress signal. Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate regulations for granting additional exemptions.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-149.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-149.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.
Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5551-5553)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1615.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5551)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5551)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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