119-hr3433

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3433 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3433

 To amend the Wilderness Act to allow certain entities to use unmanned 
 aircraft systems within wilderness areas, potential wilderness areas, 
 and wilderness study areas.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 15, 2025

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To amend the Wilderness Act to allow certain entities to use unmanned 
 aircraft systems within wilderness areas, potential wilderness areas, 
 and wilderness study areas.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Wilderness Inclusion for Limited-use 
Drones Act of 2025'' or the ``WILD Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WITHIN WILDERNESS.

 

Section 4
            (d) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133
            (d) ) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (8)
        (A) A Federal, State, local, or Tribal agency may use and 
operate an unmanned aircraft system within a wilderness area designated 
by this Act, potential wilderness area, or wilderness study area 
identified pursuant to 

section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782) to--
 ``
            (i) carry out environmental monitoring and research 
 activities, including with respect to harmful algal blooms and 
 invasive species;
 ``
            (ii) carry out law enforcement and search and rescue 
 activities, including such activities carried out by the U.S. 
 Customs and Border Protection; and
 ``
            (iii) monitor the effects of a natural disaster.
 ``
        (B) In this paragraph:
 ``
            (i) The term `natural disaster' has the meaning given the 
 term in 

section 602

    (a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a

    (a) ).
 ``
            (ii) The term `unmanned aircraft system' has the meaning 
 given the term in 

section 44801

    (12) of title 49, United States 
 Code.''.
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